Heading to the Beach? Don’t Forget to Pack This {Or Gift It!}
Are you or someone you know heading to the beach this Memorial Day weekend? Or do you have a day, weekend, or week circled on your summer calendar for days by the shore? There's no better time to pack my NEW release "Pauses for the Vacationing Soul: A Sensory-Based...
You Will Love This NEW Cookbook! {Foreword by Ree Drummond}
A cookbook? I know, I know. Shelves are replete with cookbooks and Pinterest is crammed with delightful dishes⎯but⎯I can personally vouch for this one. I've been a full-fledged fan of Robyn Stone's food blog "Add A Pinch" for years. Her Honey Soy Pork loin and...
Celebrating Mothers With All Five {Spiritual} Senses
There are a plethora of ways to celebrate Mother's Day but today I'm adding five to the mix that you may not have considered. And with it being only a few days away, there's no time to lose so let's get started. {The Gift of Sight} Beautiful items make...
What is God Redeeming in Your Life Today? {And A Gift for You!}
I marvel at God's redeeming power. Salvation. Forgiveness. Mercy. Grace. Lives once lost, now saved -- and that reality of redemption reaches deep into our days. Not one experience, one gift, one talent, one sin, one stumble, one glint of shame, one creative idea, or...
The Power of With {One Week After Easter}
This wasn't the post I intended to write the week after Easter. Things, however, have been topsy-turvy at the Baker house. Last week, I was diagnosed with pneumonia. The tiredness is real. And while there's never a good time to be sick, there's certainly a bad...
Book Cover Reveal + The Story Behind It
Pauses for the Vacationing Soul represents three years of questions, doubt, fleece-throwing, putting-it-off-till-perfect kind of excuses. And yet, this book also reflects those times I leaned hard into God's goodness, invited His "with-ness" into the process, and...







