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John Eldredge on Recovering the Presence of God
Are we missing the life Jesus promised because we’ve become disciples of the internet? In this powerful clip from our conversation with John Eldredge, he exposes how modern life has trained us to live as functional materialists—believing only in what we can touch, measure, and scroll past. But Scripture reminds us that the unseen realm is the real realm. And John invites us to recover what we’ve forgotten: 👉 the nearness of God, 👉 the beauty of…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/15/2025
Out of the Overflow | The Mid-Week Memo | November 12, 2025
There’s a sobering truth tucked inside Jesus’ words in Luke 6:45: “The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good… for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.” Our words are not random. They reveal something deeper — the condition of our hearts. What we say (and how we say it) exposes what we believe, what we value, and who truly rules our inner life. When grace fills our hearts, grace spills out. When,…
Categories: What We Were Created For, Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo, The Mid-Week Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/12/2025
When God Whispers, Are You Listening? | The Mid-Week Memo | November 5, 2025
“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it.” — Job 33:14 God is not silent. He never has been. The Creator who spoke galaxies into being still speaks into the chaos of our hearts today. His voice hasn’t grown faint—our ears have. Job reminds us that God’s communication is ongoing, though often unrecognized. Sometimes it’s a whisper through Scripture, sometimes a stirring in our spirit,…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Mid-Week Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/05/2025
Where Are Your Chips Invested? | Colleen's Corner
Watch this little demonstration between Colleen and Steve, we see how our perspective shifts when we truly grasp eternity. It's not about neglecting our earthly responsibilities, but about aligning them with God's eternal kingdom. Key takeaways: • Our time, talents, and resources are investments • Eternal perspective changes how we live now • Even small investments in eternity have ripple effects forever • We're already living in eternity,…
Categories: Spiritual Formation, Colleen's Corner | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/03/2025
🎙️EP154. Trusting God’s Provision and Caring for Burned-Out Leaders | Tom & Karen Friedrichs
When God calls you into ministry… who takes care of you? In this conversation, Steve and Colleen sit down with longtime friends Tom and Karen Friedrichs, founders of Broom Tree Landing, a ministry that offers free retreat, coaching, and spiritual direction for pastors, missionaries, and frontline ministry leaders who are running on empty. You’ll hear: * The origin story of Broom Tree Landing (born out of their own burnout) * How God provided financially, housing,…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/03/2025
Can You Hear Him Now? | The Mid-Week Memo | October 29, 2025
“For God does speak—now one way, now another—though no one perceives it.” — Job 33:14 (NIV) We live in a world flooded with noise. Notifications, headlines, and to-do lists fill the space where silence once was. Yet even in the chaos, God is speaking—always. He never stops communicating; the problem is that we’ve forgotten how to listen. The book of Job reminds us that God “does speak—now one way, now another.” He…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Mid-Week Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/29/2025
In His Likeness | What Dahlias Teach Us About God’s Design
Colleen brings a fresh and colorful perspective on what it means to be made in the likeness of God. Using her love for dahlias, she draws a stunning parallel between the creative diversity within one simple flower and the divine DNA within each of us. From the Cultural Mandate in Genesis to the beauty of hybrid dahlias blooming across the world, Colleen reminds us that we are designed to cultivate, create, and bring beauty into God’s Kingdom — right where we.…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/27/2025
A Donkey in Heat, Sniffing the Wind? | The Mid-Week Memo | October 22, 2025
“How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restless young camel running here and there, a wild donkey used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her. Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is hopeless, for I have…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Mid-Week Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/22/2025
🎙️EP153. How Is Greater Than What | The Skill Every Leader Ignores | Preston Poore
In this episode of the Embracing Brokenness Podcast, Steve welcomes leadership coach and author Preston Poore to unpack his new book How Is Greater Than What: Master the Growth and Leadership Skill Everyone Else Ignores. They explore why how you lead matters more than what you accomplish—diving deep into integrity, identity, character, and calling. Preston shares powerful lessons from his career at Coca-Cola, including leadership failures that became catalysts for.…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/20/2025
The Silent Years | The Mid-Week Memo | October 15, 2025
"Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me."— Galatians 2:1 (ESV) When Paul references this fourteen-year gap, it’s easy to read right past it. But those years—largely hidden from our view—speak volumes. Imagine what God was shaping in him during that time. This was no wasted season. Paul, once the fiery persecutor, was becoming the faithful apostle. We don’t know much about those,…
Categories: Walking With God, Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo, The Mid-Week Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/14/2025