The (in)courage Podcast

"There’s no murky water too dark or too deep or too dirty for God’s love to take root. God wrote love and mercy into the pages of Scripture and into the flowers and wind and trees. There’s no murky w…

"I did the hustle thing and it's exhausting. My life runs better when it's quieter. Jesus knew something that we, in our live-out-loud, post-it-all, like-counting culture, can easily forget: quieting…

"If you have a friend who is struggling, she needs you. Loving friends well is our privilege as a follower of Christ, and I’m hopeful to give what I’ve received. When we love others well, we’re demon…

"In a society focused on immediate gratification, we forget the virtue of patience. Patience does not come naturally for most of us, especially when overnight shipping and thirty-minute delivery are …

"I refuse to hoard or hide or waste my gifts. So often I think about the day I will stand before God and I want to hear those beautiful words “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:23). I…

There are plenty of books and journals out there about “finding yourself” and “discovering who you really are.” But few of them point to the truth of Who made us and what He says about us. In Known: …

"The Lord is doing a deep heart work in Gen Z. He's teaching them how to take their eyes off of themselves and how to first set them on Him. And then, how to see the needs around them.
 
 He's giving t…

"Desperate to avoid future pain, we also miss out on today's pleasure. Far too often we get a glimpse of a potential catastrophe and, as a result, we hole up inside, eyes on the sky, heart tied up in…

"By the grace of God, I keep clinging to this truth: God is good. And He does not change. My prayer for the next month or two is to wake up in the morning and dare to hope that good things happen ind…

"Anything we tell ourselves that doesn’t align with who God says we are is a false narrative."

There are plenty of books and journals out there about “finding yourself” and “discovering who you reall…

Expressing joy is not weak. As we journey through life and experience many losses of our own, we can start to hedge our emotions – tamper down our experiences of joy, stifle the emotions we can barel…

"God, bless this school year and bless each person who wears the beautiful and noble badge of Teacher."
- Becky Keife

Whether you send your kids to public school or private school, or you choose to edu…

"Curiosity is the fuel that feeds our compassion. And compassion is the gateway to seeing and serving the ones around you. And I want to be that always. I want to be the one who stays curious and com…

"The power to change a person is God’s and God’s alone. Not mine. Knowing that it’s not my job to change my family is liberating. When I’m with my family, I don’t need to win arguments or put someone…

"When we get in our heads too much about our material needs, we lose our focus on the Provider. God is asking you to trust Him to provide for you. Worry won't change your circumstances, and it will s…

"A loving God doesn’t make our dreams smaller, but gives us the vision, creativity, support, and wisdom to make our lives bigger. If you’re like me and your dreams have been muffled, you might have s…

"God, there’s no end in sight, in more ways than one, and I’m here again asking You to do what You’ve done before.

There are days our hearts break as our fingers scroll, and there are very real storm…

"God isn’t interested in our productivity, but in our wellbeing. I found myself having compassion for the peonies and their big move, not bitterness that they didn’t make enough flowers for me. I pru…

"We committed to honoring and celebrating our accomplishments instead of overlooking them through the lens of comparison.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the unique gifts and abilities You have bestow…

Kind words are like honey—
     sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
Proverbs 16:24

"I had braced myself for a stranger’s rebuke — parenting in public in the little years made me sweat with anxi…