Ashley Hales
Ashley Hales (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is a writer, speaker, and host of the Finding Holy podcast. She is the author of A Spacious Life and Finding Holy in the Suburbs and her writing has been featured in Christianity Today, Books and Culture, and The Gospel Coalition. Ashley is married to a pastor and the mother to four children.
Articles by Ashley Hales
Ashley Hales • 14 Oct 2021
A compelling excerpt from *A Spacious Life* by Ashley Hales, inviting readers to embrace life’s limits, let go of endless striving, and discover purpose, rest, and freedom in God’s presence.
Ashley Hales • 1 Nov 2018
How can places shape us spiritually and personally? Ashley Hales offers some reflections as we discuss what she has learned through writing her recent book.
Ashley Hales • 17 May 2018
What does a typical day look like for a working, writing parent? Ashley Hales gives us a peek into the patterns and resources that keep her going.
Ashley Hales • 13 Feb 2018
Ashley Hales considers the depths of love we find within the rituals of Ash Wednesday.
Ashley Hales • 21 Nov 2017
Ashley Hales muses on the unfolding practices that cultivate gratitude in the life of her family (and shares a go-to recipe).
Ashley Hales • 3 Oct 2017
Ashley Hales digs deep into Fredrick Backman's best-selling novel and uncovers wisdom for us all.
Ashley Hales • 2 May 2017
Ashley Hales defends the reading of fiction as an exercise for personal and spiritual growth.
Ashley Hales • 27 Sep 2016
A reflection on leaving academia after years of pursuing it, discovering that God can redirect our path and call us to meaningful work beyond the plans we once held.
Ashley Hales • 16 Aug 2016
Ashley Hales invites us to consider reading as an act of social change in her review of Chris Smith's Reading for the Common Good.