a short intro

because I'm usually terrible at introductions and need to practice social skills

Welcome to some white space in the chaos. Want more joy and peace in the midst of your wild days? Bring a cup of tea or coffee and curl up at your leisure…or just lock yourself away somewhere for a few minutes with some chocolate. That’s what I do.

This content is spamless, occasionally brilliant and/or hilarious, and never leaves the toilet seat up, talks back, or claws your furniture. I share deep, honest thoughts (and also shallow, quirky ones) about wholeness & prayer, parenting (including homeschooling, adoption, & special needs), redeeming culture & navigating current events, and walking through it all as someone who abides with Jesus — in other words, living deep + wide.

Want more info? You can read more about me here.

benefits for paid subscribers:

About 90% of my writing is available for free for everyone. But if you’d like to support this ministry and work, I have a bunch of content just for premium subscribers and you can find the index page for it all here. That page is constantly frequently (whoops) often updated. (Monthly, at least. Ahem.) Your support ensures that I get paid more than just pennies per hour for every post, and it also allows me to minister individually to many people, including readers like you.*

Here’s what you get as a premium subscriber:

• exclusive monthly newsletters (including audio versions), plus audio editions of top newsletters from the archives

• a monthly ask-me-anything Q&A. I haven’t skipped a hard question yet. No jive!

• excerpts of my latest book, Risk The Ocean, including old family photos from that season of our lives

• Oh My Soul and Upside Down in audio, director’s cut style — which means I’ve added commentary throughout with backstory and updates.

• access to our small, private Telegram group, where we are hashing out real life stuff and fellowshipping forward

• 40% off any purchase of ten books or more. Details here.

*If you’re unable to pay but you love what I write and want all the content, please email me at shannon@copperlightwood.com and I’ll comp you a paid subscription, no questions asked.

Thanks so much for your support.

Shannon