When Fear Feels Like Wisdom
We hear it all the time: "Get out of your comfort zone."
But what if we've misunderstood what a comfort zone actually is?
What if the place we call "comfortable" is really just the place where fear has taught us to play it safe? And what if the life God is calling us to is waiting just beyond the fears we've mistaken for wisdom?
In this post, I explore a simple sentence from a friend that completely changed the way I think about courage, calling, and the quiet whispers that so often keep us from becoming who we were created to be.
The Gift of Doing Nothing
For as long as I can remember, summer has never really been a break. It was just another opportunity to work harder, prepare more, and stay busy enough to avoid sitting still. This year was different. After the hardest school year of my career, I did something I've never really allowed myself to do before: I stopped. What I discovered about rest, productivity, perfectionism, and even the opening chapters of Genesis changed the way I think about my work—and maybe even my worth.