The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz
Living as a disciple-making-disciple in your neighborhood doesn’t have to feel intimidating, and that is why I started The Uncommon Normal. My vision for the podcast is that it will be a space to steep in truth that combats the faulty messages we have believed about our worth and our purpose. A space that will inspire both a dream of what it could look like to live missionally right in your neighborhood and the courage to take baby steps in that direction. A space to be life-long learners together.
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146 - How to Face Risk When You Want to Run Away
04/23/2024
146 - How to Face Risk When You Want to Run Away
There' a risk I’ve feared but not dug into the why. God wants to talk about it. Show me where my assumptions are flawed and reactionary. Maybe you’ve been here too. Fearing the no because you don’t want to be misunderstood or rejected again. Fearing the yes because you’d assume it was sympathy or special consideration, and you want neither. You’d rather erase both possibilities, not risk hoping or caring. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode Find Jennifer Dukes Lee's guided journal, Stuff I'd Only Tell God . Highly recommend!
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145 - How to Embrace the Unexpected When You Get What You Pray For
04/16/2024
145 - How to Embrace the Unexpected When You Get What You Pray For
Then God interrupts, as I’ve known Him to do. Corporate restructuring, says my husband when he calls me. Effective immediately. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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144 - How to Pray Scripture When Your Heart is Heavy
04/09/2024
144 - How to Pray Scripture When Your Heart is Heavy
I wasn’t prepared to read the Psalm drenched in tears and pleading prayers. In the Bible I held close this time last year, it’s barely legible through pen marks and smudges. But in The Voice, which I read for Mary Demuth’s 90-day Bible reading challenge, the page was untouched. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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143 - Four Habits That Will Make Your Desire for God Grow
04/01/2024
143 - Four Habits That Will Make Your Desire for God Grow
We want to get it, don’t we? Faith that’s not safe but real. Conversation with Jesus that is constant yet effortless. Honesty we know is welcome. A passion to know God intense enough to wake us in the middle of the night. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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142 - One Surprising Way to Clean Up Your Speech
03/26/2024
142 - One Surprising Way to Clean Up Your Speech
You know now how hard it is to not say what your peers have normalized. Also, that what we say seeps into our thoughts and grows roots. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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141 - Discipleship: How to Best Pass On a Way of Life
03/19/2024
141 - Discipleship: How to Best Pass On a Way of Life
We’re not Paul. Don’t have years of experience preaching. Wisdom to write epistles that will be handed down for many generations. We haven’t had shipwrecks and imprisonments chisel away our selfish impulses. But you know what we do have? Shoes that walk our neighborhoods. Cars that drive familiar streets. Tables where meals are eaten. Parks where we play. Carpool lines, bleachers, classrooms, and pews with the same people we see every week. We underestimate it because that’s just the stuff of everyday life. It is, but it’s more. It’s opportunity in a million tiny ways for us to pass on a way of kingdom living that roots in Christ as our source and seeks to copy Him in practical ways. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90-Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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140 - Better Yourself vs. Be Nourished So You Overflow
03/12/2024
140 - Better Yourself vs. Be Nourished So You Overflow
Jesus loves busy people. Yes, you read that right. No matter how up-tight or snippy you’ve been today. How not-present you were yesterday. How defeated you feel. Jesus never stops loving you. We think our behavior comes first. He says come anyway. We think it’s up to us. The Finisher says, “Dear child, all’s been done.” Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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139 - How to NOT Walk Away From Your Faith (3 Tips)
03/05/2024
139 - How to NOT Walk Away From Your Faith (3 Tips)
You and I are not passive acceptors of whatever happens. We go to battle with songs of praise and wisdom from tattered Bible pages and ruthless, trusting obedience. We lock arms with our people and hold each other up when we can’t stand on our own. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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138 - How to Trade Your Not-Enough for God’s Abundantly-Able
02/27/2024
138 - How to Trade Your Not-Enough for God’s Abundantly-Able
I want to be enough. Get it all the way right. Finish it on my own. But hold my not-enough in open hands. Release. Surrender. Dig deeper and discover more to let go. That’s hard. And it’s holy. Gift dripping with grace. God here in this . I’d tell you I know God’s good, but then I met Him on my knees and through many tears and with worship music loud and on repeat and I know Him differently now. When praise is easy, you trust what you see. Take prayers answered how you expect as evidence that God hears, cares, redeems. But when you’re in the middle a long time and don’t know how it will end, you’ve got to lean into what you can’t see. Trust that God is good now. Nevertheless. Even when —because there is where His more-than-enough collides with your not-enough. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Jennifer Dukes Lee’s study for (affiliate link). Read the first chapter (FREE!) of Becky Beresford's writes in her soon-releasing book, . Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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137 - What You Need to Know about Rose of Sharon + Self-Talk
