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The Waiting Room | Launching June 24, 2026

What if the discomfort you’re feeling in your faith journey isn’t failure—but an invitation?

Many of us have spent years responding to versions of ourselves that were shaped by fear, performance, religion, disappointment, or unmet expectations. Yet beneath all of that is the beloved identity the Father has always known.

Bobby Lemley writes:

“If you do handle the message casually, it’ll keep you veiled to your true self and trap you into celebrating your false self.”

The Waiting Room is a space for honest conversations about what may be missing in your current faith experience and the possibility that there is more. Not more striving. Not more performance. More awakening to the reality of who you are in Christ.

Together, we’ll explore questions, wrestle with assumptions, and create room for the Holy Spirit to reveal the Father’s affection in deeper ways.

As Bobby reminds us:

“Jealousy is a covenant affection that brings you more fully into who you really are because it refuses to let you drift toward who you pretend to be in your false self.” — Bobby Lumley

If you’ve felt unsettled, curious, hungry for deeper connection, or simply unwilling to handle holy things casually anymore, this conversation may be for you.

📅 Launch Date: June 24, 2026
💻 Online Gathering
🤍 Hosted by Agape Covenant Collective

Because sometimes the waiting room becomes the place where we discover we were beloved all along.

🚪 The Waiting Room is Almost Open 🚪

Have you ever felt like something is missing in your faith journey, but you can’t quite put your finger on it?

The Waiting Room is a space for honest conversations, thoughtful questions, and exploring the possibilities of more—without pressure, agendas, or the need to have all the answers.

Join us for our launch on June 24, 2026, as we gather to listen, learn, and grow together in a community where curiosity is welcome and grace has room to breathe.

✨ Because sometimes the waiting room is where transformation begins.

Message us for the invite!

Grateful to be at the Under the Oaks Leadership Conference at The Homestead in Mobile, Alabama.

One of the most beautiful truths shaping my journey is the reality of union—that God was never distant, but in Christ was reconciling the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5:19). Leadership begins with understanding that we are not striving to get to God; we are awakening to the relationship He has already made possible through Jesus.

Looking forward to the conversations, connections, and fresh perspectives this week beneath the oaks.
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The Waiting Room is a new online gathering launching June 24, 2026, for honest conversations about faith, longing, disappointment, healing, curiosity, and the places where many of us still feel unfinished.

This is not a place for debate, performance, pretending, or having all the answers.

It is a space for people who are hungry for depth, connection, authenticity, and the possibility of encountering God beyond fear, pressure, and religious striving.

Come as you are.
Bring your questions.
Bring your hope.
Bring the parts of your journey that still ache for more.

You are not alone.

📅 Launch Date: June 24, 2026
💻 Platform: Microsoft Teams

🔗 See meeting information in the comments or link below.

“Where questions, longing, and possibility meet.”

As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, I’m reminded that awareness is only the beginning.

Over the past month, we’ve talked about boundaries, recovery, empathy, work-life balance, emotional health, self-awareness, and the courage it takes to keep growing. We’ve explored what it means to lead with honor, communicate with understanding, and remember that every person carries a story we may never fully see.

Mental health isn’t a 31-day conversation. It’s a lifelong investment.

It’s choosing curiosity over assumptions.
It’s asking questions before drawing conclusions.
It’s creating healthy boundaries without losing compassion.
It’s recognizing that healing, growth, and character development never truly end.
It’s understanding that being human isn’t a weakness—it’s something to steward well.

Whether you’re leading a team, supporting a family, navigating recovery, pursuing purpose, or simply trying to make it through a difficult season, your mental health matters. The way you care for your mind influences the way you show up for every relationship, every responsibility, and every opportunity entrusted to you.

As we move into a new month, don’t leave these conversations behind. Continue investing in your emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being. Continue extending grace to yourself and others. Continue becoming a person marked by empathy, resilience, and love.

Because healthy people help create healthy families, healthy workplaces, healthy communities, and a healthier world.

What is one thing you’ll continue doing to invest in your mental health beyond Mental Health Awareness Month?

