A simple life isn’t about having less. It’s about knowing what matters.
For each of us, a simple life looks a little different. It isn’t about following a set of rules, giving up everything modern, or trying to recreate a way of life that disappeared generations ago.
It’s about paying attention—to what we need, what we value, how we spend our time, and whether the life we’re building actually fits the person living it.
Through stories, practical experience, humor, and more than a few lessons learned the hard way, these books explore everything from home and food to faith, finances, resourcefulness, and the choices we make every day.
Living a Simple Life isn’t a prescription for how life ought to look. It’s an invitation to think about how you want yours to look—and then find your own way there.
Are you ready to live your own simple life? Then it’s time to Start Where You Are.
Sometimes the best way to figure out what a simple life looks like for you is to see how someone else found their way there. These books share what I’ve learned along my own road—what worked, what didn’t, and more than a few lessons learned the hard way. Maybe something in them will help you find your own way, too.
The Farm Wife: Living a Simple Life on the Farm
When Julie traded suburban life for sixty rural acres, she discovered that simple living comes with a considerable learning curve. From gardens, cows, chickens, and barn cats to canning, old-fashioned skills, frugal living, and more than a few lessons learned the hard way, The Farm Wife shares the funny, frustrating, and rewarding realities of building a simpler life—held together with faith, determination, and occasionally duct tape, hay string, and rust…(read more)
The Search for a Simple Life
A simpler life doesn’t require moving to a farm or giving up everything modern. The Search for a Simple Life explores practical ways to begin making life quieter, more intentional, and more manageable—from faith and frugal living to gardening, preserving food, teaching basic life skills, and becoming more resourceful. Rather than offering one right way to live, it’s an invitation to decide what matters to you and begin building your own version of a simple life… (read more)
Faith & a Simple Life
A simple life can make room for the things that matter most, but faith is the golden thread that binds them together. Faith & a Simple Life explores practical ways to weave faith more intentionally into everyday living—from creating an Inner Room and building a faith-centered home to strengthening relationships, serving others, and discovering your own ministry. It’s about making faith more than one part of life and allowing it to become part of everything you do…(read more)
How to Cook a Possum: Yesterday’s Skills & Frugal Tips for Today’s Simple Life
Some old-fashioned skills disappeared because we no longer needed them. Others may still be worth knowing. How to Cook a Possum takes a practical—and sometimes humorous—look at skills, frugal habits, and resourceful ideas from the past that can still be useful in a modern simple life. And yes, there really is a possum recipe. Julie has never cooked it, has no intention of starting now, and will happily stick with PB&J if you decide to try it…(read more)
Be Someone’s Hero
True heroism is rarely found in grand gestures. More often, it lives in the small things—a meal shared with a neighbor, a helping hand, or simply being there when someone needs you. Rooted in faith, family, community, and simple living, Be Someone’s Hero explores how ordinary acts of kindness, compassion, and service can make a meaningful difference—one person, one small moment at a time…(read more)