02/20/2024
137 - What You Need to Know about Rose of Sharon + Self-Talk
I read Song of Solomon 2:1 (“I am a rose of Sharon . . .”) and remember pulling hundreds of Rose of Sharon seedlings in the spring. They look like an army of twigs laughing at the sky. Not innocent, you realize in year two when they’re already two feet tall and rain-softened earth won’t release the roots. So you squeeze your hands through squares of double-layer fence to pull them young because now you know what happens. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Six reflection questions I recommend using as a monthly word-of-the-year check-in. Get the printable . Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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136 - Here Is the Secret to a Wise, Fruitful, Overflowing Life
02/13/2024
136 - Here Is the Secret to a Wise, Fruitful, Overflowing Life
That’s her role—her one aim—to teach us to revere God Eternal. She knows the direction is vital. That we’re always pursuing something, and if it isn’t Him, it’s something that will distance us from Him. Links mentioned: Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Playlist of . Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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135 - Two Powerful Truths That Erase Our Reasons to Fear
02/06/2024
135 - Two Powerful Truths That Erase Our Reasons to Fear
Fear is familiar. It’s kept you quiet even when you honestly had something to say. Convinced you to not try, not risk, not show up. Trapped you in your head, in a vicious cycle of people-pleasing and self-perfecting. Stolen more than you want to admit: joy, peace, relational depth. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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134 - Highest Life Purpose: Praising God in the Presence of Others
01/30/2024
134 - Highest Life Purpose: Praising God in the Presence of Others
The aerial view from my seat is a timely reminder to zoom out, look for the through line staking what’s true and more important. Sometimes you need to step back to see what you’re missing. Links mentioned: Gratitude has a ripple effect. Learn more about Begin Within: A Gratitude Series (which seeks to inspire year-round, ripple-effect gratitude). Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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133 - How to Make Space for God’s Weighty Glory Today
01/23/2024
133 - How to Make Space for God’s Weighty Glory Today
Kneeling in His presence is an act of reverence. A declaration that He is God and I am not. I need that reminder daily because I’m quick to overstep, as if I can chart my own course better than He can. Links mentioned: Jennifer Dukes Lee’s guided journal, (affiliate link). Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Playlist of . Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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132 - What You Need to Know About God’s Unparalleled Longing
01/16/2024
132 - What You Need to Know About God’s Unparalleled Longing
Here’s what I really want you to know about God: He has always desired to be with us. That’s who I find in the pages of Exodus as I rapid read The Voice translation for Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. A God who always makes a way for us to be near Him because He wants to be known. A God indescribably pained when we turn away. Links mentioned: I’m taking Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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131 - How to Trust That God Gives More Than Enough
01/09/2024
131 - How to Trust That God Gives More Than Enough
God’s promise-laden answer to the Israelites is the same to us—self-wranglers, self-pitiers, self-justifiers. We who like to control the where, when, and how. We who are quick to complain, compare, criticize. Links mentioned: I’m taking Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the (affiliate link), and join us Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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130 - The Surprising Secret to Big Growth Is Small Steps
01/02/2024
130 - The Surprising Secret to Big Growth Is Small Steps
Let’s start here. I admit I’m scared of the word I’ve chosen for 2024. It’s a finger on a tender place that I know I need to surrender—and I’m not sure I’m ready. My word of the year will spin me to face the mirror and truths I have a hard time believing about myself. Draw me into the arms of Jesus who listens with compassion etched into every line on His face. Links mentioned: by Jennifer Dukes Lee by Emily P. Freeman by Caesar Kalinowski Caesar’s podcast, , is also a gold mine, and it’s been the hugest honor to join him for . Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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129 - Does Your 2024 Word of the Year Scare You?
12/26/2023
129 - Does Your 2024 Word of the Year Scare You?
Let’s start here. I admit I’m scared of the word I’ve chosen for 2024. It’s a finger on a tender place that I know I need to surrender—and I’m not sure I’m ready. My word of the year will spin me to face the mirror and truths I have a hard time believing about myself. Draw me into the arms of Jesus who listens with compassion etched into every line on His face. Links mentioned: 1. 2. My friend Yohonna Smith, host of the , has a Word of the Year – Word Study to help you get more out of your word. It’s a free resource, and you can download it . 3. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. 4. Read the written version of this episode .
