The (in)courage Podcast

The natural rhythm of prayer in our lives makes way for His supernatural peace. When a life-threatening scenario played out in front of us, we didn’t resort to prayer out of panic or fear; we respond…

Being around people reminds us of who we are and who we want to be. God is relational and practical Christianity hinges on community. We weren’t intended to merely interact with avatars on a screen. …

When you fall apart, you are falling into grace. Even while life is crumbling in ways that we cannot comprehend or control, His love for us still proves to be all that we need.

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God loves us so much that He will meet us exactly where we are. I didn’t need to fix my make-up or put on real pants, and nobody asked me to send a calendar request. I just showed up, in my parked ca…

Often showing up with our focused ministry of presence is enough. Sometimes the people before us just need us to be silent. To pour another cup of coffee and dish out the brownie and sit with them in…

"God’s purposes for me are good. He would never want to harm me." Erica Stidham is sharing her story of suffering from PTSD after losing her home in Hurricane Harvey, and how the victory of Christ is…

You have a God who is bigger than any ocean or army. Friend, what is your impossible situation? Regardless of the uniqueness of your story and your pain, there is a God who is able to deliver. In fac…

The wounds that we tend can become the place we most welcome others. When women support women, we all become more capable of showing up as our full selves.

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Walking in accordance with God’s Word keeps us steady in the midst of unsteady opinions. When we get wrapped up in what people are saying about us and find ourselves willing to conform for the approv…

If we can be in control of all of our circumstances, where is there room for faith to grow? Jesus encouraged the apostle Paul when healing on this side of heaven still had not come, “My grace is suff…

Just because YOU could be better doesn’t mean you’re not good enough. This is what grace means: that we in all our mess and brokenness are still enough. It means Jesus went to the cross and rose from…

Thunder doesn’t rumble out of nowhere and storms move in over time. In Luke 6, Jesus says, “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” And what He means is that when we say something unkind or …

We're all daughters of the same God, privileged to bear His image to a world who is watching.  God used a complete stranger to challenge my perspective and to remind me that I never know who’s watchi…

Love suffers long. Living out our love for Jesus isn’t shiny or brag-worthy, it is ordinary and often wearisome, work. To care for people made in the image of God, Jesus’ beloved “sheep,” requires th…

Use this moment to reclaim your mind. Use this moment to reclaim your mind and decide: What does it practically look like to care for this temple that you’re living in every day? Keep this in your he…

We don't have to be afraid of struggle. God has auspiciously entwined struggle, reward, and fruit. They are inseparable. I have learned to express gratitude for each. In so many of life’s circumstanc…

The most important thing we can do when we feel like there’s nothing we can do is to pray. No matter how unprepared or ill-equipped we feel, no matter where we find ourselves — in the break room at w…

God offers a different kind of peace. Lasting. Unshakable. Perfect. When the whole world fractures or my own life shatters, the peace of Jesus is still available because the person of Jesus never cha…

Maybe we aren't stuck where we are. Maybe we're just here for a bit of time. Oh, friends. We are never stuck in just one place. We have a good God who loves us way to much to leave us mired or maroon…

God is not done with you. God isn’t disappointed that your gifts and talents look different today than they did ten years ago. He wants you just the way you are, right now. The curves, the stretch ma…