Ep. 06 Happies, Crappies, and Thankfuls for Grace Enough | Amber Cullum

2024-09-17

Have you ever felt like grace isn't enough? Like you've messed up too much to begin again? Or that you're burning it at both ends and can't seem to push pause before everything falls to pieces? We've all felt the regret of poor choices. We are wounded and wounding people as we repeat cycles we don't recognize we're in. But there's hope. Colossians 3 reminds us that grace becomes enough as we learn to take off empty practices and put on Christ-centered ones. Amber Cullum, my guest today, grew up in a culturally Christian home and c...

Have you ever felt like grace isn't enough? Like you've messed up too much to begin again? Or that you're burning it at both ends and can't seem to push pause before everything falls to pieces?

We've all felt the regret of poor choices. We are wounded and wounding people as we repeat cycles we don't recognize we're in. But there's hope. Colossians 3 reminds us that grace becomes enough as we learn to take off empty practices and put on Christ-centered ones.

Amber Cullum, my guest today, grew up in a culturally Christian home and community where Jesus had little to do with everyday life. All that changed during her college years as she learned to filter her choices through her relationship with Jesus.

Host of Grace Enough podcast, Amber is wife and mom of three who talks the Bible and theology just as easily as she talks "poop rickets" and other kid shenanigans that make us all laugh. She is also a speaker who has nurtured the art of connecting with people through their hardships, passions, and faith in Jesus.

In our conversation, Amber shares stories about:

growing up in a Christian culture without Jesus
navigating Senior Year with an absent mother and a strained relationship
discovering the connection between communication and grace
developing rhythms of grace which include celebrating the Shabbat Meal, reading scripture, gratitude, and breath prayers
connecting practices to the person of Jesus
And not to be missed: Amber's expose on current teen slang.

Quotes from Amber Cullum:

When I think about grace being hard to come by, it's really been a lot in forgiving myself for the ways my critical spirit has hurt others. That is the opposite of grace. Once you know you are forgiven and experience that grace, you have to let go of things and move into freedom.

Discipline and habits are really hard to form. But lack of discipline and habits cause greater damage in the long run.

Our brain's default is to protect us. We defend ourselves against things that are happening to us and that lends itself to complaining. That's why gratitude has become a lifeline for me.

Key Scripture from our conversation:

Colossians 3:10 Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.

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