The Rooted Journal · Podcast & Blog

Reflections for the season you are living.

Stories from the garden, the kitchen table, Scripture, and the ordinary places where God is still teaching us how to return.

Read one slowly. Let it meet the life you actually have.

The Turn Toward Home: Looking Well to the Ways of Your Household as Fall Arrives

The Turn Toward Home: Looking Well to the Ways of Your Household as Fall Arrivesby: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 29/09/2026

Proverbs 31:27 without the superwoman checklist — why fall calls us home, why a smaller garden is a wiser one, and how to rebuild sunken beds in layers.

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The Turn Toward Home: Looking Well to the Ways of Your Household as Fall Arrives

Rooted in Grace Episode 85: When the Vine Gets Attacked: Trusting God When Growth Is Interrupted

Rooted in Grace Episode 85: When the Vine Gets Attacked: Trusting God When Growth Is Interruptedby: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 21/04/2026

When life starts wilting, trust God through pruning, surrender, and hard seasons—discover spiritual lessons from Jonah’s plant, the worm, and grace.

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Rooted in Grace Episode 85: When the Vine Gets Attacked: Trusting God When Growth Is Interrupted

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