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My heart as a meatlocker (and how to thaw it)

I’ve been frozen out. Have you? Loved ones have gone silent, been distant, as if the relationship we had suddenly froze in its tracks. I reach out for connection and I get Arctic stillness. But not peace.I’ve also frozen people out. From inside, I give my excuses that “they’re not interested in reconciliation” or “they don’t even notice I’m ghosting them.” I’ve even gone along with the latest trends that jump immediately to cutting ties with painful connections. I get some quiet. But not peace.

Liv Booth

October 7, 2025

Did I Just Give God Permission?

I shook my head, blew out my breath and prayed, “Ok, Lord. Your turn.” And I immediately laughed out loud. Your turn!?It’s like I had said, “Just this once, Lord, could you hold the reins? I know it’s my job to make the world go round, but I’d really appreciate an hour off from running the universe.”

Liv Booth

September 23, 2025

I'm forcing those thoughts to pay rent!

Cringe moments from long ago hit me out of nowhere, and I turn into a puddle of shame, panic, even anger. Some things were my fault. Some were just embarrassing. But all of them are tenants living in my brain rent-free. I cannot evict them. So I’ve decided to force them to pay!

Liv Booth

September 2, 2025

The Most Tiring Job in the World (And How I Finally Quit)

Monday, 1:08 AM: My wife is next to me sleeping peacefully. But me? I'm wide awake and on the job. Not that I'm actually doing anything, mind you. I'm just lying in bed trying to be the architect of my whole life.

Brandon Booth

August 26, 2025

Stop Asking the World What Only God Can Answer

We all wake up in the morning with a question that needs answering. "Am I enough?" "Am I loveable?" Jesus wants to meet us where we are and answer these questions for us. Taking these questions to the world results in disaster.

Peter Gammell

July 24, 2025

Napping can be a prayer and a "sacrament"

Here’s a true story from one of our retreat attendees:I spread my blanket in a sunny spot in the woods, lay down stiffly and said, “Ok Jesus. Instead of praying, I’m going to take a nap now. Will you still be here when I wake up?”

Liv Booth

May 20, 2025

3 Signs You're Afraid to Slow Down (And What to Do About Them)

Just the other day someone asked me, “How are you doing, how’s the ministry?” and before I could stop myself I said, “Oh! It’s good, staying real busy, you know!” “Yeah?” The other person replied, “That’s good. Busy is good, right?”

Brandon Booth

April 22, 2025

No other gods offer security

My anxious heart desperately searches the world asking, "Are you my God? Are you? Or you?" I peer hopefully at Power, thinking perhaps it can protect me. I gaze longingly at Money, wondering if it might provide the security I crave... But none of those things can really be my God. They are all big, ugly Snorts!

Brandon Booth

April 8, 2025

Spiritual Disciplines: What are we measuring?

I long to grow in my faith, I’m convicted that I’m not where I should be, and the spiritual disciplines seem like the steps to get me from point A to point B. But is measuring my spiritual progress really what spiritual disciplines are for? What if they measure something else?

Peter Gammell

March 25, 2025

Roaring Rapids of Anxiety

My stream of consciousness is a steady flow of thoughts, floating with the current like a fleet of boats. But when I experience anxiety, my calm stream of consciousness is suddenly a set of roaring rapids, my thoughts getting thrashed about in the treacherous water! What do I do?

Peter Gammell

March 18, 2025

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My heart as a meatlocker (and how to thaw it)

Did I Just Give God Permission?

I'm forcing those thoughts to pay rent!

The Most Tiring Job in the World (And How I Finally Quit)

Stop Asking the World What Only God Can Answer

Napping can be a prayer and a "sacrament"

3 Signs You're Afraid to Slow Down (And What to Do About Them)

No other gods offer security

Spiritual Disciplines: What are we measuring?

Roaring Rapids of Anxiety