I am too leaning much more into the practice of intentional and structured rest. Sabbath. It has made a big difference in my family and relationships. Great reminder. Hope you had a wonderful day of rest.

@Angela Linville So challenging. I am actually in a season of purposely NOT doing. Not doing things at my desk that are not moving something forward (so no busy work or pretend work or forcing work). Not doing things in my business just because I "should" by some stander I imagined. Not doing ALL THE THINGs in the house or yard. Allowing stillness. And receiving what comes from it. It's a HUGE challenge. But it has also started to bring real reward and clarity and space I desperately needed. I have felt not just mentally better but physically so much clearer and better over all energy levels. Rest has not ever been a natural state for me. This is a learning process for sure.

Not watched the video.... Here is my two cents on the gifts of the Spirit. I 100% believe these gifts are still being given. I do think we are far more sensical and easy to dismiss things than in previous eras. We know more about everything than ever before. So it becomes harder to discern what is a gift and what is not. I know for a fact (personal experiences) that miracles happen. That demons can and are still cast out (personally witnessed more than once, also not Catholic kind). That people do speak in tongues, and signs and miracles of healing in an instant do happen. It never stopped being given. We stopped believing and trusting that it was true. We explain it away. We hide it as shameful or "snake oil." We have allowed the world to silence us. We as a church have buried those with prophetic gifts so as to not create controversy or embarrassment. The gifts have become taboo to have...so we hide them. we have become so focused on "logic" and "proving" or must understand it from a worldly view, we have forgotten to lean into these for what they are - gifts. There are secular studies done on the power of prayer. Most doing the studies cannot understand the results because they often defy logic. Yet we as Christians stay very quiet. We don't want to be viewed as weird or odd or dare I say crazy. Christianity has become a "bad" word in the world. Especially in political circles. So we collectively have gotten smaller over the years. Quieter. We hide in our churches. We turn down the volume. And we explain away or silence these gifts as too risky. I read something the other day that said - instead of preparing for the anti-christ, we should be preparing for Chris's arrival. These are not the same thing. I think that this gift conversation falls into this idea. When we start to believe these gifts are available and given - we will see them manifested more and more. This is preparing FOR Christ. Using our gifts. Embracing our different. I could go on, but I will stop here.

Did this on the other post, not sure which one it is supposed to be on...so I will do it twice. Hello, I thought I had done an intro, but I am not able to find it...so if this is a repeat I apologize. I live in St Pete FL - it's gorgeous and lovely and pretty much paradise. I am married to a fantastic human - my husband William. I have two teens and two dogs. Life is full and fun and always changing yet always the same. I found this group through @Lisa Vanderveen. Been working with her for 6 months and boy, oh, boy - it's been something! Lots of major shifts and clarity. I am working on deciding what I want my life, business, and everything else to look like and be. Leaning into listening better to Holy Spirit's directions and nudges. Less forcing it myself. I am a B2B consultant that helps companies with People Process - I help them Next Level their people focused processes, build servant leadership, and improve company culture so people want to work with them and stay once hired. Scaling by adding team and/or employees can be really hard and scary. I provide a simple, stress reducing way to make work better for everyone. I am active, love to work out, hang out with friends and family, and be totally by myself. I read ravenously - fiction and personal development. I am glad to be here. Finding communities to discuss faith and God and how it all fits in this crazy messed up world is not easy. Look forward to getting to know you all.

Hello, I thought I had done an intro, but I am not able to find it...so if this is a repeat I apologize. I live in St Pete FL - it's gorgeous and lovely and pretty much paradise. I am married to a fantastic human - my husband William. I have two teens and two dogs. Life is full and fun and always changing yet always the same. I found this group through @Lisa Vanderveen. Been working with her for 6 months and boy, oh, boy - it's been something! I am working on deciding what I want my life, business, and everything else to look like and be. Leaning into listening better to Holy Spirit's directions and nudges. Less forcing it myself. I am a B2B consultant that helps companies with People Process - I help them Next Level their people focused processes, build servant leadership, and improve company culture so people want to work with them and stay once hired. Scaling by adding team and/or employees can be really hard and scary. I provide a simple, stress reducing way to make work better for everyone. I am active, love to work out, hang out with friends and family, and be totally by myself. I read ravenously - fiction and personal development. I am glad to be here. Finding communities to discuss faith and God and how it all fits in this crazy messed up world is not easy. Look forward to getting to know you all.

Finding ways to have true "debate" (two different opinions offering their evidence) with out rancor or bunkered thinking is so important. This has not just been lost in the Church setting but in our society as a whole. The ability to disagree with someone and still remain friends, or at least polite is very much not really happening. the other issue is that it's become an either/or conversation and not an AND conversation. Meaning it's you think like me or you are a list of horrible things and I could never associate with someone like that. When in reality we have more in common than we do different and we usually only vary in our view of things slightly. But we have been told it's all or nothing. The echo chambers in society and the church are deafening us to what's actually happening and to the real human condition - with or without God. all the words to say this - conversations need to happen. Everyone agrees about that. Everyone says "yes! I want to do that" but when it comes right down to it, reactions tend to over take intentions. And feelings get in the way of rational conversation. I truly hope the conversations here change that.