Every Thought Captive: Honest Conversations on Faith and Emotions | Christian Women, Trusting God

Have you ever wished you were better at conflict? Maybe you avoid it completely, stuffing things down until they explode. Maybe you charge straight in and regret your tone later. Maybe you lay in bed at night overthinking a conversation that hasn't even happened yet, playing out the worst-case scenario on repeat like your brain just won't quit. If you're a Christian woman who has ever spiraled int...

Have you ever been in a season so dark you didn't know how to explain it to anyone? Maybe you've felt the heaviness settle in and you don't even know where it came from. Maybe you've told yourself you shouldn't be struggling because other people have it worse. Maybe the shame of feeling depressed as a believer has kept you from telling a single person, because if you just had more faith or prayed...

Have you ever been mad at God and felt guilty about it? Maybe you're anxious and overwhelmed and you know you're supposed to trust him but you're frustrated because nothing is changing. Maybe you've done everything you know to do, prayed more, fasted more, tried harder, and you're still waking up with a pit in your stomach every morning. Maybe you've just stopped praying altogether because you don...

Have you ever known something was true and felt the complete opposite? Maybe you know God is good but your emotions are telling you everything is falling apart. Maybe you know he's called you to something but the anxiety, the self-doubt, and the overthinking are so loud you can barely hear anything else. Maybe you've wanted to quit whatever he put in front of you more times than you can count. If...

Have you ever felt disconnected? From your friends, from your family, from God? Maybe you're in a season right now where the days are long and lonely. Your husband is working. The kids need everything from you. And somewhere in the middle of all the diapers and dishes and exhaustion, you realize you can't remember the last time you had a real conversation with another adult. Or the last time you o...

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, this is not what I pictured? Maybe you thought you'd be further along by now. Maybe the career, the marriage, the motherhood journey, none of it looks the way you imagined it would. And maybe the gap between where you are and where you thought you'd be has left you stuck in overthinking, anxiety, and a low-grade fear that you somehow missed it. If you...