Life Out Loud

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Summer has a way of turning even the most grounded mom into a full-time juggler: louder houses, more meals, less structure, and that quiet pressure to “make all the memories.” This episode shares a strength reset you can actually use when the days start to feel bonkers and you’re tempted to believe you have to hold everything together.  We anchor...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Summer has a way of turning the volume up, on schedules, on stress, on old habits we thought we’d outgrown. So, I’m opening Psalm 107 and reading it slowly, because it’s one of the clearest pictures I know of real life with God: we wander, we end up hungry or stuck, we hit storms that take us to the end of ourselves, and then we cry out and He de...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ The loud world is not neutral, and the most confident voice in your feed is not automatically the voice of God. We're getting ready for summer by talking about something that can sound intense at first, but ends up being deeply freeing: false teachings and how to spot them. We start in 1 John 4 with a clear command to test the spirits, becau...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Big moments don’t come from big beginnings, they come from tiny, repeated yeses that nobody applauds. In this episode, Desireé picks back up with King David and pulls in 3 anchor passages to show how God trains our faith in the ordinary long before anything looks “important” on the outside. We talk about the uncomfortable truth that God sees what...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Trust gets real when life stops cooperating. In this episode, we hold two prayers side by side that most of us would never think to pair: David’s calm confidence in 2 Samuel 7:28, “Your covenant is trustworthy,” and Jesus’ gut-level surrender in Luke 22:42, “Not my will but yours be done.” Together, they show a faith that holds up in both the pra...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Your thoughts are not just background noise, they’re building something. This episode shows you how what’s happening beneath the surface shapes what you say, what you choose, and what you believe about yourself. If you’ve been stuck in fear, discouragement, or that low-grade heaviness that won’t quit, we’re going to get practical about your thoug...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Easter morning is a breathtaking headline, but the real question hits on a random afternoon in the middle of our lives: what does the resurrection actually change for life right now? To answer this, we can look to Romans 5 because I want Scripture to feel alive when your week feels chaotic, your heart feels heavy, or your thoughts won’t slow down...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ An earthquake. Rolled-away stone. Angels who speak like certainty. And one moment so personal it feels like it was written for you. As Lent comes to a close, we pull the resurrection story from Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, and John 20 and weave the four Gospel accounts into one clear, faith-strengthening picture of the empty tomb. We talk about...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Burnout can look like faithfulness when everyone depends on you, but God never asked you to disappear to prove you love Him. We’re continuing our Lent series with a topic we often avoid: our bodies. Not as a project, not as a problem, not as a measure of worth, but as sacred space.    We name the lies out loud: that your worth is based on how you...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ The "S" word can make us bristle because it sounds like loss, weakness, or giving up control. During this Lent reflection, the whole idea is slowed down and rebuilt it the way Scripture describes it. We talk about why “control” is often a comforting lie. Then we step into one of the most raw moments in the Bible: Jesus in Luke 22 at the...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Deserts rarely announce themselves with drama. More often they arrive in the middle of car lines, late-night laundry, missed theme days, and the slow creep of loneliness that somehow grows in our hyper-connected lives. We’re exploring the wilderness as more than a metaphor—naming exhaustion, invisibility, identity shifts, and waiting—and uncoveri...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Feeling stretched thin by roles, expectations, and the voice in your head that never stops? We go straight at the heart of Lent and talk about release—laying down the burdens we carry.  We get practical and honest about the “overs” that quietly exhaust us: over-functioning over-committing over-explaining over-apologizing over-performing You’ll he...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Ever notice how faith slips from alive to automatic without a dramatic moment or decision? Desireé shines a light on that quiet drift and offers a clear way back, using Joel 2:12–13 and Psalm 51:10 as a practical map. We talk about why hearts grow tired, how routine replaces wonder, and why Lent is less about gritting our teeth and more about mak...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Lent rarely arrives with spectacle; it slips into our calendars with a smudge of ash and a deeper invitation. We open this conversation with 1 Timothy 2:5 and center the simple truth that Lent is all about Jesus — the bridge between our restless hearts and the Father. From there, we walk through Joel 2’s call to return “with all your heart” and u...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Hit record, skip the perfection, and lean into obedience—this is the heartbeat of our latest conversation. We are changing it up around here beginning with this episode! We open up about fear, comparison, and the pressure to polish everything, then turn to Caleb in Numbers 14:24 to explore what a “different spirit” looks like in real life. The th...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ The Lord is my shepherd. These five simple words have brought comfort to millions across generations. In this season finale exploring Psalm 23, we journey through one of the most beloved passages in scripture, written by King David from his perspective as both a shepherd and a king.  What makes this psalm so powerful isn't just its poetic be...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ What happens when someone who seemingly has it all—power, wealth, divine favor—falls into devastating sin? King David's story might be thousands of years old, but his prayer of repentance in Psalm 51 offers timeless wisdom for anyone who has ever strayed from their path. This episode delves into the heart of Psalm 51 "Create in me a pur...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Have you ever wondered if God could really do the impossible in your life? Paul's prayer to the Ephesians offers a breathtaking promise that continues to transform lives two thousand years later. Tucked away in Ephesians 3:16-21, this powerful prayer was written from a prison cell to a church Paul deeply loved. As we explore this ancient tex...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Hannah and Jabez represent opposite ends of our spiritual journey. Hannah prayed from rock bottom—barren, misunderstood, and in deep anguish. Her story teaches us that God can handle our most wrecked emotions and shows us what surrender truly looks like. The Prayer of Jabez is a bold prayer that has inspired believers for millennia. Jabez approac...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Psalm 91 offers a powerful spiritual refuge that has comforted believers for centuries with its vivid imagery of God's protective care. God positions Himself between us and harm's way. This isn't about avoiding difficulties altogether—it's about finding unshakable security within them. "Whoever dwells in the shelter of th...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ The battle for your soul is real – are you properly equipped for it?  Taking inspiration from the Apostle Paul's powerful imagery in Ephesians 6, this episode unpacks the ancient concept of spiritual armor that remains startlingly relevant for today's challenges. Written from prison, Paul's description of the Armor of God provides...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ We're exploring the Lord's Prayer as heaven's roadmap for accessing daily strength and understanding Jesus's master class on prayer for our lives. • The Lord's Prayer touches every important aspect of being the hands and feet of Jesus • "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name" acknowledges God as our sovere...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Welcome to Season #4 of Life Out Loud! After a brief hiatus (#life, am I right!?), I'm back and thrilled to reconnect with you – my wonderful listeners. This season marks a significant shift in our journey together as we explore the prayers and scriptures that have shaped not just history, but continue to transform lives today. Scripture oft...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ Welcome to the Season 3 FINALE! Do you lose your mind over some delicious sushi? Asking for a friend... maybe. In Episode 8 of Season 3, Desireé illuminates the importance of self-control. How well we exercise this fruit determines SO much in our lives. God wants us to live incredible lives – but also within His boundaries for our lives. Growing...

Send me a text – I always love hearing from you! ✨ In Episode 7 of Season 3, Desireé unpacks the sometimes-overlooked fruit of gentleness. She uses this episode to illustrate that the same God of the mountain is the same God of the valley – and he is our gentle protector. In this episode we unpack gentleness in our marriages, as parents and in all of the other roles we have.  Topics include: True...