A Fresh Course for Fall 2024

Are you longing for more peace and a deeper connection with God in your everyday life?

In the midst of life’s stressors—whether it’s anxiety, overthinking, or feeling overwhelmed—it’s easy to let worry take over. But what if you could quiet the noise, calm your emotions, and draw closer to God, all while unlocking the healing power of journaling?

Introducing Journaling with Jesus, a powerful new course in the Fall 2024 Soul Care School designed to help you do just that. Through the spiritual practice of journaling with scripture and prayer, you’ll find peace and clarity, deepen your faith, and encounter God’s love in a more personal and tangible way.

Why Join the Fall 2024 Journaling with Jesus Course?

This course offers you a transformative journey to:

• Identify and Replace Misbeliefs: Uncover the lies and negative beliefs that rob you of peace and joy, and replace them with God’s promises of love and truth.
• Restore Calm Through Journaling: Learn how journaling can soothe your emotions and body, lower anxiety, and improve your mood—all while connecting with God.
• Experience Healing & Clarity: Through guided prayer, journaling, and scripture reflection, you’ll find healing from past hurts, gain clarity in areas where you feel stuck, and move forward with renewed confidence.
• Deepen Your Relationship with God: This course will move you beyond head knowledge and into a heart experience of God’s love, allowing you to hear His voice and see His hand in your life in a powerful new way.

What You’ll Receive:

• Weekly Video Workshops & Devotional Guides: Practical Teaching + Thoughtful journal prompts to guide you through scripture and prayer as you journal your faith stories.
• Scientific & Spiritual Wellness Benefits: Journaling is scientifically proven to reduce anxiety and improve your mood, while the spiritual practice of prayer and meditation on scripture has been shown to lower stress, calm the heart, and increase feelings of hope and peace.
• Self-Paced and Flexible Format: Access the course content anytime that fits your schedule, with opportunities for live sessions or to follow along at your own pace.
• No Expiration Date: There is no expiration date for watching replays and accessing the course content, while Soul Care School is operational.

Who is This Course For?

Join the thousands of course enrollments from students who have experienced spiritual transformation with Soul Care School!

• Anyone seeking a deeper, more intimate relationship with God.
• People looking to lower stress and anxiety and invite more joy into their daily lives.
• Those longing for healing from past hurts and a fresh start with renewed peace and confidence.
• Writers seeking inspiration or a breakthrough in their storytelling.
• Women in ministry who want to share their personal faith stories more authentically to reach others.
• Anyone who wants to create a spiritual legacy by capturing their stories of faith to share with loved ones.

Why Wait?

Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in your spiritual and emotional wellness. Join Journaling with Jesus: A Spiritual Wellness Course today and begin experiencing the peace, clarity, and connection with God that you’ve been longing for. Whether you join for the live sessions or follow along at your own pace, this course is designed to meet you where you are.

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, rest-filled life.

Don’t let stress overwhelm your life. Join us on this journey to draw closer to God, find inner peace, & experience the profound impact of studying the Bible in a personal & transformative way.

We start Monday Oct 28th!
{October 28 – January 10, 2024}
Replays available for you to watch videos anytime

 Bonus: Word of the Year Prayer Journaling Workshop

 Unlimited Replays to Watch Videos Anytime

 8 Weekly Journaling Wellness Workshops + Devotionals

 8 Week Journaling with Jesus Digital Guidebook

 8 LIVE Weekly Soul Care Group Coaching Sessions

 Bonus: Soul Care Strategies Resource Library

 Optional Add-On: 8-Week Guided Audio Prayers of Rest for Instant Calm

EXCLUSIVE BLESSINGS – WHAT YOU GET:
SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2024

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life.

Are you longing to live a more restful life renewed by God’s love, peace, and joy amidst life’s challenges?

Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, worry, and anxiety, longing for peace in life’s challenges? I understand your struggles and I’m here to guide you to flourish in wellness with Jesus through soul care and personal study of God’s Word.

Imagine creating space for your soul to breathe this spring.
Imagine a fresh start to flourish in wellness with Jesus!

In our hectic lives, it’s easy to lose our sense of calm and joy, but there’s hope! The Bible offers a path to hear God’s loving voice even in the most stressful moments. Jesus invites us: “Come to me all who are weary and burdened and… you will find rest for your souls.” Matt.11:28-29

We can’t pour out to others if we don’t refill on God’s rest – so where do you begin?

