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On day 3 of detoxing from the hustle. ✨ Rest an

On day 3 of detoxing from the hustle.
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Rest and play have never been my strong side— I’m more likely to find joy in a group project than unstructured down time. But I’ve also learned — the hard way — that the consequences of a fast-paced life is a superficial and frantic soul. The only antidote is to force a slower pace, to just cut every single thing I can, to make enough margin to let the inevitable waves of every emotion I avoid in busyness catch up to me — and catch up they will.
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2019-2021 has been a season of change — some good, some hard and some excruciating. Only space and rest brings continued perspective, healing and meaning. Only space and rest create the pace needed to not miss the little gifts — a little joke with my kids, a moment to hold hands with my man, time in the hammock where I am not immediately falling asleep but able to breathe in gratitude, allow room for sadness, and listen for what remains when all is sifted.
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And now it’s time for a month or so of carving out that space —I’ll be stepping back from here for a bit, mostly because I’m not strong enough to resist the temptation to keep working, even when my heart wants to just be present. I have much to share upon my return and would love for you to sign up for my email list, where I’m able to share more completely. But wherever you are, I want to encourage you to listen for that small voice inviting you to rest, and to find a moment or a month to do it. When my kids were little this never felt like an option, but now it’s available and I want to have the courage to take it, whatever it may bring.
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Faith is built in trusting that when I am still, the Spirit still moves, and when I am resting, my Father is still working. Amen and amen. ❤️

If the words “hustle detox” strike a chord wit

If the words “hustle detox” strike a chord with you, this episode is for you! I chat with @jenniferdukeslee, who just released her latest book called “Growing Slow: Lessons on Unhurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl.”

We talk about what she means by “hustle detox,” hurry sickness, and what the natural rhythms of the seasons can teach us about our own growth.

Tell me - what old “hustle” patterns do you want to leave behind as our shut-down pandemic world begins to open back up? 👇

My heart is burdened for living with faithfulness

My heart is burdened for living with faithfulness in a fickle world. If you are worn, weary and ready to throw in the proverbial towel, here’s a few thoughts that might help.
❤️ nicole

It seems like my place in the Church is to remind

It seems like my place in the Church is to remind myself (and everyone I have the chance to lead) of the simple truths of God that we wrestle, rest, work and live into for our whole earthly existence.
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Here’s two of those basics:
1. Being Christlike isn’t a made up church word. The basic of our faith is that we are called to live like Jesus did. I guess #wwjd ain’t dead, you know what I mean?
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2. Jesus’ fundamental state of being is found in john 1:14– “full of grace and truth.” We aren’t called to balance grace and truth, we are called to abound in both.
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This means that you should experience your faith as alternately comforting and challenging, both accepting you as you are and calling you to more. We never outgrow the need to abound in grace and abound in truth. We won’t do it perfectly but we can grow in both.
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Thanks for coming to my #instasermon 😂 if you want to hear the rest you can tune into @wardchurch this week. 📖
<thanks @youversion for being my mobile Bible— this is from 1 John 2!

There’s no way around it (no matter how hard you

There’s no way around it (no matter how hard you can try): conflict, as humans, is inevitable.

We argue, we miss each other, we fail to meet expectations, we get tired and hungry and yell at each other instead of taking a nap, and we develop patterns that aren’t helpful to our relationships.

But a miraculous opportunity is in front of us: the opportunity to choose different. The opportunity to change the course of your relationships forever. What if that opportunity was in one single moment?

I fully believe it is.

👉🏼nicoleunice.com/miraclemoment

Coffee, comfy shoes and back on the road. ✈️

Coffee, comfy shoes and back on the road. ✈️

For the past ten years I’ve been traveling—to mountain retreats, to leadership conferences, to Sunday morning worship. I’ve had the honor of teaching in places that I would never have even imagined would welcome a lady, much less this lady. I’ve had a front row seat to the wide and wild variety of ways God works in this world — through traditional worship expressions and through gatherings of spiritual seekers around fires and around tables and around platforms.
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The past 15 months have stretched us, wearied us, and broken us of our comforts and rhythms and routines. Some of it is good and needed and hopefully will remain. Some of it has wounded us and we will need time to process and heal and let meaning come. But I hope some of it has also allowed you to know what you miss, and what you love. And for me, that’s being with you, in all the places you invite me, and I’m so glad to get this suitcase back out and be face to face again!
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First up, Greenville, SC for a leadership mastermind (something I’m so excited about and will share more soon) and then on to Detroit to see my people at @wardchurch who I’ve missed so much!

Hope I see you soon, too! ❤️

(@ritzcrackers is not a sponsor of this post but I’m open to endorsements, Ritz, see you in my DMs)

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