A couple years ago, I packed for a 24-hour silent retreat. Overnight bag? Check. Hiking boots? Check. A suitcase full of dread? Also check.

Somewhere along a quiet hiking trail, God gently reminded me of something I desperately needed to hear—something that changed the way I think about worry, tomorrow...and even Sabbath.

In this week's Summer of Sabbath: Revisited episode, we're talking about the quiet way dread steals today's rest, why God's Presence matters more than having all the answers, and what it means to trust the God who's already waiting in every "there."

If you've ever found yourself living tomorrow before tomorrow gets here, this conversation is for you. www.glordinary.com

Here’s a small excerpt: “Because by now, I’d already been to the “there” that I was dreading seven months earlier. By now, the dread I had packed before was behind me. Tomorrow was now yesterday. Yet somehow...God had been exactly who He promised He would be.”

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A Summer of Sabbath Replay Episode! Enjoy, my Friend!

What’s your superpower? I’m gonna guess you, like me, mistakenly believe we can be in two places at once. We work at the office, at home, on vacation. We check emails in traffic. We scan headlines at the table. We sneak a text-glance during dinner. We attempt to be connected everywhere and end up being present nowhere. Digital distractions lure us to believe we can actually be in two places at once.

We are living lives of absence when we were made to be a people of presence.

So, let’s talk about practical tools for resting from our digital distractions. Join me as we check in on Moses, God’s Presence, and Exodus 33.

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Here’s a small excerpt: "Just like a new puppy or a tired toddler, our screens scream for our attention. We call them notifications, but let’s be honest: they’re more like abductions, pulling us away from Presence into the abyss of absence.”

This week on Glordinary, we're continuing our Summer of Sabbath: Revisited series with an episode I definitely wasn't planning to write.

A back injury. A student driver. A garbage truck with Scripture on the back. Somehow, they all ended up pointing me toward one lingering phrase from Scripture that I just couldn't shake.

This episode isn't really about slowing down. It's about what happens when life slows you down.

I hope you'll join me tomorrow. And if life hasn't gone according to plan lately...I think you'll feel right at home. www.glordinary.com

Here’s a small excerpt: “Since I’m interrupted now, slowed down now, Lord, what are you inviting me into? What are You inviting me to step into at this pace that I would've missed at mine?”

You can now find Glordinary, Inc. as a charity on Venmo or PayPal, or find me on our website: www.glordinary.com for any other method of giving. The website can also direct you to our PO Box just in case you ever want to send me a note, snail-mail style. Thank you so much!