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Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Join our Facebook Group  Join the email list Hey friend, I cannot believe we are here. This is the end of season one, and it has been a full year of walking through real life together, one week at a time. Season recap A few things we have kept coming back to this year: God is in control, even when life feels out of control. Trusting Him is not passive. It mea...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Have you ever wondered why God created us at all, knowing we would fail Him? He saw every wrong choice before He ever formed us. So why go through with it? Wouldn't it have been easier to skip the heartbreak altogether? In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're sitting with one of the biggest questions of our faith. If God knew we would sin, why did He...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Do you ever feel that Sunday night dread when you realize the weekend is almost over and your mind starts racing about everything still left undone? In this episode, we talk about how to plan your week in a way that brings peace instead of panic. We often want freedom without a schedule, but the truth is that a schedule can actually give you more freedom. It...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word   Have you ever been scrolling through social media and someone is confidently tearing the Bible apart? They point to God wiping out cities, the Bible and slavery, or the way women were treated in the Old Testament, and suddenly you don't know what to say. Maybe you've had some of those same questions yourself. Today we're going to talk about all of it, with...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Do you ever feel like you have to "get it together" before you can really come to God? Maybe you tell yourself, "Once I stop reacting like that… once I get consistent with my quiet time… once I finally deal with this sin… then I will have a real relationship with God." In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we are talking about why that is not how the gosp...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Do you ever feel like you are begging God for clarity, but your life still feels stuck in the same place? You pray about it. You think about it. You replay all the options in your head. But when it comes to actually taking a step, you freeze. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we are talking about those seasons when you feel "parked" in your life and f...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Have you ever been in the middle of something hard and felt like if you could just fix the situation, you'd finally be okay? In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about why the situation isn't always the problem. It's the lens we're looking through. And while we don't always get to choose our circumstances, we do get to choose how we respond...

Get your FREE Book - Peace in the Word Have you ever been in a season where everything fell apart at once and you couldn't see any way forward? Grief has a way of making us feel like our story is over. But the book of Ruth shows us something different. It shows us a God who is quietly, faithfully working even when we can't see Him moving, turning ordinary days and desperate choices into something...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever open your Bible, read a few verses, and walk away thinking, "What was I supposed to get from that?" Maybe you've tried to be consistent. You've sat down, read the words, but it just didn't click. It felt confusing, disconnected, or like you were missing something. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about a simple shift th...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel like if you don't manage everything, plan every detail, or keep holding it all together, life will fall apart? Many Christian women live exhausted, not because life is always hard, but because they're carrying things God never asked them to carry. Control can feel responsible, productive, and protective, but underneath it is often fear,...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel like if you don't manage everything, plan every detail, or keep holding it all together, life will fall apart? Many Christian women live exhausted, not because life is always hard, but because they're carrying things God never asked them to carry. Control can feel responsible, productive, and protective, but underneath it is often fear,...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Have you ever found yourself lying awake at night, your mind racing through everything that could go wrong? Or chasing that feeling of peace but never quite getting there? In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about what peace actually is, why we keep missing it, and what to do when life has you so overwhelmed you don't even know where...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel like prayer is just one more thing on your to-do list that you're not doing right? Maybe you're following a prayer guide but feeling disconnected. Maybe you only pray when things get hard. Or maybe you've stepped back from prayer altogether because you just don't know what to say anymore. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're t...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form When Jesus said, "It is finished" on the cross, He wasn't just saying His suffering was over. He was declaring that the debt of sin was paid, the work was complete, and the way to eternal life was fully opened, for you. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we slow down and look at Jesus' final word from John 19:30 and the rich meaning behind the wor...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever catch yourself scrolling through social media, feeling fine one minute, and then suddenly you're picking yourself apart over things that weren't even a thought five minutes ago? Without realizing it, your identity starts to lean on what others think about you, what they have that you don't, or what you wish you could undo from your past. In t...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about what happens when the most important news in the world, Jesus dying on the cross for our sins and rising again, starts to feel routine, and how to let God restore your awe for the gospel. We'll also walk through simple, practical ways to share that good news with others without feeling fake, f...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel like your worth rises and falls with what other people think of you? If you're worn out from trying to keep everyone happy, this episode will help you recognize people pleasing for what it is, understand why it shows up, and learn how to start living for God's approval instead of everyone else's. You will learn: What people pleasing real...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Have you ever seen someone's perfectly highlighted, colorful Bible on social media and then opened yours and thought, "Where do I even start?" In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about how to study your Bible for yourself without feeling like you're doing it wrong, without needing a color-coded system, and without having to be a Bible...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever lie awake and quietly wonder, "Am I really going to heaven, and how can I know for sure?" In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about what the Bible actually says about who goes to heaven, not based on vague hope, being a "good person," or checking church boxes, but on the finished work of Jesus. This conversation was deeply...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form We talk a lot about "inviting Jesus into our hearts," but it's possible to say the words and still keep Him at arm's length. Maybe you're grateful He's there, you love Him, you talk to Him, but you still feel like you're the one managing the rooms, setting the rules, and deciding what He can and can't touch. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we'r...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel like your brain has 47 tabs open, and somehow anxiety is running all of them? In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about what to do with the worries that won't let you go and the "what if" spirals that steal your peace. We'll look at the invisible backpack of anxiety so many of us carry and what Scripture actually tell...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel completely worn out by worry and anxiety, even when nothing has actually happened yet? That exhaustion isn't random. Worry feels heavy because it is heavy. And the reason it weighs us down so much is because it was never meant to be carried by us in the first place. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about the uncomf...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Have you ever felt like you knew someone, followed them, listened to them, learned from them, only to realize they had no idea who you were? In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we take a closer look at one of the most sobering statements Jesus ever made: "Depart from me, I never knew you." (Matthew 7) This episode isn't meant to create fear or make...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever pray for God to help you, and then feel frustrated when nothing changes? You ask God to fix the situation, change the person, remove the obstacle, and instead of an instant solution, you're handed responsibility. In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about a tension we see all throughout Scripture: God is powerful. God is fa...

Click to Fill Out The Podcast Feedback Form Do you ever feel like everything needs your attention at the same time? Like if you don't deal with it right now, it's going to fall apart? In this episode of Peace Over Perfection, we're talking about the story of Mary and Martha and how distraction and urgency can pull our focus away from what matters most. This isn't about being "a Mary" instead of "a...