Your Morning Cup of Tea

This is it — the final episode of this season of Your Morning Cup of Tea. And we’re closing with a blessing. Anchored in Numbers 6:24-26, the oldest recorded blessing in Scripture, this episode is a sending. A commissioning. A declaration spoken over every person who has gathered around this little cup of tea: the Lord bless you and keep you. His face shines on you. You are covered. You are known....

What do you do when something you've loved — something you've built, poured into, and given your heart to — comes to an end? In Episode 4 of our Finishing Well series, we sit with one of the most powerful images Jesus ever used: a seed going into the ground. Anchored in John 12:24, this episode is an invitation to reframe every ending in your life. You are not buried. You are planted. And planted...

Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do at the end of a season is admit what you haven’t figured out yet. In Episode 3 of our Finishing Well series, I get honest about the lessons I’m still learning. Anchored in Philippians 1:6, this episode is an invitation to release the pressure of having it all together and embrace the truth that being a work in progress is a sign that God is still at wo...

What do you do when you don’t know what God said…and therefore you’re not sure what He meant? In Episode 2 of our Finishing Well series, I get honest about one of the most common and most uncomfortable places in the faith journey: the in-between. The season of uncertainty. The moment when you trust God but can’t quite make out His voice yet. Anchored in Proverbs 3:5-6, this episode is an invitatio...

We are entering the final five episodes of Morning Cup of Tea! We are 5 episodes away from 100, and I can’t believe I’ve been doing this for almost 2 years! So as we’re winding down, we’re also starting where every good closing should begin — with gratitude. Anchored in Lamentations 3:22-23, this episode is an invitation to pause and look back at the faithfulness of God across every season of your...

March 23, 2018, changed everything. What started as a regular day became the beginning of a new life I did not ask for, but one God has sustained me through for eight years. This week on Morning Cup of Tea , I’m sharing what it means to live after survival. The questions, the adjustments, and the quiet realization that God’s favor does not always prevent the hard moments. Sometimes it carries you...

Holy Resistance Week Two looks at the quiet courage of Esther. Positioned inside a powerful empire, Esther teaches us that influence requires discernment, strategy, and sometimes sacrifice. In this episode, we explore how prayer guides our decisions, why discernment matters in the spaces where we lead and serve, and how God often places His people exactly where they are needed most. Get full acces...

We are starting a new series: Holy Resistance: Living Counter-Culturally in a Compromised World. In Week One, we explore Romans 12:2 and the subtle pressure to conform. This episode examines how culture shapes our thinking, how patterns form quietly over time, and why renewal of the mind is the foundation for living faithfully. If you have ever felt the tension between fitting in and standing firm...

We quote Exodus 20:8–10, but do we actually live it? In this episode, we sit with God’s command to “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” For women who carry a lot, who build, lead, serve, and show up, Sabbath can feel optional. Or inconvenient. Or earned. Today, we explore why stopping is sacred, why hustle is not the same as holiness, and how Sabbath is less about productivity and more abo...

We’ve been taught that hustle equals faithfulness. That if we stop moving, planning, producing, and proving, everything will fall apart. But Psalm 46:10 interrupts that narrative. “Be still, and know that I am God.” In this episode of Living a Resurrected Life , we wrestle with what it really means to choose faith over hustle. Not laziness. Not irresponsibility. But surrender. The kind that releas...

Rebuilding doesn’t mean you failed. It means you survived something that changed you. In this week’s episode, we sit with part of Isaiah 61:3 and talk about the parts of life we don’t rush to post. The ashes. The ruins. The slow, quiet work of putting things back together after disappointment, loss, burnout, or broken expectations. This conversation is for the women who are rebuilding faith, confi...

There comes a point in life when the pressure to “catch up” gets heavy. In the opening episode of  the Grace for Grown Women  series, we sit with Ecclesiastes 3:1 and tell the truth about seasons, timing, and the quiet fear that we should be further along by now. This episode speaks to women navigating slower seasons, unanswered prayers, and timelines that didn’t unfold as planned. A reminder that...

