Books for a life well lived
A collection of books exploring grace, growth, and the everyday work of becoming who you’re meant to be.
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The Simplified Cookbook
The Simplified Cookbook helps busy families get meals on the table quickly and easily. With 60 simple recipes and 60 assembly meals built around six ingredients or fewer, The Simplified Cookbook reminds readers that they are capable, resourceful, and equipped to feed the people they love without sacrificing time or peace of mind. (2025)
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You’ll Always Have a Friend
A reassuring and empowering book that helps children navigate feelings of loneliness, self-doubt, and not fitting in. Through encouraging messages and vibrant illustrations, You’ll Always Have a Friend reminds kids that they are seen, valued, and capable of building meaningful friendships as they grow in confidence in who they are. (2024)
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Near in the Night
Near in the Night offers gentle support for quieting a racing mind when the day winds down, and worries tend to surface. It provides practical tools for calmer evenings, including space for lists, notes, and personal reflection to help release mental clutter and ease into rest. (2023)
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Sure as the Sunrise
Sure as the Sunrise offers reassurance and hope for seasons that feel uncertain, overwhelming, or heavy. Through reflections on faith and everyday life, it reminds readers that grace, provision, and mercy are steady — even when life isn’t. Written during a time of global uncertainty, it is a gentle anchor for anxious hearts looking for peace and perspective. (2022)
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You’re Always Enough
A gentle and reassuring book that helps children navigate perfectionism, mistakes, and the fear of not measuring up. Through heartfelt messages and warm illustrations, You're Always Enough reminds kids that they are loved, valued, and worthy exactly as they are, as they learn to embrace grace over perfection. (2022)
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Growing Boldly
Growing Boldly is an empowering guide to imagining a fuller life and taking practical steps toward it with clarity and courage. It encourages readers to understand their strengths, move past self-doubt, and build a life aligned with their goals and values. Blending inspiration with action, it’s a call to plan intentionally and step forward with confidence. (2021)
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When Less Becomes More
This book explores the exhaustion of modern life and the pressure to do everything perfectly. It invites readers into a slower, more intentional way of living where less distraction creates space for more meaning, connection, and rest. Through honest reflection, it offers a path out of overwhelm and into a more grounded, life-giving rhythm. (2019)
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A Standard of Grace
A Standard of Grace is a guided journal designed to help readers slow down, reflect, and focus on what truly matters. Inspired by themes of simplicity and grace, it provides space to process dreams, clarify priorities, and reconnect with personal hopes. It’s a thoughtful companion for anyone seeking calm, direction, and intention in everyday life. (2019)
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A Simplified Life
A Simplified Life offers practical strategies for reducing overwhelm and bringing intention to everyday living. Through systems and tools across key areas of life — home, schedules, relationships, and priorities — it helps readers clear mental and physical clutter. The book focuses on creating sustainable simplicity so life feels more manageable, purposeful, and aligned.
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Grace, Not Perfection for Young Readers
This encouraging guide helps tween girls navigate the pressures of achievement, comparison, and perfectionism in a fast-paced world. It offers practical, life-giving perspective shifts that remind them they don’t have to do it all or be perfect to be worthy. With a focus on confidence and self-acceptance, it empowers young readers to see themselves as enough as they are. (2020)
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Grace, Not Perfection Study Guide
This four-session video-based study explores the journey of releasing perfectionism and embracing grace in everyday life. Through teaching and reflection, it helps participants adopt more intentional, life-giving rhythms. It’s designed to guide individuals and groups toward greater freedom, peace, and self-compassion. (2018)
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Grace, Not Perfection
Grace, Not Perfection introduces a new way of living rooted in flexibility, intention, and grace. It speaks to the exhaustion of perfectionism and the pressure to do it all, offering a slower, more meaningful approach to life. Through practical insight and reflection, it encourages readers to release the pursuit of perfection and embrace a more grounded, joy-filled way of living. (2016)
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