rest revolution journal

Sacred frameworks, soulful reflections, and soft-power dispatches from the frontlines of rest, healing, and freedom.

You Don’t Have to Fix Your Life in January

Beloved, As the year turns, you may feel the pull to reinvent yourself overnight. Resolutions. Vision boards. Dramatic declarations. But transformation is usually quiet. Gradual. Sustainable. “For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved.” — Isaiah 30:15, NRSV You don’t have to fix your life in January to be worthy of the life you already have. Three questions for crossing the threshold gently: 1. What rest practice from this ye

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Jan 41 min read

Grief & joy at the same table

Beloved, If this season feels heavy, you’re not alone. Grief doesn’t disappear because the world puts lights up. Scripture is full of people holding both grief and joy — Hannah, the psalmists, Jesus himself. “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18, NRSV Your truth is not too much for God. Three gentle practices for the week: 1. Name the truth. “This season is hard because…” 2. Ritual of remembrance or relief. Light a candle. Rel

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 28, 20251 min read

A Sabbatical Reading Guide for Women Who Are Done Hustling Their Healing

How I Stopped Reading for Self-Improvement and Started Reading for Nervous-System Safety If you’ve ever searched for books about rest, healing, or slowing down and felt overwhelmed by productivity-driven self-help, this essay is for you. This is not a reading guide for optimization. It’s for women who are done becoming better and are ready to become safer in their own bodies. If you’re looking for manifestation hacks, productivity spirituality, or another way to outperform ex

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 28, 20253 min read

God is not in the rush

Beloved, December moves fast. Calendars fill, obligations multiply, and somehow rest becomes optional. But the incarnation — the story at the center of this season — is slow. Unhurried. Holy in its pacing. “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” — Exodus 33:14, NRSV God is not in the rush. God is in the rhythm. Here are three ways to practice holy slowness this week: 1. Attend one event as a whole person. Not from obligation — from capacity. 2. A 5-minute ar

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 25, 20251 min read

You Are Not Behind

Beloved, If the world feels loud right now, you’re not imagining it. Deadlines. Sales. Holiday pressure. Expectations. The messaging underneath is simple: “Catch up.” But you are not behind. You are just a body — a human who has lived through another long year. Rest is not how you fall behind. Rest is how you come back to yourself. 🖤 Here are three tiny practices for this week: 1. A 30-second pause. Hand to chest. “I am not behind.” 2. A holy “no.” Choose one thing y

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 14, 20251 min read

For the one who’s been carrying more than she admits

There’s a quiet weight you’ve been moving through your days with — not heavy enough to stop you, but present enough to exhaust you. It’s the pressure to be dependable. The expectation to stay composed. The unspoken belief that if you slow down, everything around you might fall apart. But here’s the truth heaven keeps trying to hand you: You were never meant to hold what only grace can carry. There is a gentler rhythm available to you — one that doesn’t demand strength a

Love Notes: Theology Thursday

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 7, 20251 min read

A Reminder to Rest in a Chaotic World

Beloved, The world has a way of pulling us in every direction at once. Deadlines whisper. Notifications shout. Even our silence hums with pressure to be more, do more, produce more. But rest—real rest—has always been a radical act. It is not laziness, nor is it luxury. It’s a return. A way of remembering that you were not created to live in constant reaction to chaos. When the noise outside grows louder than the voice within, rest becomes your sanctuary. It is the soft

Love Notes: Theology Thursday

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 7, 20251 min read

Rest Is Trust

There’s a lot stirring right now — in the news, in our cities, in our spirits. It’s okay to feel the ache of it. There’s grief in the air, some named, some unnamed. Don’t rush past it. Let stillness hold you until the ache softens. Rest was the first act of trust, proof that creation continues even when we step back. Before you react, respond, or run — pause. Place your hand on your heart. Whisper to yourself, “Even here, I am safe.” We can’t always quiet the world, bu

Love Notes: Theology Thursday

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Dec 7, 20251 min read

The Rest Edit™

Rituals, Tools + Little Luxuries for a Rich + Rested Life Because every hour can be holy when it’s lived in rhythm. The Theology Rest was the first act modeled by the Divine—not as escape, but as evidence of completion. When I design my days around rest, I’m aligning with that same rhythm of creation. If you’ve been moving through your days in survival mode, let this be your invitation to breathe again. You don’t need a plane ticket or a sabbatical to start—just a willingness

Kristen's Rest Edits

Black Girl Sabbaticals

Oct 15, 20252 min read