Books like The tapestry by Edith Schaeffer

Simple Abundance offers daily essays that guide women to weave spirituality into everyday life, encouraging authentic self-expression through simple pleasures, mindful routines, and seasonal rhythms.

Do you long for your home to be life-giving and peaceful?Is it your desire to pass on a legacy of righteousness to your children?Do you struggle to balance the duties of motherhood with a loving relationship with your children?Would you like creative ideas and direction for keeping your child's heart open to you and to the Lord?A Fresh Vision for MotherhoodNo calling is greater, nobler, or more fulfilling than that motherhood. Every day, as we nurture our children, mothers influence eternal destiny as no one else can. Tragically, today's culture minimizes the vital importance of a mother's role. By catching a vision of God's original design and allowing it to shape your life, you can rediscover the joy and fulfillment to be found in the strategic role to which God in all his wisdom has called you, for a purpose far greater than you can ever imagine. Discover how understanding God's purpose and design can empower you to be the mother you long to be.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Nouwen recounts how he left his teaching post at Harvard Divinity School to become a staff member of the L'Arche community for mentally handicapped people in Toronto.