“All things work together” sounds good until you start naming the things. In this episode, we sit with Romans 8:28 and the story of Rahab in Joshua 2 to tell the truth about how God actually works. Not through polished stories, but through messy survival, complicated faith, and courage born under pressure. This conversation is for the woman who wonders whether her past disqualifies her, whether he...

In the final episode of She Believed God: Women Who Dared to Trust , we are invited to see ourselves in the story of faith. Drawing from Hebrews 11:1–2 and 39–40, this episode reminds us that faith did not end with the women named in scripture. Our everyday obedience, unfinished prayers, and quiet trust still matter. We are part of what God is still writing, and our names belong among those who da...

“At that time, Deborah, a prophet, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.” Judges 4:4 (NRSVUE) Deborah didn’t wait for permission to lead. She was appointed, and she didn’t apologize for it. In this episode, we sit with Judges 4 and explore what it means to move forward in obedience when others hesitate. This conversation is for you if you hear God clearly, carry responsibility faithfully, and are...

“There is no greater God. He is God in heaven above and on the earth below.” Joshua 2:11 What does it look like to believe God before the walls fall? In this episode, we’ll reflect on Rahab’s bold declaration in Joshua 2:11 and challenge ourselves to examine where we are waiting for proof instead of trusting God’s sovereignty now. Consider this your invitation to speak faith early, stand firm in u...

Mary’s response in Luke 1:38 is one of the quietest yet boldest acts of faith in scripture. In this episode, we reflect on what it really means to say yes to God before the details are clear, the path feels safe, and the outcome is guaranteed. This one is for me and anyone learning how to trust God in the silence that follows obedience. Get full access to Living A Resurrected Life at drchantrise.s...

Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” This week’s episode is for me and every woman who needs a soft place to land as they carry the weight of loss. Psalm 34:18 promises that God is close to the brokenhearted, and today we sit with the tenderness of that truth. This week, I share a gentle reflection on grief, God’s nearness, and the sacred...

Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!” So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees. Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.” The servant went and looked, then returned to Elijah and said, “I didn’t see anything.”...

This week on your Morning Cup of Tea, we lean into one of the most tender tensions of the Christian walk. Using Mark 9:24, we explore what it means to believe God while struggling to trust Him at the same time. Through the story of a desperate father and my own lived faith, I hope to remind you that doubt is not a spiritual failure. It is an honest doorway where God steps in and steadies us. If yo...

Psalm 27:14. “Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.” The Ministry of Waiting Well Waiting is not for the faint of heart. It stretches you. It humbles you. It asks you to trust God when nothing around you is moving the way you hoped. In this episode, let’s get real about the quiet courage it takes to wait well and the spiritual maturity God grows in...

Habakkuk 2:3: “This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently. For it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. ” Waiting doesn’t always look patient. Sometimes it looks like praying with confidence, only to cry five minutes later. Sometimes it looks like believing God wholeheartedly and still wondering why the ans...

“The first time I was brought before the judge, no one came with me. Everyone abandoned me. But the Lord stood with me and gave me strength…” — 2 Timothy 4:16-17 (NLT) Loneliness isn’t always loud. Sometimes it looks like smiling at church, serving faithfully, and scrolling through group texts that never include your name. In this week’s episode, we get transparent about those quiet moments when f...

“But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.” — James 3:14-16 (NLT) Sometimes the hardest truths are the quietest ones, the thoughts we never say out loud. In this week’s episode, we get real about jealousy,...

What do you do when the place that was supposed to heal you ends up hurting you? This week on Morning Cup of Tea, we’re getting honest about church hurt , the kind that makes you question your faith, your belonging, and even your purpose. Psalm 147:3 reminds us that God “heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.” He sees what happened. He’s not ignoring your pain, He’s tending to it. Sis,...