About Shelly -

I love Jesus, coffee, and family, and I’m pretty sure that humor is my love language.

If you make me laugh, I’m yours forever.

When not looking for my keys or forcing my kids to play a board game with me, I enjoy eating chocolate, playing pickleball with family and friends, leading worship at my church, studying the Bible with the beautiful ladies at Abba’s House, and loving on female followers of Jesus with God’s Word at women’s events, retreats and on podcasts.

My husband and I have been miraculously married for 29 years and are parents to four kids, ages 17-22 (two from the womb and two from the heart), and a beautiful daughter-in-law (oh, and we have one spoiled pup we rescued in a weak moment).

I write and speak from experiences of disappointment, discontentment, and disillusionment. But I do it filled with hope and humor because God has given me all of Himself. I just keep looking for ways to practice His presence and engage with His Word more fully as I live out the life I’ve been dealt. Sometimes, it stinks—the said dealt life, not the engaging with Jesus—but ALWAYS, He’s good. And He’s trustworthy. And that’s enough.`

I am a writer/podcaster living in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. My husband is the President and CEO of the Ridgecrest Foundation, which owns and operates Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps—the place we met and now call “home.”

This is Rocket. He’s a hot mess. We were made for one another…