Tag: Ministry
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Nine – Turning: Learning What Anchors Us
As you settle in today, coffee in hand, take a moment to notice how it feels to pause. Over the past few weeks, you’ve learned a lot about where your attention naturally goes and how to return when you feel scattered. You’ve practiced turning back, again and again, without judgment. Today, we pause to ask…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Eight – Turning: Learning How to Return
As you settle in for another week, maybe your coffee mug is warm in your hands. Maybe it’s been reheated once already. Either way, I’m so glad that you chose to show up – that matters. If you’re anything like me, so much of life quietly pulls at your attention. We turn toward responsibilities, conversations,…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Seven – Turning: Learning Where the Mind Goes
As you settle in today, maybe you’re holding a warm mug. Maybe the house is still, or maybe it’s already loud and full. Either way, you’ve carved out this small pocket of time to be present. Before we rush into anything, pause for a moment and notice where your mind already is. Is it planning…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant – Week Six: Turning: Returning When You Drift
As you settle in to meet with Jesus today, imagine the simple act of noticing where your body is facing. Perhaps toward a window, a screen, or the warmth of your coffee mug in your hands. Turning rarely happens all at once.More often, it happens in small moments of awareness. Last week, we talked about…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Five: Turning – Learning Where to Look
Beginning a New Phase: Turning Toward the Light As we begin today, imagine taking your first sip of coffee and glancing toward the window. The light is there, steady and present, even if the sky feels overcast. Over the past four weeks, we have been in the Rooting phase of our journey. We slowed down.…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Four: Rooting – Safe to Belong
As we begin today, imagine this as the quieter part of a coffee date. What is left in your cup has cooled in your hands. The conversation has slowed. There’s no agenda left to manage or prove. Just space to stay present a little longer. Over the past few weeks, we’ve rested, received love, and…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus Rooted and Radiant Week Three: Rooting – Loved While We Were Weak
Before we begin, imagine setting your cup down for just a moment. Maybe your drink is still warm. Maybe it’s gone cold because life pulled at you before you sat down. Either way, you’re here now. This space is an invitation to pause, to settle, and to remember that Jesus meets us exactly where we…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus – Rooted and Radiant Week Two: Rooting – God Is For You
Before we begin, take a moment to settle in. If you’d like, imagine this as another coffee date together. Maybe you’re refilling your mug, adjusting your seat, or taking a deep breath after a full morning. Just as we might if we were sitting together at Silk City Coffee, let yourself arrive without rushing. There’s…
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Mindful Mondays: Time With Jesus – Rooted and Radiant Week One – Rooting
Before we begin, imagine this as a kind of virtual coffee date. If we could meet in person, we might be sitting together at Silk City Coffee. You’d have your favorite drink in hand, maybe hot, maybe iced. We’d settle into a comfortable seat, take a breath, and talk honestly about life and faith and…
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Starting the New Year with Intention
Welcome to my NEW weekly blog for 2026! As a new year begins, many of us feel the quiet pull to start differently. Not with pressure or perfection, but with intention. With a rhythm that steadies us. With a pace that allows us to breathe. That is the heart behind my new Mindful Mondays: Time With…