The Sacred Everyday

Sep 10 2024 56 ep. 32 mins 1
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I want to wake up to the miracle of my ordinary life. My name is Mackenzie Chester, and I am a writer, a lifelong journaler, a wife and homeschooling Mama of eight children. I wake up every day with a desire to find beauty, to seek truth, and to live each moment with peace and purpose. If you are longing to find meaning and purpose behind the mundane rituals of your existence, I would love to invite you to pull up a chair, grab a cup of tea or a basket of laundry, and let's talk it over. Life is a gift. It is a miracle. Sometimes we have to search to find the sacred, but it is there... Every. Single. Day.

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Dealing With Voices (Trading This World’s Anxiety for God’s Peace)

Sep 10 2024
I go through seasons where I have a constant stream of negative thoughts go through my mind. Fear, anxiety, bitterness, and regret can be hard to overcome, but God desires us to live and move in the direction of hope and peace. In this episode, I share some of the ways he has helped me... Read More

Time as an Element of Beauty (Podcast #55)

Apr 13 2024 47 mins  
My heart is overflowing today with God’s goodness. I have been looking back and reflecting on the last nine months, how he has brought me through so much that seemed impossible. While I have been sitting and feeding the baby, I have been reading over things I’ve written over the last nine months–my journals, weekly... Read More

Birth and the Bravest Version of Myself (Podcast #54)

Feb 15 2024 36 mins  
God has used birth like nothing else in my life to get my attention, to draw me close to Him, to help me surrender deeply to the life that I know He has called me to, despite my own fears and feelings of overwhelm and inadequacy. In this episode, 4 weeks away from my 9th... Read More

Cast Your Cares (Podcast #53)

Nov 06 2023 34 mins  
Today’s episode is for anyone who wakes up in the middle of the night with questions that don’t have answers. If you are struggling with fears of what might happen, or wrestling with thoughts of if only things had happened differently, pull up a chair and let’s talk about finding God in this moment, the... Read More

Certain Faith in Uncertain Times (Podcast #52)

Oct 01 2023 27 mins  
What does it look like to have faith even when the answers are unclear, when there are problems that don’t resolve, when you don’t know how you are going to make it through? In this episode, I am talking about living with certain faith, even in the midst of uncertain times. I hope it is... Read More

Holding On and Letting Go (Podcast #51)

Aug 28 2023 27 mins  
I find that one of the greatest lessons that motherhood is teaching me is how to hold onto the things that I desperately love while also learning, little by little, to let these things go. In this episode, I share what this looks like for me in this season of eight children, ages 2-15, with... Read More

When the Everyday Doesn’t Feel Sacred (Podcast #50)

Aug 13 2023 40 mins  
When life is a series of never-ending struggles, when the work is never done, when it all seems drained of joy and beauty, then what? How do we continue to inhabit our lives with grace and keep searching for God in all of it? If you feel a that you have lost control, or that... Read More

Listening for God’s Voice (Podcast #49)

May 30 2023 34 mins  
Over the last few weeks, we have been experiencing a move of God in our family. In today’s episode, I’m sharing some of the ways he is bringing new hope to my life, how he has touched my marriage and our family, and how we are learning to listen for God’s voice, guidance, and direction... Read More

Marriage, Hope, Love, and Longing (Podcast #48)

Apr 22 2023 35 mins  
Next month, Randy and I celebrate 20 years of marriage. When I look back, I am amazed at the work God has done in our lives through the process of two becoming one. In today’s podcast, I want to share a new thing that God is doing in my heart, and how he is redefining... Read More

Sometimes Hopes Come Back to Life

Mar 21 2023 32 mins  
A year ago, after a great disappointment of the soul, I wrote these words: Sometimes small hopes die. And there is a grief that comes to us that cannot be measured by reason. A future that has lived in the illuminated imagination of the mind is set backward in time and exists only in shadowy... Read More