Here’s the great news: I’ve discovered a powerful path to healing and well-being by using SOUL CARE combining scripture + science with a unique Bible Study method to experience God’s peace and joy in your emotions and body. As your guide, I’ll teach you.

Find calming rest in daily life with the “Breathe Rest with Jesus” course! This empowering course helps you cultivate living a refreshed life by creating wellness rhythms of rest, rooted in God’s Promises in Scripture + the science of rest. Embrace your true self as God’s beloved daughter!

Explore practical approaches to nurture 4 areas of emotional, physical, spiritual, & social wellness in your life.

 In this course, you’ll learn to:

– Cultivate living a refreshed, restful life by creating wellness rhythms of rest with Jesus.

– Let God’s words shape your emotions positively.

– Experience God’s peace in your heart, not just in your head.

– Break free from stress, anxiety, and worry.

Don’t let stress overwhelm your life. Join us on this journey to draw closer to God, find inner peace, & experience the profound impact of studying the Bible in a personal & transformative way.

Ready to renew your spirit with God’s REST? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, rest-filled life.

We start Monday April 22nd!
{Runs April 22 – June 10, 2024}
Replays available for you to watch videos anytime

Watch Replay Videos anytime that works for you! Replays NEVER EXPIRE.
Lifetime Access to all materials.

LIVE Weekly Soul Care Workshops + Bible Studies
to Create Wellness Rhythms of Rest with Jesus 

Rest with Jesus Guidebook

 LIVE Weekly Group Coaching Sessions

 Optional Add-On: 8-Week Guided Audio Prayers of Rest for Instant Calm

 Bonus: 4-Session Calming Faith-based Yoga Workshop

 Bonus: Soul Care Strategies Resource Library

EXCLUSIVE BLESSINGS – WHAT YOU GET:
SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2024

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, worry, and anxiety, longing for peace in life’s challenges? I understand your struggles and I’m here to guide you to flourish in wellness with Jesus through soul care and personal study of God’s Word during Lent.

Lent Devotional Study
SPECIAL LENT OFFER!
With Soul Care Mentor & Bestselling Author Bonnie Gray

Lent is one of the most healing and powerful soul care 6-week spiritual journey I take with Jesus every year, because it is a transforming intimate experience to walk with Jesus on his way to the cross – and into new life on Easter!

Lent takes place Wed Feb 14 – Thu Mar 28, 2024! Starts Valentine’s Day!

The Lent Wellness Soul Care Study is a 6-Week healing detox guiding you to soak in God’s love deeper as you journal prayers & enjoy calming meditations. Enjoy healing peace as we walk towards Easter with Jesus.

What you get:

Lent eDevotional: 6-Week Digital GuideBook
6 Lent Teaching Videos
6 Lent Audio Guided Meditations
Enjoy this soul-healing resource to experience Jesus’ love for you in a deeply personal way as His beloved!

Here is What Women Are Saying:
Alma:
“Bonnie’s soul care ministry to helped guide me through a challenging time and open my heart to heal & dream. It has been life-changing! It blessed me & many women!”

Sandee M.:
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for Soul Care School. It has been transformative in my life and helped me along my current journey.”

Donna Say:
“It’s been a blessing to be in your Soul Care course. God has surely inspired me with these classes – to make time for soul care as a part of my daily routine.”

Kim:
“Soul Care School helped me learn throughout busy days… To inhale and exhale words of Scripture and intentionally relax and rest. It TRULY made such a difference!”

Rachel Druckenmiller:
“Your message of soul care really resonated with me! I feel like I’ve been a caterpillar most of my life and like I’ve hatched out of my cocoon and am ready to fly and be FREE!”

Don’t let stress overwhelm your life. Join us on this healing journey to draw closer to God, find inner peace, & experience the profound impact of walking through Lent with the Bible in a personal & transformative way.

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot!

We start Wednesday February 14th!
{Runs Feburary 14 – March 28, 2024}
Videos are available for you to watch anytime

Watch Videos anytime that works for you! All materials NEVER EXPIRE.
Lifetime Access to all materials.

