Happy, happy, happy weekend!

Let yourself smile, be crazy inspired, laugh, love & really live the gift of this life
just a little bit more this weekend…

Smile a mile wide & believe like crazy in a Good God redeeming everything —

and that there’s love everywhere & for ((you))! 

Serving up only the Good Stuff for you & your people right here:

Photo by Tetiana Shadrina

Photo by Liza Azorina

Photo by Alisa Anton

Photo by Mariia Zakatiura

Photo by Céline Druguet

Anyone else feel like they need to grab brunch and have a long chat with a good friend this week?

A Night Sky Over Canada

This is the perfect thing to play in the background to immerse yourself in the beauty of fall!

When I had this Talk about Gospel-Friendship with Ruth Simons!

Ukrainian Refugees Brought Revival

Faithfulness Is Never Wasted by Vaneetha

SOUL LEARNING 101 this week:

Risking Everything for the Salvation of God

God Can Restore Your Circumstances

A Brief Conversation about Ephesians

Always Together’—A Lesson from the Early Church

How Do We celebrate Thanksgiving

And Some fall treats for your Week!

A must make this week

So comforting!

Homemade apple juice!

The best ideas!

Everyone could use this!

These look so good!

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Creative Bits for you this week:

I’m going to try this!

I love this!

Would you make this?

So beautiful!

So crazy talented!

WOW! Crazy!

Praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world:

China Detains Influential House Church Pastor

Christians ‘Are Being Wiped Out’ in Nigeria as Millions Face Death

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord:

Yes!! Sing it!

This is beautiful!

Selah has a prayer for you

Worthy is your name!

Blog post of the week From The Farm:

Wow — did you know?  Success and failure as constructs are not terms found in the Bible, success and failure are not terms of biblical measurement, success and failure are not what God’s world are about. 

THIS IS WHAT COUNTS AND MATTERS INSTEAD…

Ready to REALLY smile ?!!

I think you need one!

Is this a pink chicken?

the little laugh!

Little dude was EXHAUSTED!

So cute!

Wow! This is Crazy!

Thoughts to Really Ponder:

The Importance of Gathering to Study the Word with Jennifer Lucy Tyler

Is it worth it?

Can it be trusted?

THE DAILY WORK OF PRAYER

change

the compassion gift guide has been a Tradition and blessing For our family Every Year and we want to invite you to join us this year!

What we’re Listening to on the Farm this week

“Yes and Amen” (You Never Fail)

on the book stack at the farm

In The Freedom of Surrender, Mary DeMuth invites readers to journey through forty days of entrusting specific areas of your life to God—your inner struggles, your family, your expectations, your regrets, your ministry, your grief, your relationships, your job, your health, your finances, your future, and more. Every daily devotion includes Scripture, prayer, and Mary’s original art that help you cast each care on the One who cares for you.

With beautiful prose, soul-sustaining Scriptures, and the testimonies of faithful saints, Colleen Chao shows us in the pages of her newest book, On Our Way Home: Reflections on heaven in the face of death, how our deepest desires—for beauty, wonder, peace, healing, happiness, power, worship, and belonging—are permanently (and increasingly!) fulfilled when we get Home. 

What a beautiful, deeply meaningful book — that makes your every day now deeply meaningful.

Can we Meet You in January?

Hope Story Conference

We’re gathering for our 8th annual Writer’s Conference in beautiful Charlotte, NC on January 29-31, 2026, and we’d love you to join us! Experience three unforgettable days designed to awaken your words, strengthen your voice, and surround you with a community who believes in the power of story.

Across the weekend, you’ll hear best selling authors and keynote voices, learn from workshop presenters who will help refine your craft, and step into quiet writing rooms where inspiration becomes practice. Thursday night we’ll pause for Celebrate Your Story—a joyful evening where we recognize the milestones of our Hope*Books authors and invite everyone in the room to see what’s possible for their own writing journey.

This is more than another event. It’s a gathering designed to move your writing forward.

Loved to Life is 30% off!! Run and grab a copy while this sale lasts!

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give you enlightening insights to calm your real worries

ground your identity in who you really are, regardless of failures

speak to your deepest doubts in a profoundly steading way

and walk you in fresh, intimate ways with Jesus, Love Himself, that will grow your soul into real LIFE

You can get our JOURNALs for nearly 50% off right now!

Unlike other gratitude journals as it’s uniquely formatted to daily see how God has shown up with gifts on this day of the month, on all the previous months, Gifts & Gratitudes, with spacious lines to name three gifts each day, gently helps grow trust in a God who doesn’t always explain our suffering but who always enters into it with us. Taking pen to paper each day will help trace God’s goodness… which powerfully mends our hearts in tender seasons. And because of Jesus… there is always, always, always something — Someone — to be thankful for.

If you’re seeking deeper peace, in a world of tender pain…. if you’re looking for hope in the midst of all kinds of hurt… I can honestly say NOTHING HAS CHANGED MY LIFE & STOKED MY HOPE AND JOY LIKE GIVING THANKS LIKE THIS!  

When you don’t know what or who to count on in days like this, when you need a soul reset our reorientation… if you start counting Gifts & Gratitudes — your eyes… and heart… begin to open to Who you can always count on…. especially on the most tender days.

When you check out with 3 copies, the discount will automatically apply, making the journal about $8 each! 

Do you want more Inspiring Prints like this?

Jesus Be The Name | Elevation Worship

Maybe enjoy the week by making a cozy meal and settling down with a good cup of coffee…

That’s all for this weekend, friends.

Go slow. Be God-struck. Grant grace. Live Truth.

Give Thanks. Love well. Re – joy, re- joy, ‘re- joys’ again

Share Whatever Is Good.