The Small Beginnings with Sara Thurman Price
Welcome to my Small Beginnings with Sara podcast. Each episode I will be sharing my personal journey with you, a journey full of new beginnings, from tears of joy to tears of grief. I will be sharing how God has been right in the middle of my own journey. God will be right in the middle of your story, too. My prayer is you will become brave and courageous in your own small beginnings. Get ready to be inspired and encouraged as I share my heart and my life with you. Together, let's discover God's goodness.
Episodes
154 episodes
Carrying the Fragrance of Jesus, The Beauty of Being Broken and Poured Out
Have you ever noticed how a fragrance can fill an entire room before you even see where it came from?In this episode, I’m sharing a powerful Holy Week reflection on what it means to carry the fragrance of Jesus in our everyday lives....
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This Is Enough: Finding Rest in a World That Says More
Have you ever ended a full day… and still felt like it wasn’t enough?In this episode, I share what God has been gently teaching me about stepping out of the pressure to do more, achieve more, and be more… and into the freedom of enou...
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Two Waters, One God: Learning to Trust His Different Ways
There are moments in life when we are standing at the edge of something impossible.And in Scripture, we see this twice—once at the Red Sea, and once at the Jordan River.Both times, God made a way.Both times, His people wal...
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Living With Intention: Discovering Your Purpose in Every Season
Have you ever paused in the middle of a full, beautiful life and asked yourself a deeper question, Am I living intentionally?In this episode of Small Beginnings with Sara, I reflect on what it means to live with purpose...
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The First Signs of Spring, Noticing the New Things God Is Growing
There is something about the changing of seasons that feels like God speaking softly to our hearts.Spring is just beginning to show itself where I live. The birds are singing in the mornings, tiny green shoots are pushing through the soi...
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Living with Margin: Making Room for Divine Interruptions
On a recent cruise in the Caribbean, God began speaking to me about something I didn’t realize I was missing — margin.Not more productivity.Not more opportunity.Margin.The space between my load and my limit. The breathing ...
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Come Away With Me
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” — Mark 6:31Have you felt that invitation in this season?The packing, the moving, the selling, the painting, the traveling, the constant next thing. Blessings can be ...
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Open My Lips: The Power of Speaking God’s Word
In this episode of Small Beginnings, I’m sharing why God invites us to speak our prayers out loud, not because He needs to hear them, but because something shifts when we do.Our voices carry authority. Spoken t...
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Breaking Creative Resistance: Reclaiming Your God-Given Creativity
Creative resistance has been on my mind lately.That heavy feeling that shows up right when you sit down to create. The distraction. The doubt. The quiet voice that whispers, Maybe later. Maybe you’re not re...
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Finding God’s Rhythm, One Day at a Time
Lately, I’ve been asking God for His rhythm, not more hustle, not a faster pace, but His way of walking through my days.In this episode, I share five simple, Scripture-rooted thoughts that have been helping me slow down and listen again....
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A New Year Doesn’t Change Your Life, a Renewed Mind Does
As we step into a new year, I’ve been sitting with this truth: new calendars don’t create new lives—renewed minds do.In today’s episode of Small Beginnings, I’m anchoring us in Romans 12:2 and unpacking what it rea...
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Entering the New Year With God’s Presence, God’s People, and God’s Favor
The New Year doesn’t begin with a goal, it begins with a posture.Before the plans, the resolutions, and the pressure to move forward, God often invites us to pause. To be present. To listen. In this episode, I share why communion with Go...
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Favored by God, Finding Peace, and Trusting What Follows
In today’s episode of Small Beginnings with Sara, I’m talking about what it truly means to be favored by God—and why favor is often misunderstood. When we look at the lives of Mary and Jesus, we see that God’s favor didn’t remov...
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Letting Go and Moving Forward, Walking Into the Unknown With God
In today’s episode of Small Beginnings with Sara, I’m sharing the very real, very personal journey I’m walking right now — a journey of letting go, of releasing what has held history and meaning for decades, and of trusting God as He l...
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Waiting With Hope, Listening With Faith, Lessons From Zechariah
What does it look like to wait with hope when the waiting stretches into years, decades, or feels altogether impossible?In this episode, I’m walking with you through the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in Luke 1 — two righteous, faithfu...
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A Season of Thanks, A Life of Presence
As we move through this full and beautiful Thanksgiving season, I’ve been asking myself, What is truly most important? In all the busyness, gatherings, cooking, and coming and going, God keeps bringing me back to one simple truth: t...
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This Is the Season for Courage: What God Is Asking of Us Now”
In this episode of Small Beginnings, we’re talking about the kind of courage God is calling His people into right now. Over the past week, I’ve found myself in conversation after conversation with people facing change, loss, transition, ...
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Letting Go and Leaning In: Trusting God in a Season of Simplicity
In the middle of the holiday rush, when our homes fill with decorations, to-dos, and expectations, God gently invites us into something different — simplicity, peace, and trust.In this episode, I’m sharing our very real, very current jou...
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Stepping Into the Healing River: The Power of Full Surrender
Have you ever found yourself standing at the edge of what God is asking — hesitant to step deeper?In Ezekiel 47, the prophet sees a river flowing from the temple — ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep — until it becomes a river so deep it c...
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When God Works Behind the Scenes
Have you ever felt like your prayers are met with silence?Like you’re standing still while everyone else seems to be moving forward?In this episode, I’m sharing how God often does His deepest work in the quiet, unseen places...
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The Providence of God, A Testimony of Faithfulness and Trust
In this episode, I share a personal story of watching God’s providence unfold in real time as I prepare to sell my Wimberley home—a place filled with memories, ministry, and miracles. From the moment God led us there to the lives touched within...
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Do Not Be Anxious About Anything—Is This Possible? A Guide to Lead Us to Peace
Have you ever wondered how to actually live out Philippians 4:6–7—“Do not be anxious about anything”? It sounds impossible in a world full of uncertainty, doesn’t it? In this episode of Small Beginnings with Sara, I walk throu...
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People Get Ready: Living from Victory, Not for It
This week’s episode is all about stepping into the victory that’s already ours in Christ—not striving to earn it. Anchored in 2 Corinthians 10:5, 1 Corinthians 15:57, and Acts 17:28, we’re reminded that our thoughts, emotions, and action...
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From Longings to Fulfillment: Emili Broyles on God’s Next Steps
You’re going to love my conversation with Emili Broyles. This episode may just become your favorite! Emili shares from the heart of God on how to fulfill our longings with the plate right in front of us, no matter our circumstances. Her real-li...
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Growth from the Greenhouse: Awakening My Creative Identity
Have you ever dismissed your creative potential because you believed the lie that artists are born, not made? I sure did. For most of my life, I thought I couldn’t even draw stick figures—until age 56 when God interrupted my story in the most u...
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