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Once in a while, Sarah pops up on a podcast or writes a guest article. And when that happens, you can find them here.

Articles & Essays

Here are some of the essays Sarah has written for other publications in the last few years, arranged by most recent.

• “A Marinated Life” (Fathom Mag, Anticipation issue)

• “When the Unexpected Becomes an Invitation” (published on (in)courage.me)

• “Of Walls and Whispers: Embracing Emotion as a Messenger of the Soul” (Fathom Mag, Language issue)

• “How to Put the ‘BE’ in Belonging” (Out of Place Series by Sarah K. Butterfield)

• “Finding the Courage to Feel” (Brave Women Series by Becky Beresford)

• “When Silence Says All the Wrong Things” (Relevant Magazine online)

• “On the Other Side: When a Mother’s Fear Becomes Reality” (Fathom Mag)

• “Finding Hope beneath the Blanket of Grief” (Her View From Home)

• “The Gift of Presence: Five Ways to Help a Hurting Friend” (The Joyful Life Magazine, print issue 5, winter 2019)

• “My Husband Didn’t Marry a Mom” (Kindred Mom)

• “Don’t Kiss the Girls & Make Them Cry” (on the Momnesia Podcast blog)

• “Joy & Suffering: Reclaiming the Joy of Easter” (Lifter Today, April 2019)

• “In The Waiting” (Lifter Today, March 2019)

• “When the Gloves Come Off: Why Love Is Worth the Fight” (Lifter Today, February 2019)

• “The Limits of Love” (Lifter Today, December 2018)

• “Finding Grace in Grief” (Lifter Today, October 2018)

• “Living Unfinished: The Spiritual Act of Rest” (Lifter Today, September 2018)

• “Strangled by Comparison’s Grasp” (August 2018)

• “The Art of Redemption” (February 2018)

• “The Pursuit: Why We Can’t Stop After Saying ‘I Do’” (January 2018)

Sarah’s writing has also appeared in several issues of Light From the Word. You can subscribe online at the Daily Devo.

Podcast Episodes

• You Don’t Have to be Perfect podcast (episode: “The Beauty of Slowing Down”)

• The Joyful Mourning podcast (Ep. 114 - “Marriage & Faith after Prenatal Life-Limiting Diagnosis”)

• Our Island in the City (episode: “Sarah Westfall on being present with God and others”)

• Midwest Mommas (Episode: “Sarah E. Westfall: Not My Story”)

• The Breathing Room with Elizabeth Maxon (S2, Ep. 11: “Enneagram 4s & a Quiet Heart in a Loud World”)

• Grace in Real Life podcast with Jill E. McCormick (Ep # 38, “Real-life grace for the Enneagram 4”)

• It Is For Freedom with Holly Myers (Episode #67)

• Momnesia (Episode: “I Wish I Would Have Asked for Longer”) 

• Girls Talking Life (Episode #17)

TV & Other Media

• The Restoration Road with Mitch Kruse (Ep. #470)