Let yourself smile, be crazy inspired, laugh, love & really live the gift of this life
just a little bit more this weekend…
Serving up only the Good Stuff for you & your people right here:
Makes you just want to pour a cup of tea and delight in a summer moment, doesn’t it?
The legacy of Tim Keller … a must read for all of us
A mama — always engrained in her deep, to love deep and love large
This 93 year old Grandma and grandson finish their quest to all U.S. National Parks
–what an inspiration to love our people well! #BeTheGift
Have you seen the latest newly-erupting volcano in Iceland? And don’t you just want to pause in silent awe at the Magnificent Creator of it all?
If you ever feel like you could be doing more for God, or like you might not be doing enough–
These words are crucial. Spiritual Burnout, Chronic Anxiety, and the Stress of “Making Your Life Count for God”
“I’ll praise in the valley
Praise on the mountain
I’ll praise when I’m sure
Praise when I’m doubting”
It’s Here! It’s Here! The Long-Awaited Year-Long Gratitude Journal you’ve been dreaming of!
Ready for a totally new way to embrace the power of intentional daily gratitude — in a way like you never have seen or known before?
Introducing…our year-long reflective Gratitude Journal,
Gratitude and Beatitudes, which includes:
~gorgeous space to count 1000 gifts over the course of a year
~unique format that allows you to reflect & look back every single day over the cumulative gifts from the previous days and months of your year
~thoughtful prayers and reflections that guide you through the powerful words of the Sermon on the Mount
~beautiful illustrations inspired by the flora, fauna, and historical architecture from ancient Israel where Jesus walked and preached
~start at any point in the year!
“How do revivals achieve lasting influence?” How is the Holy Spirit moving after Asbury? Listen here
These women! What champions and inspiring lovers of God! And who will be your women?
34 years old, MOM OF THREE, and national hurdle champion?! This is just the best!
Award-winning black and white photos from around the world — these are a true feast for the eyes.
Oh, to live with joy like him! This is too good.
Looking for a Summer Respite?
Don’t miss: “How to have a Daily Reading Retreat & 10 Spiritual Formation Books”
Summer’s are for hammocks & campfires & dipping toes in water — & for daily reading retreats.
If you want to read more, have daily reading retreats, & read (or even listen while in the hammock!)
10 of the very best books for your soul this summer — start here:
How to Read More, have Daily Reading Retreats & 10 Spiritual Formation Books to Change Your Life
Do your Future Self a Favor & Read this one…
“Why Our Lack of Rootedness is Slowly Killing Us”
< big ol’ grins >
God our Fortress–and how our perspective really matters. A really good, soul-good read.
Wow! His determination is simply inspiring!
Last Chance to Grab Your Very Own, Full-Of-Delight
Grace Case
Grab your very own Summer Grace Case full of intentionality and beauty and amazing finds from Ann & friends.
This quarter’s Grace Case includes:
Waymaker Shopping Tote — made in India
Turkish Cotton Throw Blanket — made in Turkey
“Waymaker” book — by Ann Voskamp
Classic Insulated Tumbler — made in the USA
Aviator Sunglasses– made in the Netherlands
It’s the very best subscription & perfect for Summer reading!
100% fair trade, 100% profits support vulnerable young women through Mercy House Global.
Oh the glory! Grab a warm cup and come along with us?
“If I could have anything
Let me be an offering”
[from our Facebook community – join us?]
There are people enduring unspeakable suffering — while they bravely wear a smiling mask and say hardly anything all as their hearts literally break and the world keeps prattling on and on and on about all things trite.
There are roads ahead of us that are dauntingly steep and seem unnavigable— & yet we relentlessly try to keep up & not fall behind everyone else seemingly sailing by with a blithe wave & not a piddling care in the world.
There is grief and there is loss and there is diagnosis and gravestones and mounting bills and exhaustion and depression and crisis and what is the most important thing for a soul to ultimately know?
At the heart of the universe, is the face of God smiling love over you.
What is most important in the universe isn’t eschatological or philosophical — it’s about a Love that’s unconditional.
The most important story of the world is this: the unconditional love of God.
The most important headline of the universe is that the heart of God is for you.
The most important reality is that nothing can ever happen to change the reality of God’s love for you.
At the heart of the whole universe and the holy Word are the words that are the very heartbeat of holy God:
For God so loved the world — you — that He gave Himself … and for you who believe in a purifying, perfect, protective love like His, you get to live forever with Divine Love Himself.
Father God loving you, Jesus Christ saving you, Holy Spirit wooing you — the Triune God never stops working all things into the good of being closer to you because of unassailable delight in you, *and the good of getting to be with you.*
That’s all for this weekend, friends.
Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.
Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again
Share Whatever Is Good.