6 Weekly Lent Teaching Videos

6-Week Lent Digital Guidebook

 6 Lent Audio Guided Meditations 

Are you longing to start the new year with unshakeable joy? 

Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, worry, and anxiety, longing for peace in life’s challenges? I understand your struggles and I’m here to guide you to flourish in wellness with Jesus through soul care and personal study of God’s Word.

In our hectic lives, it’s easy to lose our sense of calm and joy, but there’s hope! The Bible offers a path to hear God’s loving voice even in the most stressful moments. Jesus invites us: “Come to me all who are weary and burdened and… you will find rest for your souls.” Matt.11:28-29

Jesus further invites us to live with full joy: These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full.” John 15:11 

We can’t pour out to others if we don’t refill on God’s goodness – so where do you begin?

Here’s the great news: I’ve discovered a powerful path to healing and well-being by using SOUL CARE combining scripture + science with a unique Bible Study method to experience God’s peace and joy in your emotions and body. As your guide, I’ll teach you.

Find joy in daily life with the “Breathe Joy with Jesus” course! This empowering course helps you cultivate living a joy-filled life by creating happy healthy habits, rooted in God’s Promises in Scripture + the science of joy. Embrace your true self as God’s beloved daughter in the new year!

Explore practical approaches to nurture 4 areas of emotional, physical, spiritual, & social wellness in your life.

 In this course, you’ll learn to:

– Cultivate living a joy-filled life by creating happy, healthy habits

– Let God’s words shape your emotions positively.

– Experience God’s peace in your heart, not just in your head.

– Break free from stress, anxiety, and worry.

Don’t let stress overwhelm your life. Join us on this journey to draw closer to God, find inner peace, & experience the profound impact of studying the Bible in a personal & transformative way.

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life.

We start Wednesday January 17th!
{Runs January 17 – March 31, 2024}
Replays available for you to watch videos anytime

Watch Replay Videos anytime that works for you! Replays NEVER EXPIRE. Lifetime Access to all materials.

Weekly Soul Care Workshops + Bible Studies
for Happy Healthy Habits 

Joy with Jesus Guidebook

 LIVE Weekly Group Coaching Sessions

 Optional Add-On: 6-Week Lent Wellness Devotional Study 

 Bonus: 3-Session Calming Crochet Workshop

 Bonus: Soul Care Strategies Resource Library

EXCLUSIVE BLESSINGS – WHAT YOU GET:
SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2024

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, worry, and anxiety, longing for peace in life’s challenges? I understand your struggles and I’m here to guide you to flourish in wellness with Jesus through soul care and personal study of God’s Word.

In our hectic lives, it’s easy to lose our sense of calm and joy, but there’s hope! The Bible offers a path to hear God’s loving voice even in the most stressful moments. Jesus invites us: “Come to me all who are weary and burdened and… you will find rest for your souls.” Matt.11:28-29

We can’t pour out to others if we don’t refill on God’s goodness – so where do you begin?

Here’s the great news: I’ve discovered a powerful path to healing and well-being by using SOUL CARE combining scripture + science with a unique Bible Study method to experience God’s peace and joy in your emotions and body. As your guide, I’ll teach you.

 In this course, you’ll learn how to:

– Let God’s words shape your emotions positively.

– Experience God’s peace in your heart, not just in your head.

– Break free from stress, anxiety, and worry.

Don’t let stress overwhelm your life. Join us on this journey to draw closer to God, find inner peace, and experience the profound impact of studying the Bible in a personal & transformative way.

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life.

We start Wednesday October 18th!
Replays available for you to watch videos anytime

 5 Week Bible Study Course 

 3 Monthly Soul Care Topic Workshops

 3 Monthly Group Coaching Sessions

 Bonus: 4 Week Advent Devotional Study 

 Bonus: Soul Care Strategies Resource Library

WHAT YOU GET: SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2023

Ready to renew your spirit? Click the REGISTER TODAY button below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life.

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…
You will find rest for your souls.” Matt.11:28

Dear Friends, I want to share exciting news with you! My new Wellness Bible Study Course is finally HERE, sisters!  It’s called How to Study the Bible to Hear God’s Voice More Personally In Your Life!

Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress, worry, and anxiety? Do you long for a way to calm your restless mind and find peace in the midst of life’s challenges?  I understand the struggles you may be facing, and I’m here to guide you towards a deeper connection with God through soul care and personal study of His Word.

