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Dear Reader

Posted on February 6, 2020February 6, 2020 by Jodie

This year I felt like I wanted to write you a letter, sharing my heart with you for my writing for this year. Feel free to write back in the comments below or by email and let me know what you think. The girls are at school and the holidays are over. For our family … Continue reading Dear Reader

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Thinking about what it means ‘to abide’ today. John 15:5 It was so good to celebrate with my dear friend @amandaviviers the launch of her new book ‘Dear Creative Self’ and it was an honour to be asked to share a poem. For the occasion, I wrote a prayer for the creative and I keep thinking back to it as I start my creative year. I share an excerpt below:⁠ ⁠ As we slowly submerge⁠ even more⁠ of ourselves, ⁠ relaxing⁠ into the current of our art.⁠ ⁠ May we navigate⁠ the ebbs⁠ and flows.⁠ ⁠ May we learn⁠ when to float⁠ on the tide of inspiration.⁠ And when to escape⁠ the eddies⁠ of self-doubt.⁠ ⁠ If you like me feel a need to enter this creative year with a prayerful intention I am sending a full copy of this poem out with my next newsletter early next week. To get your copy just click through my bio and subscribe to my newsletter. ⁠ ⁠ 📷@lukeandersonphotos⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Some dappled sunlight musings over on the blog today about compassion. (Link in bio) Anyone else having a cup of tea, a little cry and a little sigh this morning? Tea of choice is @mariagefreresofficial earl grey Provence, the touch of lavender is much needed. And exhale 💙 “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” - Dinah Maria Mulock Craik This weekend I was lucky to have a short stay with a friend who has known me for almost 30 years. Friendship is a gift, and friends who have known you through many different seasons is one of the most beautiful gifts of all. I was approximately the age of my youngest daughter when my parents were posted to Manchester, UK and we found our community in the local baptist church. We have kept in contact with a number of those people who were our family when we were so far from home. And over 30 years later, the former pastor has reviewed my book Beauty in the Ashes: Learning to Lament. I woke up this morning to his kind words, and an order from the UK. 😍 For those of you in Australia, I have 10 books left in stock before my next print run. For those overseas, you can order online and I will send it to you. I can not believe how much of the world this little book is seeing. Much like her author. 🥰 (Review is in bio for those who want to read it)

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