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Discover the leisure Your Soul’s Been Missing

Holy

Transform your quiet time from duty to delight

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Holy leisure is a
Grace-filled shift from

Checking Boxes
Savoring Scripture
Striving
Abiding
Dutifully Performing
Restfully Delighting

You should read this book if you are...

A check box checker

Those whose quiet times feel like a check box.

Frustrated by inconsistency

Those who are exhausted and frustated by their inability to keep a regular routine with God.

Desiring change

Those who desire to see God’s Word as relevant in their everyday lives.

Spiritually dry

Those who feel spiritually dry and wonder if their quiet time will ever feel vibrant again.

Too busy to slow down

Those who feel too busy and long for rest, but don’t see God’s Word as restful.

Wanting to enjoy God

Those who want to enjoy God amid family, ministry, work, and community demands.

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About the Author

Cara Ray

Cara Ray is a writer, Bible teacher, and founder of The Writers’ Bloc community and podcast. As a former quiet time checkbox checker, she now writes to help others slow down, savor Scripture, and pursue holy leisure. Her work has been featured on Desiring God, Challies.com, Gospel Centered Discipleship, and the YouVersion Bible App.

Cara’s online community, The Writers’ Bloc, equips women to grow in the art and heart of writing. Her weekly podcast by the same name features conversations with Christian writers who desire to encourage others in the craft of writing and write for God’s glory. She also owns and operates her own copywriting and marketing business, where she helps entrepreneurs and creatives communicate their message with clarity and conviction. Cara lives in Gilbert, Arizona, with her husband, four kids, and two obnoxious dogs.

Holy leisure
Reframes quiet times

Changing how you approach God’s Word transforms the hidden, familiar, hard, and fruitful places of your Christian life.

Our union with Christ informs the hidden places of our souls

God’s Word & prayer equip and sustain us in the hard places of life.

Holy leisure transforms how we see God’s Word at work in the familiar places of life.

Holy leisure produces blessing in the fruitful places of life.

What people are saying

Those who read this book will soon find themselves longing to know God more and to pursue him according to the gracious and glorious means he has provided.
Tim Challies
Tim ChalliesAuthor and Blogger
Cara teaches readers how to calm a restless mind, not through idleness, but by living every moment joyfully before the face of God.
Kristin Elizabeth Couch
Kristin Elizabeth CouchAuthor, Deep Roots, Good Fruit
May your abiding with Jesus be sweeter and more sustained than ever as you learn from and live out this fantastic spiritual resource.
Adam Bailie
Adam BailieSenior Lead Pastor, Christ Church, Phoenix, Arizona
Cara equips us to engage our minds in a truly leisurely way, seeking the true, the good, and the beautiful in every sphere of life.
Abigail Wallace
Abigail WallaceAuthor, Meek Not Weak
Every single time I read Cara's words I am nourished. My soul is full, and my mind is fed. Cara deftly sets the table for readers to savor holy lessons from Scripture's pages with accessibility and depth that is unparalleled. I leave her table of holy leisure strengthened for the work ahead, and grateful for the way God has gifted Cara.
Abigail Wallace
Abigail WallaceAuthor of Meek Not Weak
Cara’s expertise in marketing and her skill with words are talents she uses for the glory of God and for the good of others. As we’ve walked together in our writing journeys, she has been a deep well of encouragement, a fountain of prayer, and provided a steady stream of insight helping me serve my readers better.
Amy Simon
Amy SimonThe Purposeful Pen Podcast
Cara’s willingness to be vulnerable makes her words resonate. Her wisdom springs from a deep well of authentic faith, inviting others into closer relationship with Christ.
Twyla Franz
Twyla FranzThe Uncommon Normal
Cara Ray’s writing always hits the mark. It is consistently honest and uplifting. She pulls no punches when it comes to speaking the truth in love and she does it in a way that is relatable encouraging. She applies Scripture and gives a fresh perspective to everyday life. She is a gifted teacher and writer.
Keri Willis
Keri Willis

The pursuit of holy leisure helps you

Move from duty to delight in our quiet times
Establish daily rhythms that help you enjoy God
Trade striving for abiding
Work and rest without guilt
See your union with Christ with fresh eyes
Experience fruitfulness and growth

Are you ready to pursue holy leisure

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