What to Pray When You're Drowning in Comparison

Have you ever sat in a prayer circle and thought, her prayers sound so much deeper than mine? Or read somebody's dramatic testimony and wondered if God is even listening to you the same way? Or wished your prayer requests were about the happy problems instead of the hard ones you're actually carryi…

How to Pray When Your Mind Won't Stop Racing

You're lying in bed, and your brain will not stop. The to-do list. The what-ifs. The thing you said yesterday that you keep replaying. You want to pray, but you can't even get a full sentence out before your mind is somewhere else. If that's you, this episode is for you. In this episode, Rachel un…

Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?

The angels at the empty tomb asked the women a question that I've been thinking this week: "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" This Easter, Rachel gets honest about the dead places she's been looking for life — not out in the world, but inside her own heart. The self-talk that tears d…

Praying from Victory: How the Resurrection Changes Everything

Sometimes we think God stops working because the battle shifts to unfamiliar ground. He helped us through that one thing, but this? This feels like a different category. In this Easter episode, Rachel unpacks a surprising story from 1 Kings 20 where Israel's enemies called God a "hill God" — power…

What God Did When Elijah Quit

Elijah called down fire from heaven. And then one threatening message from Jezebel sent him running face-down under a tree, telling God he might as well be dead. Fear does that. It doesn't matter what God just did for you. Fear has a way of making you forget all of it. First Kings 19 is the story…

How to Pray When You're Angry at God

Have you ever felt so broken by grief that even praying felt impossible? Or found yourself angry at God in the middle of your loss and too afraid to admit it? In this episode, Rachel tackles one of the rawest questions in the prayer life: how do you pray when grief has made you angry at God? She w…

What to Pray When You're Waiting on God (Again)

Have you been waiting on God so long you've stopped counting? Maybe you've even had moments where you thought the answer was finally here — only to find the door was still closed. In this episode, Rachel opens Psalm 27:14 and unpacks what David really meant when he said "be strong and take heart."…

How to Pray through A Wilderness Season (When Spring Feels Far Away)

Feeling stuck in a long, gray season where nothing is necessarily wrong, but nothing feels right either? You're not alone. That heavy, stuck feeling has a name: it's a wilderness season. And it's one of the hardest seasons to pray through. In this episode, Rachel digs into Psalm 78 and the convict…

How to Pray When Anxiety Won't Let Go (A Conversation with Maddie Joy Fisher)

Have you ever prayed about your anxiety — and still felt anxious? You're not alone, and this week's guest gets it from the inside out. I'm joined by Maddie Joy Fisher, author of Rest and Rely: A 60-Day Devotional to Replace Fear, Anxiety, and Worry with God's Truth. Maddie shares her very personal…

Why God Feels Distant

Have you ever felt like God went quiet on you? Like you're showing up, opening your Bible, praying the prayers, but hearing nothing back? That silence can feel louder than any storm. In this episode, Rachel dives into the powerful tension between Psalm 34:17 ("The LORD hears") and Psalm 44:23 ("Aw…