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Season 1, Episode 4 is now.

Listen and be blessed by this story of freedom. There is love in Jesus after spiritual abuse, and a rest that is only found in the arms of the Father.

I love you Alonnia Rachelle Duhon. You are a beautiful witness of His love.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6i6gR6OYKh9GNxmxOgCcR1?si=f3_4SKg2SVusPJ4QV0APvg

Season 1, Episode 4 - A Conversation with Alonnia Duhon The Agape Covenant Collective · Episode

Something is stirring for people who know there has to be more.

“The Waiting Room” is a coming soon Zoom group for honest conversations about faith, longing, disappointment, healing, curiosity, and the places where many of us still feel unfinished.

This is not a place for debate, performance, pretending, or having all the answers.

It is a space for people who are hungry for depth, connection, authenticity, and the possibility of encountering God beyond fear, pressure, and religious striving.

Come as you are.
Bring your questions.
Bring your hope.
Bring the parts of your journey that still ache for more.

You are not alone.

More details coming soon.

Mental health matters.
But so does recognizing the wounds that don’t always leave visible scars.

Sometimes anxiety, depression, shame, fear, or emotional exhaustion are not just personal struggles — they can be connected to spiritual abuse, manipulation, control, or harmful religious environments.

When faith is used to silence questions, enforce fear, shame emotions, dismiss trauma, or control people instead of leading them toward love, healing, and freedom, the impact on mental and emotional health can be profound.

Healing is not weakness.
Seeking therapy is not lack of faith.
Setting boundaries is not rebellion.
And questioning harmful treatment is not dishonoring God.

Awareness means creating space for honest conversations about both mental health and spiritual mistreatment — because people deserve safe places to heal emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

You are allowed to heal.
You are allowed to rest.
You are allowed to unlearn fear and rediscover peace. 💚

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It's been a busy month, but we are back!

Season 1, Episode 4: The God We Were Taught vs. The Father Jesus Reveals

What if burnout, shame, and spiritual exhaustion aren’t signs of weak faith… but signs we’ve mistaken striving for intimacy?

In this powerful episode, we’re diving into the difference between covenant and contract Christianity and reintroducing the Father Jesus came to reveal.

Together, we’ll explore how faith can become transactional, why so many people feel exhausted in their walk with God, and what it looks like to move from performance into relationship.

✨ Special guest Alonnia Duhon will share her personal journey of growing up experiencing legalism and religion as a young girl who genuinely wanted to know Jesus — and how God led her from a contract mindset into the freedom, healing, and intimacy of covenant with the Father.

We’ll also talk about:
• Why people burn out or walk away from faith
• What covenant looks like after mistakes
• How shame keeps us striving
• Why staying connected to God changes everything

This conversation is honest, healing, and deeply needed for anyone longing to know God beyond religion.

Coming soon — Season 1, Episode 4

Mental health awareness in the workplace matters more than ever.

For many of us, growth has meant learning that excellence is not the same thing as exhaustion. Healthy boundaries are not selfish, and balancing work with personal life is not a lack of ambition. It is stewardship.

The healthiest workplaces are built by people who know how to lead with both competence and humanity — people who can pursue goals while still honoring rest, relationships, empathy, and integrity.

One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned is the importance of remaining the same person in every room I walk into. Whether in ministry, leadership, the marketplace, or personal relationships, authenticity matters. We were never created to perform different versions of ourselves depending on the audience.

The person God created us to be should carry consistency:
• Passion without burnout
• Empathy without losing boundaries
• Respect without compromising truth
• Excellence without sacrificing peace

Mental wellness is not separate from leadership. It shapes the way we communicate, serve, problem solve, and care for the people around us. Healthy people help create healthy cultures.

As we continue conversations around mental health awareness, I hope we also normalize:
• taking care of ourselves without guilt
• setting healthy boundaries at work
• protecting time for family and rest
• leading with emotional maturity
• creating environments where people feel safe, valued, and respected

Success means very little if we lose ourselves while trying to achieve it. Real stewardship is learning how to care for both the work we’ve been given and the person we were created to be.