Gina Colburn

✨ Exciting news! ✨
I just signed my first publishing contract — a dream years in the making!

I can’t wait to share more details soon, but for now I’m simply celebrating this milestone and feeling so grateful for the opportunity ahead.

Stay tuned… the story is just beginning! 📚🎉

We went to dinner tonight and I met someone who's son used to go to the church that I pastor at.

She said I'm so glad to finally meet you and so sad that you aren't there. I was so happy because you gave my son a place where he was safe, seen and loved.

I went back to my table and cried in my dinner. Sad that somehow the atmosphere changed when I wasn't there. There is a whole world of people out there who just want to be seen and loved.

The gospel really is summed up just like this Love one another, as Christ loves you.

He loves you just as you are. Our messes, our bad decisions, our brokenness, our gifting, our talents, our joys, our losses. All of it. He loves you!

I don't have a stage or a building...
But my calling remains.

Love one another!

It's been quiet here. The platform shrinks, the numbers get lower and the power of influence fades.

What once was is no longer, and what could be lingers in the future.

Snow falls, the sun rises, and time passes.

2025's word has slowly made its way to the surface.

Release - Let Go. "Be still and KNOW that I am God."

The Hebrew word here is rāp̄â, which means to sink, withdraw, relax, let go, abate, abandon, drop.

2025 is calling me to do just that. Rapa - release.

- Release what I thought would be.
- Release people and relationships.
- Release my expectations.
- Release fear.
- Release shame and regret.
- Release what was.
- Release beliefs and teachings.
- Release my failures and shortcomings.
-Release what others think of me and say about me

In order to know God properly, I can't hold on to so many of these things we all tend to hold tightly to.

While I focus on releasing, I will embrace the gifts that I have.

Family: I have the best—Jason, my beautiful kids, and grand babies.

Friends: The ones that stick no matter what.

Faith: The small mustard seed kind.

Community: The space I live and new friendships were formed.

The lessons I've learned and am learning on the journey.

2025, a whole month in, I pray will be one of release and freedom to know God better and more. To grow and move forward in places where I have been stuck and paralyzed.

What do you need to release?

I'm thankful for the small ways Jason takes care of me. I wanted to watch the parade but was stuck in the kitchen! So Jason moved a TV to the kitchen table so I could cook and watch the parade! ❤️