Substacks recommended by Annelise Roberts

Recommended by Annelise Roberts

A place for friends to enjoy some good old-fashioned book chat while revisiting the truth, beauty, and goodness we’ve found in our favorite books.

Haley Stewart's Newsletter

Imagination, Faith, and Good Books

Life Considered

By Haley Baumeister

the body, sex, and procreation — in medicine, society, and our own lives

Haley curates a feast of resources from a variety of publications each week. She is thoughtful in her sifting and I enjoy the thread of continuity that tie disparate things together in each week's selections.

- Annelise Roberts

The Pillar

News and analysis covering the Catholic Church.

Born of Wonder

By Katie

Firm believer in the beauty of the world. Taking seriously the words of St. Gregory: "We make idols of our concepts but wisdom is born of wonder."

Create Anyway

By Ashlee Gadd

For the light-chasers, beauty-seekers, and slow art enthusiasts. Humanity > AI.

COFFEE + CRUMBS

By Coffee + Crumbs

We bring mothers together through storytelling.

Art for the Liturgical Year

By Amelia McKee

Reflections on art through the Liturgical Year

The Hollow

By Dixie Dillon Lane

A welcoming place for discussions on education, family, & history.

Dixie's matter of fact approach to liturgical living, homeschooling and the challenge of seeking an analog life in a digital world, is encouraging and accessible.

- Annelise Roberts

More Beautiful Than Necessary

By Tresta Payne

A newsletter about truth, goodness, and beauty.

School of the Unconformed

By Ruth Gaskovski

Practical guidance for navigating daily life in the Machine Age.

Still Today

By Meredith

HI! I'm Meredith (mother of many, Saint devotee, sandwich enthusiast), and this is my #momblog

Meredith has a sense of humor which I dearly appreciate. Her posts usually have a line that makes me snort laugh. Her ability to relate the stories of Saints to those of us who are not quite saints is a gift.

- Annelise Roberts

Honest To Goodness

By Kaeley Triller Harms

A collection of thoughts about the intersection of women, the church, misogyny, marriage, divorce, motherhood, and a myriad other things that affect God's daughters.

Firelight

By Heather Cadenhead

Firelight is a monthly newsletter for anyone tending to the quiet glow of hope amid the dark wilds of an earthly life.

The Commonplace

By Tsh Oxenreider

Noticing what's still (and always has been) true, good, and beautiful in the world.

Tsh's "5 Things" is one of favorite Friday reads, and I can count on her community Book Chats to add to my TBR. She's a delightful, thoughtful human who says challenging truths without making anyone feel that she lives in an alternate classical universe.

- Annelise Roberts

Cultivating Clarity

By Kerri @ Clarity Life Consulting

A place for those who want to cultivate the spiritual & practical art of (daily) discernment and living with intention. >> Join us for weekly essays, journaling prompts, practical exercises, and gentle accountability (if you'd like it.)

S A Y A B L E

By Lore Ferguson Wilbert

For the believers, the doubters, the halfway in or outers. Saying the quiet part out loud.

Letters from a Catholic Feminist

By The Catholic Feminist

For Catholic women who want to be inspired, informed, + intentional.

Through a Glass Darkly

By Emily Stimpson Chapman

Church teaching for the head and the heart.

Good Exposure

By Kaitlin Rogers

A writer-photographer processes questions into more fully developed stories.

Whole and Holy

By Sara Dietz

Reflections about life and faith from a Catholic mother who's learning that we "grown ups" really aren't so different from the children in our lives.

Autumn Kern

Musings and mishaps born from good-natured mischief complemented by resources for the classical, Charlotte Mason mother.

To Tell You the Truth

By Krista Drechsel

Telling the truth with visceral, embodied storytelling. Freeing others to do the same.

Just Beautiful

By Steph

A newsletter about making space for places where beauty and justice meet.

let me tell you

By Katie Blackburn

all the things I've got to tell you

Good and Beautiful Things

By Aimee Guest

Making space for creativity, curiosity, and courage.

Aimee's explorations into life and art have a whimsy and honesty that make me smile with recognition each time I read them.

- Annelise Roberts

Andrew Goldstein

Olander CO Embroidery's Substack

By Anna Hultin

finding wonder in the ordinary through embroidery

Growing up WEIRD

By Guen Bradbury

WEIRD cultures are Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic. Us WEIRD adults get allergy, diabetes, arthritis, etc – and these are shaped by how we’re raised. Traditional cultures show us how to give children better adult health.

The Sunday Morning Snuggle

By Rebecca Marie

I miss snuggling into bed with a paper magazine and a coffee. So here are words to quietly savour about faith, books & food.

The School for Housewives

By Leila Marie Lawler

Practical help for wives to manage their households, meant for the spirited woman who is ready to be competent and cares not a fig for perfection, nor does she wish to live in a mess, but wants to make a warm home for her family and friends.

One Tired Mother

By Amber Adrian

Advocacy for women in a world that simultaneously devalues, pedestals, and ignores motherhood.

The Courage to Live It

By Shawn Smucker

"If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it." John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

Shawn offers wisdom for writing, life, and the writing life. He offers it with humility and humor, and I always enjoy reading his stories.

- Annelise Roberts

Hearthstone Fables

By Kristin Haakenson

Support for seasonal, local, liturgical living | Agrarian heritage of the Church year |

the liminal way

By Kristen LaValley

You can breathe easy here. I believe that God created us human on purpose and so I write about the complexities of being human and where those things intersect with faith, relationships, life, and culture. I'm glad you're here.

A Good Wilderness

By ESO

I'm Emily, a Lutheran wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, writing of life in Christ in Wyoming and in our sinful world. It's a good wilderness.

To Sow a Seed

“Encouraging and equipping Christian homemakers for their daily walk.”

The Inscapist

By Denise Trull

"The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention." - Flannery O'Connor. I am a lover of the word in all its forms. I stare incorrigibly at everything. And then I write.

SLANT LETTER

By Stephanie Duncan Smith

A newsletter on writing craft and style—from an editor in publishing who believes in the spiritual practice of the creative process.

Nooks & Crannies

By Maile Silva

One woman's bold attempt to not become a menace to society by writing in the nooks and crannies of her life as a wife, mother, daughter, bookshop owner, and citizen of planet Earth.

Back of the Flock

By Elizabeth Berget

A newsletter for a community of mothers trying to grow their faith & bear God's image right within the beautiful mess of motherhood.

How We Homeschool

By Catherine Oliver

How We Homeschool exists to show the world what home education can look like, and to help and inspire families by sharing approaches and resources that work. Families from all over the world share their experiences. Come and join us!

Catherine shares resources and perspectives from her charming UK homeschool. She also hosts a guest post series that invites others to share a day in their homeschool life. A kind, welcoming and encouraging space for the veteran homeschooler or homeschool curious alike.

- Annelise Roberts

Planting Season

By Stacy Bronec

Stories about learning to love an unexpected life from an accidental farm girl in Montana. Exploring the seasons of motherhood, marriage, and farm life.

Signs + Seasons

By Kristin Haakenson

a liturgical living guild - a space where we can enjoy camaraderie and inspiration as we journey through the Church year, together

Writing While Washing

Recommended by Annelise Roberts