Announcing the 2016 Online Retreat!

You’ve been waiting for it. Our team has been hard at work getting it ready for you. Today we get to unveil what the Velvet Ashes Online Retreat has in store for you this year! Our Retreat Registration page is open now. Check it out and see all that will be offered to you for […]
A Word to Our Weary Bones

Eighty percent of the overseas women surveyed say they have felt close to burnout.* Eighty percent. We received more submissions for this week’s theme of burnout than we’ve had for any theme, ever. Friends, we are a worn out group. No doubt, burnout is a very real issue for many people living in their home […]
This week’s prompt: Burnout

We were sitting at Starbucks in Fresno, California. That’s when it came up in conversation. All of us ladies were attending Link Care, an intensive counseling program designed for women serving overseas. We had spent hours together in our group sessions with soggy tissues balled up in our hands. This was the last night before […]