Shauna Niequist

Sharing a personal journey—from busy, responsible, performance-based living to that of quiet reflection and connection with one's true self—means vulnerability. It also means that you join a cadre of writers doing just that. Add the twist of being a high-profile woman of faith and this book is an act of bravery in an already challenging field: Christian memoir writing. I recognize and honor the feat. Thank you.

That said, editing matters! Many times felt I was re-reading a chapter that I'd just finished. Several ideas repeated like a refrain over and over without a deeper insight. Don't stop writing, dear Shauna, but do keep winnowing through chapters so that readers like me don't feel that keeping company with you involves backtracking through dense woods just for the sake of page count.… (meer)