You’ll be hard pressed to find someone more passionate about fasting! In this episode, you can hear the energy in Joy’s voice as she begins to outline why we fast. This isn’t just a look at the spiritual side of fasting, but it’s a combi...

While there's a lot of buzz about fasting in the health and wellness world, it tends to be hush-hush topic in the modern-day church. In this episode we'll talk about what IS fasting? Why all the buzz? Conversely, we'll also talk about what ISN'...

You guys! If you've been playing around with the idea of starting a sabbath rhythm, but you're feeling tired, overwhelmed, or that it's impossible, then this is your sign to START LISTENING NOW. After listening to this episode, let me know i...

This topic isn't mentioned in most teachings about sabbath--you will feel resistance from within to stop sabbathing (or never start), and you will feel resistance from others around also discouraging you. What do you do with those feelings? ...

Last time we began our discussion about the spiritual practice of sabbathing--how and why we do it. In this episode, I get into the details about how I started my sabbath rhythm and the loooooooong process it took to develop a rhythm that event...

Sabbath is one of my favorite spiritual practices that I exercise to help me build spiritual muscle memory for surrender. The weekly rhythm of stopping and celebrating is a constant reminder that if I stop working, the world keeps spinning and ...

Links from this episode:If you missed the first episode on silence, check it out here.Places where we can continue this conversation:<...

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I couldn’t wait to add more to our discussion about remembering being a new spiritual discipline. One of the points we focus on is how important it is to remember God’s provision in the GOOD times. I also give some practical ideas for how to in...

This is a bold statement, but I think I've discovered a NEW spiritual discipline. What are your thoughts? How does this discipline help develop your surrender muscles? How has this discipline/practice helped you in the past? Link...

In today’s episode, we’re going to step on some of my fellow recovering-control-freak’s toes. We’ll start with Jesus asking Simon (Peter) to lower his nets in the sea after he’s been fishing all night and caught nothing. As a fisherman by trade...

In this episode, we begin to dig in to all of our favorite word . . . the s-word—surrender. Surrender is a whole-body; whole-life action verb that too often gets glossed over with sweeping generalizations. In this episode we’ll begi...

Welcome! I’m Joy your host here at this virtual table.I’m a teacher, writer, spiritual director, girl mom, married for 19 years, recovering control freak.In this episode we’ll talk about the power of a table, who is invited to thi...