“I began [blogging] because I have this handicap - I can't figure out my life or see God clearly unless I untangle my life again with words.” I CanFiguresBloggingHandicaps Author:Ann Voskamp
“So my blog wasn't about "platform" but really, it was everything you are not "supposed" to do in blogging.” PlatformsBlogsBlogging Author:Ann Voskamp
“I didn't (and still don't) have comments [in my blog]. It's about simply writing for an audience of One.” WritingStillsAudienceCommentBlogsAudience Of One Author:Ann Voskamp
“Of asking nothing of the reader - but offering a still, quiet oasis in the cybersphere to go vertical with God. An island of stillness to know that He is God.” KnowsStillsReaderQuietAskingIslandsStillnessOfferingOasisVertical Author:Ann Voskamp
“The blog is meant to be a bit of a side chapel - a place to slip into and still and encounter the glory of God - and come away again with a fresh sense that your life, right where you are, is a holy experience - that God dwells with you and in you, and where you are is holy ground, worthy of reverence and celebration and wonder.” StillsBitsSidesWonderHolyGloryWorthyEncountersWhere You AreMeant To BeSlipsCelebrationReverenceBlogsGlory Of GodChapelHoly Ground Author:Ann Voskamp
“That little burning bush that is the signature of the blog - it echoes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's words.” LittlesBurningEchoesBlogsSignaturesBurning Bush Author:Ann Voskamp
“The greatest compliment of the book [One Thousand Gifts]? Maybe the Muslim man in Iraq who was given the book and came to a saving knowledge of Jesus, wanted to live his life in thanks to God?” MenBookWantedJesusGivenThousandIraqThanksSavingComplimentOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“Maybe the woman who was handed the book [One Thousand Gifts] by a friend the morning before she had an abortion scheduled - and read the book and realized that this pregnancy that she didn't want - perhaps it too could be a gift from God? And then she said showed me the photo of this laughing 5 month old boy.” WantSaidBookBoysMorningLaughingMonthsThousandAbortionPregnancyGift From GodOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“Maybe the man who said that his doctor had pulled him off Prozac because One Thousand Gifts and taking the dare to write 1,000 gifts was healing deep places in him and leading him to *experience* joy.” MenWritingSaidJoyHealingHe ManThousandDoctorsDareProzacOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp
“Really, the greatest compliments about a book [One Thousand Gifts] are never about the book, or the author of the book, but about the reader and God and how the pages helped them connect at a deeper level.” BookLevelsReaderThousandPagesDeeperComplimentOne Thousand Gifts Author:Ann Voskamp