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Writing a better story for women of faith to love, lead, and live with grace and confidence.

12/11/2024

In the blink of an eye, our babies grow. ❤️

12/04/2024

Hope for the Brokenhearted This Advent Season

“Show me a heart, and I’ll show you the cracks. To have a heart is to know heartbreak.”

If you’ve ever felt like the ache is too deep or the breaks too wide for healing, you’re not alone. “Love Letters of Advent”, my new book, is here to offer fresh hope and light in the midst of your journey.

What This Book Brings:
🔸 A reminder that Advent is more than waiting—it’s the promise of reassembly for our shattered hearts.
🔸 Letters filled with love and grace, meeting you in your broken places.
🔸 A call to remember the One who re-members us, piece by piece, with healing love.

From the Book:
“When it seems the battle isn’t worth the fight, Advent enters the horizon. Like a desert mirage, it flickers the promise in the distance that shattered hearts will be reassembled. But it isn’t a mirage—it’s real and personal.”

Now Available: Find your fresh hope this season. Click the link to order your copy today.
Let Advent remind you of the healing that starts now and continues into eternity.

Tag a friend who needs a little hope this season, and let’s share the light of Advent together.

11/25/2024

Au revoir, Paris 😘

11/08/2024

It's been a bit of a day of clumsiness and oddities for me. I’ve spilled coffee, got bags hung up on plane doors, got stuck on the lip of a moving jet bridge … etc. But people have been kind, helpful, and lighthearted today, much more so than usual. There’s a different air about the cities today. Maybe it’s because the media fighting and spam texts and stupid commercials have slowed. Maybe it’s because people are resolute to see each other as humans and not party colors. Maybe we’ve realized we’ve got more in common with the random stranger than we thought. Maybe it’s because a million things, but whatever it is- it’s better. We can’t live like we’ve been living. We’re just humans trying to make it day by day. Let’s be people again who love and laugh and care and help each other when our backpack is unforgivingly lodged under the airplane seat and coffee is dripping from the armrests. —

You know-

It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?

It’s a neighborly day in this beauty wood,
A neighborly day for a beauty,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,
I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.
So let’s make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we’re together we might as well say,
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Won’t you please,
Won’t you please?
Please won’t you be my neighbor?

11/04/2024

Don't rush past the season of warmth, gratitude, and glowing embers. Embrace November.

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11/03/2024

I am excited to share that I am launching a new design of The ONE Page curriculum this week. I’ve loved writing and refining this resource to make it more adaptable to any child discipleship setting. If you’d like info on subscribing, I’m happy to give you the details!

11/02/2024

New chapters, new doors, new stories require us to say yes and walk forward. We can admire the golden thought for decades or we can take the path that gets us there.

What will it be?

11/01/2024

Village traditions 🎃

10/28/2024

I cannot believe it’s been a decade. Sometimes, it feels so near, and other times, it feels like someone else’s memory. Those who knew our family and the darkness we endured celebrate with us in the miraculous ways that God spared us. We are different and better people because of these years. In gratitude, I thank God for his compassion, mercy, and healing. Sacred is the only word I have for the journey we've lived.

10/24/2024

If you’re anything like me, emotions can easily take control of any moment. Whether it’s in relationships or at work, I can swing from highs to lows faster than I realize. If I’m not careful, I’ll react or make decisions based on those shifting feelings. God gave us emotions, and they’re meant to be felt—but not to lead. Only His steady love and guiding hand can direct our steps that align with the peace God provides.

I’m so thankful that while I’m often unsteady, He never is. I find peace resting in His capable hands, knowing my fragility is met by His strength and unwavering faithfulness.

