SoulWork Notes

The Five Daughters of Zelophehad: Advocating for Your Rights

(Numbers 27:1–11)

The daughters of Zelophehad remind us that fearless faith begins with trusting that our voices matter to God. Their courage didn’t just change their story—it changed the law for all the daughters who would come after them.

This week’s SoulWork invites you to listen for where God is calling you to stand, speak, or act with holy courage.

Reflect:

1. Where might God be inviting you to speak up for what’s right?
2. What fears rise when you imagine using your voice?
3. How can you root your boldness in love instead of anger?
4. Who might find courage through your example?

Breathe deeply and whisper:

“The daughters of Zelophehad are right.”

Let those words become your prayer for justice, courage, and faith in the God who sees and affirms your voice.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

SoulWork Notes

This week’s SoulWork invites you to pause at the threshold of a new beginning. Throughout Scripture, a change of name marks transformation—Abram to Abraham, Sarai to Sarah, Saul to Paul. As Sister Soul Care becomes SoulWork, consider the holy renaming God may be doing in you.

Reflect:

1. What name, role, or story might God be inviting you to release?
2. What new name—or new way of being—is beginning to take shape within you?
3. How can you honor the sacred work your soul is already doing?

Breathe deeply and whisper:

This is the work my soul must have.



Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

e49 Soulful Sisterhood Series: Sisters Who Pray Together

In Acts 12:12–17, the early church gathers to pray for Peter while he is in prison, and their prayers open the way for his freedom.

Prayer circles are one of the deepest bonds of sisterhood. When women pray together, faith is strengthened, burdens are shared, and the Spirit of God draws us close.

In this episode of Sister Soul Care, we pause to honor the power of sisters who pray together—and how prayer unites us in Christ.

SoulWork Examen

1. Who has prayed me through a hard season?
2. How has collective prayer strengthened my faith?
3. Who might God be inviting me to pray with this week?

Soul Care Invitation

This week, invite one or two sisters to pray with you—by phone, in person, or even by text. Let prayer become your shared offering to God.

And if you’d like to step deeper into this practice, join me for our next Sister Soul Care Live Session. We’ll gather to pray, reflect, and write—reminding one another that we never walk alone.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

e48 Soulful Sisterhood Series: Bearing One Another’s Burdens

In Galatians 6:2, Paul reminds us: “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.”

True sisterhood is more than joy and celebration—it is the willingness to hold one another in seasons of sorrow, loss, and weariness.

In this episode of Sister Soul Care, we remember that burdens are never meant to be carried alone. God places sisters in our lives to share the load, and in doing so, to lighten it.

SoulWork Examen

1. When have I allowed someone else to carry part of my burden?
2. How has sharing burdens deepened my relationships?
3. What burden might I gently entrust to a sister this week?

Soul Care Invitation

This week, share one prayer request with a trusted sister. Let her carry it with you before God.

And if you’d like to experience the gift of shared burdens in community, join me for our next Sister Soul Care Live Session. It’s a sacred pause to breathe, reflect, and pray together—because we are not meant to walk alone.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

e47: Soulful Sisterhood Series: When Sisters Disagree

In this episode of Sister Soul Care, we turn to Philippians 4:2–3, where Paul urges two women to “be of the same mind in the Lord.”

Conflict is a natural part of any relationship—even among sisters in Christ. But disagreement does not have to divide us. With humility and love, it can become the doorway to growth and reconciliation.

As you listen, reflect on the sisters who have challenged you, stretched you, and ultimately strengthened your faith.

SoulWork Examen

1. How do I usually respond when conflict arises with a sister?
2. Where have I seen reconciliation deepen a bond?
3. Is God inviting me to soften, forgive, or take a courageous step?

Soul Care Invitation

This week, bring one strained relationship into prayer. Ask God to show you one small way to move toward peace.

And if you’d like to explore this tender work in community, join me for our next Sister Soul Care Live Session. Together we’ll create space to listen, pray, and seek God’s reconciling love.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

e46 Soulful Sisterhood Series: Sisterhood as a Gift

In this episode of Sister Soul Care, we rest with the wisdom of Ecclesiastes 4:9–12: “Two are better than one…for if they fall, one will lift up the other.”