I can definitely relate. Despite being a lifelong Christian who loves Jesus, prayer, people, and ministry, I personally struggled with anxiety and depression for a decade as a mom of two boys, experiencing severe stress and panic attacks.

In the chaos of our daily lives, it’s easy to lose our sense of calm and direction. But there’s hope! The Bible offers a path to hear God’s loving voice even in the most stressful moments. But, we can’t pour out to others if we don’t refill on God’s goodness – but where do you start?

Here’s the good news: I discovered a powerful path to healing and well-being by using SOUL CARE combining scripture and science with a unique Bible Study method to experience God’s peace in your heart and joy personally in daily life.

As your Soul Care Mentor, I want to invite you to join me on a transformative journey to renew your spirit and find peace in the midst of life’s challenges. 

I’m so excited to share with you my new course:
How to Study the Bible to Hear God More Personally in Your Life! 

Yes, sister –I’m starting Soul Care School to offer this LIVE Course! 

My course will teach you how to:

• Allow God’s words to shape your emotions positively.
• Experience God’s peace in your heart, not just as head knowledge.
• Break free from the grip of stress, anxiety, and worry.

Join us on this transformative journey as I guide you throughThe 3-Step Story Method, a set of tools and soul care strategies that helped me heal and flourish in wellness with Jesus during my own 10-year journey.

Discover how to break free from harmful thought patterns, find your spark of joy again, and let God’s words shape your thinking, feelings, and actions.

Don’t let stress overwhelm your life. Join me on this journey to draw closer to God, find inner peace, and learn the profound impact of studying the Bible in a personal and transformative way.

Together, we can nurture your well-being with Jesus by our side. Don’t miss this chance to rediscover the spring in your step and the song in your heart.

Click below to reserve your spot and take the first step towards a more peaceful, joy-filled life

Connect with Me:
Follow me on Instagram @thebonniegray or Facebook @thebonniegray where I post sunshine soul care for your soul!

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…
You will find rest for your souls.” Matt.11:28

Dear Friends, I want to share exciting news with you! My new book is finally HERE, sisters!  It’s called Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less and Transform Chaos to Calm! 

I wrote this NEW guidebook to refresh your soul with God’s love and peace! Learn soul care tips based on God’s Word and back by science that will help you break free from worry, anxiety, and stress. These are the same wellness practices I used to help me on my healing journey.

These are simple, powerful actions you can take to lower stress and spark God’s peace and joy to your emotions and body.

I’m SO excited to share this beautiful guidebook that I spent over a year writing for you! As I battled through long COVID, thinking of encouraging you carried me to the finish!

You know, as someone who has walked the journey of healing – from anxiety, depression, and even panic attacks – I’m SO happy I can share 21 ways to lower stress and anxiety in four areas of wellness, so you can flourish in your life with God’s peace and joy in:

• Emotional Wellness
• Spiritual Wellness
• Physical Wellness
• Social Wellness

Which area of wellness are you longing for more of God’s peace and joy?

Breathe will guide you to release your stress and refresh your soul, helping you break free from worry, stress, and anxiety in these four areas of wellness.

How? Click here to read the book’s back cover description.

SO, pre-order your copies now and sign up for the FREE Breathe Wellness Bible Study here! You can 4 Live sessions + Community Support!

FREE 4-Week Breathe Online Wellness Bible Study!
Prioritize your well-being + focus on God’s Word in the New Year!

Take better care of you, grow closer to God, and create new wellness habits based on Scripture and science in the new year!

Sign up for your free bonus gifts now at thebreathebook.com

Here’s more information to sign up for these free Bonus Gifts below!

Enjoy my FREE online 4-Week Wellness Bible Study to tackle holiday stressors & practice soul care wellness to enjoy Christmas season with God’s love, hope, peace & joy. You get 4 LIVE sessions with me + Community Support! Replay available!

** THIS BONUS GIFT OFFER RUNS UNTIL FEBRUARY 9, 2023
ENDS THURS FEB 9, SO SIGN UP NOW! 

Start the new year prioritizing your well-being & God’s Word! Join this powerful FREE Breathe 4-Week Online Bible Study to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm (LIVE sessions with me + Community Support) to take better care of you & grow closer to God. (Starts Feb 9, 2023) Replay available.

