Dear Daughters

Welcome to the Dear Daughters Podcast in 2021!

If there is one thing I learned over the last year, it is the importance of stepping back from the news and media to re-engage in a habit of reading spiritual classics. The authors who I'll be featuring on the podcast have fought the good fight and remained faithful to the end. There's just so much we can learn from them. I want to invite you to come along with me this season and dive into the wisdom of these faithful followers of Jesus.

This next book is oh so lovely. It's Hidden Art by Edith Schaeffer. Here are a few interesting facts about Edith:

1. Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer was born November 3, 1914, and died March 30, 2013. She was a Christian author, wife of Francis Schaeffer, and mother of Frank Schaeffer and three other children.
2. In 1970, Edith and Francis founded L'Abri in Switzerland. L'Abri is a Christian organization that hosts guests worldwide. In the '60s, L'Abri's guests included backpackers, hippies, and even celebrities like Timothy Leary and Eric Clapton.
3. Barry Hankins, a professor of history and religion at Baylor University, wrote, "Without L'Abri, Schaeffer would never have drawn the audience that made his many books possible." He said that without Mrs. Schaeffer, "there would have been no L'Abri." Hankins described Mrs. Schaeffer like this: "On one hand," he said, "she held a very traditional, biblical view about women's subservient role. On the other, she was assertive, even competitive with her husband ... She embodied marriage equality … She would never use the term, of course, but in some ways, she was the model of a sort of evangelical feminism."

I am most enamored by Edith's idea of hidden art at home. She believed that we were all created by the Creator to be creative, whether that's gardening or decorating or painting or writing … Don't you just love that?

Edith wrote, "Art in various forms expresses and gives opportunities to others to share in and respond to things which would otherwise remain vague, empty yearnings." How do you like to create?

My hope is that you find ways to both express and share in many forms of art every day. And I pray that you are forever in awe of the Creator.

• Get a copy of Hidden Art by Edith Schaeffer.
• Or consider a vintage copy of some special books from my own library featured in my online shop.
• Learn more about L'Abri today.
• Learn more about Mobile Loaves and Fishes and Community First! Village in Austin, TX.
• Visit the Community Art House to buy the notecards! The artwork for some of the cards was created by Robert Maresh. He was inspired by his very own tiny home and hopes that his art embodies the beauty that can be found at the Village.
• Download the FREE 2021 Goal Guide that I created just for you.
• Listen to my 2021 Hopeful playlist on Spotify.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

Order your copy of The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life,a guide for extending God's grace to yourself and others.

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving. Get a copy of Dear Daughters: Love Letters to the Next Generation.

Welcome to the Dear Daughters Podcast in 2021!

If there is one thing I learned over the last year, it is the importance of stepping back from the news and media to re-engage in a habit of reading spiritual classics. The authors who I'll be featuring on the podcast have fought the good fight and remained faithful to the end. There's just so much we can learn from them. I want to invite you to come along with me this season and dive into the wisdom of these faithful followers of Jesus.

This next book is the most-often quoted in my journals from the time I became a believer: My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. Here are a few things you may not know about Oswald:

1. Oswald Chambers was born on July 24, 1874, and died November 15, 1917. He only lived 43 years.
2. He wrote 30 books. My Utmost for His Highest is his most popular and has never been out of print … isn't that crazy?
3. He was a minister and started a Bible training college. After starting the college, he moved to Egypt with his wife and daughter where he took an assignment at the Y.M.C.A. (he had a huge heart for the soldiers and preached many of his sermons there).

And a bonus fact: All of Oswald's books were transcribed from his sermon notes by his wife, Gertrude "Biddy" Hobbs Chambers. Wow!

"God expects his children to be so confident in him that in any crisis, they are the reliable ones. Our trust is in God up to a certain point, then we go back to the elementary panic prayers of those who do not know God. We get to our wit's end, showing that we have not the slightest confidence in him and his government of the world… What a pain will go through us when we realize we might have produced downright joy in the heart of Jesus by remaining absolutely confident in him no matter what was ahead."