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128 - This Is How to Create the Perfect Christmas
12/19/2023
128 - This Is How to Create the Perfect Christmas
Maybe you’re so wrapped up in making Christmas feel right for everyone else, you’ve forgotten you actually don’t have to do anything to make Christmas perfect. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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127 - 10 Simple Tips for Navigating Christmas This Year
12/12/2023
127 - 10 Simple Tips for Navigating Christmas This Year
This is for the one holding her breath, feeling the anxious weight of the best and bustle of December. This is for the one trying to figure out exactly where good becomes too much. Links mentioned: Grab this to remind you that God’s face lights up when He sees you. If you love Christmas music but find it makes you a bit anxious, try instrumental. Violin is my favorite for unknotting tension, and I play this often. I’m of * (affiliate link). While supplies last you can get Jennifer Dukes Lee’s journal for , and that includes free shipping and a 10-pack of card inspired by the journal. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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126 - This Is What Happens When You Pick a Word of the Year
12/05/2023
126 - This Is What Happens When You Pick a Word of the Year
I never knew what would happen if I picked a word of the year until I did. And maybe that’s where you are today. You hear talk at the end and beginning of every year about words of the year. You see lists of ideas popping up on Pinterest. Friends enthusiastically sharing their special word. But then there’s a whole lot of silence, and it leaves you wondering what actually happens with those words. Are they forgotten? Ineffective? Perhaps they shape lives in ways too personal to share online. This is for you if you’ve never picked a word of the year and are genuinely curious what it’s all about. It’s also for you if you’ve chosen a word before and didn’t know what to do with it. Or gave up on it, on accident of course. Let’s address the “what happens” question first. I understand you might have more questions, as well, like “Do you have any word ideas?” and How do I know which word to choose?” We’ll get to those too. Links mentioned: Get my list of 200 missional living word-of-the-year ideas ! Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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125 - How to Prepare Your Heart for Advent With Silent Thanks
11/28/2023
125 - How to Prepare Your Heart for Advent With Silent Thanks
Sometimes thanks is silent. Spoken not in words but awe as we inhale God’s overwhelming goodness and weighty glory. The very first line of Psalm 65 stops me: “Oh God in Zion, to you even silence is praise” (TPT). Silent praise assumes familiarity. Connectedness that can fill in the blanks and simply savor presence. That’s the kind of relationship King David had with his beloved Lord. He goes on to pen this sentiment: “How satisfied we will be just to be near you!” (v. 4). As the calendar draws us gently toward Advent, I want to hold this wonder that offers wordless praise. Because isn’t that the point of practicing gratitude for 30 days—that it would never end? Links mentioned: Get the prompts for the Thank Somebody Challenge ! I'll send them with directions. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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124 - 7 Secrets That Will Curb Your Perfectionism
11/21/2023
124 - 7 Secrets That Will Curb Your Perfectionism
Fellow perfectionist, let’s talk about you. That lie running through your head telling you it’s got to be better. The pressure you feel to get it right, down to crossed t’s and dotted i’s. The shame that flushes your face when someone presses on your lack. The way you want to hide your work the moment you notice a flaw. You don’t want another voice telling you to chill, so I promise that won’t be me. We waste a lot of time trying to better ourselves with resolutions and willpower. But the truth is, you can’t turn off your inner critic by badgering yourself with threats. You’ve tried it, as have I, and it doesn’t work. So what can we do when perfectionism tries to rule our lives? Here’s a list of seven things I’m learning to do. Links mentioned: Get the prompts for the Thank Somebody Challenge ! I'll send them with directions. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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123 - How to Accept Thanks When It Makes You Squirm
11/14/2023
123 - How to Accept Thanks When It Makes You Squirm
I’m quick to dismiss a thank you. Chalk it up to niceness, and spin it negative. What you really mean to say is I’m stubborn, impulsive, and a perfectionist. Or I’ll downplay it as nothing because it was less than what I’d intended and undeserving of thanks. That, or I’ll redirect the conversation back to you because the attention makes me squirm a little inside. It took a conversation with a handful of neighbors for me to name it aloud to any other besides my husband. We meet midweek over lunch hour and practice letting each other in. As in, to the down-beneath things that spin us toward or away from God. The lies we’re exchanging for God’s truth. The practices that keep our heads up and our hearts in the right place. Nicole Unice’s The Struggle Is Real study is a perfect launch pad for these honest conversations. If you’ve joined us for the November , you’ve been writing a lot of thank yous. Mailing cards, leaving notes, sending heartfelt texts or voice messages for the people who matter to you. But for some of us, that part feels natural. What’s a whole lot harder is when the thank you comes our way. Whether you’re completing the or not, let’s talk thank yous and how to get better about accepting them. With grace, grit, and humility, because honestly, it takes all three. Tune in for four practices that are helping me with this. Links mentioned: Get the prompts for the Thank Somebody Challenge ! I'll send them with directions. More on knowing God on our knees . Want to know the songs I play on repeat? Grab my playlist . Follow on Instagram—and grab a anywhere books are sold. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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122 - You Need To Know The Truth About Scars Healing
