by Rachel Swanson | Oct 15, 2018 | Books, Faith, Identity/Purpose, Publishing, Spiritual Growth, Writing
Several years ago, this blog started with a different name. It still has that name if you plug in the old website address (RefineAndRestore.com) but for professional reasons, I changed it to my name which was more easily searchable. But the heart and mission of this...
by Rachel Swanson | Oct 9, 2018 | Entrepreneur, Faith, Goals, Podcast
Let’s talk about a few possible beliefs you may have about money (especially if you’re a Christian) that are not fully true and is possibly sabotaging you from experiencing freedom from guilt, shame or greed surrounding this issue. By the end of this...
by Rachel Swanson | Oct 8, 2018 | Faith, Family, Spiritual Growth
It’s all a bit surreal. I’m sitting on the deck of a ranch in Idaho in the middle of no-where really, never, ever anticipating that this would be part of my life 6 months ago. And yet, this “no-where” land feels like we are right where we’re supposed to...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 30, 2018 | Faith, Identity/Purpose, Ministry, Spiritual Growth
Just 6 months ago, I had no idea what an RV, Idaho, a 50-acre ranch and my husband quitting his job would have in common (you can read the 1st post about this 1st step here). Honestly, we were still making plans for the next two years in Southern California and none...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 25, 2018 | Faith, Friendship, God, Podcast, Spiritual Growth
I think we’ve all experienced the pain of rejection from friends. The sticky and hard moments that come up when navigating rejection from friendships. I candidly share in this podcast episode (#05) about a severed friendship but what God taught me and is...
by Rachel Swanson | Sep 18, 2018 | Faith, Podcast, Spiritual Growth
Liz Griffin and her husband are pastors of a church in Texas, with four children, and the journey she’s been walking through over the past 6 months has been anything but easy. She had a stoke, two brain aneurysms, and a tumor on her thyroid (some are still being...