I love the idea of "being a downright joy in the heart of Jesus" like Oswald Chambers writes about. I want to be confident in God in all circumstances. For me, what overrides fear is not getting wrapped up in the chaos that creates panic and makes us think God is absent … and instead, looking to God amidst the chaos.

The best kind of faithfulness is doing the thing God has set before you, without fear. My prayer for you and for me is that we can live our lives with the utmost confidence in God and be downright joys for Jesus.

• Get a brand new copy of My Utmost for His Highest in paperback or gift edition.
• Or consider a vintage copy from my own library ... there are three vintage copies of My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers available to purchase: Copy 1, Copy 2 & Copy 3.
• You can also access a My Utmost for His Highest daily devotional online here.
• Download the FREE 2021 Goal Guide that I created just for you.
• Listen to my 2021 Hopeful playlist on Spotify.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

Discover my newest book, The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life, and experience the grace upon grace God has for your life.

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving. Get a copy of Dear Daughters: Love Letters to the Next Generation.

Welcome to the the Dear Daughters Podcast in 2021!

If there is one thing I learned over the last year, it is the importance of stepping back from the news and media to re-engage in a habit of reading spiritual classics. The authors who I'll be featuring on the podcast have fought the good fight and remained faithful to the end. There's just so much we can learn from them. I want to invite you to come along with me this season and dive into the wisdom of these faithful followers of Jesus.

One of the first books I picked up last year was A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie. Here's a little history on John:

John Baillie was born on March 6, 1886, as the oldest of three boys. He was named after his father, who died when he was just four years old. John experienced more tragedy in life with the loss of his youngest brother in May 1914, and then two close friends in WW1 later that same year. He began to volunteer for the Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) with British armies in France, where he met his wife Jewel Fowler, and they married in April 1919. John Baillie was an esteemed theologian and pastor, served on the faculty at New College in Edinburgh, and Auburn Theological Seminary and Union Seminary in New York, and was named a Companion of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II. He died on September 29, 1960, at age 74, leaving a legacy of faithfulness that we can all learn from.

What really strikes me about John Baillie (among all of his amazing achievements) are the beautiful books he wrote, like A Diary of Private Prayer.

John Baillie lived his life to the end being faithful to God. My prayer for you and for me is that we will be inspired to be faithful to the end, too.

• Get a brand new copy (or two or three) of A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie.
• Or consider purchasing the vintage copy from Susie's own library. But there's only one vintage copy of A Diary of Private Prayer available, so be quick!
• Download the FREE 2021 Goal Guide that I created just for you.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving. Get a copy of Dear Daughters: Love Letters to the Next Generation

And discover my most recent book: The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life!

There's often a big difference in expectations and reality. To have happy holidays this year, we need something we can't plan, orchestrate, or create … we need God's Spirit and God's grace.

Welcome to the Holiday Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. The 2020 holiday season is here and it's going to be different from anything we've ever experienced. I want to see how you're doing and make sure you are taking good care of you … and I want to help you have grace for a new way of doing things over the holidays this year.

If we hold on too tightly to expectations, it can steal our joy when reality doesn't look like we hoped. We need to open up our hands, release those expectations, and accept what God has for us.

I pray that, especially in this holiday season, you open your hands to God and have the grace to see things with new eyes and a childlike heart.

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• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• Learn more about CommunityFirst! Village.
• Listen to the Dear Daughter's Podcast Episode 20 with Alan Graham, founder of CommunityFirst! Village.
• Check out art by one of my favorite artists, Clifton Hayes.
• Shop Penny Hunt's beautiful note cards in the Art House online shop here!
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!
• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

Order your copy of The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life, a simple guide for extending God's grace to yourself and others.

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.

Jesus wants to take our fear and give us, in its place, true peace. Get a copy of Unafraid: Trusting God in an Unsafe World.

Gathering at the table is good for your soul … a time when we are present with each other, connect with each other, and receive nourishment from the food, from each other, and from God above.

Welcome to the Fall Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. I want to see how you're doing and share some new ways for you to take good care of you.

I love how serving a simple meal at the table brings us together. It's a passion of mine that started from this verse in Acts 2:46-47.