11/07/2023
122 - You Need To Know The Truth About Scars Healing
You’re trying to be thankful for what you have and who’s in your life, but more glaring is what’s missing. Who wasn’t there. Who doesn’t actually know you. Who hurt you on purpose. Whose words told you that you can’t, couldn’t, shouldn’t. Can we talk about it? Because if that’s you feeling all mixed up inside because isn’t a gratitude challenge supposed to make you feel better, it’s not time to bottle it all up. We push away the hard memories as if they can collect so much dust in the recesses of our minds that we won’t recognize them. Wear our happy faces and only tell the things that are good and well in our lives. But it’s exhausting, isn’t it? I know because I’ve got memories too that take me to bittersweet places. Scars that are still healing. Ones I remember every time I bake sourdough. Links mentioned: Get the prompts for the Thank Somebody Challenge ! I'll send them with directions. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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121 - Cultivate Ripple-Effect Gratitude by Asking This One Powerful Question (from The Ruth Experience's New Book)
10/31/2023
121 - Cultivate Ripple-Effect Gratitude by Asking This One Powerful Question (from The Ruth Experience's New Book)
As we turn the calendar to November, let’s keep Kristin’s question in mind: “How often do you and I compliment someone to the degree that they begin to believe it about themselves?” But let’s do more than think about it. Let’s put it into practice. Links mentioned: Find new book, The One Year Daily Acts of Gratitude Devotional ! Scroll with me through and you’ll find over 150 testimonies of gratitude leaving a lingering effect. Sign up to get the weekly story in your email inbox. Begin Within: A Gratitude Series turns three on Nov. 1st, and we're celebrating with a GIVEAWAY! Enter (through 11/3/23) ! Also beginning Nov. 1st is the Thank Somebody Challenge! Grab the prompts ! I'll send them with directions. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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120 - Don’t Wait Until the Chapter Ends—Tell Your Story Now
10/24/2023
120 - Don’t Wait Until the Chapter Ends—Tell Your Story Now
You don’t have to wait until this chapter is over to tell your story. Actually, it’s better if you don’t. Tune in to hear three compelling reasons why! Links mentioned: by Jennifer Dukes Lee. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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119 - How to Remain Calm When You’re Feeling Slighted
10/17/2023
119 - How to Remain Calm When You’re Feeling Slighted
I like simple. If you and I were sitting in my front yard, settled comfortably into my favorite hammock lawn chairs, and you told me that you were offended and couldn’t let it go, here’s what I’d share. Two things. Two things you can start today that will help you stay calm when life feels unfair. Links mentioned: Get the YouTube of songs I play on repeat. Check out Jennifer Dukes Lee’s guided journal, Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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118 - It’s A Gratitude Challenge That Will Give Connection and Perspective
10/10/2023
118 - It’s A Gratitude Challenge That Will Give Connection and Perspective
The fifth annual gratitude challenge begins November 1. I’m introducing it early so you’ll have more time to invite some friends to join you. And also because I really couldn’t wait any longer to let you know this year’s theme. The gratitude challenges for the past several years have been focused on you cultivating a heart of thanks that ripples into your neighborhood. Here at The Uncommon Normal, we’re all about getting close to Jesus and growing deep, missional friendships. We know that a rooted, thriving relationship with God leads us to meaningful connections with the people around us. Where these relationships intersect, we find community. Mission. Purpose. What grows on the inside as we spend time with Jesus shows in our facial expressions, words, tone, actions, and reactions. Missional neighboring boils down to this: Because our lives have a ripple effect, we input what we want to overflow. But for all the ripples we create, we’ve also been blessed by ripples extending from others. We’re been prayed for, cared for, invested in. Noticed, encouraged, inspired, lovingly challenged. Many of these people are unsung heros. This year we’re going to tell them thank you. Instead of sharing our gratitude challenge responses in our journals or via social media, we’re going to send them to specific people who have been Jesus to us or helped us look a little more like Him. We’ll call it the Thank Somebody Challenge. Grab the challenge prompts and directions . Get the weekly Begin Within: A Gratitude Series story in your email inbox by signing up HERE. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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117 - How to Start Scared (Something for All Enneagram Numbers)
10/03/2023
117 - How to Start Scared (Something for All Enneagram Numbers)
How do we overcome that underlying fear keeping us from getting close to God and getting to know our neighbors? Because in order for the things God is doing inside us to ripple out beyond us, we’ve got to lean hard into both of these relationships. This is the essence of missional neighboring. Links mentioned: In case you’re not yet familiar with the Enneagram, you can learn more . Want more on the intersection of the Enneagram and mission? Check out the Too often we focus on the outward expressions first. But the truth is that we can’t Want to know more? I put it in a little book for you, because I really want you to grasp how the posture of your heart affects everything else. We address the inside first, and then God ripples out from our lives. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, . If you want the it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode .
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