111 || How to Find Remarkable Beauty in Ordinary Dreams || Ashley Hales

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God created you for a reason. This is our theme for the month of March, and in this episode, Ashley Hales shares how her life today feels far more ordinary than what she dreamed as a younger person – and why that’s exactly where God wants her right now.

Through her story we learn the importance of pressing in to the greater story of the gospel because of how it impacts our lives and relationships with others. She reminds us of our identity in Christ through the story of the prodigal son and God's love for His children. You’ll also discover the value of instituting small disciplines in your life like finding a verse to meditate on, or a way to move your body each day, or anything that helps you detach from your everyday role(s). She also talks about why she wrote her first book, Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much (IVP), even though she never expected to author a book.  

Ashley holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s a writer, speaker, and hosts The Finding Holy Podcast. Ashley is married to a church planter in the southern California suburbs and is a mother to four children. Her writing has been featured in The Gospel Coalition, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today.

You’ll find the show notes and all the ways to connect with Ashley, here: http://www.merrittonsa.com/podcast/111

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MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

MOPS International
Resurrection Orange County

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Books

Finding Holy in the Suburbs by Ashley Hales

Teach Us to Want by Jen Michel

Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

Long Days of Small Things by Catherine McNiel

Poetry 180

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