Ep 186 A Legacy of Finding Holy in the Suburbs with Ashley Hales

Author, speaker, podcaster, Ashley Hales, talks today on how to find holy and be faithful to God wherever He's placed you. "How easy it is," she explains, "to look for our value or distract us from the hard stuff by leaning on stuff—bigger homes, safer places, or a simple To-Do List crossed off on a daily basis." She writes in Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much—"To fill my infinite things with finite things, the more distance I put between God and myself. And the more I do that, it creates a way of being."  

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Follow Ashley at aahales.com where you can read about her ministry, writing and speaking. 

Ashley is a mom of four, wife of a pastor here in San Luis Obispo, and seeks to follow Jesus and love others right where she is. 

Some gems:

• We get antsy waiting on God so we ask our stuff to save us.
• God has made us hungry people but we remain unsatiated until we feed on Him first and foremost.
• Hospitality means making room in our lives and hearts for whomever God brings our way.
• The cross is the basis of our hospitality; Christ broken for us is God's invitation to come to Him. 
• I want to pay attention to the work God has for me to do TODAY and not worry about may or may not get accomplished. 
• We can't do Kingdom life by doing rather than being. 

Like maps like my Man-in-Plaid? Here's one for you. Ashley and her husband, Bryce have a new podcast: The Cartographers: Charting the cultural landscape for 21st century Christian Leaders

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