Photo by Anita Austvika
Who else just loves fall flowers!!
Maybe take some inspiration for your Thanksgiving table?
Little bits of God’s goodness to brighten your day:
NASA astronaut captures rare red aurora from space station orbit
This looks like just the best way to spend your Saturday?
This is a read your heart needs today
I Spent 30 Days With Bears In Remote Alaska.
Absolutely Breathtaking
Heart Vitamins for you this week:
Dependence on Christ Is the One Thing That Can’t Be Taken from You
God’s Good Design For Rest
The power of forgiveness
Kindness of strangers
SOUL LEARNING 101 this week:
The Displaced Pilgrim: Yearning for Home
“One Gospel, One Mission”
Rediscovering Intimacy with God
The Unshakable Promises of God
God writes good stories
Maybe it’s you and me?
And Some fall treats for your Week!
Turkey Pot Pie
Brussels Sprouts Salad
Chai Latte Cupcakes
Harvest Pumpkin scones
Creative Bits for you this week:
Do we maybe move to Ireland?
This is so creative
I love this
WOW!
This is so fun!
Free Courses for you this week:
Do you ever just want to learn? You will LOVE this website filled with everything you could possibly want! Here’s something I found this week, maybe to get you started?
“Transforming Conflict”
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord:
Stole the show!
WOW! Amazing!
So so good!
beautiful!
Post of the week on the farm:
“How To Be Made Into a Masterpiece Through Brokenness”
What if I dared, on my hardest days, to know there’s always the possibility to see the mystery of the hesed-lovingkindness of God hiding in every shattered, heart-breaking moment?
Our best selves can still surface out of the worst seas.
Because God is making into grace what doesn’t yet make any sense — you are going to make it.
you can’t help but smile:
You will not believe this!
80-Year-Old Grandma Who Learned to Swim at 59 Just Became Oldest Ever Female Ironman Finisher
This is the best!!
Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures
Photo Credits: Erkko Badermann
So so sweet
The cutest!
So tiny!!
“Mommy”
Thoughts to Really Ponder:
Answering the Skeptic’s Hardest Questions
Research from Harvard Recommends Surprising Health Hack: Go to Church
Really Understanding Revelation
Discovering the Gospel in Job
the compassion gift guide has been a Tradition and blessing For our family Every Year and we want to invite you to join us this year!
What we’re Listening to on the Farm this week
“Constant” (LIVE AT MAVERICK CITY)
“Shout To The Lord”
on the book stack at the farm
In The Legacy Life: Leading Your Family to Make a Difference for Eternity, they call us to reject the current work-hard-then-retire mindset and embrace a biblical view of ourselves and our families—a generational mindset. With a paradigm-changing perspective, this book can help you develop a legacy perspective on your life and family, articulate and live out your mission and values, recover from failures and celebrate successes, and tell your stories from generation to generation. Your family is part of a story that matters for eternity!
Her new book, You Can Let Go: Make Peace with Your Past, Break Free from Offense, and Move Forward with God, is for every woman who has ever felt stuck in hurt and longed for a way forward.
Friend, you don’t have to keep carrying the weight.
Canadian Friends?
Do you want to join?
Can we Meet You in January?
Hope Story Conference
We’re gathering for our 8th annual Writer’s Conference in beautiful Charlotte, NC on January 29-31, 2026, and we’d love you to join us! Experience three unforgettable days designed to awaken your words, strengthen your voice, and surround you with a community who believes in the power of story.
Across the weekend, you’ll hear best selling authors and keynote voices, learn from workshop presenters who will help refine your craft, and step into quiet writing rooms where inspiration becomes practice. Thursday night we’ll pause for Celebrate Your Story—a joyful evening where we recognize the milestones of our Hope*Books authors and invite everyone in the room to see what’s possible for their own writing journey.
This is more than another event. It’s a gathering designed to move your writing forward.
Enter code ANN when you register for $50 off!
You will not believe this Audible Deal!!
Hey? Do you want to get Audible Premium for 99 cents for three months? You get to choose one book every month — so 3 audiobooks for 99 cents!! This is a crazy deal!!
Words for your Heart to Change Your Life
Christmas is right around the corner and Loved to Life is 30% off!! Run and grab a copy while this sale lasts!
Pick up Loved to Life: A 40-Day VISUAL Pilgrimage with Jesus, that will:
- give you enlightening insights to calm your real worries
- ground your identity in who you really are, regardless of failures
- speak to your deepest doubts in a profoundly steading way
- and walk you in fresh, intimate ways with Jesus, Love Himself, that will grow your soul into real LIFE
Anyone else thinking about gifts already? You can get our JOURNALs for 50% off right now!
Unlike other gratitude journals as it’s uniquely formatted to daily see how God has shown up with gifts on this day of the month, on all the previous months, Gifts & Gratitudes, with spacious lines to name three gifts each day, gently helps grow trust in a God who doesn’t always explain our suffering but who always enters into it with us. Taking pen to paper each day will help trace God’s goodness… which powerfully mends our hearts in tender seasons. And because of Jesus… there is always, always, always something — Someone — to be thankful for.
If you’re seeking deeper peace, in a world of tender pain…. if you’re looking for hope in the midst of all kinds of hurt… I can honestly say NOTHING HAS CHANGED MY LIFE & STOKED MY HOPE AND JOY LIKE GIVING THANKS LIKE THIS!
When you don’t know what or who to count on in days like this, when you need a soul reset our reorientation… if you start counting Gifts & Gratitudes — your eyes… and heart… begin to open to Who you can always count on…. especially on the most tender days.
Do you want to add a tradition that will mean something this thanksgiving?
Do you need something new this week? Add these to your weekly rotation!
Maybe enjoy the week by making a cozy meal and settling down with a good cup of coffee…
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.
