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When the Dam Wall Breaks
When the Dam Wall Breaks A tender unravelling of grief, where strength gives way to truth and tears begin to speak 🕯️Today was an exceptionally heavy-hearted and tear-filled day. ✍️ Two mothers. Six months apart. Both gone now to the same Beautiful Place. Both leaving behind the kind of absence that doesn’t announce itself…
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One Year Since I Conquered the Mountain of Fear
A remembrance of the morning when fear tried to silence my voice, and faith quietly carried me onto the stage. 🕯️ Today, one year ago, I spent the third day of the Speakers Institute Bootcamp standing at the edge of one of the biggest strongholds in my life. Fear of speaking. For this Bootcamp presentation,…
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F.I.N.E. — Faithful, Introspective, Nurturing, Enduring
A quiet reframing of a familiar word, revealing the character God has been shaping all along 🕯️ There are words we use every day that seem ordinary, almost invisible in their familiarity. “Fine” is one of them. It is the word many people offer when someone gently asks, How are you? It often becomes…
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Grace Beyond Strength
When calling feels heavier than capacity and dependence becomes the doorway to divine power. 🕯️ ✍️ 📖 🕊️ Your calling was never meant to be fulfilled by strength alone, but by grace. This is why it feels heavy at times. This is why it stretches places in you that feel tender, untrained, or unsure. God…
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The Cost of Your Oil
A sacred reflection on crushing, worship, and the unseen price Heaven remembers Oil is never produced in comfort. Olive oil only comes through crushing. The olives are pressed, squeezed, and broken until what is hidden inside is finally released. There is no shortcut, no gentle alternative, no way to bypass the pressure and still call…
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The Dream God Placed in You
A gentle reminder that what God planted in your heart has not expired “God placed that dream in your heart for a reason, and no delay, detour, or quiet season can cancel what He has destined for you.” Hey dreamer, Perhaps you have grown quiet about it. Life unfolded, plans shifted, and somewhere along the…
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Legacy That Awakens
When calling, courage, and creativity meet the quiet work of God in a willing heart The Zoom room was alive with presence and possibility at the Speakers Tribe gathering today. Words were shared, courage was stretched, and something sacred unfolded in the ordinary act of showing up._x000D_ _x000D_ Craig opened the space sharing on leadership…
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When Water Finds Its Way In
Learning to Breathe When Plans Are Washed in Unexpected Storms There are days when you step into the studio with purpose in your heart and a vision in your hands, only to feel that first unexpected splash under your feet. What was meant to be a gentle afternoon of preparing for tomorrow’s paint party suddenly…
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Healing the Roots
From Womb Wounding to Bold Living This morning, I found myself in a heartfelt conversation at The Crate — one that began quite casually but quickly turned deeply personal. We were talking about life, resilience, and faith when my own journey through depression surfaced. I was gently asked how I overcame it, and in that…
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The Grief of Obedience
Patrizia Schwartz
a.k.a. Trixi
