Happy, happy, happy weekend!

Let yourself smile, be crazy inspired, laugh, love & really live the gift of this life
just a little bit more this weekend

Smile a mile wide & believe like crazy in a Good God redeeming everything —

and that there’s love everywhere & for ((you))! 

Serving up only the Good Stuff for you & your people right here:


Photo by Chad Madden

Photo by Aaron Burden

Photo by Benjamin Voros 

Photo by Ewa Stepkowska

Photo by Benjaminrobyn Jespersen 


Savor the glory! “O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.”

Psalm 104:24


Little bits of fall to brighten your day:

In Awe of God’s creation and the beautiful World he created!

A little fall trip through Vermont

Anyone else LOVE Pumpkin Pie

Looking for Front Porch Fall Inspo?

The beauty of Wheat Harvest


Heart Vitamins for you this week:

Priscilla Shirer’s Most POWERFUL Sermon About Prayer and the Armor of God

Autumn Poetry for You

Surface vs. Root idols


SOUL LEARNING 101 this week:

Becoming Good Stewards of Our Bodies

IT WAS ‘GOOD,’ NOT PERFECT by JOHN SWINTON

The Cathedral that Changed Everything


And Some fall treats for your Weekend!

spiced Chi Cupcakes

This looks incredible!

So warm and comforting

Apple pie cupcakes!!


Creative Bits for you this week:

So so cute!!

Need coffee bar inspo?

How fun is this?


Blog post of the week:

How To Read Your Bible So You Really Encounter God (Best Bibles & Resources)

To be raw honest,  I have fallen deeper than I have ever known.

Deeper in love than I have ever known. 

And quite honestly, I didn’t expect it to go quite like this. But it’s been such a season, personally, collectively — a long season of tenderness, unspoken broken, and us all battling the dark, in all kinds of very real ways. 


Ready to smile this weekend?!!

Too funny!

So inspiring!

Oh my goodness!

This is beautiful!


Thoughts to Really Ponder:

God’s Good Design For Humanity

The Sifted- Portraits of steadfast conviction

What Your Kids Need More than a Salvation Prayer


What we’re Thinking about on the Farm this week


What we’re Listening to on the Farm this week

Greatly To Be Praised


on the book stack at the farm

In Becoming a Person of Welcome, Laura Murray challenges common assumptions about hospitality and invites readers to reframe their understanding, shifting from outward performance to inward transformation.

Through heartfelt stories from her Armenian heritage, contemporary community life, and years in church leadership, Murray offers a new vision of hospitality—one that moves beyond performance and privilege to a life shaped by God’s welcome of us.

In their new book, Deeply Loved, Bill and Kristi Gaultiere show you how to stop settling for shallow relationships by receiving and reflecting God’s great compassion for you.You’ll discover how to release worries, comfort hurts, and resolve conflicts. You’ll learn how to resist judging your emotions and needs by agreeing with God’s grace. You’ll appreciate Bible-based empathy practices to know that you and the people you care for are deeply loved by Jesus.

Get your copy now and invite your friends to join you in experiencing the deep, deep love of our Lord and Savior.


Something to Add to your calendar?

Embracing You with Ann Voskamp


WHAT IF… life expectations that you’ve been handed, that define successfulfillment, and meaning in ways that do not correspond with the actual topography and reality of your life, leave you looking for a better way?

Join us for an uplifting evening with four-time NYT Best Selling Author Ann Voskamp.


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.


Words for your Heart to Change Your Life

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

The Broken way is 50% off right now!!


You can get our JOURNALs for nearly 50% off right now!!


Want to make your very own Gratitude Board?


And back to the cottage for a little Autumn loveliness:


Maybe enjoy the weekend 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.