Well-Read Mom Founder Marcie Stokman and her daughter Beth Nelson introduce the 'Year of the Artist' as our 2019-2020 theme for the year.

Liz (Elizabeth) Kelly, a native Minnesotan, is a noted speaker, retreat leader and award-winning author, whose works include short stories, arts and music reviews, books on prayer and worship, and meditations on faith, spiritual struggle, and Christian womanhood. She has written seven books, including May Crowning, Mass, and Merton: 50 Reasons I Love Being Catholic, which won the Catholic Press Association first place award for Best Popular Presentation of the Faith in 2007. She is also the author of “The Wind,” a short story nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2001. You can find out more about her at lizk.org.

Highlights include:

How to develop the artist within

Tips for developing artistic ability when you already feel stretched thin

Art as a way of communicating truth

How can an atheist or a person living a lifestyle many of us would not agree with produce art that conveys beauty and truth?

The ways to distinguish good art from bad art

Similarly, how to evaluate the books we read

What kind of art has moved you and why?

Marcie and Liz also touch on Marcie's upcoming book "The Well-Read Mom." Coming soon!

Find out more at www.WellReadMom.com.

Ana inspires us to create beauty, cultivate love, and open our homes in hospitality. Learn how each one of us is the artist of our own home and family life. And, here's Ana's fool-proof receive for entertaining:

Ana's Brazilian Chicken Recipe

Well-Read Mom contributor Alison Solove explains how the Well-Read Mom team chooses our reading lists each year.