Experiencing God When Life Feels Overwhelming
Do you ever feel like you’re just trying to keep your head above water—and your faith is barely treading with you? In today’s episode of Faith Over Fear, Carol talks with author and podcast host Tara Sun about her new book Overbooked and Overwhelmed: How to Keep Up with God When You're Just Trying to Keep Up with Life.
Together, they tackle the spiritual fatigue so many of us feel when life won’t slow down. They explore what it looks like to develop real spiritual resilience—not after the burnout, but in the middle of it. Tara shares her own journey of choosing presence over performance, why slowing down can actually be an act of courage, and how even small spiritual rhythms can ground us in God’s peace when everything feels urgent.
Whether your faith feels stuck, stretched, or straight-up silent, this conversation will remind you that God isn’t asking you to do more—He’s inviting you to be with Him, right where you are.
Discussion Questions:
- Tara talks about feeling spiritually stuck—how can we tell if that “stuckness” is from circumstances or from a deeper spiritual disconnect?
- What does it look like to bring God into our chaos, instead of waiting for quiet to meet Him?
- How might someone begin to untangle a life driven by expectations instead of convictions?
- What fear-based “yeses” might be hiding behind our overbooked calendars—and how can we trade them for faith-filled choices?
- How can spiritual resilience grow during burnout, rather than waiting for rest to begin healing?
- What is one small spiritual rhythm you could commit to this week, even in your busiest season?
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