Category: Encounters
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The Weekly Goods- Connecting Our Body and Heart
When I picture Jesus viewing my heart, I want to pull his arm to the more beautiful engaging and colorful flowers of my garden. But in His sweet tenderness, He leads me back to this ignored and pushed away area.
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A January Recap for Wholistic Hearts
Time to do our monthly recap of The Wholistic Hearts podcast. We kicked off the 2021 year with pursuing wholehearted, holistic living. We are called to live a life abundantly, and I believe it is when we step into wholeness with our whole heart, mind, soul, and spirit. Each episode was deliberate picked for the…
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A Journey Through My 2020 “Surrender Encounter”
Surrendering is the act of acceptance of what is and trusting the beauty of the process and the work of the Creator.
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Permission to Pause.
I invite you right now- whatever you are doing- whether you are folding laundry, washing dishes, browsing the latest trends on Pinterest, running errands or waiting on kids to finish up sports practice. I invite you to pause. Take a deep breath in and out. Choose to connect to yourself and with your Creator.
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Encountering the Father Builds Faith
I’d love to invite you into part of this encounter I experienced to spur you on to keep pressing in. Be expectant. He is constantly thinking about you. (Psalm 139) He has a bunch to say about His children.
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Connecting to Our Teens
Each week I observed and was ignited by their gigantic faith. I observed how they feel the weight of the world just as we do. I observed the cry of their hearts longing to be seen, known, and a part of something bigger than themselves. They embraced one another. They put down their phones and…
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Picturing the Father Part Three
Over and over again, Jesus explains in Luke 15 how the Father goes after the ones who are lost, who have lost their way. God is the Father who cheers for His kids to come back home.
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The Invitation to the River
I invite you to jump into this imaginative thoughtful place today. Are there places in your heart you are feeling the need to surrender? This Encounter is a special one for me personally. I experienced this Encounter a number of years ago during a season of wanting to grasp control on every part of my…
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co-regulate.
People have asked me, “What is an Encounter?” To put into words something which is such a spiritual experience is so difficult.However…Yesterday we were recording a show talking about parenting. The guest brilliantly explained the importance of holding a baby to your chest. The reason it is important- co-regulation. The baby’s body will begin to…