Why is the Word of God considered theLiving Word? Well, as fully devoted disciples of Jesus, acting in accordance with God's Word comes with the territory. The Word is lived out through us when we internalize it, believe it, and wield it thoughtfully and carefully!

After trying out a new church, Isabella shares some of her main takeaways from a sermon about Exodus 15 and the bitter waters of Marah.

Life tends to throw some curve balls that appear out of the blue, but we always have the option of letting these curve balls bring us down or build us up. After being stranded for a night in New York City, Isabella shares a neat story about rolling with the punches.

A new year signifies new beginnings and hope for the future, but what about when we feel completely wrecked from everything we experienced recently? How can we move on if we feel so lost? We can keep going by placing our trust in God and listening to His direction because He'll never steer us wrong.

After a year of incredible opportunities, extremely hard realities, and hopeful outcomes, Isabella shares howUp and at 'Em got its start. Obeying God and diving into whatever He has placed in front of you now can certainly lead you to some big places as you head into the new year. Here's to 2025!

Beginning in last week's episode, Isabella started to explore stewardship as a function of humanity's original design as found in Genesis 1:28, and she continues the discussion here. Humans were commanded to subdue and to have dominion over the earth, and this authority is a blessing to be stewarded well. This is the second episode in a two-part conversation.

Omelettes have a variety of spices, cheeses, and other delicious additions, but it's up to the cook touse his various ingredients to make a meal worthy of consumption. Similarly, we have an abundance of opportunities to steward our surrounding resources to create a life of worship that is beautiful and pleasing to God. Do you want to gain a unique perspective of stewardship? Check out this first episode in a two-part conversation to hear more!

Have you ever experienced that weird blue tint you see when your eyes aren't adjusted to the sun? Isabella calls this the "Twilight filter," and check out this episode to hear how this can point us to Jesus.

In her first Thanksgiving episode, Isabella takes a deeper look into what it really means to be grateful. It's good and important to verbalize what we're thankful for, but unless we take action to live out that thankfulness, it is robbed of transforming our lives.

Failure is inevitable, but sometimes, we can make big mistakes that impact our future in extremely negative ways. These kinds of mistakes seem impossible to overcome, but with God's help, we can take comfort in the fact that we can do something in the present moment to correct our wrongs. The future's outcomes are completely out of human hands, but the present decisions that impact that future are right in front of us...what willyou do?