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God keeps bringing me back to one word this week: endurance. The spiritual off-season is a lot like the athletic off-season. Nobody’s watching. The work is grueling. You’re being stretched in ways that don’t feel productive. But it’s the season where you grow the most — if you don’t quit. This week tested that in real time. Next week is the one-year anniversary of losing my Dad. So everything has been heavier. Grief has a way of showing up and making ordinary things feel impossible. And yet — the grant for a project I’ve been working toward was initiated yesterday. TallyMarq upgrade sprint starts this weekend. I’m speaking with the United Church of Christ on Tuesday. I launched the Faith Training Journal this week — a guided space for people who are starting (or restarting) their faith practice. All of it in the same week. Heavy and hopeful at the same time. Endurance isn’t about not feeling it. It’s about continuing to move even when everything is heavier. Faith in God’s promise is what carries me through. That’s the only thing I know for sure right now.

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