We’ve become experts at justifying why we can’t stay connected. Church hurt. Leadership “scandals.” Differing opinions on worship styles or even politics. So many things can come up to tempt us to believe that disconnecting would be a much better answer than sticking around and working through it. But understand something — Jesus told us […]

“I already know I need to be reading my Bible, Erica.” {{insert eye roll}} Listen, Sister, I have ZERO desire for trying to convince you that you need to be reading your Bible. If Jesus is your Lord and Savior and you’ve got His Spirit in your heart, chances are this bit of wisdom around […]

But seriously . . . why are we always those people who think we need to figure it out, clean it up, get it done all on our own? When I was little, I marveled at how my mom could do a full grocery shop for a family of five and then come home and […]

How has “managing time” worked for you in the past? I put that phrase in quotes because I don’t think managing time is a real thing. Have you ever been successful at managing it? I was reading an article on time management recently that was published in the Harvard Business Review called, Time Management Won’t […]

Who doesn’t love seeing acceleration in their life? Human beings seem to be wired to “just get there already.” But the cadence of the Kingdom of God is actually in the NOW. God, and everything He brings with Him, is always right on time (see Isaiah 60:22). So why is it that we’re so enamoured […]

How do you pivot while not losing the “plot” on your life? What do you do when the Lord calls an “audible” right in the middle of what feels like a crucial part of the “game” of life? For some of us, our minds can go immediately to the thought, “Did I do something wrong?“. […]

Are you an “undercover” control freak? C’mon! Be honest . . . Are you a Christian who knows control ain’t “cute,” but you just can’t seem to stop? Maybe you’ve made major strides with releasing control and can say, “Well, I used to be really bad, but now it’s just a little bit.” But is […]

What do you do when it doesn’t look like what God said? We’ve all been there. We hear the Lord speak to our heart, we craft the vision board, we support the promise with scripture. And then . . . we wait. Let me ask you, how well do you wait? Does doubt creep in? […]

What does the Bible say about how trauma affects us? And does it have anything to say about how to effectively process and release trauma in such a way that we can be free from it for good? We’re getting into it on this week’s episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast. I’ve got three […]