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We don’t do small very well. Small tends to mean insignificant or “less than.” And bigger is better, right? Maybe. Or maybe God’s perspective is a little bit different than ours. Maybe God cherishes the small. Dare I say, prefers the small. Sure, God’s “big enough,” but is He “small enough” too? Is it okay to say that? Yes, yes it is. So, let’s chat about when God’s perspective differs from ours, and why that’s a very good thing! We’ll take a big look into 2 Samuel 22:36.

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Here’s a small excerpt: “Like an attentive parent, He stoops down to hear your stories, your heartaches, kiss your boo-boos and scoop you up. Because only a big God could choose to be small enough to stoop down to make you great, to make me great.”

You know when someone asks you a question and you can’t come up with the answer? Like, you know the answer but you just can’t quite articulate it? Yep, welcome to today’s episode.

Join me for the first stop on our new series: Gets My Goat: How to Actually Read the Word.

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Here’s a small excerpt: "Let’s start with some broad strokes. You know how I always start our conversation by saying, “This is Glordinary…a few moments where we celebrate God’s Glory and champion the ordinary.” But I never really define God’s Glory. We’ll chalk that one up to a podcasting rookie mistake. I like to describe God’s Glory as God revealing Himself. And the Bible is God revealing Himself. Because God is always revealing Himself."

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Are you bugged today? Maybe it’s work. Maybe it’s the person who cut you off on the highway. Maybe it’s the way someone you love chews…or breathes. I get it. What are the things that annoy you?

Join me for a longer look at our next series. We’ll peek at one of my top-dog annoyances and spend the next several weeks on how to remedy that. Grab your coffee and let’s chat with our new series: Gets My Goat: How to Actually Read the Word

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Here’s a small excerpt: "And as much as the fake Bible verses, the out-of-context, and the weaponized verses get my goat, it’s really not about that. It’s about how you actually read the Word, how I actually read the Word. How we engage with it. Because we can’t make God’s Word say something it never said."

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Does God go radio silent right when you need to hear Him most? Ever feel like life's extra noisy when you’re trying to zero in on that "still small voice"? Yep, been there.

Let’s chat about how we can hear God’s voice. Is He even speaking in the first place? What if I'm missing it completely? We’ll take a cue from John 10 on how to discern God’s voice for our lives.

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Here’s a small excerpt: “You do know us, Lord…every desire, every fear, every thought, every decision, every crossroads. He knows. And after 45 years on this earth, my confidence is growing…yes, in my ability to hear but more so in my assurance that He speaks in a way I know how to hear.”

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You can now find Glordinary, Inc. as a charity on Venmo or PayPal, or find me on our website: www.glordinary.com for any other method of giving. The website can also direct you to our PO Box just in case you ever want to send me a note, snail-mail style. Thank you so much!

Life is BUSY...and beautiful, and hard, and amazing, and complicated! (sigh) We’re inundated with places to be, things to do, gifts to buy, cookies to swap, and don’t forget to drink at least 8 cups of water per day. Add in the rest of regular life, and it’s a recipe for breakdown- physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

Let’s chat about it as we take a deep, cleansing breath for the soul with Psalm 23:5- “You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.”

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Here’s a small excerpt: “As we inhale, we can offer a short prayer. Breathe in. “God, I can’t handle this!” Breathe out. “Make haste to help me.” Interestingly enough, that’s actually called a breath prayer. Just as the shepherd’s oil brings instant relief to the sheep, the Holy Spirit’s Presence calms us amidst the nasal flies of this life.”

PS- If you’d like to help keep the conversation going, would you consider “buying a cup of coffee” for a Glordinary episode or two…or each month? Maybe pitch in a few dollars as a symbolic cup of Joe for our friends across the globe. (23 countries, 43 states, 6 continents)

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“Are we there yet?” That blessed, universal question every parent loves to hear 23 minutes into a 600-mile road trip. It’s gonna be a long day, friends! Yep, we’ve reached the halfway point of our series, “It’s a Psalm 23-Kinda Day.” And, well…it’s about to take a turn.

Join me as we round the bend into a deeper (and darker) part of our Psalm 23 journey. Yet, the deeper the valley, the deeper the relationship can build. May Psalm 23:4 bring comfort as I share a glimpse into my “valley of the shadow of death." Valleys aren’t usually our favorite part of the journey. Let’s walk it together.

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Here’s a small excerpt: “Friend, for nine months, I walked THROUGH the valley, until I walked out. I didn’t walk out with a son, but I did walk out with something else… my bedrock belief that He.is.good. It’s why I so readily refer to Him as the Good Shepherd because the depth of my relationship with Christ was forged in the depth of that valley.”

PS- If you’d like to help keep the conversation going, would you consider “buying a cup of coffee” for a Glordinary episode or two…or each month? Maybe pitch in a few dollars as a symbolic cup of Joe for our friends across the globe. (23 countries, 43 states, 6 continents)

You can now find Glordinary, Inc. as a charity on Venmo or PayPal, or find me on our website: www.glordinary.com for any other method of giving. The website can also direct you to our PO Box just in case you ever want to send me a note, snail-mail style. Thank you so much!

Ever having an off-week? Where life seems to hit you sideways and everything just feels extra: extra scary, extra hard, extra frustrating, extra empty. Me too. (And yes, that’s a lot of extra’s!)

Sounds like the perfect time to lean into our series, “It’s A Psalm 23-Kinda Day.” Join me as we peek into all life’s extra’s with verse 2, “He makes me lie down in green pastures.” Grab your coffee and settle in for a moment of extra encouragement.

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Here’s a small excerpt: “He makes me lie down in green pastures, even maketh me sometimes. We might need a “maketh me” moment, and that’s okay.”

PS- If you’d like to help keep the conversation going, would you consider “buying a cup of coffee” for a Glordinary episode or two…or each month? Maybe pitch in a few dollars as a symbolic cup of Joe for our friends across the globe. (23 countries, 43 states, 6 continents)

You can now find Glordinary, Inc. as a charity on Venmo or PayPal, or find me on our website: www.glordinary.com for any other method of giving. The website can also direct you to our PO Box just in case you ever want to send me a note, snail-mail style. Thank you so much!

Ever feel like no matter how hard you're trying, you just seem to come up short? There's always one.more.thing. Oh, and you probably need to drink more water too. I hear ya.

Know you're not alone in your to-do's and distractions as Stacy offers some Luke 10 encouragement from Mary and Martha. Spoiler-alert: She's Team Martha.

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"Interestingly, the original Greek word here means “dragging around all that is distracting.” Yep, that pretty much defines me. I’m guessing it may define you too. Dragging around your distractions: your priorities, your jobs, your worries. Oh, man, can I relate to this image. Like a ball and chain, I sure can drag around my distractions like a profession."

PS- If you’d like to help keep the conversation going, would you consider “buying a cup of coffee” for a Glordinary episode or two…or each month? Maybe pitch in a few dollars as a symbolic cup of Joe for our friends across the globe. (23 countries, 43 states, 6 continents)

You can now find Glordinary, Inc. as a charity on Venmo or PayPal, or find me on our website: www.glordinary.com for any other method of giving. The website can also direct you to our PO Box just in case you ever want to send me a note, snail-mail style. Thank you so much!