From form to dust to crafter's table...

Born Alexandra Bogoslowsky, Audrey Grace is my name assumed from moments found in the deepest recesses of the pit. Belief in a power higher than myself was not instilled, but discovered. As children do in many ways, I wandered, emulating the examples of inspiration I’d always gravitated toward. Forming our own ways through life as a family of immigrants and never one to hesitate to leap with friend or foe, my heart opened to the traveling circus of spirituality, relationships, and desire to forge my own path from my teenage years. Hope to be wiser and resourceful, the identity I forged from each moment striving to prove my worth through my own power led to digging my own grave.

The mark of our second decade in our new century sparks memory of fear in the hearts of many, with unbelief quaking in our world as to whether or not we’ll ever put out our fires. My encouragement of a reframe in ministry through my published releases, both spoken and print, is that the grief and love we carry for all we care for and with is the same love. In my moments of despair for months leading to a final turn of the wheel, someone took that wheel and rang a resounding truth:

it's a lie.

That Truth is one I wrestled with for a short season of denial, stubborn as a mule until I came to read His Word on my own while becoming all the more–what particularly I wouldn't understand until I released all expectation of perfectionism and heart to prove I belong with authority honored. Learning to not lean on any one religious and spiritual authority but God with wisdom grounded in disciplined commitment from the heart, developing a compass of discernment through creativity, and believing in the worth of not only my own existence but all of creation because we are immeasurably loved—all form the foundation of what I offer and author with the Author.

Trust and belief are the same thread that garner union.

Trust that everything you'll create with every inspired tool available at your disposal within or without the frameworks guided through this work is founded in a Truth that sets you free when you know Who does. That freedom sent a name along a whisper to me when I was at my lowest, a name assumed in faith knowing I had nothing left of myself to empty. I recognized that presence inviting me to trust. Faith is the engine behind every motion I've assumed and the product of what releases; relax into all that's in store for you when you dare to dive deep with courage and face what's around every bend, true to how you are transforming.

The writing in development behind the scenes and shared with the world is aimed to promote growth, spark joy, and direct healing for all curious enough to wander the earth and mind alike on rock solid foundations of faith. Pulling from lived experience, imagination, and plenty of music, movies, and novels well received, as Pastor Tyler Staton writes in “The Familiar Stranger: (Re)Introducing the Holy Spirit To Those In Search of an Experiential Spirituality,”

If God uniquely gifted humans with imagination, isn’t it a bit backwards to assume that imagination is a hinderance to hearing God’s voice? Isn’t it more likely that imagination is an important medium for hearing God’s voice?

Imagine the possibilities of what lies ahead with joy. Lies don't define people, nor the liar, extending to our creations and tools we use; what lies in wait are principalities powerless to an authority within available with every free will choice to believe, at peace with a God who has loved you your whole life. Justified by faith by a Man who wore a crown of thorns for everything you and I will ever do, having walked out of a vertical grave—let’s soar together on journeys of creative expression, appreciation, and enjoy life in the world in communion. Fire will burn it all away, resounding from hearts living lives love filled and cast back out to the One who bore it all with a simple ask: pour out His living water from a heart He made whole.

In memory of many who have lose their lives for a season or in totality to addiction, strife, and those who continue to strive for hope and care, a percentage of sales from each Offering are donated to the Christian Appalachian Fund, detailed within each listing. Thank you especially to dear friends and family across time and all who serve with care from their heart. Unnamed or called out, you know who you, none of us go far without friends who inspire: Haley, Natalie and her husband John, Kathy, Stephanie, Paul, Irena, Maryann, Denise, Valeria, Larissa, Tristan, David, Irina, Sophia, Leslie, Marie, Andrey, many Priscillas, Hayden, and Genevieve.

Who is our strength more than the friend we have in Jesus?

All my love, Audrey Grace