I recently read The Gift of Not Belonging, and I felt deeply seen. The book talks about “otroverts,” people who are grounded in their own sense of self and can value connection without losing themselves in the need to belong. That word landed for me. They can appreciate connection, tradition, and shared experiences without needing to participate in every gathering or live communally in order to feel secure. I’ve always valued deep, one-on-one relationships more than large gro

“Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things we hope for, being the proof of things we do not see and the conviction of their reality (faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses).”— Hebrews 11:1 (AMPC) When fear shows up, it can make fear feel like truth. The mind fills with what if questions, worst-case scenarios, and imagined outcomes that suddenly feel certain. In those moments, God can seem quiet—not because He has lef

My Favorite Influencer While I was on a run, I passed a church billboard that read, “The Holy Spirit is our favorite influencer.” The message stayed with me. We are being influenced all the time, especially now, in the age of social media, where people are literally called influencers. Scrolling our feeds influences how we think, feel, and even what we believe. The algorithms then feed us more of what reinforces those thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. We tend to seek out what