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The Uncommon Normal with Twyla FranzAuthor: Twyla Franz
Welcome to a becoming-space. A place for imperfectly ready people to say yes to more Jesus and actual friendships with their neighbors. A place for introverts and workaholics and people-pleasers and self-doubters. Welcome, welcome, if that's you! I get that pull you feel to go deeper. Find purpose, meaningful conversations, community. I also get how you think you're not ready. Want to know a secret?! None of us are, least of all me! Also true is that we BECOME ready after, not before, we say yes. Yes to baby steps that deepen relationships and let God spill out everywhere. Yes to becoming more curious, more approachable, more moldable in the tender hands of Jesus. It's a process. A beautiful, becoming process where we look less and less like we used to and more and more like Him. Language: en Genres: Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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248 - When You Miss the Sunrise, Here's How to Still Fill Your Morning With Hope
Episode 248
Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
It sounded like a prank call, but I promise we were serious. Seriously set on seeing the sunrise in a city where we'd spend spring break. This was before the days of smartphones to check the weather app. So we did what made most sense to our college student brains—call local numbers in the phone book to ask when the sun rises. I think of it now as radiant pink entrances us en route to school. These sunrise spottings almost make me like Daylight Savings. Almost. Since I started running, I catch every sunrise I can. I time my runs down to the minute so I can capture the colors from the church at the crest of the hill. But on school days, I usually miss the sun breaking through the night . . . except when Daylight Savings aligns the time. A sunrise feels like a God-hug in the middle of the rush to get to school. A splash of His endless creativity. The visible evidence that He is always watching over us. Or, as Jennifer Dukes Lee writes in her book How to Love Your Morning, that He is watching with us. In her captivating story-telling style, she paints a picture of a God pointing our eyes to the sunrise He created for us. I don't want to spoil it for you, so you just might need to read the book yourself! (This story is in chapter two.) Links mentioned: How to Love Your Morning by Jennifer Dukes Lee FREE, 5-Day Email Course: Turn Your Loneliness into Ripple-Effect Faith in 5 Days Read the written version of this episode HERE.
