Turning 56 has me looking back at a year that changed far more than I expected. I’m sharing nine things I’ve learned about disappointment, unresolved situations, solitude, calling, creativity, hearing God, boundaries, forgiveness, and becoming more myself without becoming less loving. This year has taught me that growth doesn’t always look like arriving—it can look like becoming more discerning, morehonest, and more willing to trust God with what I can’t control. I’m still very much in process, but I’m not where I was a year ago, and that’s worth noticing.

Becoming
If you’re a woman in your 20s—or love someone who is—Becoming is a six-week guidebook for growing closer to God, yourself, and others. It’s designed to help women ask better questions, hear God more clearly, and learn to live from the truth that they are already fully loved.

Learn more about Becoming.

Live Differently

Live Differently is a guide for women who are ready to stop living from fear, old patterns, and the expectations of others—and start living from freedom, truth, and the love of God. It’s about becoming more fully yourself while staying rooted in Christ.

Reflection Questions
Where have I grown or changed over the past year, even if I’m still very much in process?

Am I carrying someone else’s disappointment as though itmeans I’ve done something wrong?

Is there something unresolved in my life that I’m trying toohard to fix or force?

Where might God be inviting me into more solitude, rest, orspace to listen?

Is there something new God may be putting in front of me that I haven’t yet had the courage to pursue?

How might my creativity be part of the way God has called meto serve?

Where have I mistaken boundaries or self-care forselfishness?

Is there a relationship where I could love someone while alsochanging my expectations, access, or level of pursuit?

What would it look like for me to become more myself without becoming less loving?

When I look back a year from now, who do I hope I will bebecoming?