This week we discussed having a heart of repentance. We want to remain humble before God and allow Him to continue to clear out things in our lives that do not align with His character or will for us. When we let Him do that, we must be repentant of those areas and submit to Him again. 

In this episode we discussed some of the habits and routines we have around the New Year. Some of these revolve around reflecting on the previous year, while others help us look ahead to the new year. We hope that these thoughts help you as you navigate how to begin 2023!

This week Haley followed up our conversation on gratitude with a little more as she has been in the Word and reflecting on the topic more this week. We hope the Scriptures and her words cause you to look intrinsically and search for the gratitude in your life. 

After an extra week off with Thanksgiving, this week we jumped back into a conversation around the topic of thankfulness. It is so important for our hearts to remain thankful and full of gratitude as we seek to live for God. We have to practice the discipline of gratitude to help keep right perspective.

This week we jumped into Matthew 18 to discuss what it means to have childlike faith as we grow older. This is a tough tension to maintain as we search independence in this world, but must maintain dependence on God. 

In this episode we discuss the importance of risk in our lives. Too often we get caught up in being safe rather than putting our trust in Jesus. God demonstrated what it looks like to risk by loving humanity even though so many would choose to not love Him back. What are we supposed to risk in our lives? 

This week we talk about the value of laughter. Laughter is so healing and fun and God designed us to laugh. We hope your week is full of deep joy... and a ton of laughter. 

This week is another conversation that Haley and Mary had talking through the value of community. I truly hope you have the people around you in your life that pour into you and that you can invest into. 

This week we took some time to talk about the power of faith. Faith is such a hard aspect to nail down because it is believing in a God that we cannot see, but He loves us and wants what is best for us. Hope you have an awesome week!

In this episode we talk about transitions and the affect they can have on us. We have to submit our coping mechanisms, stressors, and anxieties to Jesus in order to persevere through crazy seasons of life. 

After many weeks off of recording our podcast, we are finally back at it. For our first episode in Orange County, we took some time to share a detailed look at the move we recently made from Michigan to California. We wanted to be sure and take time to share all that God has done in order to bring us to this place. We hope this episode encourages you as you seek to say "yes" to God for all that He has for you. 

This week Haley got to talk with her great friend, Mary. Mary lives in South Africa and the two of them have been friends for a few years now. I hope that their conversation regarding community will encourage you to think about your community and the power of it in our lives. 

This week while Haley was on a work trip, Shay was flying solo on the podcast. He talked about the importance of retreating. What does a healthy rhythm of retreat for yourself look like? What questions can we ask ourselves in order to ensure we stay or get healthy? Hopefully this speaks to you in a way that encourages you to embark on a retreat of your own. 

This week we chatted about the Scripture passage from Matthew 4:11. In this passage we see Jesus' humanity show through and the importance of soul care in our own lives. We hope you are doing something this week to engage in caring for your soul. 

This week we talked about how we are products of our parents, but how to avoid doing the things that you believe were unhealthy. There is so much to be thankful for, but we recognize that there are things that we want to do differently in our lives; this episode addresses that very tension. We hope it leads you into other conversations to continue to grow.

This week Athaleyah joined Shay on the podcast to talk about Easter from a 3 year old's perspective. We hope this episode is fun and makes you laugh, while reminding you of the childhood wonder around our faith in a Heavenly Father who loves you. 

This week we talk about the importance of purging and how it often can be corollated with deeper things going on. Hopefully this episode encourages you to ask questions about why you spend your money or time on different things. 

This week we wanted to have an intentionally fun conversation about things we love. We hope our conversation makes you laugh and encourages you to talk about things that you find fun too! 

This week Haley shared about what she had recently learned and was reminded of as she studied for her message to her students. 

This week we decided to talk about John 13:35 where Jesus tells us that the world will know we are His disciples by the way we "love one another". This is a powerful verse that has a number of implications with it, and so we wanted to talk about the reality of this verse in our lives.