Ann Voskamp (born August 10, 1973 in Listowel, Ontario) is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, published by Zondervan. Read full biography of Ann Voskamp →
I have lived pain, and my life can tell: I only deepen the wound of the world when I neglect to give thanks the heavy perfume of wild roses in early... →
Comparison is a thug that robs your joy. But it's even more than that - Comparison makes you a thug who beats down somebody - or your soul.
By default, most of us have taken the dare to simply survive. Exist. Get through. For the most part, we live numb to life - we've grown weary and... →
The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even... →
Gratitude's not a natural posture. The prince of darkness is ultimately a spoiled ingrate, and I've spent most of my life as kin to the... →
When grief is deepest, words are fewest.
A simplified Christmas isn't about circumstances as much as it is about focus.
I think the fall in Eden was ultimately a failure to give thanks.
Pick up a yardstick to measure your life against anyone else's, and you've just picked up a stick and beaten up your own soul.
When we can't bottle our tears up anymore, God catches every one in His bottle. God's catching every falling tear because He won't let us... →
Measuring sticks try to rank some people as big and some people as small - but we aren't sizes. We are souls. There are no better people or worse... →
Really good writing, from my perspective, runs a lot like a visual on the screen. You need to create that kind of detail and have credibility with... →
Romance isn't measured by how viral your proposal goes. The Internet age may try to sell you something different, but don't ever forget that... →
Ann Voskamp (born August 10, 1973 in Listowel, Ontario) is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, published by Zondervan.