In this second session from our live Roots Up weekend, we walk through Exodus 32 and look at a people who grew impatient and shaped a god they could control. Together we talk about the ways we, too, can drift toward self-made comforts when God seems slow, and the invitation to return to Him in trust and dependence.

For those wanting to continue the conversation, here is the Roots Up 2025 Booklet that is available to download. Inside are thoughtful prompts and discussion questions—perfect for personal pondering or for processing with a friend who’s listening along to these sessions with you.

This episode begins our multi-week release of live sessions from Roots Up 2025, our women’s gathering from this past October. These sessions invite you to sit with the Lord, listen slowly, and engage in the heart-level work we walked through together.

Our theme this year was A Heart Wholly Devoted, focusing on idolatry and wholehearted worship before Him. In this first session, Laura, Deb, Lori, Teresa, and Stephanie share the story behind where we ended up for Roots Up — how the Lord led, what He revealed, and where He directed their hearts as they prepared for Roots Up.

We have the booklet that we used throughout the weekend available for you to download. Please use this LINK. We highly encourage you to print it out and walk through the Scriptures, questions, and reflections with us or even alongside a sister in Christ.

Thanksgiving brings a flurry of preparation—cleaning, cooking, gathering—but Scripture invites us into a deeper kind of readiness. A readiness for prayer. In this episode, Laura, Deb, and Lori explore 1 Peter 4:7–8 and its call to be clear-minded and sober in spirit for the purpose of prayer. Together, they look at the inner stories and quiet narratives that often shape how we show up with our families, and how prayer interrupts those patterns and reorients us to Kingdom clarity. A grounding conversation for the week ahead.

In this episode of Rooted + Woven, Deb and Caffe return to a question every believer wrestles with: How do we grow spiritually? Their conversation gently traces what Scripture shows us about growth—how it begins with abiding in the Vine and continues through the patient, intentional pruning of the Vinedresser.

They talk honestly about how we naturally prefer walking by sight rather than faith, and how pruning often feels like letting go of our own desires, our old patterns, and the things we think we need. Yet in that surrender, something beautiful happens: the Spirit begins to reveal His fruit in us. Not fruit we can produce by trying harder, but the true fruit of His life—love, joy, peace, and all that flows from Him alone.

Drawing from passages like Galatians 5, 2 Corinthians 12, and Philippians 3:7-14, they reflect on the sweetness of knowing Jesus right in the middle of the hard places, where His tenderness meets our weakness. Their conversation invites us to slow down, trust His work, and remember that spiritual growth is ultimately about knowing Him more deeply as He shapes us from the inside out.

In this episode of Rooted + Woven, Laura and Deb take a closer look at the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. What began as an ordinary moment—just drawing water—became a life-changing encounter with Jesus. Together, they reflect on how He met her in her need, spoke truth with compassion, and offered living water that overflowed into her whole community. This conversation invites us to see evangelism not as a task to accomplish, but as an overflow of being known, loved, and transformed by Him.

The harvest is His—and so is the fragrance we carry. In this episode, Deb, Lori, Caffe, and Laura sit down for an honest and hope-filled conversation about evangelism through the lens of the whole gospel.

Drawing from Matthew 9:36–37 and 2 Corinthians 2:15, they reflect on how Jesus is the Lord of the harvest and how we are invited to simply join Him in what He’s already doing. When we know that God is the One drawing hearts, evangelism becomes less about striving and more about resting in Him.

Together they share how listening, asking good questions, and abiding in Christ helps us carry His fragrance into every relationship and conversation—allowing His love to flow naturally through us.

We sometimes measure our walk with God by how much we’ve grown. But Deb and Lori remind us that growth isn’t the goal — knowing and loving Him is. As they unpack Philippians 2:12–13, they point us back to the truth that it is God who works in us, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. When we believe that, our hearts rest and our roots sink deeper in Him.

In this episode of Rooted + Woven, Deb leads us in a quiet, heartfelt prayer before the throne of God, reflecting on the timeless truth of Psalm 139 — that our Father knows us completely, sees every thought, and understands the utterances of our hearts.

As we rest in the wonder of being fully known, we are drawn into a deeper knowing of Him, a fuller surrender of our hearts, and a more intimate experience of His presence. Join us in this sacred time, listening, praying, and letting the One who knows you completely meet you where you are.

In this prayerful conversation, Deb and Lori come before the throne of God, simply responding to what the Spirit has placed on their hearts. Rooted in Colossians 2:2 and 2 Timothy 1:12, they pray from a place of deep assurance — knowing whom they have believed, and trusting that He is able to guard all that is entrusted to Him.

As you listen, may your own heart be drawn into prayer and strengthened with the full assurance of understanding that comes from being united in Christ’s love.

Deb and Laura share a conversation about coming to Roots Up with open hearts and expectant spirits. They explore the importance of releasing expectations, embracing the unexpected, and shifting focus from what we hope to receive to what God desires to draw from our hearts. This episode challenges listeners to posture their hearts in humility and surrender.