Category: Mindful Mondays 2026
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week 33: Reflecting – Loving Without Needing to Be Seen
Good morning, friends. Have you ever done something kind for someone and found yourself hoping they would know it was you? I don’t mean because you wanted praise. Sometimes we simply long to know that what we did mattered. We wonder if they noticed, if they felt loved, or if they realized someone was quietly…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Thirty-Two: Reflecting – Open Hands
Good morning, friends. Over the past few weeks we’ve been reflecting on what happens as we remain close to Jesus. We begin noticing people the way He notices them. We discover that compassion flows from abiding. We even find ourselves loving people we never imagined we could love because His love begins flowing through us.…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Thirty-One: Reflecting – Loving Beyond What Feels Natural
Good morning, friends. Last week we reflected on Jesus inviting His disciples to come away and rest before returning to serve. That invitation has stayed with me because I’ve realized how often Jesus teaches us something in one season that we’ll need in the next. It’s one thing to receive His compassion when we’re tired…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Thirty: Reflecting – Compassion Flows From Abiding
Good morning, friends. Have you ever reached the end of a season and realized you weren’t just physically tired…you were tired somewhere much deeper? I remember a season like that in my own life. Years of counseling, ministry, leadership, and walking alongside people through some of the hardest moments of their lives had been a…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Twenty-Nine Reflecting: Slowing Down for People
Have you ever reached the end of a day and realized you accomplished a lot, but you barely noticed the people around you? I know I have. Life moves quickly. There are schedules to keep, emails to answer, errands to run, meals to prepare, and responsibilities that seem to multiply overnight. Before we know it,…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Twenty-Eight Reflecting: Words That Build
Some words stay longer than the moment they were spoken.You probably know that from experience. A sentence someone said years agothat you can still hear clearly. A comment that landed deeper than expected.A phrase that either strengthened something in youor quietly pulled it down. Words have a way of doing that. They don’t just pass…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Twenty-Seven Reflecting: Listening Well
As a counselor, mentor and coach this practice can be especially challenging for me.As a result, I am continually asking Jesus to form His will to listen well within me.I don’t think I’m alone in this… The one I am with starts talking: “Can I tell you something?”and almost immediately, you feel it. The urge…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Twenty-Six Reflecting: Presence Over Perfection
You can be with someone… and not really be with them. You can hear their words and already be forming your response. You can sit across from them while your mind is somewhere else entirely. Thinking ahead – Solving something. Trying to say the right thing and it’s not because you don’t care. It’s often…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Twenty-Five Reflecting: Love Moves Toward Others
If we were sitting together, I think I might notice something before I even asked a question. Not something loud.Not something obvious. Just… a softness. A steadiness that wasn’t there before. The way you respond.The way you hold space.The way you don’t rush past things as quickly as you once did. And maybe you wouldn’t…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Twenty-Four Becoming: What Is Growing Begins to Show
If we were sitting together right now, I think I’d ask you a simple question. Not about what you’re working onor what you’re trying to changebut this: What feels different lately? Not dramatic.Not perfect. Just… different. Because sometimes growth doesn’t announce itself. It shows up quietly. In the way you respond.In how quickly you return.In…