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

I pray that, especially in the upcoming holiday season, you find creative ways to be with the people you love.

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• Learn more about donating to or volunteering with Partners in Hope here.
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!
• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

Jesus wants to take our fear and give us, in its place, true peace. Get a copy of Unafraid: Trusting God in an Unsafe World.

Order your copy of The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life, a simple guide for extending God's grace to yourself and others.

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.

What if you made the choice to break away from your regular routine and change up the scenery?

Welcome to the Fall Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. I want to see how you're doing and share some new ways for you to take good care of you.

One way to take care of your soul is by changing your scenery. It can change your attitude, refresh your heart, renew your mind, and bend your will toward God.

• Get a copy of God Calling by A.J. Russell.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Get Unexpected Connections by Matthew Peacock, Founder and Executive Director of Partners in Hope.
• Learn more about donating to or volunteering with Partners in Hope here.
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!
• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life is a guide for extending God's grace to yourself and others. Order your copy!

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.

Do you have a hobby? Do you ever take the time to just play? Having a hobby can be really good for your soul.

Welcome to the Fall Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. I want to see how you're doing and share some new ways for you to take good care of you.

Today I am encouraging you to build time for a hobby in your life. Because when you're walking with God, a hobby can be a spiritual practice that brings you closer to God.

• Get a copy of The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence.
• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Order your copy of The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life!
• Get Unexpected Connections by Matthew Peacock, Founder and Executive Director of Partners in Hope.
• Learn more about donating to or volunteering with Partners in Hope here.
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.

Find a hobby:

• Horseback riding
• Writing or journaling
• Cooking or baking
• Gardening
• Hiking or camping
• Golf
• Walking or running
• Reading
• Drawing or painting
• Knitting or sewing
• Swimming
• Kayaking or paddle boarding
• Cycling
• Scrapbooking
• Collecting

Find my newest book, The Grace Guide here!

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.

Are you looking for ways to calm your soul? To find real rest inside and out?

Welcome to the Fall Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. I want to see how you're doing and share some new ways for you to take good care of you.

• Get a copy of Thomas Watson's book, The Art of Divine Contentment.
• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Get Unexpected Connections by Matthew Peacock, Founder and Executive Director of Partners in Hope.
• Learn more about donating to or volunteering with Partners in Hope here.
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.
• Listen to my Home playlist on Spotify!

Find deep contentment right where you live. Pick up The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.

What do you do when your heart is broken in two? What do you do when your mind is consumed with negative news? How do you soothe your weary self?

Welcome to the Fall Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. I want to see how you're doing, revisit some of the things we talked about during the Summer Soul Care Series, and share some new ways for you to take good care of you.

There is a difference between self-care practices and self-soothing practices. Self-soothing can be healthy or unhealthy … and it's important to understand which you are choosing when you're hurting. Healthy soul care is the thing that helps long term.

• Get a copy of John Baillie's book, A Diary of Private Prayer.
• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Get Unexpected Connections by Matthew Peacock, Founder and Executive Director of Partners in Hope.
• Learn more about donating to or volunteering with Partners in Hope here.
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music.
• Listen to my Home playlist on Spotify!

Order your copy! The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.

How can you give yourself grace … the kind of grace that God has for you? It starts by learning to be kind and generous to yourself.

Welcome to the Fall Soul Care Series on the Dear Daughters Podcast. I want to see how you're doing, revisit some of the things we talked about during the Summer Soul Care Series, and share some new ways for you to take good care of you.

So I have found one of the best ways to start being kind to yourself is by becoming a compassionate observer of your own life. Try to see yourself the way God sees you … as a beloved daughter … and live each day with that outlook and that grace.

• Download the Understanding Your Soul PDF.
• Get encouragement in your inbox each week: Sign up for my newsletter!
• Join my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship, online.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan's music on Spotify!
• If you need rest, click here to get a FREE Soul Care Kit just for you!

Order your copy! The Grace Guide: Live Your One Beautiful Life

My book, Dear Daughters, is a template for those multi-generational conversations and relationships you're craving.