Amber Taube, Author at Velvet Ashes

Author: Amber Taube

Amber Taube

Amber hails from the Buckeye state and resides with her high-school sweetheart and two Georgia peaches in Kathmandu, Nepal of all places. She enjoys walking around the city and pretending she knows how to cook. Amber writes transparently about how God empowers us in marriage, motherhood, and intentional living at Grace to Go. You can also find her on Twitter.

Community, Stories

Embracing True Safety

March 14, 2021 6 Comments

A couple months into lockdown, we agonized over our decision to remain in our host country as the number of covid-19 cases rose rapidly in the capital. At the...

Advice, Community

Fostering Unity in Overseas Community

March 7, 2021 0 Comment

I had connected with a cross-cultural worker whose son was having his first birthday, and she graciously included my family on the invitation list. As I arrived with my...

Change/Transition, Moving Overseas

Changing the Goal: Transformation within Transition

June 18, 2020 5 Comments

Teary eyes give way to the gleam of expectation as "beautiful feet" cross the threshold between the known and unknown. With the Gospel work firmly implanted in her deepest...

The Grove

Hope for the (not-so-)Happiest Season of All {The Grove: Keeping Watch}

December 6, 2018 10 Comments

My sister-in-law sent me a message this week inquiring about how my Christmas shopping was going and if the kids were getting in the Christmas spirit. I wasn’t sure what...

Spiritual Formation

Contentment is Counter-Cultural

October 21, 2018 4 Comments

I’m getting pretty fed up with Instagram lately. I chose to make my account private so I have to approve all follow requests. I would estimate that around 80% of...