Hidden Tracks: Maybe We’ve Got It All Backwards About Being Strong

Remember when people used to say that if you played a record backwards, you could hear secret messages? As weird as that sounds, I think there’s something similar happening in our lives. We’ve picked up hidden tracks—messages about strength, self-reliance, and protection—that have quietly embedded themselves into the soundtrack of our hearts. We’ve internalized them….

Hidden Tracks: The Misrepresentation of Weakness

Weakness. Just reading that word might make you wince a little. It’s not something we celebrate. Not something we post about. It’s the thing we hide. But what if we’ve gotten it all wrong? Paul’s Thorn & a Radical Redefinition In 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Apostle Paul shares something that flips the script: But He…

Hello Monday #67

NEW FOR THIS WEEK: Recently I remembered a place I went to as a teenager. It was a place I had only heard about growing up. They called it The Secret Sidewalk. You had to know someone who knew someone. Hidden off Old Canyon Road, down a trail and across some old railroad tracks, it was…

Hidden Tracks: The Lie of “I Have to Be Strong”

Recently I remembered a place I went to as a teenager. It was a place I had only heard about growing up. They called it The Secret Sidewalk. You had to know someone who knew someone. Hidden off Old Canyon Road, down a trail and across some old railroad tracks, it was nestled way back…

Hello Monday #66

Welcome to Hello Monday! A song to share: Don’t judge it too soon. Just sit with it. Thoughts I’ve been thinking: We get into these loops where we are self-protective of energy, time, and resources. It is true that we cannot do everything. But we can be helpful, hope in a hard space, supportive, pray,…

Power Hour 2

April 10, 2025 We put on some instrumental worship and waited on the Lord. One received a picture of a black and white TV with static – not good signal Another received scripture: Doesn’t wisdom call out?Doesn’t understanding make her voice heard?2 At the heights overlooking the road,at the crossroads, she takes her stand.3 Beside the gates leading into…