Ripple-Effect Faith with Twyla Franz

I find what works on a mountain also applies to our relationships with our Enneagram opposites and how we approach an election. Links mentioned: Discover your Enneagram number and how it helps you love your neighbors well HERE . To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up  here. Read the written version of this episode  HERE.

David finds himself in a spot many of us do today, sandwiched between the ugly and awful repercussions of a severed relationship with God and the invitation to find oasis in the here-and-now as we wait for full glory. Links mentioned: Check out  B egin Within: A Gratitude Series . Get the weekly story in your inbox to cultivate year-round, ripple-effect gratitude! Take the  #ReflectJesus gratitude...

With-ness. Could there be a word that sits closer to the tender heart of God? It strikes me while praying for North Carolina, Chaing Mai, and Florida how God's promise to join us as we gather in His name (Matthew 18:20) reveals His desire 1) to be with us and 2) for us to be together.   Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sig...

A reflection is a mirror image. It captures the slightest tilt of the head, a shift in posture, merriment in the eye, or sorrow squeezing eyebrows together. It's not static, but fluid, transcribing in real-time every stray hair and sigh, every question etched in a facial expression. The fullness of emotion, the details of dress, the way we slump or stand tall–a mirror will tell it truthful. If we'...

What if I were a bit more like her? Noticed details and demeanor, presence and absence? Gave others a glimpse of how we each matter to God? Links mentioned: Discover your Enneagram number, what we love about you, how your Enneagram strengths help you love your neighbors well, and how to best love your neighbors with different numbers HERE ! Around the Clock Mom by Sarah Butterfield. To get a short...

When we're walled on every side by insurmountable, when the odds aren't in our favor, when there's no action or inaction that's risk-free, what do we do? Because sometimes it appears there isn't a way out.  Maybe you've been there, or that's where you are today: pinched between bad and also bad. You need an immediate and miraculous rescue.  Let's turn for a moment, from the story you're living to...

When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what we've learned about hospitality because we've somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in...

When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what we've learned about hospitality because we've somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home. Links mentioned: Discover how to clean for unex...

Are you longing for soul rest too? Grace that holds? Peace that lasts? Let's name it together. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up  here. Read the written version of this episode  HERE .

Consider this: What if the multi-faceted masterpiece of your God-given strengths and life experiences helps you reflect Jesus in a way that literally no one else can? Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up  here. Read the written version of this episode  HERE .

As I remember my dad's calm presence in the passenger seat, I think of Jennifer Dukes Lee's nudge to see Jesus as a driver's ed coach rather than a chauffeur. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up  here. Read the written version of this episode  HERE .

As I hold the decisions I want to delay and the ones I'm tempted to rush in open hands, here's what's helping me tune in to God's voice right now. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up  here. Read the written version of this episode  HERE .