Hey there, I'm Ann!
I'm an Author & Speaker, passionate about helping women encounter Jesus, experience transformative hope, and live a life deeply rooted in the Word of God.
Like Jesus, I believe so much in the power of stories to illustrate spiritual principles, grow our faith, and increase empathy (hello parables!), so whether it's in my Christian fiction books or on the stage, you'll find me sharing stories that reveal the beauty of Jesus amidst everyday life.
Hey there, I'm Ann!
I'm an Author & Speaker, passionate about helping women encounter Jesus, experience transformative hope, and live a life deeply rooted in the Word of God.
Like Jesus, I believe so much in the power of stories to illustrate spiritual principles, grow our faith, and increase empathy (hello parables!), so whether it's in my Christian fiction books or on the stage, you'll find me sharing stories that reveal the beauty of Jesus amidst everyday life.
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Christian Fiction
Up From the Ash Heap
One day. One hour. One accident. One fire. Everything had been lost in an instant. In book I of the Shideezhi Collection,after enduring the loss of her husband, Raya Applewood is faced with the dilemma of returning to the comforts of life in her father's home or following her destitute mother-in-law back to the East – a place she said she would never go. As she's forced to come face-to-face with the struggles of life and death, decency and character, love and shame, Up From the Ash Heap tells a timeless story of loyalty, friendship, and blessed redemption.
Book One in the Shideezhi Collection
The Glendale Series
The Glendale Series wrestles with the age-old dilemmas of love, faith, family, forgiveness and growing up, in a fresh story format. With relationships that grip reader's hearts as they reflect raw realities plentiful in our society and an ending that will keep readers on the edge of their seats right up until the end, the Glendale series is one girl's unforgettable journey to health, wholeness and joy.
Titles in the Glendale Series:
Glendale
A New Day
Promising Forever
Mothers of Glendale Series
The Mothers of Glendale Series tells the personal, emotional and sometimes painful stories of three special women introduced in the Glendale series. Glendale mother figures Jari, Carla, and Hannah are each on their own journey, with their paths weaving together with one another (and other Glendale characters) to create a beautiful tapestry of faith, hope and unconditional love.
With raw realities that women face everyday covered by the grace of a very big God, Mothers of Glendale takes you a step further than new love to the weathered and deeply beautiful land of seasoned marriages, motherhood and saying goodbye to a full life, well-lived.
Titles in the Mothers of Glendale Series:
One Desire
Gray Area
Silver Lining
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In the midst of the most technologically connected and socially disconnected generation, I believe there is so much value in authentic connection. Through stories and Biblical encouragement, I love equipping Christian women to cling tight to Jesus, be intentional with their callings, and live with purpose in every area of their lives.
Speaking topics:
Intentional Motherhood
Faith in Fiction
The Bride of Christ
Homeschooling 101
Bible Studies
Join us as we dive into the Scriptures and ancient Jewish betrothal customs, to learn about the love of God, His thoughts toward you, and the incredible offer He has extended. It's the invitation that truly changes everything.
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At the end of the age, Jesus is coming back as a Bridegroom, and He'll return for a bride who has made herself ready.
In this six week video series with a correlating workbook (sold separately), you will:
Discover Jesus as the Bridegroom,
Begin to grasp the significance of the bridal mystery in Scripture,
Uncover ancient Jewish customs that bring insight and understanding to Jesus' words and actions,
And begin to crave His return as you learn the truth about who He is and what He has promised you.
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Loved to the max
“You don’t have to do everything.” This phrase blew across my heart like a refreshing wind a few months ago as I sat with the LORD. “I won’t love you more if you do,” He continued. “I already love you to the max.”
Months later, this still hits my heart in a big way. I read the words again this morning and I nearly cried with relief.
Friend, can you imagine? Seriously, can you pause for just a moment and truly imagine being loved to the MAX? Already! At this specific moment in time. Maybe your house is a mess (like mine is). Maybe you were a crank yesterday (like I was). Maybe you’re dropping more balls than you’re keeping in the air (like I am). And yet, here, in this very moment, God loves you to the MAX.
To the max. What does that mean to you?
To me, it means there’s not room for anymore. There’s no potential to add anything. Dictionary.com says max (abbreviated from maximum) is, “as great, high, or intense as possible.”
He loves you that much. Today. In your imperfection. In your mess. He loved you that much yesterday. He will love you that much tomorrow.
You didn’t earn that love. You don’t have to. It was already yours. Take a deep breath and let that sink in. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son…” John 3:16 -- this was long before you were ever born!. “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.” Ephesians 1:4-5 He chose you before the world was created. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-10
His salvation, His love…we didn’t earn it – it’s a free gift!
I feel like I learn this over and over again, and yet every single day, there is the temptation to do it all. There’s the temptation to strive for the “everything” – the temptation to try to be everything for everybody – the thought that we’re incomplete unless we’re doing “everything”. But truly, all that gets you is exhaustion. Doing everything doesn’t lead to living your best life. You weren’t called to do everything. You were called to do the good works which God prepared in advance for you to do. (Eph. 2:10) Only those.
This isn’t a self care article. Far from it. It’s a HE cares, article. For you. For me. It’s a release from the pressures of this world, either spoken or unspoken. It’s permission that you don’t have to do everything in an attempt to earn the love of God. Because friend, even if you succeed, He won’t love you more. He can’t. He already loves you to the max.
He isn’t after what you can do or produce or give or accomplish. He’s after your attention. Your heart. Your company.
He’s after you. The one He already loves to the max.
“As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one.[f] Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:38-42
