I recently read an article from CBN that shared a study about how forgiveness is one of the best methods to help improve sleep - even more than all of the previous “best methods!” In this episode I’ll discuss how this article impacted me, what the Bible says about forgiveness, and how to exercise more forgiveness in the day-to-day.

If you’re anything like me, maybe sometimes when life gets busy you feel like you’re failing at time spent with God. But in this episode, I’m going to share some truths about what really defines a good relationship with God. It’s not as difficult as you may think!

Have you ever had that “one person” in your life that you love to hate and hate to love? Yeah, I think we’ve all been there. This episode is all about embracing the every day hard situations you may face as you meet and get to know different types of people. God uses difficult people and situations to shape and mold us into His image and propel us towards our calling. I’ll talk about my own experiences as well as give you some simple and practical tips for allowing God to be part of the process and help you overcome those challenges.

As Christians, we all desire to grow close to God and to know him. There are countless examples of God interacting with mankind throughout the Bible. How do we, as modern day believers find the same closeness to God? How do we see God do works in us? What does it look like to seek the Lord? This episode will tackle these questions and provide encouragement for you as you continue to grow in your relationship with God.

By nature, I love to achieve and succeed in everything I do. Sometimes that can get me trapped in a fast-pace that isn’t healthy for me. In this episode, I’ll be sharing some of my personal battles with juggling too much at one time and what God has done to help me find balance. It’s my hope that through this you will be able to look at your own pace of life and ask the Lord if it’s healthy for you, so that you can go after God and let go of the burdens that are weighing you down!

Do you ever feel like your life is more difficult than you expected it to be? Yeah, me too. Why is that? In this episode I talk through some of the “false expectations” I’ve been processing through lately, relating to how our Christian life can sometimes look a lot less put together than we may hope. I’ll also help put into perspective what God’s reality for our life looks like, so that we can both walk with some boldness and strength to fight through life’s hard moments.

Every day we encounter people. Do we take time to notice them in a way that allows us to be a light in this world and the hands and feet of Jesus? In this episode, I share how to take the self-centered mindset we all tend to gravitate toward (thanks to our culture!) and turn it outward so that we can see people and love them more fully.

The other day, I was sitting in a meeting when I heard God say, “I need you to have mercy.” From that, I’ve been exploring the topic of mercy. This podcast is my thoughts and observations as I’ve been unwrapping mercy and how it comes to play in daily life and relationships.

This episode is all about having a heart to know God more deeply in the new year. For 2019, my goal is to go after God with all of my heart, and I’ve outlined 3 simple ways to do this. Follow along with the notes below and join me as I choose to put God first.

All the time, we see words like “Faith” written out in elegant fonts. It can make it seem like faith is meant to be a beautiful, artistic, and easy. In this episode, I’m sharing a personal story that illustrates a season of life where God worked tragedy into an exercise of building my faith. You’ll see that faith isn’t always easy; actually, it can be pretty hard - but the rewards are well worth the struggles!