Through prayer, breath, and reflection, we remember that sisterhood is one of God’s greatest gifts. Sisters in Christ notice us when we feel unseen, lift us when we cannot stand, and remind us that life is not meant to be carried alone.

SoulWork Examen

1. When has a sister reminded me I am not alone?
2. What qualities do I most treasure in my sisters?
3. How is God inviting me to be a gift of presence to another?

Soul Care Invitation

This week, during your quiet time, write a note or prayer of gratitude for a sister who has been God’s gift in your life. If you feel led, share it with her—or simply hold it before God in thanksgiving.

And if you’d like to carry this practice into community, join me for our next Sister Soul Care Live Session. Together we’ll create space to reflect, write, and pray as sisters in Christ.

[Register HERE for Sister Soul Care Live]

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

Episode 45: Fully Known and Loved

Soulful Psalms of Summer Series

Psalm 139 is a sacred reminder that God knows you completely and loves you without condition. There is no hiding, no striving, no proving. Just being—fully seen, fully known, fully cherished.

In this episode, you’ll be guided to write your own psalm of belovedness—verse by verse. Through simple prompts, you’ll reflect on God’s intimate knowledge of you, God’s presence with you, and God’s creative care in forming you.

We’ll pray in the form of colloquy, imagining ourselves in conversation with Jesus, Creator God, and a Wise Woman of Faith as we reflect on what it means to live fully loved.

Soul Care Invitation

Take your journaling and create a four-line psalm of belovedness.

Choose from your notes, or write something new.

Let it be honest, let it be yours, let it be true.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

Episode 44: Fullness of Joy

Soulful Psalms of Summer Series

Joy is not fleeting. Joy is not selfish. Joy is your inheritance in God.

Psalm 16 reminds us that in God’s presence, there is fullness of joy—joy that is abundant, steady, and unshakable.

In this episode, you’ll be guided to write your own psalm of joy—verse by verse. Using simple prompts, you’ll rediscover neglected joy and claim it as part of your spiritual inheritance.

We’ll still pray in the form of colloquy, imagining ourselves in conversation with Jesus, Creator God, and a Wise Woman of Faith as we reflect on the power of joy.

Soul Care Invitation

• Take your journaling and create a four-line psalm of joy.
• Pull from your favorite lines, or write something new.
• Don’t worry about perfection—just let it be real.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

Episode 44: A Heart of Praise

Soulful Psalms of Summer Series

Psalm 100 is short but powerful—it reminds us that the natural response to joy is praise, and praise lifts the spirit. Gratitude is more than words; it’s a way of living, a posture of the heart that shifts how we see the world.

In this episode, you’ll be guided through the process of writing your own psalm of praise—one verse at a time. Through simple prompts, you’ll create a psalm that is uniquely yours, rooted in thanksgiving and lifted by joy.

We’ll pray in the form of colloquy, imagining ourselves in conversation with Jesus, Creator God, and a Wise Woman of Faith as we reflect on the power of gratitude.

Soul Care Invitation

• Take your journaling and create a four-line psalm of praise.
• Choose your favorite lines or write four new ones.
• Don’t worry about perfection—just let it be real and true.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.

Soul Care Notes

Episode 43: Joy After the Storm

Soulful Psalms of Summer Series

Psalm 30 reminds us that sorrow is not the end of the story.

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning—

sometimes slowly, sometimes quietly, but always faithfully.

This week, we’re doing something different.

Instead of hearing a reimagined psalm, you’ll be guided to write your own—

verse by verse—using a series of prompts inspired by Psalm 30.

You can write as you listen, or simply let the prompts settle in your heart and return to them later. We’ll still pray in the form of colloquy, inviting Jesus, Creator God, and a Wise Woman of Faith into the process with us.

Soul Care Invitation

Take what you’ve written and create a four-line psalm.

You can select your favorite lines from your journaling,

or write four new lines that rise from your reflection.

Don’t worry about being perfect—just be true.

Until next time, may God bless and keep you, may God’s face shine upon you, and may God grant you peace as you continue your SoulWork.

Disclaimer: The content shared on the SoulWork Sanctuary podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. While I am an ordained minister and trained spiritual director, I am not a licensed therapist or medical professional. This podcast does not provide medical or mental health advice and should not be used as a substitute for professional care. Please seek support from a qualified provider if needed.