The Pace of Grace with Kim Avery

At times, our days can blur together and feel far from the grand dreams we once had. But what if this daily grind—the small, ordinary moments—is exactly where God is at work? What if God is using these moments to shape our hearts and lives in ways we can't yet see? Tune in to discover: How God is at work in your ordinary, daily life. The small, consistent steps that can create lasting impact. Enco...

What do you do when you're running on empty, but everyone still needs something from you? This episode explores the quiet tension of being deeply needed and deeply depleted. When you've carried too much for too long, slowing down can feel risky, even irresponsible. But staying depleted has a cost, too, and eventually what looks like faithfulness on the outside begins to erode you from within. This...

What if grace has more than one speed? This episode explores the different rhythms of life with God and the grace available for each one. Some seasons ask us to sprint with focus and energy. Some bring us to a full stop. Others move slowly through uncertainty, while many simply ask us to keep showing up with steady faithfulness. The pace may change, but God's grace remains. In this episode: The fo...

What if the very strengths that make you effective are also the ones quietly wearing you out? This episode explores how good gifts can become heavy when responsibility turns into over-functioning, discernment into overthinking, and compassion into carrying what was never yours to hold. Even good things can become too much when they grow beyond what your life can sustainably carry. In this episode:...

What if the very thing you've been trying to handle on your own… was never meant to be carried alone? This episode explores why spiritual companionship isn't a bonus for a few, but a core part of how we're designed to live and walk with God. If you tend to keep things to yourself, push through quietly, or feel unsure how to let others into what's really going on, this conversation offers a differe...

Do you ever find yourself circling the same decision… thinking, researching, praying… but never actually moving forward? This episode explores why taking the first step with God can feel so difficult, even when you sense His direction clearly. If you've been stuck in overthinking, waiting for certainty, or quietly hoping the nudge will go away, this conversation will help you understand what's rea...

When life feels uncertain, most of us reach for hope… but what if the way we've been holding it is actually what's making it slip? This episode explores the difference between fragile optimism and a deeper, steadier kind of hope that can actually hold you in real life. If your peace rises and falls with circumstances, or your mind tends to spiral into worst-case scenarios, this conversation offers...

What if your fatigue isn't a failure… but a signal? Sometimes exhaustion isn't simply about doing too much. It's about carrying weight that was never meant to rest on our shoulders. Many people quietly live in a state of internal bracing, holding responsibilities, outcomes, and expectations in ways the human body was never designed to sustain. This episode explores the quiet wisdom hidden inside f...

What do you do when you've prayed, obeyed, hoped… and nothing seems to change? Some of the hardest seasons of faith are not the dramatic ones, but the quiet, grinding ones. The ones where you keep showing up, keep asking, keep trusting, and still feel like you're standing in the same cold place. This episode explores the gritty grace of prayer when the fruit is hidden, the timeline is long, and th...

What if the most faithful response to a new beginning isn't to accelerate it… but to protect it? When something finally starts moving after a long winter, the instinct is often to prove it. To grow it faster. To turn the small thaw into full spring as quickly as possible. But rushing fragile growth can place weight on something that hasn't yet developed the roots to carry it. This episode explores...

Ever stared at something in your life for months… knowing it needs to change… yet somehow never taking the step? Overthinking often disguises itself as wisdom. It feels responsible. Careful. Even spiritual. But eventually what began as thoughtful reflection can quietly become a loop of fear, rumination, and delay. Instead of moving forward with God, we end up mentally pacing the same hallway again...

What if the most formative moments with God are the ones where nothing seems to happen? We often assume spiritual growth requires insight, effort, or visible progress. But in this episode, we explore a quieter way of being with God. One that begins not with doing, but with staying. Not with outcomes, but with closeness. This conversation invites you into the simple practice of being present to the...

Have you ever found yourself doing everything right… and still feeling empty? Praying. Serving. Showing up. Staying disciplined. And yet, somewhere along the way, your joy thinned, your prayer life flattened, and your soul grew tired. This episode is a gentle invitation to step back from the cliff edge and look at the quiet forks in the road we all face long before anything falls apart. Not the dr...

