Helping kids and grown-ups meet God through stillness, story, and play.
Journals, picture books, and practices to help foster quiet spaces.

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I’m Amy—a spiritual director, writer, and creator of playful spaces for deep soul- listening.


I believe children and adults both long for the same things: wonder, silence, beauty, and a God who meets us in the middle of it all.

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An Examen for Create and Play
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Making Space: Autumn Noticing
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Known, Seen, and Loved: An Examen
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sacred story time (write a poem)
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Seen, Known, and Loved: The Calling of Children’s Ministry is Every Adult’s Calling
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Ugly Art, Again! From Striving to Receiving
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Responding to God’s Beauty: Create + Play
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Making Space: Wordless Prayer
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Learning to See Through God’s Eyes
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An examen for the end of summer
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When Rest Feels Hard
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The Hidden, Blessed, and Sacred Work of Children’s Ministry
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Sacred Story time: Behind the Scenes
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Sacred Playtime
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Lift Up Your Head: Noticing as a Spiritual Practice
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How the Incarnation and Sabbath Root Us in God’s Joy
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Art as Prayer, Presence, and Play
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Noticing, Contemplative Play, and the Abundant Life
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Make Space: Practicing the Art of Noticing
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An Examen for Kids: Talking to God about Your Day
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sacred story time (befriend a bear)
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The Voice That Offers Freedom
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All the ways you can bloom
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What does it mean to bloom?
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Make Space: begin with just one pause
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Monthly Examen: A Prayerful Pause
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sacred story time (climb a tree)
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Jesus and the Sacred Gift of Play
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How Spiritual Direction is Different than Counseling
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