How to Receive your FREE GIFTS

STEP 1. Pre-order your copy of Breathe on Amazon (click here)

Who can you encourage? Purchase copies of Breathe to give the gift of wellness to your friends this Christmas so they can take better care of themselves with God’s peace and joy! They’ll enjoy the Bible Study & Holiday Retreat with you! How fun is that?!

Your friends will thank you for helping them stress less with wellness and God’s love!

STEP 2. Claim Your Free Bonus Gifts at thebreathebook.com (click here)

You’ll get access to the Private Breathe Online Community! Yay!

 Share this email with a friend to encourage her today! And women in your small groups. Thanks for your loving support! I’m so grateful for you! 

Dear Jesus,

Thank you for my friend
and all the beautiful ways you’ve created her
to reflect your loving heart and your beauty
in the unique ways that only she can do.

Help her to feel as beautiful and beloved as she truly is this very moment,
as you hold her hand
and see all goodness you’ve prepared just for her.

I pray that you’ll inspire my friend
to read the new book Breathe that you and I wrote together
to renew and refresh her soul,
as you’ve guided me to share what has encouraged me
to help and encourage her too.

Bring to her mind, 
the faces of friends and family in her life,
who she can bless by gifting this book Breathe,
to share the message of your peace and love
– because each woman is worth taking care of.

How she feels matters. She matters to you.

Draw my beloved sister
into your gentle embrace of comfort today.

Thank you for loving her so deeply.
for she is your beloved.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

PSST! I would LOVE to get your help and support! I’ll be posting a 1-min video on Facebook and Instagram later today to share about my new book! Please share and help spread the news about Breathe on your Facebook & Instagram! I can’t do this alone, and I’m grateful I don’t have to! Let’s do this together! Thank you so much for your love and support, sisters!  

Connect with Me:
Follow me on Instagram @thebonniegray or Facebook @thebonniegray where I post sunshine soul care for your soul!

“Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest…
You will find rest for your souls.” Matt.11:28

Dear Friends, I want to share exciting news with you! My new book is finally HERE, sisters!  It’s called Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less and Transform Chaos to Calm! 

I wrote this NEW guidebook to refresh your soul with God’s love and peace! Learn soul care tips based on God’s Word and back by science that will help you break free from worry, anxiety, and stress. These are the same wellness practices I used to help me on my healing journey.

These are simple, powerful actions you can take to lower stress and spark God’s peace and joy to your emotions and body.

I’m SO excited to share this beautiful guidebook that I spent over a year writing for you! As I battled through long COVID, thinking of encouraging you carried me to the finish!

You know, as someone who has walked the journey of healing – from anxiety, depression, and even panic attacks – I’m SO happy I can share 21 ways to lower stress and anxiety in four areas of wellness, so you can flourish in your life with God’s peace and joy in:

• Emotional Wellness
• Spiritual Wellness
• Physical Wellness
• Social Wellness

Which area of wellness are you longing for more of God’s peace and joy?

Breathe will guide you to release your stress and refresh your soul, helping you break free from worry, stress, and anxiety in these four areas of wellness.

How? Click here to read the book’s back cover description.

SO, pre-order your copies now for Christmas (for yourself) and to give gifts (for friends) and receive TWO FREE BONUS GIFTS for you!

FREE 4-Week Breathe “Stress Less” Holiday Wellness Retreat
We’ll step through Advent together to add more peace and joy!

FREE 4-Week Breathe Online Bible Study!
Prioritize your well-being + focus on God’s Word in the New Year!

Take better care of you, grow closer to God, and create new wellness habits based on Scripture and science in the new year!

Sign up for your free bonus gifts now at thebreathebook.com

Here’s more information to sign up for these free Bonus Gifts below!

Enjoy my FREE online 4-Week Advent Retreat to tackle holiday stressors & practice soul care wellness to enjoy Christmas season with God’s love, hope, peace & joy. You get 4 LIVE sessions with me + Community Support! Replay available!

** THIS BONUS OFFER ENDS MONDAY DECEMBER 5
ENDS Mon Dec 5th, SO SIGN UP NOW! 

Start the new year prioritizing your well-being & God’s Word! Join this powerful FREE Breathe 4-Week Online Bible Study to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm (LIVE sessions with me + Community Support) to take better care of you & grow closer to God. (Starts Jan 10, 2023) Replay available.

