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Author Insight
Holy Ground on a Corduroy Couch
Breathless Haste: Finding God in Ordinary Life is for spiritually curious adults who value authenticity, vulnerability, and deep reflection. If you are drawn to memoirs and real-life stories that grapple honestly with faith, suffering, and transformation, this book is for you. At this point in the story, Jay and Rebecca are seeking discernment for their next steps in ministry. In the stillness of night, God speaks to each of them individually. During one of those quiet awakenings, Rebecca senses God telling her to include their young children in the discernment process—a surprising invitation that transforms an ordinary family conversation into holy ground.
Book Excerpt
Breathless Haste
The words in Barton’s book said, “The discernment process involves a major commitment to listening with love and attention . . . to those who will be affected most deeply by our decisions.”20 In my spirit, I heard that we needed to talk to our children about what was happening inside our souls. Since they were young, it had never occurred to me to include them in this decision-making process.
Soon after, Jay and I came together, and we told our thirteen-year-old daughter and our ten-year-old son that we felt that God was up to something. They asked if we were moving. Were we changing churches? We said that we didn’t know any details—not when, not where. They responded with good questions rather than with anger, sadness, or concern. Neale said, “Dad, we can move if it will make you happy.”
The conversation was holy ground, a time and place forever marked, a place where we experienced God with them right where we were, on that brown wrap-around corduroy couch in our den.
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