For the One

For the woman who feels like her heart is a battlefield. Your heart is weighed down with tension or heaviness. Maybe you look around and just see loss; unmet expectations. Despair and disappointment. 

You’re grieved. Drained. Burned out. Confused. 

Maybe you feel like your life is the battlefield and you’re getting hit with the shrapnel. From a toxic job, a circle of drama at church, conflict with your kids or your husband.

I’ve th...

A heart-to-heart conversation for the woman who feels like she's been left behind.  It seems lately like so many women are experiencing massive transitions; like friends moving away, entering first-time motherhood, and seeing their coworkers get promoted. And in the wake of all this change, we can feel abandoned. Lonely. And straight up left behind. 

So this week on the podcast, I want to encourage the woman who finds herse...

Calling all Creatives; gardeners, artists, musicians, small shop owners...

Creativity and the Kingdom of God go hand-in-hand. As creatives, we are called to steward ideas, inspiration, and the very talents God has woven into our DNA. But it's a process that takes care and cultivation.

We've got Jackie Wachter on the podcast today; founder of FOUNT Leather Goods based in Cleveland Ohio. She's unraveling her story of...

Over the years, countless women have come to me saying, "I feel like I'm supposed to write a book!" 

But life takes over.
Fear sets in.
Doubts kill the inspiration.
Hurried schedules squeeze out any writing time. 

And suddenly that calling becomes a pipe dream that never actually happens.
Many women talk themselves out of the book before they even get to the starting line.

So maybe you've g...

What do you do when the enemy steals from you?

Maybe you've been stolen from lately by the enemy. He stole your joy, your hope, an idea or a relationship. Now you feel violated in deepest way, something was taken from you without your permission.

You're sad. Angry. Defeated. Hopeless.
The full range of emotions. 
Coming from my story, I want to encourage you today with some deeply personal insights from a moment when ...

You feel pulled to a decision that takes great faith. You want to step forward, but you first feel like you need to have every question answered and check every box for what could be around the corner of your yes.

Why? Because you don't want to be the one later saying, "I wish I would have known..."

I wish I would have known...how hard it was going to be, how uncomfortable it would be, how it would bring me to the en...

'It’s not that big of a deal. You’re being dramatic. Settle down.'

If your passions and emotions have ever been met with these words, I’m sorry. My guess is that those words changed you. Maybe you tried a little harder to hide those tears next time, or you composed yourself before sharing your exciting news. 

The passion, excitement, and emotions that feel “too much” are the very things that are going to enable you to do wh...

As of late, you've been feeling a little one note. Almost like there is a part of you that's missing; a part of your personality, a passion, or quality. 
Suddenly, you are aware of this missing piece of you- a part that hasn't seen the light of day in quite some time.

You realize there is a piece of you lost. Maybe she got left during a hard season. Maybe she got ditched when you got promoted, or your life dramat...

Your head hits the pillow every night and you are wiped. You did all the things throughout the day, but you still feel utterly disconnected from your life. It's like your heart barely gets a moment to catch up with your body before you pass out at night. You feel like your days live you, not you living your days. 

2024 is a year to connect the gap between your heart and your body. To PAY ATTENTION to our lives. To live pre...

For the woman in ministry who longs for a consecrated 'more,' this is for you. Just like a woman who knows she is made to have another child, feeling both the absence of a person in your life but also the anticipation of who will be joining you, you've had this longing for something 'more' in your ministry. Whether it's new territory, a new project, a new adventure, or a new responsibility... you can't s...

So you feel called to ministry...
Maybe you're in the early years of ministry, or on the edge of diving in.  You find yourself in the place of just figuring out what ministry looks like for you, or maybe you've pinpointed it like a dart to a bullseye.
No matter what 'ministry' looks like for you, we can all agree it's a tough career to enter into. And with rising rates of ministry burn out,  it's a ra...

The one reality we can't escape during the holidays is the annual family gatherings. Whether we are having a meal with your extended family or gift exchanges with your immediate kin, these gatherings can bring up a lot of feelings. 
So how are we showing up to these supposed joyous festivities? 
Are we dreading facing the family members who rejected us,
...afraid to see the cousins or aunts who assaulted us on Facebook...

You are reading that right... today we have our FIRST podcast guest! Kirsten has been a part of Ruah + Ember since the beginning, and her heart for the Lord is absolutely contagious. You'll just love meeting her.

This is the conversation for the woman stuck in a wrestling match she was never meant to be in. Fighting the same lies, the same struggles;  feeling  inadequate, un-useable, unstable. You feel so inconsistent in yo...

You've been called to pioneer. Maybe that means birthing a new ministry or writing a book, or maybe for you, it means staying in a healthy marriage when all you've seen is divorce around you or breaking the ties with generational strongholds to create a healthy family line. In all of these things, you are a pioneer fashioned to bring forth something this world has yet to see.

As a pioneer, there is a unique journey to embar...

You walked away from a recent victory, mountain top, or benchmark moment of encouragement, but out of the blue, you get knocked down by a cheap shot of the enemy. They call this a 'sucker punch,' and the enemy tried to make you the sucker. When you thought the battle was over and the victory won, he took another shot at you while you weren't looking. And because you were distracted, it was a much greater hit than if you...

For the woman trying to hold her world in her hands: meet every need, exceed every expectation, fulfill every responsibility. She is carrying worry and anxiety with the pressure mounting within her to make all the decisions (and man, it can't just be A decision, it has to be the RIGHT decision). Not just caring for the present circumstances, but thinking ahead to cover all her bases and make up for the ones around her that '...

After seasons of letting go, we can often feel like we've failed because we had to let it go. Especially as women, we tend to think "well, why couldn’t I have kept it? Why couldn’t I have held onto the marriage or the relationship? Why couldn’t I have made that rhythm or commitment work?  Why could I not have made my schedule work to fit it?"

And with a weight of anxiety and guilt, we believe in letting go we've f...

You have been waking up in your faith. You are stepping out, seeing God work and finally feeling like you've got the wind in your sails. And as a woman woken up and alive that means you carry revival.

In this past season, you may have discounted your leadership or your ability to take part in the Kingdom of God- but this is your invitation to put skin in the game and bring revival everywhere you step foot.

God is on the move i...