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.

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Pull It by the Root: Why Cutting Back Bitterness Never Works

Pull It by the Root: Why Cutting Back Bitterness Never Worksby: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 14/08/2026

Cutting a weed doesn't kill it — it multiplies it. A short garden devotional on Hebrews 12:15 and the honest, daily work of pulling one root at a time.

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Pull It by the Root: Why Cutting Back Bitterness Never Works

A Goodly Heritage: The Inheritance No Move Can Take From You

A Goodly Heritage: The Inheritance No Move Can Take From Youby: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 31/07/2026

A bean climbing a stake in my Houston garden carries my whole life in it. A Rooted Moment on Psalm 16:6 and the inheritance that travels with you.

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A Goodly Heritage: The Inheritance No Move Can Take From You

Still Bearing Fruit: When You Feel Hard Pressed but Not Crushed

Still Bearing Fruit: When You Feel Hard Pressed but Not Crushedby: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 24/07/2026

The most beaten-up pepper plant in my garden is the one still making fruit. A Rooted Moment on 2 Corinthians 4 for the woman who feels worn thin.

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Still Bearing Fruit: When You Feel Hard Pressed but Not Crushed

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