What are you chasing after that you don’t mean to? Sometimes we forget to look past the sticky messes and dirty diapers of mom life to see our meaningful, purposeful life. And oh, the distractions! As we long for more square footage and shiny target gems and we lose track of what is important. This week we hear from Ashley Hales about how she quiets some of those distractions and appreciates the little moments as a mom with anxiety. Ashley Hales is a writer, speaker, pastor’s wife, and mother to four. She holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and she lives in the southern California suburbs helping her husband plant a church, Resurrection Orange County.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT:
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what it’s like for Ashley as an only child now raising four kids
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how learning to play with her kids and appreciating the moment has become a spiritual discipline
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what helped Ashley embrace her life as a mom
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letting go of expectations and embracing the things that are important to you
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the emphasis Ashley places on getting to know her kids and how she does that
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letting your overwhelm spill onto your kids
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learning to use your quiet time well
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what inspired Ashley to write her book
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how Ashley’s concept of Jesus different than most because of her experience as a church planter
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four idols of the suburbs
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the power of wanting and waiting
LINKS MENTIONED:
Finding Holy in the Suburbs
Sara Groves “This Cup”
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