Burnout isn’t the result of doing too much, too often, for too long. Burnout happens when you lose hope. It happens when you’re doing too much, too often, and you’re doing it consistently without belief — the belief that your effort will be fruitful and that things work out for you. Burnout thrives at the […]

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 […]

Are your efforts to reconcile in a relationship — with God or with another person — seemingly not working? It might be that you’re missing one of these three Rs. I’ve been on a journey with the Lord the last three years to truly understand what it means to be a “minister of reconciliation.” (2 […]

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 […]

Do you know you could be dreaming bigger? Recently while scrolling social media, I saw a post sharing this thought: “Sarah wanted a baby. God wanted to birth a nation.” It got me thinking, and asking the Lord — On this quick episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast I’m sharing what I felt the […]

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?“. […]