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Jesus taught that holiness is meant to be lived in the ordinary moments of our lives. But what does that look like on a chaotic Tuesday morning or in the middle of stress, hurry, and hard conversations?

The Embodied Holiness Podcast explores how faith takes shape in everyday life. Each episode focuses on a practical topic, the challenges it presents, and what it means to embody holiness right where we are. Through honest stories, trusted resources, and conversations with special guests, we invite you to discover a way of following Jesus that is both deeply spiritual and deeply human. If you’re longing to grow in holiness in real, lived-out ways, you’re in the right place.

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Re-sharing from Ash Wednesday three years ago.
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I giggled after the Ash Wednesday service last night because of how many people came to me to receive ashes (a symbol —a reminder —that we are dust, and to dust, we will return…that life is fragile and fleeting and that sin is a problem) with a smile on their face.

Person after person arrived in front of me with huge smiles. Then I said, “From dust you came, and to dust, you will return.”

“Thank you, [Big smile!]” came the reply from many.

Is there any greater contradiction?

“I came from dust. I’ll return to dust. What good news!”

But, as I think about it, I don’t think these smiling ones were missing the point of Ash Wednesday. Neither were the more somber who approached.

Death is a reality for us all. That’s a sobering fact. So is sin. That, too, is sobering. We will all die, and we have all sinned.

But we can smile in the face of this because death is not the end of our life. And sin is not the end of our story. We have a Savior who knows how to bring life out of death. Who knows how to transform our hearts so completely that the bondage of sin has no power over us.

Maybe the people who came to me with a smile just wanted to smile at me. I’ll take that. I love each and every one of them.

But maybe they were on to something bigger, something more significant. That through repentance, God lavishes us with forgiveness and new life. Abundant life. Eternal life with Him.

That’s definitely worth smiling about.

#ashwednesday #lentenseason #lent

Anybody else so easily undone? 😅

Listen to Episode 4 Lost Keys and Dog Poop: When You’re Morning Turns Into the Apocalypse (The Embodied Holiness Podcast)

As I write this on January 6th, my air conditioning is running and the forecasted high for today is 76. ☀️

Even though it looks and feels nothing like winter here in South Mississippi, this image of a wintry day is the perfect picture of waiting. ❄️ (It’s also just pretty!)

If you’re in a season of waiting, here are a few thoughts on how to thrive in the meantime. ❤️

1. Nurture the relationships in your life. Don’t isolate yourself. Reach out to someone and make a plan to connect.

2. Try something new…or simply change your routine a little. Switch things up, even if it’s small, and see if that sparks a sense of newness and breaks up any boredom you may be experiencing

3. Practice of gratitude. We have a tendency to focus on what is lacking or missing in our lives, especially when we’re struggling. Choose, instead, to see what IS there. Notice the good and thank God for it.

4. Look for the seeds of newness. God is doing a new thing in you during this time. What potential, what newness can you sense? Nurture those seeds.

Waiting is not a time when nothing happens. It’s a time when things are being formed, including you. So, pay attention to what you’re paying attention to, and wait with anticipation for what comes next.

“Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.”
~Philippians 4:8-9

Rooting for you today, friends. ❤️

#embodiedholiness #embodiedholinesspodcast #soulcare #spiritualformation

Merry Christmas! I pray your Christmas Season is full of love and joy. Thank you for being a part of the community here at Embodied Holiness. May the light of Christ shine through you to others.

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Two and a half years ago, @tony_lymon joined me (@suseaton ) on The Embodied Holiness Podcast (Episode 38: Congas, Coffee, and Contribution). Not only did we talk about music, the importance of mentoring young people, and using your gifts to make a positive contribution in the world, we talked about his plan to open a coffee shop. Well, as of three weeks ago, Eyrthbeat Coffee is now a reality!

Listen to his episode, then head to Eyrthbeat for a great cup of coffee in a relaxing, friendly, and fun atmosphere.

Listen wherever you listen to podcasts.

#embodiedholiness #embodiedholinesspodcast #eyrthbeatcoffee

Captive.

I’ve become imprisoned, once again,
to captors I thought I’d left behind,
willingly walking back into old
familiar prisons of my past—

Giving in to emotions and whims
that have never, not once,
told me what’s true—

Letting them drag me in—
desiring their oh so temporary
satisfaction that leaves me
emptier and more helpless
than I was before.

Will you look down on this captive
who put the chains on herself
and set this guilty one free?

Or is your grace only for those who
have been imprisoned by forces
beyond their control?

Ransom.

Ransom your captive child
who has been imprisoned
by the very things
you have saved me from
time and time again.

Ransom me from
my weakness,
my frailty,
my sins,
my shame.

How dare I ask such a thing?

How dare I ask you to come to such
a loathsome place?

How dare I make such a bold request?

I dare because I believe.
I dare because you said you will come.
I dare because you have already done it
and will do it again and again.

Grace.

Your grace doesn’t rebuke.
Your grace doesn’t make lists
of “good enough.”
Your grace is not earned.

Your grace pursues.
Your grace sets free.
Your grace redeems.

In the darkest of dark,
In the most shameful of places,
In the place where we despair of hope.

Ransom my captive heart so I can once again
stand in your presence and desire
nothing but you.

O Come, O Come Emmanuel.

#embodiedholiness #embodiedholinesspodcast #spiritualformation

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