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A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

My “to-do” list is currently winning the war against my “done” list. You too? It’s tempting in these moments to criticize and berate myself, as if my entire value is tied to a Post-It note of crossed-off priorities. Lord, help us!

We might as well talk ab...

In a few days, my house is going to feel a little emptier as we move our daughter into her college dorm. A moment of silence for all the college-drop-off mamas. Ha! But as I watch her room slowly empty, it has me thinking about empty spaces.

Two years ago, we talked about intentionally making room for them, choosing empty spaces. But what about the empty spaces we don’t choose?

This week, we’re heading back to the Canad...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend! 

What’s your go-to boredom buster? Let me guess, you don’t have time to be bored! Oh, but Friend, we do and we are.

Boring spots? Yep, these are the empty spaces, the gaps, between our flurry of activities. We’re not exactly comfortable with boring, empty spaces…in our schedules or our hearts. Cue Sabbath!

Join me as we chat through our discomfort a...

I wasn’t planning to write an episode this week. I was planning to replay an old one, tackle the post-vacation laundry mountain, and call it good.

Then one last unexpected hike in the Canadian Rockies changed the plan.

Two years after first sharing the story of how I learned to “play my way through,” I’m wondering if maybe we’ve gotten play all wrong. Is it something we’re supposed to outgrow&mda...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend! 

Are you in a challenging season that just won’t quit? I hear you. Life sure can knock us down. I know my tendency is to lean in and pray harder. But what if there was another way?

Join me as we continue our “Summer of Sabbath” with a Biblical strategy for those rough patches. We’ll team up with Nehemiah 8 and a counterintuitive way through darker da...

Apparently God can teach me through just about anything these days. This time? A luggage scale.

I know...I didn't see that one coming either. As I was packing for our next hiking trip, God reminded me that while He gave us hearts full of compassion, He never asked us to carry the weight of the whole world.

Maybe that's why so many of us are exhausted. Not because we've stopped caring. Because we've been carrying more than we were...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

Does this sound familiar? “Ugh! I’m terrible at Sabbath. Great, another place I’m failing.”

Oh, good! I thought I was the only one.

So, let’s chat about when our Sabbath goes off the rails and AWOL, my Friend. Listen in for a raw look at my family’s Sabbath last week. We’ll also check in on Moses, Deuteronomy 5, and what it a...

A couple years ago, I packed for a 24-hour silent retreat. Overnight bag? Check. Hiking boots? Check. A suitcase full of dread? Also check.

Somewhere along a quiet hiking trail, God gently reminded me of something I desperately needed to hear—something that changed the way I think about worry, tomorrow...and even Sabbath.

In this week's Summer of Sabbath: Revisited episode, we're talking about the quiet way dread steals tod...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

What’s your superpower? I’m gonna guess you, like me, mistakenly believe we can be in two places at once. We work at the office, at home, on vacation. We check emails in traffic. We scan headlines at the table. We sneak a text-glance during dinner. We attempt to be connected everywhere and end up being present nowhere. Digital distractions lure us to believe we can&n...

This week on Glordinary, we're continuing our Summer of Sabbath: Revisited series with an episode I definitely wasn't planning to write.

A back injury. A student driver. A garbage truck with Scripture on the back. Somehow, they all ended up pointing me toward one lingering phrase from Scripture that I just couldn't shake.

This episode isn't really about slowing down. It's about what happens when life slows you down.

I hope you'll ...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

Hurry and hustle seem to be our default speed most days. It sure can feel like we’re workhorses, but frankly, I’m running out of horsepower. How about you?

Let’s talk about it, Friend. Join me as we continue our “Summer of Sabbath” series with a practical look at how to rest from Galatians 5:25. Episode 20 mirrors God's pace as we focus on slowing d...

Two years ago, Sabbath taught me to notice fresh-baked bread. Lately...I've been noticing dust.

Not because the bread disappeared. And not because the dust wasn't always there. But because somewhere along the way, my lens shifted.

What if the things that consistently catch our attention are telling us something deeper?

This week on Glordinary, we're revisiting Moses' burning bush, an annual eye exam, and the surprising way Sabbath ...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

Life moves pretty quickly these days. It seems the older I get, the faster time moves. You too?

With the blur of activities, it can be challenging to notice the big things (or the little things for that matter). That’s why Sabbath invites us to stop and notice what’s right in front of us, just like we see in Exodus 3. Join me as we spotlight "Sabbath Noticing" with M...

We're taking a one-week pause from our Summer of Sabbath: Revisited series for a conversation you'll be glad you didn't miss.

This week on Glordinary, I’m welcoming my friend, Todd Bradford. It’s a conversation about faith, family, work, recovery, illness, and learning to trust God through every unexpected turn.

Todd's story includes cancer, sobriety, motorcycles, food pantries, and more than a few surprises along the w...

This week's conversation landed on the calendar at just the right time.

With Independence Day just around the corner, it got me thinking...if there's one thing Americans don't like, it's being told what we can't do. (Shocking, I know.)

This week, as fireworks fill the sky and we celebrate freedom, let's talk about another kind of freedom—the kind God offers through Sabbath. Together we'll revisit Exodus 16, unlearn a thing or...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

Change can be difficult. Sometimes the older I get, the less I need to learn…and the more I need to unlearn. Habits I’ve picked up. Methods for how I do things. Hmm…that can’t be just me. Do you ever feel this way?

Turns out, we’re not the only ones needing to unlearn a thing or two. Let's talk about Exodus 16 when God re-introduces the Sabbath as...

I have this blue-and-white tote bag that goes just about everywhere with me. At this point, it's basically my emotional support bag.

Bills to pay. Plans to make. Books to read. Reading glasses. Random protein bars. A life insurance policy with 47 gajillion medical questions to renew. You know, the essentials.

Maybe you have a “tote bag” too… one that feels like you're carrying all.the.things.

We're continuing our...

A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

Do you ever feel like you just need permission to stop? To stop from the constant day-in and day-out of life. To stop from the tyranny of the urgent and the sensory overload of life. To stop from the stress, the woes, the fears, the labor. Permission granted.

Yes, when it comes to Sabbath, we not only have permission to stop, but a responsibility to do so. Our bodies need it, an...

My Grammy always had a list. Honestly, so do I.

This week on Glordinary, we’ll chat about To-Do lists, dough, manna, Sabbath, and how we keep collecting "just one more thing" to do.

The problem is, the list never really ends. And giving up a whole day to Sabbath seems unrealistic with that To-Do list staring back at us.

But what if Sabbath isn't about what you can't do? What if it's about what you don't have to do?

Join me as...