Today’s post is a special application to the 5 Week Refocus Challenge. In the last post, we tackled the idea of taking inventory of our life-givers and time-wasters. One thing I found to be poorly serving me is Facebook. I often defend my devotion to Facebook, claiming its sufficiency as a tool for social connection. However, I’ve noticed it is…
Reinforce Life-Givers: Refocus Challenge Week 4
In the last 6 months, I’ve had a reoccurring conversation with different people. We all seem to be wondering the same thing: What makes me come alive? What activities draw out joy, pleasure, and fulfillment in my heart? What gives me a boost to be more like me in a way that makes God and…
20 Tools to Help You Pray: Refocus Challenge Week 3
Welcome to the 5 Week Refocus Challenge. I have set up this challenge to find my way back to the best God has for my life. Instead of being swept away by the tides of busy schedule, bursting closets, and an overstimulated mind, my prerogative is to return to closeness with Jesus, to refocus my…
Rekindle Your Prayer Life: Refocus Challenge Week 3
Today, my husband said to me, “woman, we need to go on a date. It’s been too long.” I wholeheartedly agreed. It’s been a long couple of weeks gearing up for the school year, and Shane and I need a chance to reconnect. When I think about how I need to rekindle my love life,…
Re-set Home Base: Refocus Challenge Week 2
Do you ever have an area in your life you wish you could install a “reset” button? I used to play a bit of Mario Bro. back in the day, and that little reset button was my best friend. Mario is about to fall down the hole? Reset! I do the same with my electronics….
Reinstate Stillness: Week 2 of the Refocus Challenge
I thrive on seasonal change. We are exiting the summer of lazy laundry days mixed between exciting travel adventures. Upon us is the back-to-school season, with promises of routine, cooler weather, and pumpkin spice lattes. Unfortunately, this new season is also littered with a whole lot of “have-to’s”: I have to fit in one last…
Reclaim Your Mornings: Week 2 of the Refocus Challenge
After everything God has taught me last week, about my identity in him and me need to worship Him with intentionality, I am convinced that my next challenge is to reclaim my mornings. Summer brings glorious travel opportunities that I love and treasure, and that wreak havoc on maintaining a daily schedule. The days…
Refocus Challenge: Week 1 Review
The 5 Week Refocus Challenge is well underway. Here’s a recap of week 1: My Thoughts: What an awesome week of sweet soul searching! Remembering my identity in Christ was invaluable to begin this process of “getting back to” God’s best for my schedule, my thoughts, and my relationships. I set up some reminders of my…
Focus of my Worship Quiz
(This post is from Campfire Grace on Instagram. Feel free to treat it like a s’more: you like it, you share it.) Doing the #5weekrefocuschallenge has been, well, challenging. I didn’t realize how unintentional I have been about how I spend my time, money, and worship. My attention has been targeted at things other than…
Refocus Your Worship: Refocus Challenge Week 1
Happy Hump Day! How is your progress so far on this grand endeavor to refocus your life? Personally, the harder I pursue the power of “re”, the more I see how much I need it! On Monday, we started with dessert; celebrating our identity was a great place to start this five-week refocus challenge (that blog…