I’m SO excited for Myquillyn “The Nester” Smith’s new, third book, Welcome Home–which launches TODAY in the US and in the UK on 1 October.

In this One Minute “mini-sode”, I mention Myquillyn’s wonderful chat with Laura Tremaine on her 10 Things To Tell You podcast this week, and Myquillyn’s concept of creating “invisible layers” to welcome a new season into your home.

I also mention The Good List podcast with Tsh Oxenreider, another of my faves which you might love, too.

Oh, and you can check out Myquillyn’s wonderful site, The Nester, here!

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Today’s One Minute Wonder is the dedication by C. S. Lewis of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, to his Goddaughter, Lucy.

I hope you’ll find his words as moving as I did when my daughter shared them with me recently, after curling up with the classic which has been endlessly adapted for the big and small screen over the years.

In the newsletter this week, I'll share a few pics of the Oxford that C. S. Lewis loved–recalling the "the fabled cluster of spires and towers"–which inspired his writing of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Will and I were married in Oxford and lived there for a while. Have you signed up to Weekend Wonderfully yet? You can get it sent straight to your inbox here!

Here’s to the stories we could never outgrow. And the one that never loses its wonder.

Music for this episode is Happy Morning, by Purple Planet.

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Today, a well known quote–well, two for one, in fact!–attributed to Mother Teresa, canonised St Teresa of Calcutta in the Roman Catholic Church a few years ago and whose Feast Day is today, on the peace and joy-giving gift of a simple smile.

I am beyond thrilled to welcome writer Kellie La Follette to WonderFully, in this first season on Home. It's a privilege to hear her story. K

In the most recent episode of Kate Bowler’s Everything Happens podcast, the writer, mother and professor at Duke Divinity School has a wonderful conversation on the subject of “Being spread too thin” with fellow writer and mother Shauna Niequist. Shauna is the author Present Over Perfect (possibly the book I’ve gifted most often to girlfriends), among other, beautiful memoirs. Kate’s podcast is hands-down one of my favourites. It always has me pausing, going back, re-listening and reflecting for a long time afterwards. I don’t like to be too distracted when I’m listening to it, if that makes sense? I save it for when I’m doing something slow and methodical, like cooking (I’m hearing my husband laugh at this point. There’s nothing much methodical about me in the kitchen).

Jen launches this season on 'Home' sharing an Italian ritual that's never seemed more life-giving , and discusses how trying it closer to home - wherever we are - can help us view where we live with fresh eyes (and open hearts).

As always, she shares what's helping her wonder more fully this week.

Welcome to our first One Minute Wonder, a 60 second (just about!) ‘mini-sode’ inbetween regular shows and part of the WonderFully podcast.

Welcome to WonderFully! In this episode, Jen explains a little bit about the inspiration behind this new adventure.

She also shares some of her own story, as an adopted daughter who set out on a journey at the age of 18 to find her English birth mother and, years later, Italian papa. All with the blessing and support of her beloved mother and father, whose love has shown her that God can knit families together outside the womb.

As always, Jen also shares three things which are helping her to wonder more fully right now.