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How Do We Fight the Darkness? — Faith + Flourish Faith + Flourish · Devotional How Do We Fight the Darkness? With light. And you already have access to it. · · · I was walking out of church, ready to head to my car, when I saw her. A girl — maybe twenty years old — sitting alone, crying. I had just left the restroom. My keys were in my hand. And I almost walked past her. Almost. But you can't just walk past tears like that. So I stopped. I asked if I could sit with her. And then I asked if I could pray. She looked up and said, "The voice is just so loud." "The voice is just so loud." I asked her how long she'd been walking with Jesus. Seven years, she said. Baptized just two months ago. And yet here she was, consumed by a voice in her head — the same word, over and over. A curse word. Loud. Relentless. Exhausting. I asked if I could put my hand on her back. She said yes...
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The Moment I Realized I Was Meant to Coach Women

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  “The Moment I Realized I Was Meant to Coach Women” Some callings arrive with fireworks. Mine didn’t. Mine came softly — through a long line of women who carried light long before I knew how to see it. Before I ever knew the word “coach,” God planted my calling in the story of a woman who loved my mom. My mom grew up in a children’s home. One faithful woman stepped in, invested in her, and changed her life. Because someone poured into her, I grew up with a mother who loved fiercely and faithfully. That is where my calling quietly began — in the ripple effect of someone else’s obedience. By the time I reached college, I was spiritually empty and emotionally numb. Raised in Boulder — beautiful, intellectual, skeptical Boulder — I had been shaped by a worldview that dismissed faith entirely. My dad openly mocked Christianity. I learned early to hide my emotions, to cope by numbing, to survive by blending in. But underneath all that avoiding and performing, I was l...
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Chicken Noodle Soup

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  🥣 Cozy Chicken Noodle Soup A pot full of comfort, love, and joy. Some recipes just taste like home. This one is simple, soul-soothing, and full of goodness — the kind you make on a chilly night when you want the whole house to smell like love. 🧺 Ingredients 1 rotisserie chicken, pulled into bite-size pieces 1 onion, chopped 5 carrots, peeled & chopped 5 celery stalks, peeled & chopped Olive oil for sautéing Chicken seasoning (or a blend of thyme, basil, garlic, salt & pepper) Chicken stock or broth (enough to cover — about 8 cups or more, depending on pot size) Wide egg noodles, cooked al dente Crusty Italian bread Kerrygold butter Optional: Fresh Parmesan cheese, for topping 👩‍🍳 Directions Sauté the veggies — In a big soup pot, warm a drizzle of olive oil. Add onion, celery, and carrots. Sauté until fragrant and just beginning to soften. Add chicken & seasoning — Stir in pulled rotisserie chicken and your ...
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🌾 Grace Is Better Than Fair

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  🌾 Grace Is Better Than Fair Faith + Flourish Coaching Helping you find your joy, strengthen your faith, and live a life you love. Have you read The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah? It’s one of those stories that lingers—the kind that makes you feel the dust in your throat, the ache in your bones, and the longing in your heart for someone, anyone, to cut them a break. As I read about Elsa and her family scraping by through the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, I kept thinking: I just want someone to be kind. Someone to notice their struggle. To extend compassion instead of judgment. To give them a chance. That ache—the longing for mercy and generosity—was still sitting in me when I opened my Bible to Matthew 20. And it hit different. 🌿 Because No One Has Hired Us I want to share this full story with you, because the details matter. Matthew 20:1–16 (ESV) “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After a...
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