Gentle Words

5 Things I Learned This Year: Object Lessons

Join Brooke as she shares five things she learned this year. May we have eyes to see what God has been showing us all along. TOPICS COVERED: The Moth, the Rust, and the Thieves [⁠https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/on-moth-rust-and-thieves⁠] Look at the Birds Consider the Lilies Observe the Ant Everything Is Never Enough BOOKS + STUDIES Everything Is Never Enough By Bobby Jamieson Consider The Lilies By Jonny Ardavanis My Utmost For His Highest By Oswald Chambers Reforesting Faith By Matthew Sleeth Ecclesiastes Bible Study By Lydia Brownback 1-2 Peter By Lydia Brownback Joshua By Jen Wilkin JOIN BROOKE ON SUBSTACK ⁠https://substack.com/@brookewiegand⁠ HONEST QUESTIONS NOTEBOOK https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/honest-questions-notebook-may-ee5 [https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/honest-questions-notebook-may-ee5] HONEST QUESTIONS ARCHIVE ⁠https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive⁠ Connect with Brooke:  ⁠https://www.brookewiegand.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ Podcast Cover Photography: Hello Jude Photography

As For Me

Joshua 24 is where it all lands. After decades of wandering, waiting, and finally arriving, Joshua gathers the people and says: you've seen what God has done. Now choose. In this final episode of our Joshua series, we're in Joshua 24 and sitting with what it means to actually choose. * Look back at the record of God's faithfulness — and learn to see it in your own story too * Understand why the choice isn't a one-time moment, but something we wake up and make every day * Walk away with a final charge to stop standing at the edge and start living in the deep end The series is complete.  The land is yours. REFERENCES Joshua Joshua Bible Study by Jen Wilkin [https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/joshua-bible-study⁠] 5 Things I Learned This Year [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gentle-words/id1648066774?i=1000725455511] JOIN BROOKE ON SUBSTACK ⁠https://substack.com/@brookewiegand⁠ MONTHLY HONEST QUESTIONS NOTEBOOK https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/honest-questions-notebook-may-ee5 [https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/honest-questions-notebook-may-ee5] HONEST QUESTIONS ARCHIVE ⁠https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive⁠ Connect with Brooke:  ⁠https://www.brookewiegand.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ Podcast Cover Photography: Hello Jude Photography

How Long Will You Wait?

There's a question in Joshua 18 that made me pause. Joshua looks at seven tribes who are already in the promised land and asks,How long will you wait to take possession of what God has already given you? In this episode we're in Joshua 18 and sitting with that question together. * Meet three people with the same promise and three very different responses to it * Ask yourself which one you are right now * Walk away with a clearer picture of what it looks like to stop waiting and start living in what's already yours The promise is fulfilled. Press play when you're ready. 🎧🤍 REFERENCES Joshua Jen Wilkin Books and Resources [https://www.lifeway.com/en/contributors/jen-wilkin?intcmp=lw%3Ajenwilkin%3Asrdr&prod.taxonomy.lwc%5Bpage%5D=2] JOIN BROOKE ON SUBSTACK ⁠https://substack.com/@brookewiegand⁠ HONEST QUESTIONS ARCHIVE ⁠https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive⁠ Connect with Brooke:  ⁠https://www.brookewiegand.com⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ Podcast Cover Photography: Hello Jude Photography

Welcome To The Deep End

We are officially in the deep end. This month Brooke is spending time in the book of Joshua. Join her as she sets the scene, dives into the story of Rahab, and discovers that scripture is so much richer and deeper than the surface version you've always been told. Welcome to the deep end. REFERENCES Joshua 2 and 6 Jen Wilkin Books and Resources [https://www.lifeway.com/en/contributors/jen-wilkin?intcmp=lw%3Ajenwilkin%3Asrdr&prod.taxonomy.lwc%5Bpage%5D=2] JOIN BROOKE ON SUBSTACK ⁠https://substack.com/@brookewiegand⁠ [https://substack.com/@brookewiegand] HONEST QUESTIONS ARCHIVE ⁠https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive⁠ [https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive] Connect with Brooke:  ⁠https://www.brookewiegand.com⁠ [https://www.brookewiegand.com/] | ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/brooke.wiegand/] Podcast Cover Photography: Hello Jude Photography

What I'm Leaving In The Shallow End

We know the shallow end is crowded or too small. But leaving it is another thing entirely. Today I'm sharing four things I'm leaving behind and why I think naming them out loud is the first step toward something more. This episode is for the woman who's been faithful for years and still feels like something's missing. JOIN BROOKE ON SUBSTACK ⁠https://substack.com/@brookewiegand⁠ [https://substack.com/@brookewiegand] ACCESS YOUR HONEST QUESTIONS NOTEBOOK HERE: https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/honest-questions-notebook-april [https://brookewiegand.substack.com/p/honest-questions-notebook-april] HONEST QUESTIONS ARCHIVE ⁠https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive⁠ [https://brookewiegand.substack.com/archive] Connect with Brooke:  ⁠https://www.brookewiegand.com⁠ [https://www.brookewiegand.com/] | ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/brooke.wiegand/] Podcast Cover Photography: Hello Jude Photography