Get Ready With God

Ep. 204: Mary Knew on Easter Too

We talk about Mary at Christmas. We debate whether she knew. But nobody's asking that question at Easter. And I think we should. Because she did know, and knowing didn't spare her from a single second of it. This episode is about Mary's sacrifice in the part of the story we skip over, what women carry, and why I think that scripture about her keeping these things in her heart might be the most relatable thing in the whole Bible.

Ep. 203: The Version of God That Made Me Leave

For a while, not believing felt safer than believing. Because the God I'd been shown brought shame and fear, not hope. And if that's the God you've been handed too, I get it. I really do. This episode is about what it took to separate the God other people gave me from the one I actually found, and why I think your own firsthand experience with the Divine is the only one worth trusting.

Ep. 202: Chase the Light Instead

Sunday's church lesson wrecked me in the best way. A photographer in my neighborhood said: stop chasing the perfect photo and chase the light instead. We're talking about what that means for faith, for life, for the exhausting gap between what we wanted and what actually is, and why joy is still the most rebellious thing we can choose.

Ep. 201: The Danger of Detaching Too Far

Detaching myself from the results of what I create is what enables me to keep going, but last week I learned that maybe I have overcorrected? Let's talk about the dance of staying grounded without dismissing the light. 

Ep. 200: GRWG LIVE with Julie Taylor and Lisa Valentine Clark! Book Launch!

This is a LIVE recording of the It's More Fun to Believe Book launch event interview! We don't hold back and we didn't edit so buckle up and enjoy! And get your book here! 

Ep. 199: To Be Known

After a trip to the Brontë sisters’ village in England, I started thinking about how rare it is to feel truly understood. What if part of faith is trusting that God already knows us completely. Our strange parts, our creative parts, even the parts we try to hide. Today we are exploring what changes when you let yourself believe that.

Ep. 198: Gimme Gimme More

What if the answer to your prayer isn’t rescue… but strength? Today I’m wrestling with wanting, waiting, and why God so rarely gives me the miracle in the package I asked for. Maybe deliverance isn’t being saved from it. Maybe it’s being able to endure it. Love you. Bye.

Ep. 197: Respectfully, I Don't Want To

Sometimes the life I want requires things I don’t. The writing career means promotion. The faith I crave means showing up when I’d rather stay home. Today I’m talking about fear, resistance, and why the habits that feel disconnected might actually be the very things shaping us. Not every Sunday feels spiritual. Not every effort feels worth it. But maybe faith is built in the pattern, not the proof. Love you. Bye.

Ep. 196: Expanding Instead of Fixating

What's your favorite part? I found myself reflecting on what actually feels most fulfilling. This episode is about motherhood, faith, identity, and why sometimes expanding your life instead of fixating on one hard thing is what finally brings peace.

Ep. 195: A Rare Episode About Marriage

After Valentine’s Day, I found myself reflecting on enduring love, the kind that survives grief, growth, and the unglamorous realities of real life. From my marriage to the love of God, this episode is about what it means for love to “bear all things” and why divine love can hold every part of us, even the complicated ones.