237 - For the Hinge Seasons: Three Ways to Transition Better
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Release Date: 01/20/2026
252 - How to Reignite Faith When My Routine Gets in the Way
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Sometimes I can get stuck in my routine. I start my morning the same way every day I can. I fall into a rhythm with school and gymnastics and church. I even put plates a certain way in the dishwasher–every time. In the midst of the repetition, faith can begin to feel a bit monotonous. Perhaps you’ve experienced this. You might feel like you’re on autopilot, mudding through the motions, willing your heart to be in it. Maybe you’re struggling to keep up with the minimum because the needs that take your time? Well, they keep multiplying. Links mentioned: Turn Your Loneliness...
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251 - Play Worship Songs on Repeat: One Revolutionary Way to Listen
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
It feels like summer, and I sit on the step with Seph Schlueter singing through my portable speaker. Funny how you can play worship songs on repeat, but they move you forward, rather than in circles. Yes, you are essentially listening on loop, but the lyrics unravel your reservations and amplify your expectancy with every replay. Links mentioned: playlist. Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode
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250 - Three Remarkable Truths That Will Make Your Life More Stable
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Perhaps it’s grief, your physical health, or some other life disruption that makes the ground gallop beneath you. And it’s all you can do right now to keep putting one foot forward at a time. Here are three truths that will steady you when life feels unstable. Links mentioned: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode
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249 - How to Know God Is Good and Great When You Can’t See Him
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
“Did you see what I wrote on the mirror?” He’s giddy insistent. First, he points to words I don’t even see in the disappearing, post-shower stream. God is good. God is great. Bless his 9-year-old heart, reminding me that even when we can’t see how, God’s steadiness writes a never-ending story. Links mentioned: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode
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248 - When You Miss the Sunrise, Here’s How to Still Fill Your Morning With Hope
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
It sounded like a prank call, but I promise we were serious. Seriously set on seeing the sunrise in a city where we’d spend spring break. This was before the days of smartphones to check the weather app. So we did what made most sense to our college student brains—call local numbers in the phone book to ask when the sun rises. I think of it now as radiant pink entrances us en route to school. These sunrise spottings almost make me like Daylight Savings. Almost. Since I started running, I catch every sunrise I can. I time my runs down to the minute so I can capture the colors from...
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247 - How to Make Easter 2026 Meaningful in the Middle of Spring Break
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Lately, it seems we’re walking the thin line between breaking and believing. Lighting candles because we need a flicker of hope. Lengthening hugs because we all need the warmth of presence. How do we make Easter meaningful in the middle of spring break–and all sorts of honest aches? Links mentioned: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode
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246 - One Easy Way to Align Your Life With Christ
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
You were made to delight the very heart of Christ. Your words are meant to move the heart of God. Your devotion undoes Him. Your worship declares Him worthy. Your one surrendered life, aligned with His, honors Him. Links mentioned: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode
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245 - How to Define Amen: What You Need to Know About Faith
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Amen isn’t an ending, but an acknowledgement that God can be counted on. It’s agreement with what already beats in the heart of our Lord. It’s coming alongside God’s already, willingly-spoken “yes.” Links mentioned: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode
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244 - What Happens When You Are Seen in the In-Between
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Down in the unseen recesses of our mind, we worry we aren’t seen. That our superhero power is being invisible, although no one asked if that’s what we wanted. We walk around lonely, longing for the assurance that we matter, trying to reconcile the breach between life right now and as it will be, when everything finally makes sense. We get partial perspective this side of heaven. “Only part of the big picture,” Paul says (1Corinthians 13:12). I realize that everything I know is only part of the big picture. But one day, when Jesus arrives, we will see clearly,...
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243 - How to Make Hearing God’s Voice Over the Noise Easier
Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz
Sometimes all the things in your head get really loud. You’re anxious over everything imagined and irrational. Your self-set expectations make you feel small, and in the tangle of untruths toying with your mind, you’ve got to remind yourself that hearing God’s voice isn’t for the ultra-spiritual alone. It’s for the worn-out worriers, the willful wanderers, the wisdom-deficient, and the opportunity wasters. For those spiritually “in training,” as my pastor says. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors,...
info_outlineMaybe January feels like a hinge month. Like what happens the rest of the year rests on what you do with this one month.
You feel all kinds of pressure to pick the right New Year’s resolutions, the perfect word of the year, the habits that will stack up to lifestyle change. You write and rewrite your measurable goals, your keep and let-go list, your personal mission statement.
Perhaps you’re fed up with merely existing. You long for depth, clarity, connection. And January, you determine, is the tone-setter for the remaining months. The mark of your maximum braveness. The hinge-point for 2026.
Or it might be time to step into something that has been a long time coming. You feel more inadequate than excited, here on the precipice of a brand new season.
First, a confession: I’m here with you–both hopeful for this year and overthinking how to best embrace January. I’m doing the thing I’ve been preparing years for, but it feels lonelier than I expected. I’m writing more slowly than ever. Looking forward to actual up-comings–a finished manuscript, rounds of editing, choosing a cover, sharing with you what I’ve been co-creating with God–is entirely different than anticipating the possibility of it all.
Second, an invitation: step back into ancient, soon-to-be Israel with me as we simplify how to transition well. I find uncanny relevance in the book of Joshua. It’s a significant season in Israel’s history as they leave the wilderness and step into God’s promise. Inside Joshua’s story are powerful yet simple tools to take with us into 2026.
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Gifts and Gratitudes journal from Ann Voskamp.
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