There's a particular kind of lightness that doesn't come from adding something new… It comes from setting something down. In this episode, I share five things I'm not doing anymore, or at least dramatically cutting back on, and why releasing them has made life feel lighter, kinder, and more sustainable. These aren't rules or resolutions or spiritual gold stars. They're quiet shifts. Chronic postur...

What happens when our minds rush ahead into a future that hasn't arrived yet, quietly leaving God out of the picture? In this episode, I reflect on a powerful scene from The Shack that has stayed with me for over a decade. It's a moment that captures something many of us do without realizing it: we imagine a future filled with fear, loss, or overwhelm and then ask our bodies and souls to carry tha...

What if enjoying your life isn't a distraction from faithfulness, but part of how faithfulness actually works? Many of us can stop working, at least technically, and still feel uneasy when we do. Rest might be allowed, but enjoyment can feel suspect. Somewhere along the way, joy started feeling like something that needs to be justified, earned, or explained. This reflection offers a gentler way fo...

Have you ever known God loves you… and yet felt like that love hasn't fully landed? You believe it. You teach it. You reassure others with it. But somewhere deep down, it still feels hard to receive. In this episode, we explore why that gap exists and why it may have far less to do with your faith and far more to do with safety. Using a simple story from my early marriage, a children's book illust...

What do you do when a door closes right as something good is finally beginning to grow? When the breakthrough you prayed for feels fragile, or the next step is anything but obvious. In today's episode, we step into a hard, holy moment from the life of Lilias Trotter. A woman who followed Jesus across continents, cultures, and countless closed doors. Not with grand strategies or dramatic pivots, bu...

We live in a world that prizes speed, outcomes, and measurable success. Even in our faith, it's easy to chase good and God-honoring goals so hard that we quietly lose the God who gave them. In this episode, we explore what happens when the finish line replaces the relationship and how Jesus invites us back to a slower, more present way of living with Him. Through personal stories, Scripture, and t...

What if the most meaningful growth in your life and ministry happens not when you produce more, but when you slow down enough to be tended by God? In this episode, we explore a gentler, more sustainable way of living and serving as Bette Dickinson joins us to talk about what we can learn from the vineyard and the rhythm Jesus describes in John 15. You will hear how flourishing actually works, why...

What if the goodness you're longing for is already growing right where you are? This episode explores why God places us in certain seasons and how to recognize the quiet grace that's already at work in your actual life, not the imagined one you wish you were living.  If you've ever wondered whether you're in the right place or wished your circumstances felt easier or more "ideal," this conversatio...

Do you ever feel like you are carrying more than you were meant to hold? This episode is for the places where the weight shows up in your life. The extra roles, expectations, and commitments that once served you but now quietly drain you.    We'll talk about why releasing is so hard even when it is right, what is happening in the brain when we cling to what no longer fits, and how God leads us int...

Do you ever feel like you're running faster and still falling further behind? For me, a peace lily in the corner of a sunroom once became a quiet picture of that feeling. On the outside, it stayed green, but underneath the surface the roots had no room left to breathe. More water couldn't fix what only being replanted could. In many ways, that's what happens when activity grows and intimacy with G...

What if our biggest distractions weren't the real problem? Beneath every buzzing phone, late-night scroll, or extra trip to the fridge is something deeper we'd rather avoid. In this episode, we hear the surprising story of a Yale professor nearly undone by a pedometer and uncover why distraction is almost always about pain, not just the thing that grabs our attention. The encouraging news is that...

What would happen if someone lived an entire year powered by prayer? That was the experiment that began ten years ago after a two-day flu forced an unexpected pause. Flat on the couch with nothing to do but think, the truth surfaced. The pace looked fine from the outside, but my soul was tired on the inside. Something had to give. That quiet interruption marked the beginning of a year where I pray...