** THIS BONUS GIFT OFFER RUNS UNTIL JANUARY 9, 2023
ENDS MON JAN 9, SO SIGN UP NOW! 

How to Receive your FREE GIFTS

STEP 1. Pre-order your copy of Breathe on Amazon (click here)

Who can you encourage? Purchase copies of Breathe to give the gift of wellness to your friends this Christmas so they can take better care of themselves with God’s peace and joy! They’ll enjoy the Bible Study & Holiday Retreat with you! How fun is that?!

Your friends will thank you for helping them stress less with wellness and God’s love!

STEP 2. Claim Your Free Bonus Gifts at thebreathebook.com (click here)

You’ll get access to the Private Breathe Online Community! Yay!

 Share this email with a friend to encourage her today! And women in your small groups. Thanks for your loving support! I’m so grateful for you! 

Dear Jesus,

Thank you for my friend
and all the beautiful ways you’ve created her
to reflect your loving heart and your beauty
in the unique ways that only she can do.

Help her to feel as beautiful and beloved as she truly is this very moment,
as you hold her hand
and see all goodness you’ve prepared just for her.

I pray that you’ll inspire my friend
to read the new book Breathe that you and I wrote together
to renew and refresh her soul,
as you’ve guided me to share what has encouraged me
to help and encourage her too.

Bring to her mind, 
the faces of friends and family in her life,
who she can bless by gifting this book Breathe,
to share the message of your peace and love
– because each woman is worth taking care of.

How she feels matters. She matters to you.

Draw my beloved sister
into your gentle embrace of comfort today.

Thank you for loving her so deeply.
for she is your beloved.

In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

PSST! I would LOVE to get your help and support! I’ll be posting a 1-min video on Facebook and Instagram later today to share about my new book! Please share and help spread the news about Breathe on your Facebook & Instagram! I can’t do this alone, and I’m grateful I don’t have to! Let’s do this together! Thank you so much for your love and support, sisters!  

Connect with Me:
Follow me on Instagram @thebonniegray or Facebook @thebonniegray where I post sunshine soul care for your soul!

My Book SWEET LIKE JASMINE IS NAMED
A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD
AWARDED BY The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA)

“The Christian Book Award® program recognizes the highest quality in Christian books and Bibles and is among the oldest and most prestigious awards program in the religious publishing industry. Presented annually to the finest in Christian publishing since 1978, the Christian Book Award® program honors the “best of the year” in 12 categories.”

Earlier this summer, to my surprise – and to God’s glory and only because of YOUR support for this book’s release and ministry as an author –– I officially got the amazing news that my new book Sweet Like Jasmine has been selected as a finalist in the Memoir Category for this industry award!! Here are the finalists.



Who would have guessed that a little girl born in San Francisco Chinatown to a teenage mail-order bride from Hong Kong for a mother who was abandoned by a father who worked in a noodle-shop could ever publish a book about her stories of faith and the hope of the Gospel?  It is only by God’s amazing grace through your support of reading, gifting, buying and sharing about my book– writing reviews and recommending and inviting me to speak. It is only because we have this amazing connection as sisters in Christ, who are loved by the same Loving Savior Jesus, that you have opened your heart and been generous to support me.

Have you read Sweet Like Jasmine yet?  Pick up a copy for yourself or encourage a friend! Looking for a book club pick or small group study? Read it with other women in your book clubs!! The book is designed with discussion questions in each chatper to help women share their stories of faith and to encourage each other by exploring how a woman’s true worth and how God makes beauty out of brokenness!!

Check out reviews women shared here and hear how has encouraged them! Thank you for such kind reviews that bless my heart! To God be the glory! 

Thank you especially to my Patreon supporters who provide funds for this newsletter, the podcast, and my ministry as an author who keep me going. If you’ve been blessed by my ministry, I invite you to consider joining as a Patron! I’ll be doing a book club for Sweet Like Jasmine to read this book together with Patreon members in the summer! Learn more by clicking here.

Would my mother Ah-Ma come to my wedding? I didn’t know.

