Get to know us better this Holiday Season! From photography, sourdough, jobs, pet peeves, and more. We discuss our Highs and Lows of 2023, what we're looking forward to this Christmas season and what we hope for in the next year. How have we grown this year? What are we pushing ourselves to do more? What we would like to change this time next year?

A short devotion for your morning. How are we supposed to Love our enemies? That's no small task. But it's something we are called to do as imitators of Christ.

I know... it's been a while but we finally uploaded singleness part two!! Today we hear Shania talk about her struggles with singleness, and how her parents divorce affected her. We talk about generational sins and wonder are people fighting for their marriages anymore?  We continue this conversation of singleness and discuss important reminders that help us switch our focus from earthly things to eternal things and share from our own journal entries on how God helps us in the "waiting seasons."

In part 1 Shania and Mikala dive into singleness and discuss the over used phrases and clichés of this “season.” This episode includes personal stories, things we’ve learned, ways we still want to grow, and some ranting all centered around the touchy topic of singleness. We hope you can relate and be encouraged by this one! 

Wedding season is in full bloom here and we had a lot of fun reminiscing on wedding mishaps, stressors, and funny stories! Whether you're single, engaged, married, or a bridesmaid, wedding season can be overwhelming for anyone but the hope is you join us for some laughs as we reflect on these memories and the things we learned throughout this process. Shania got married this last February and Mikala was her MOH. Neither of them had ever been a bridesmaid or part of any wedding in such a huge way. They learned a lot. Hopefully you can relate with them during the craziness that is wedding planning.

A short devotion for your morning drive to work! Luke 12:24-36. Hope this encourages you as much as it has encouraged me

Shania & Mikala share their current anxious thoughts that have filled their minds with worry/stress recently. They discuss anxious thoughts over jobs and careers, current and future relationships, money concerns, fear of change, "am I ready for..." and how we rely on Christ to help keep us grounded when these thoughts overwhelm us. We don't have all the answers that's not what this space is meant for. So if you've been feeling weighed down by your own "anxious thoughts" we hope you'll join us in rest & reflect.

We will discuss the blessings of Godly community. Specifically, being surrounded by christian friends of the same age/stage of life. What is Godly community and why is it so important? What does community look like within the church? How do I make friends in my 20s when I’m in a totally new season of life? How do we find mentors? We’ll discuss it all here at Rest & Reflect. Biblical community has made a huge impact in our lives, so we hope and encourage you to find Godly community for yourself.  We are so excited to start this new adventure! In this episode, we introduce ourselves, the reason behind why we started this podcast, and our hopes as we encourage you and others through different seasons of life. We make a lot of “tsks” and “umms” this episode, so please bear with us as we’re still learning! Thank you so much for listening!