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The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz

Welcome to a becoming-space. A place for imperfectly ready people to say yes to more Jesus and actual friendships with their neighbors. A place for introverts and workaholics and people-pleasers and self-doubters. Welcome, welcome, if that"s you! I get that pull you feel to go deeper. Find purpose, meaningful conversations, community. I also get how you think you"re not ready. Want to know a secret?! None of us are, least of all me! Also true is that we BECOME ready after, not before, we say

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166 - How to Navigate the Good and Beautiful Mess of...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/09/10

When we feel welcome, we come back. Kids know this instinctively. As adults, we might have to unravel what we’ve learned about hospitality because we’ve somehow begun caring more about keeping our house clean than putting our guests at ease. Our efforts, though good-intentioned, may sabotage what we truly want: for others to feel at home in our home. Links mentioned: Discover how to clean for unexpected guests HERE. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your

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165 - What Peace Is Like in Our Honest, Everyday Lives

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2024/09/03

Are you longing for soul rest too? Grace that holds? Peace that lasts? Let’s name it together. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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164 - What To Do When We Can’t Go Back to How It Was

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/08/27

Consider this: What if the multi-faceted masterpiece of your God-given strengths and life experiences helps you reflect Jesus in a way that literally no one else can? Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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06:07

163 - How to Regain Control When You’re Skidding

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/08/20

As I remember my dad’s calm presence in the passenger seat, I think of Jennifer Dukes Lee’s nudge to see Jesus as a driver’s ed coach rather than a chauffeur. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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162 - How to Make the Decisions You’d Rather Avoid or...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/08/13

As I hold the decisions I want to delay and the ones I’m tempted to rush in open hands, here’s what’s helping me tune in to God’s voice right now. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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06:43

161 - When You Assume It’s About You, Ask 1 Question

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/08/06

When I’m tempted to make assumptions about something that’s likely not about me, I ask myself a question: Is my reaction opening my heart or closing me off? Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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160 - One Daring, Sure-Fire Way to Find Hope When...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/07/30

It’s been one year since the biggest, littlest miracle happened. As I stand on this side, thankful for now, and also knowing not a single tomorrow is guaranteed, I think of you. Maybe you’re begging for it to all make sense. You might be white-knuckling a prayer because time is short and you’re scared. Or you’re looking backwards, grieving something you couldn’t fix. Sometimes our knees find the floor because God’s nearness overwhelms us, and sometimes it’s because we’re desperate to find Him. The

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159 - “Eyes on Me”: The Best Answer for Your Inner...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/07/23

I was the kid my parents would regularly remind to stand up straighter. Because I’d slouch. If that was you too, you know how you sometimes feel like you never outgrew the label of insecure adolescent. Links mentioned: The worship songs I love best. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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07:25

158 - How to Create a Morning Routine Framework for...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/07/16

I’ll walk you through the key habits in my current morning routine, not to tell you what to include in yours, but to show you how to use a framework that can flex with the time you have available on any given day. Here’s what I’m believing for you: hunger to know God more fully and grace for what it looks like in your actual life. Links mentioned: Breath prayers to combat anxiety. The worship songs I love best. To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your

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06:06

157 - How to Get to the Bottom of Lies You’ve...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/07/09

Ever feel like you’re on the operating table? Like all your wound-tight knots and woundedness are under scrutiny? That’s where I was just the other day—asking a brave question in my journal then heading outside to work through it with God while I walked. When you find yourself turning well wishes for the weekend into “leave me alone,” assuming genuine questions indicate annoyance and obligation, and taking gentle correction as confirmation you can’t do anything right, you’ve got to get to the

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06:59

156 - This Is Important for Your Discouraged Heart

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/07/02

The very spots that deplete us of our rightness and self-sufficiency open us up to truth that frees and a God who redeems. The fractures sting, but they deflate pride, make more room for God inside. They help us get out of our own way so God can have His perfect way in us. I’ve been one to pray it’s behind me soon. Figured out fast. Healed fully and speedily. But that’s often not God’s way. He sees what’s beneath confident exteriors and denials of help. Knows where words have wedged then

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155 - Feeble, Unfettered Praise—And Why to Let Others...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/06/25

Trees arch overhead, like God bending towards us. Distance thins and glory pools—and I am drenched. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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06:48

154 - 15 Ways to Vaporize Negative Voices in Your Head

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/06/18

Let’s talk tips for adding positive voices to our list and giving more attention to the ones we already listed. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. Joyce Meyers’ “Knowing Who I Am In Christ.” Grab the Songs I Play on Repeat playlist from the resource library! My favorites to follow on Instagram: Jennifer Dukes Lee, (in)courage, The Ruth Experience, Jill E. McCormick, Jennifer Sakata, Robyn Chapman, and Caesar

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06:32

153 - Mother Teresa Wisdom & The Great Commission

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/06/11

That’s what I envisioned for the rest of my life—overseas missions. I wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s footsteps to India. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up here. For Enneagram insight into how you can lean into your strengths as a missional neighbor and best love your neighbors, grab my (free) Enneaneighboring lists—available both as phone wallpaper and printables. Finally, take the 30-day missional living

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152 - 3 Questions That Will Help Your Scars Heal

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2024/06/04

If you’re like me, you’d rather re-live the happy moment before the scar formed. The day at the waterpark with your 4-H club or the bike ride with your boyfriend or the ease of slicing vegetables with a Cutco knife. The untainted dream, memory, relationship. But what changed you is the pain. What changes all of us is the things that give God open access. Links mentioned: Neighboring Tip of the Week email series. Stuff I'd Only Tell God by Jennifer Dukes Lee (aff link). Relentless by Michelle

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151 - How to Find Sanctuary When Your Exhale is Overdue

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/05/28

Maybe you’re overdue an exhale also. I see it in your face with its tired lines and clenched jaw. Your crammed calendar and the gas light on your dashboard. It’s been you trying to figure it out for long enough. You worrying about it late into the night, blaming yourself for being behind, criticizing your honest hard effort. Links mentioned: Neighboring Tip of the Week email series. Stuff I'd Only Tell God by Jennifer Dukes Lee (aff link). Read the written version of this episode HERE

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06:44

150 - How to Overcome Overwhelm and Exhaustion

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/05/21

For those of us teetering close to burnout, here’s what I’m learning to put first. Links mentioned: Neighboring Tip of the Week email series. "There is No Striving" by UpperRoom. Growing Slow by Jennifer Dukes Lee (aff link). Remaining You While Raising Them by Alli Worthington. The Everyday Disciple podcast by Caesar Kalinowski. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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149 - How to Shift Your Trajectory with a Well-Placed...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/05/14

Maybe you need less try-hard and self-blame and instead, a well-placed visual reminder. Something on your phone or wall or mirror to keep your goal constantly on your mind. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, HERE. If you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Free list of 200 missional words to

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07:56

148 - How to Become a Better Listener

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/05/07

But talking, I’ve found, isn’t the only antithesis of listening. The thoughts inside our heads can also inhibit our ability to be present. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, HERE. If you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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147 - What Happens When Light Illuminates and Nourishes

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2024/04/30

Jesus and the God-breathed words I’m holding in my hands aren’t just for my mind, but my heart. It’s light and it’s food. Because we’re not robots replicating Him but dearly loved children. He satisfies us with His abundance—for us and so we can tell those around us what we’ve experienced. Links mentioned: Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, HERE. If you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living

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