So…I wrote a book. It’s called Beauty for Ashes. I wish I could claim that phrase, but it actually originates with the prophet Isaiah:

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaimliberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

Isaiah 61:1-3

My journey to publication is a long and winding one. Perhaps that story will be told at another time. My hope here is a simple one. The premise of Beauty for Ashes is that the Savior, through His enabling grace, can help us to respond to the almost constant challenges, offenses, and hurts that life brings. Simply said, it is a book about becoming the Christlike response. I intend to use this page as a place to share stories of real people receiving this grace and being enabled by the Savior to become “even as [He] is” (3 Nephi 27:27.)

I invite you to join me in the journey.