<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ReStoried Biblical Counseling]]></title><description><![CDATA[Restoried Biblical Counseling]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:39:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Things We’ve Carried Along the Way]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are moments that crack open without warning. A song through a grocery store speaker and suddenly you are seventeen again, passenger seat, heart full of something you did not yet have a name for. A smell and an entire season of your life rises up through the floor of you. Intact. Like it never left. Dreams do this too—reach down into the settled sediment of you and pull things back up to the surface, bright and close enough to touch. Memory does not move in a line. It collapses. I have...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/the-things-we-ve-carried-along-the-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fe21564f7ebdc9f6aa9a9d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 23:09:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc76a0_49a0eda801f24f6bb0886ab4197b5ad2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Double Dipping into the Curse]]></title><description><![CDATA[I woke up exhausted. And not the fun kind. Not the “we really committed to that dinner party” kind or the “I stayed up finishing a genuinely great book” kind. Just the kind where your body has apparently filed some paperwork overnight that you were not consulted on, and the paperwork says forty. I stumbled to the bathroom, mascara halfway down my face, hair doing something I can only describe as architectural, and stared at my reflection for a long moment. “That’s it,” I announced to my...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/are-you-double-dipping-into-the-curse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fab3ad5caf4ed272bea71d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 04:43:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1a85cde597614086b3ad15f7fe860089~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Things Are Not on Fire]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was sitting in my home office, actually getting things done, when my son texted me: “Hey, my friend and I are coming over. Is that okay?” I typed back: “Sure!” My brain typed back: DEFCON 1. Here’s something I’ve learned about myself. I am not a “peacefully lived-in home” person. I am a clean countertops, organized spaces, everything-in-its-place person. And when my house is in order, I genuinely feel better, calmer and more like myself. That’s not a problem. Until it is. The second I got...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/most-things-are-not-on-fire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fba2257c961ad0b9010d4f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 04:42:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc76a0_ec24ae1a1bf5459380ef09464819f571~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rough Around the Edges ]]></title><description><![CDATA[On my first day at a new church, Pastor Dave pulls me aside with this concerned look. “Listen,” he whispers, “just so you know—our people are a little rough around the edges. Some of them drop F-bombs in Bible study.” He’s watching my face, waiting for shock. “They’re not trying to be disrespectful to God. A lot of them are new in their faith, and this is just how they’ve learned to talk.” I nodded and thought: Perfect. See, I’ve never been the eloquent type. I say what I mean. I don’t...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/rough-around-the-edges</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ebb01081e17196bd251dfc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:52:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_3239364276347735387130~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief and How to Step into Other's Pain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week I was getting my hair done. I’ve known my stylist for years, and the salon has always felt comfortable and familiar. A few days before my appointment, they had sent out multiple emails saying that one of the stylists had suddenly lost her nine-year-old daughter. There was a meal train, requests for support, and a quiet tone in the messages, but no details. When I sat down in the chair, I asked which stylist it was. She told me, and I recognized the name. Then I asked, “Do you know...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/grief-and-how-to-step-into-other-s-pain</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d52fecb75c5d3058258b50</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:07:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6b5a8219c46e4b39893e303039ed0edd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Waters We Avoid]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I ended up watching a documentary about a shark whisperer named Ocean Ramsey. It was absolutely riveting. The water is wide open, the sharks are massive, and everything in you is thinking, this does not look safe. There is nothing between her and them—no cage, no barrier, just open water. She is not observing from a distance. She is in it, swimming with sharks, including a Great White. Yes, a Great White. The kind that immediately brings back Jaws and that...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/the-waters-we-avoid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cdb3d82a4608ae001b1743</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:52:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_7c47716680c84516977f9367b4654503~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Mama Bear Rises: What Our Defensiveness Reveals About God]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a mama bear in us that doesn’t ask for permission; it rises up to protect what we love. In 2021, a hiker in Alaska was walking a public trail near Anchorage when he came around a bend and noticed two bear cubs just off the path. For a moment, it felt like an ordinary wildlife sighting, maybe somewhat magical. They were clumsy, playful, climbing over each other near the edge of the trail. But then everything in his body went cold. Because where there are cubs…there is always a mother....]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/when-the-mama-bear-rises-what-our-defensiveness-reveals-about-god</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e25dd2a96d49e56ebd60cb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:40:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_1da8df53330a43eb936e28064a65f3f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Manifesting Replaces Trust: A Biblical Response to Self-Made Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a growing language called, manifestation that sounds hopeful at first. It talks about alignment, energy, and calling things into existence. Vision boards get filled with images of the life you want, and daily declarations are repeated with the expectation that saying something often enough will somehow make it real. The message underneath all of it is simple: if you think clearly, speak confidently, and believe strongly enough, you can shape your future. That idea feels empowering,...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/when-manifesting-replaces-trust-a-biblical-response-to-self-made-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ced0be719295076f2cfe66</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:30:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc76a0_39ed9fa422684e81ac697c6a618e2bc2~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Emptying: Finding Yourself by Letting Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[You give everything you have, and in the moment you reach the end of yourself, you find that God has been holding you the whole way. My favorite thing to do is ride my bike. As a child, I would ride it on gravel roads growing up out in the Midwest, where there was nothing but tumbleweeds, humid summers, and the occasional grasshopper that would jump onto my leg while I was pedaling. Later, as a teenager, I would end up riding it down neighborhood streets in sunny California, past homes lined...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/the-emptying-finding-yourself-by-letting-go</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d02915f7044e6cf7abefbb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:17:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_6246344162306770615073~mv2_d_4352_3030_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Life Feels Too Hard: Learning to Run with Horses]]></title><description><![CDATA[“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses?”— Jeremiah 12:5 There are moments in life where things just feel harder than they should. Not just inconvenient, but heavy. Both ongoing and draining. It's the kind of seasons where you start to wonder how much more you can carry before something gives way. It’s in those places that we begin to question not only our circumstances, but sometimes even God Himself. Jeremiah knew that place well. To...]]></description><link>https://angiehilker.wixsite.com/restoried-biblical-c/post/when-life-feels-too-hard-learning-to-run-with-horses</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ced364d6854e26a0ab0f6b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:34:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fc76a0_8a41a82d45bf4c448d91c75a2612a70e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Restoried Biblical Counseling</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>