Restful
A newsletter and gathering space for weary people to live their real lives in the restful way of Jesus.
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Posts to help us find a middle way this autumn (opens the original)
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Welcome, [official] Autumn!Last week, I shared links to Week One in my updated Substack series, Begin Again: Back to School at Restful, to help us reset our rhythms for rest and prayer during the disorienting transition from the end of summer to the beginning of autumn. I am continuing to develop the series into a downloadable ebook for my founding member subscribers, affectionately known as <a href="https://tamarahillmurphy.substack.com/ab
About Restful (opens the original)
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A collection of posts to help us Begin Again this autumn (opens the original)
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Hello, Restful friends,Last September, I had an idea for a Substack series called Begin Again: Back to School at Restful, where I wanted to help us reset our rhythms for rest and prayer during the disorienting transition from the end of summer to the beginning of autumn. Over three weeks, I offered daily reflections, practical guidance, and prayerful encouragement to help us notice the threshold between summer and fall as an invitation to begin again in the restful way of Jesus.
Fifteen years and fifteen lifetimes (opens the original)
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Returning from my Substack sabbatical with a roundup newsletter of what I’ve been up to lately, plus work from other creators and cultivators who are helping us worship God, love people, and enjoy beauty – all arranged in lists of threes.Before we get started, I want to share a reflection on a way I’ve noticed the Lord offering me rest recently. In my spiritual direction training, we learned this practice of taking an intentional pause for reflection as a way of living into the Hebrew word selah
Wendell Berry corrected me in the most gentlemanly way possible (opens the original)
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Hi, Restful friends,It's been a while since I've been here on Substack! In early May I wrote my last post explaining that I would be taking a Substack sabbatical for several reasons, one of which was that I really was not healthy physically, mentally, or emotionally. I needed to take some time to really focus on getting well. I may or may not share</spa
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