One morning, seventeen years ago, I stepped into my Western bridal gown as American Bonnie for our church wedding ceremony, where my husband and I would exchange our vows. Later that night, I changed into my red Chinese wedding silk dress as Asian Bonnie at our wedding banquet.

The traditional silk dress is called cheongsam in the Cantonese dialect spoken in Southern China GuongDong where my parents are from. They escaped to British Hong Kong when the Communist party rose to power during the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong.

In Mandarin, the silk dress is called chi-pow. Brides wear red to symbolize good fortune and happiness for a new life as a couple.

That day was significant for me. Choosing happiness for myself was very different from the expectations I grew up with. I was taught to focus on the greater good, on what would be helpful and loving for others. Up to that point in my life, most of my life decisions had revolved around making choices for my family — my mother, who was a single mom, and my sister, who was five years younger than me.

I didn’t grow up in a cookie-cutter family that had a mom and dad, so I wondered if I could have the kind of whole-family happiness I’d always longed for. Did I deserve it, or was that selfish?

Happiness was more of an afterthought for me. It was nice when happiness was a part of my experience, as a side benefit to the responsibilities I shouldered. But to choose something simply because it gave me happiness? That seemed too extravagant.

Was I even worth happiness for my own sake if it didn’t serve other people?

So, choosing my husband — a soulmate with whom I’d define happiness together as a couple and later as a family — was a new territory of faith for me…to be continued on (in)courage where I’m posting today.  ​

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Preorder Sweet Like Jasmine to Get FREE BONUS GIFTS!

Friend, I’m so excited to announce FOUR BONUS GIFTS for you to order Sweet Like Jasmine! Sign up here for your FREEBIE BONUS GIFTS!

Stories of Faith Journal

This special journal pairs inspiring quotes and Scripture with prompts to help you capture your faith stories and celebrate the true beloved you God created. These pages create the space to reveal makes you incredibly unique and beautifully whole. You will remember God’s goodness and pass on your legacy of faith. 

Stories of Faith Workshop (begins August 24, 2021)

Encourage your heart by joining this interactive workshop in a private loving community led by author Bonnie Gray to help you celebrate God’s goodness in your life and share your stories of faith. This exciting, nurturing workshop empowers you to celebrate being God’s beloved.

Sweet Like Jasmine Audiobook (Read by Me)

Enjoy Sweet Like Jasmine wherever life takes you. Moving through bok-choy-fish markets, noodle shops, crossing cable car tracks and childhood memories on the hills of Chinatown, Bonnie Gray takes you on a rich storytelling audio experience of the book.

Sweet Like Jasmine Book Club (begins October)

Get encouraged reading Sweet Like Jasmine in a powerful online community experience, led by soul care guide Bonnie Gray. This will be a fun and encouraging interactive experience with weekly live videos to support you to discover your true worth!

Taking the Sweet Like Jasmine journey will empower you to:
Feel seen and valued, resting in God’s love for you.

See the grace woven in each chapter of your life and embrace the wholeness of who you are.

Learn to listen deeply to your life and feel empowered in your true worth.

Find joy, hope, and healing in rewriting your stories with faith.

 Your Story Matters.  You Matter.  You are beloved.

Sweet Like jasmine is my story as the daughter of a mail-order bride from Hong Kong and a father who was a busboy in a noodle shop who left me when I was seven years old. After stumbling on an old birth certificate, I set out to SF Chinatown to uncover family secrets I ran away from, to find the my childhood home and the dad who abandoned me! I share my hard-won lessons of faith to empower you with God’s love and hope with this book!!

You’ll be changed by what you’ll discover about God’s love for you! I’m so excited to bless you! READ about the book here on Amazon!

HOW TO GET YOUR PREORDER FREEBIES

1. Preorder the book (click here to purchase). Thank you so much for your support! I wrote this book for you. You’re the reason I’m an author, sweet friend!

2. After you preorder, click here to sign up for all the BONUS FREEBIES (FREE Audiobook, Journal, Workshop & Book Club, by filling out the form.

Then, spread the word! Invite your friends, daughter, mother, small group, ministry leaders — and everyone in-between to bless the women in your life! This book is going to be soul-changing and beautiful!

EARLY READING ACCESS
You’ll get access
to read the digital copy before release!
 PLUS $500 worth of giveaways!
join the launch team here!

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