I’m so very, very happy to welcome to the page today, my dear friend, Allison Byxbe. She’s often found with pen to page and all-things-journaling are in her wheelhouse. I couldn’t be more delighted to share her new book, Journaling as a Spiritual Practice, with you. This book lands on shelves and online today! It’s available to order right here, and for more about Allison’s community and all the guided journaling opportunities she offers, hop over here toAllison Byxbe.com.
If you are a long-time journaler or a life-long journaler, if you are an occasional journaler, if you are seeking new inspiration to draw you back into journaling, if you’ve never journaled at all, Journaling as a Spiritual Practice, may be the companion you are waiting for. Allison excels at gentle prompts, open invitations, and a kind compassion that offers a spaciousness for your soul.
For journalers and non-journalers, alike, this book will find a home on your bookshelves, on your desk beside your pens, or on your coffee table for easy reflection.
If putting pen to page is not your style, I believe you will still find hope and healing in the stories and words in these pages. Each chapter ends with questions, prompts if you want, but even answering aloud or sitting in meditation or reflection will allow you to feel the frayed edges and find the balm your soul is asking for.
A Word From Allison
“I’ve had seasons in my life where journaling felt like an afterthought.
And then seasons where it felt like oxygen.
Though I’ve kept a journal since I was a child, something about journaling in an oxygen season was different.
My thoughts and feelings and questions were a jumbled heap of uncertainty.
But, as I kept putting pen to page, I realized that I was healing.
How could something so simple, something I’d learned to do in elementary school, be so life-giving?
Because it’s how our brains our wired.
Writing down our stories in a safe space helps us name what otherwise feels unknowable.
Helps us understand–make meaning–where once questions only stood.
Invites us to slow down long enough to listen to the breathings of our heart and the gentle, steady whisper of God.
That realization is what led me to write Journaling as a Spiritual Practice: Tracing the Lines of Grace to God’s Presence.
This book invites you into some of the tenderest parts of my story, how I found my way through and back to God with a pen in hand, and then ever-so gently guides you to write about the lines of grace threaded through your own story.”
~ Allison Byxbe
The Book Blurb ~
“Journaling as a Spiritual Practice outlines Allison’s transformative journey from grief and depression to healing and wholeness. The Bible is filled with rich language and images that reveal our triune God—living water, bread, a door, a gentle whisper. Journaling through Scripture’s metaphors became her lifeline: a way to process grief, make sense of the impossible, and encounter—and then fully live in—the presence of God once again.
This book guides readers through the spiritual practice of journaling. Each chapter weaves Allison’s story with journaling examples and prompts, while teaching readers how to journal through Scripture. Readers will immediately begin applying what they learn.
Are you looking for a fresh way to hear and experience God?
Be mended by His mercy?
Find shelter beneath His wing?
Immerse yourself in Scripture through journaling, and you will find your way back into His presence.“
Journaling as a Spiritual Practice offers the gentle voice, the kind encouragement, the friend who’s not afraid to stay in the room and help us wrestle with our fears, ask our haunting questions out loud, and weep loudly for what might have been. Allison’s words wrap a warm blanket around our shoulders, her journaling prompts hand us a pen and point us down the path, and her invitation to collective writing holds out a steaming mug with whip on top and beckons, “Settle in.” This book is a beautiful, enduring gift for anyone who has ever found themselves plunged into a dark night of the soul. It will be your kind companion. A quiet, steady behind-the-scenes friend, humbly and faithfully doing the work with no need or desire to be lauded or admired. I’m grateful to have received an advance digital copy from the publisher and can’t wait to hold the physical book in my hands!
Do you journal or have another way of processing? Do you have any favorite journals, pens, or notebooks? Any favorite books about journaling? I’d love to hear! Thank-you for being here and sharing my celebration for Allison and Journaling as a Spiritual Practice.
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