It’s launch day for this little book baby!

Thank you Ave Maria Press for sharing my work! Friends learn more about this book and the awesome FREE resources that accompany it at https://lisahendey.com/5-minute-prayers-around-the-advent-wreath-launches/?fbclid=IwAR1R5Pstm52zwuY1bwWvSUhFW3anX-V7tGJo2i1k4QHF4c0nFOL_tmqx3fA&fs=e&s=cl

If you are able financially to purchase a cope today(less than $5) that would help tremendously.

I hope the book will be a blessing for you!

Sometimes, as creatives, it feels easy to lose our way and doubt our mission. We can easily wonder if what we do matters or if we are impacting those we aim to serve with our work. This is a dark place to be. Self-assessment is good and helps us improve. But feeling as though what we create is purposeless is hard, anxiety-provoking, and can lead to defeat or quitting.

You might find it interesting that I would feel this way. I have been so supremely blessed in my work - blessed beyond my wildest dreams. And yet like many of you, I get in my brain often about my purpose and goals.

This weekend's letter from Caroline was a great reset for me. It reminded me that what I do matters and that it is not only reaching kids, but more importantly inspiring some of them to reach for their own dreams. What greater joy can there be as a writer than to know that something you wrote sparked a desire for a young girl to user her imagination to write?!

Today, I'm reminded of two priorities:

1. Our work, whether it is creating, caring for our families, curing cancer, teaching, digging ditches, or any other occupation has dignity and merit. Self-assessment and discernment are good. But so is reminding ourselves that what we do matters, that we matter.

2. Affirming others is important. If someone has created something, built something, or provided a service that has blessed us, it's important to let them know that their gifts made a difference in our lives. Caroline did that for me. I need to do it more frequently for others.

A question for all of us: who would you like to thank today and how can you best do that?

Question: if you could make a film about anyone, living or dead, who would it be? Check the comments for my answer.

Sharing a brief conversation today on my blog with filmmaker Yelena Popovic. Her work bringing the life of Nektarios of Aegina to the screen was so compelling. Check out our conversation at https://lisahendey.com/man-of-god-3-minutes-with/