159 - “Eyes on Me”: The Best Answer for Your Inner Slouch
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
Release Date: 07/23/2024
175 - How to Cultivate Happiness That Hinges on Honesty
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
We give self-talk its own category and unreined license to belittle and badger. Under labels like inner critic, perfectionism, and people-pleasing, these self-directed lies appear safe. But maybe we’ve normalized lying to ourselves about who we are and what we’re worth. Perhaps we’ve underestimated the impact of repeating self-condemnation and sharp comparisons, of setting inhuman standards of perfection, of marking our success (or lack of) with effort and efficiency rather than character and surrender. And we feel scarceness, smallness, purposelessness, and discontentment in place of...
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174 - This Is What God Actually Sees When He Looks at You
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
Set out to reflect Jesus like a mirror and you come face-to-face with your list of what you lack. Your squabbles and squeamish fears, your flat-out insecurity and sneaky pride. The features you’d change. The less-thans and not-likes and labels confirming your unworth. Links mentioned: It’s not too late to join the #ReflectJesus challenge! Grab the challenge prompts and I’ll pop into your inbox the rest of the month with daily prayers to help you and I reflect Jesus like a mirror. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up ...
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173 - How to Navigate Mountains, Enneagram Differences, and Elections
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
I find what works on a mountain also applies to our relationships with our Enneagram opposites and how we approach an election. Links mentioned: Discover your Enneagram number and how it helps you love your neighbors well . To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up Read the written version of this episode
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172 - How to Find Light Amidst Darkness & Joy in the Mess
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
David finds himself in a spot many of us do today, sandwiched between the ugly and awful repercussions of a severed relationship with God and the invitation to find oasis in the here-and-now as we wait for full glory. Links mentioned: Check out . Get the weekly story to cultivate year-round, ripple-effect gratitude! Take the gratitude challenge! To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up Read the written version of this episode
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171 - How to Find With-Ness When You Feel Alone
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
With-ness. Could there be a word that sits closer to the tender heart of God? It strikes me while praying for North Carolina, Chaing Mai, and Florida how God’s promise to join us as we gather in His name (Matthew 18:20) reveals His desire 1) to be with us and 2) for us to be together. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up Read the written version of this episode (choose hurricane relief, any other specific need, or simply where it’s most needed). (located in Boone, NC and providing...
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170 - How to Reflect Jesus Like a Mirror (In 3 Specific Ways)
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
A reflection is a mirror image. It captures the slightest tilt of the head, a shift in posture, merriment in the eye, or sorrow squeezing eyebrows together. It’s not static, but fluid, transcribing in real-time every stray hair and sigh, every question etched in a facial expression. The fullness of emotion, the details of dress, the way we slump or stand tall–a mirror will tell it truthful. If we’re to mirror Jesus back to a hurting world, we’ve got to fall in sync with His breath, His heartbeat, His tears and tender expressions. We’ve got to memorize the features of His face, the...
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169 - Normalize The Uncommon: What Happens When We See The People In Front Of Us
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
What if I were a bit more like her? Noticed details and demeanor, presence and absence? Gave others a glimpse of how we each matter to God? Links mentioned: Discover your Enneagram number, what we love about you, how your Enneagram strengths help you love your neighbors well, and how to best love your neighbors with different numbers ! by Sarah Butterfield. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up Read the written version of this episode
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168 - How to Adopt Maybe He Will Kind of Faith
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
When we’re walled on every side by insurmountable, when the odds aren’t in our favor, when there’s no action or inaction that’s risk-free, what do we do? Because sometimes it appears there isn’t a way out. Maybe you’ve been there, or that’s where you are today: pinched between bad and also bad. You need an immediate and miraculous rescue. Let’s turn for a moment, from the story you’re living to one described in the book of 1 Samuel. Here we find faith that takes a little different angle than Even If Faith (even if You don’t answer the way I hope, I still trust...
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167 - How to Thrive on Your Tiny Slice of Right Now
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what we’ve learned about hospitality because we’ve somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up Read the written version of this episode
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166 - How to Navigate the Good and Beautiful Mess of Missional Living
The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what we’ve learned about hospitality because we’ve somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home. Links mentioned: Discover how to clean for unexpected guests . To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up Read the written version of this episode
info_outlineI was the kid my parents would regularly remind to stand up straighter. Because I’d slouch. If that was you too, you know how you sometimes feel like you never outgrew the label of insecure adolescent.
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