Resilient Wildflowers, Resilient Faith: Lessons from God’s Creation for Anxious Souls

Join Shannon Bream as she welcomes artist, speaker, and author Ruth Chou Simons to discuss her stunningly beautiful new book, The Way of the Wildflower: Gospel Meditations to Unburden Your Anxious Soul. As founder of GraceLaced and a mama to six boys in western Colorado, Ruth shares how mountain hikes inspired her to take Jesus’s words literally—”consider how the wildflowers grow”—and study these resilient flowers that bloom between rocks, after wildfires, and in unexpected places. With exquisite watercolor botanical illustrations paired with Scripture-rich meditations, Ruth addresses 30 honest “when” statements (like “when you don’t want to read your Bible” or “when you want what you don’t have”), creating what she calls “a silver platter upon which the word of God would be served.” Ruth emphasizes that dependency is at the heart of everything—in God’s economy, He invites us to relish our limitations because that’s where He shows He is God and we are not. She reminds us that wildflowers don’t have watering timers or Miracle-Gro; they depend entirely on the Master Gardener, and so should we—offering a breathtaking gift of beauty, truth, and peace for anyone carrying an anxious soul.