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10/23/2024

I’m working a few days this week in Princeton, and the town and campus are glowing with every autumn hue. I’d apply this instant if I could fade into time and be collegiate again, carry the books, and bury myself in the library. But I’d prefer it to be 1998 and for my GPA to be over-the-top Princeton material. 🤓📚

#1998

10/18/2024

It’s football Friday. It’s an away game tonight for my senior # 7. Being a football momma is a sweet blessing, but I feel the swiftness of time. We only have a couple of games left, but we are gonna have a blast. Let’s go Green Bears!! 💚🏈🐻

10/15/2024

I’m working on a new project, writing a study and devotional for women through the book of Esther. My hope is to have the digital version available to launch Jan.1 2025. If you are interested in joining the launch list, please comment “me” below and DM your preferred email address. (Please don’t post your email publicly. I want to keep you safe ❤️)

Let’s pray together for boldness and clarity as to how God is using His daughters today here on Earth as it is in Heaven.

10/15/2024

Very true. I love every mug in my mug shop. ❤️ This fall, my speckled pumpkin stoneware mug is a favorite.

10/15/2024

🤍☕️

10/08/2024

My sweet college bestie has opened her lake condo for me to have a quiet place to write winter curriculum and other projects. This comes after a needed weekend of rest with another bestie who globe-trots with me near and far. Thank God for friends with shared history and generous hearts. This week is a testament to the blessings of friendships.

10/05/2024

Today is going to be a great day. I am headed out for an important week of writing to finish another quarter of curriculum. I got the FREE first class upgrade and an empty row! 🙌 AND I’ll get to see two very dear friends over the next few days. Here’s to lots of writing, friendship, and meeting deadlines ahead of schedule! - oh and one fun day of fall fest fun!

09/27/2024

Some days, I knock it out of the park, write oodles of text, and lead a gazillion meetings. Other days, I just want to curl up in bed with my best dog at my feet, watch The Great British Bake Off, and practice saying rhubarb like a proper Brit.

I’m a mixture of denim and velvet, soft and steady. As it turns out, I'm also a woman who gets tired and likes down comforters and 90s movies.

I’ve decided that old sweatshirts and well-worn books are the proper stamps in my passport of living, as well as cups of coffee, email signatures, and published writings.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that a full life never fills in one single way. It gets full through the soft and tender and rough and ready parts of living. It takes just as much time petting a trusted retriever as it does pouring over research to round out a lovely life.

I write better when I live fuller. I smile more when I find the best mix of naps and late-night study. I speak most authentically to crowds when I remind us all that errands in the car and favorite radio stations make up some of life's most important mundane moments.

We have to have it all the ways, the bitter with the sweet and lovely with the worn. It’s those scenic highways of full living that allow us to know the delight of midnight cookies still warm from the oven mere hours before the sun rises, where we’ll once again make the world turn through our work.

So, take your Saturday the way you need it. Embrace the laundry or the hiking or the lingered morning under warm blankets. Revel in being a human who feels and dreams, lives and learns.

And when the soft lines gather at the corners of your eyes, you look yourself in that mirror and say, “Well done old thing. You’re learning the beautiful art of living.”

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Seasons change, and so do our children. As parents, let’s celebrate who they’re becoming, embracing the new chapters God is writing in their lives. Let’s not get lost in the nostalgia of yesterday but press forward in faith, knowing each season holds a purpose. 🍂✨ #newseason #faithforward #parentingwithpurpose #embracechange #growinginfaith #parentingjourney #seasonsoflife #godsplan #raisingthenextgeneration #faithfulparenting #backtoschool

Every day is a new chapter in a story that’s still unfolding. From leading Alliance Kids, to bringing ideas to life in the studio, to nurturing The Fig & Feather, I’m reminded that our impact is woven into every moment we embrace with purpose. Balancing dreams with dedication, I’m grateful for the opportunity to grow and inspire others to do the same. #dayinthelife #alliancekids #womeninleadership #purposedriven #inspiration #entrepreneurlife #studiolife #conferencehost #thefigandfeather #worklifebalance

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You’ll Find Your Way- Andrew Peterson Sometimes, the old roads lead us precisely where we need to be. #mytennesseehome #andrewpeterson #love #home #oldways