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23/04/2026

I tried to paint a peony today... and honestly? I wasn't very good at it.

I'd been on a Zoom call with a man I'm supporting through his stroke recovery. He's a painter. Oil paintings, beautiful ones. But a stroke has made words harder to find, and so we've been practising conversation together... using art as the bridge.

We watched a video about painting peonies. Peonies are one of my favourite flowers, and I've always wanted to try one. So right there on the call, we made each other a challenge. He'd try watercolour (something completely new for him). I'd try the peony.

I followed the steps. A curved horizontal line. A vertical line crossing it. Then petals, shaped like the letter C, sweeping out from that centre with a big soft brush.

I got impatient. I wasn't pleased with the result.

But I did it. And so did he.

And I sat with that for a while afterwards... because isn't that so often how it is with God? We want the beautiful thing. We sit down to try. We feel clumsy and frustrated and not very talented. And still... something blooms.

Imperfect creativity is still creativity. An imperfect yes is still a yes.

What's something you've been putting off trying because you're afraid it won't be good enough? Drop it in the comments. Let's encourage each other.

And if you want a gentle place to start... Doodle with God is just $7. Link in comments

23/04/2026

Last Friday I sat in a room with the most incredible artists... and I haven't stopped thinking about what they said. 🌸

One had spent 15 years building her art membership. 💛
Another runs a multimillion pound family licensing company. ✨
A third is a ceramicist whose work is sought after worldwide. 🎨

Every single one of them almost quit. 😔
People told them it wasn't working. Fear took over. Doubt crept in. Procrastination set in hard.

But they kept going.

And when I asked them why? They all said the same thing 👇

"Because we had a vision. Written down. Believed in. Something to run with even when everything felt impossible." 🙏

I sat there with tears in my eyes thinking... wouldn't it be extraordinary if more Christian women had that? 💕

A clear vision. Named. Written. Anchored in what God is actually saying about their life and their calling.

THAT is what tonight is for. 🌿

Here's why you need to join us TONIGHT 👇
✨ Because those artists kept going because they could SEE it... and you deserve that too
✨ Because your vision is not lost. It's waiting to be named
✨ Because God has been speaking... and tonight we create space to finally hear Him
✨ Because one evening, £7, and 90 minutes could be the moment everything shifts 💛
✨ Because the replay is available so there is absolutely no reason not to grab your seat right now

📅 Thursday 30th April
🕖 7pm UK time
▶️ Live on YouTube
💛 Just £7
🔗 Link in the comments. I'll be waiting for you tonight. 🌿💕

20/04/2026

The fresh start you've been waiting for isn't in January. 🌸

It's right now. This week. Today. 💕

Researchers have actually proven that our brains respond differently to the start of a new week. Something in us quietly says... this time could be different. ✨

And I wonder if that's you right now. 🙏

Carrying something into this week. A vision that keeps surfacing. A season that feels like it's asking something of you. A quiet sense that God is pointing somewhere you can't quite see yet.

You don't have to wait for a new year. You don't have to wait until everything is perfect. You don't have to wait until you feel ready. 💛

This Thursday 30th April at 7pm UK time, I'm hosting the Vision Clarity Workshop live on YouTube. 🌿

Here's why this is for you 👇
✨ Because waiting for the "right moment" has kept you stuck long enough
✨ Because that stirring you feel? God put it there for a reason
✨ Because you deserve 90 minutes that are entirely about what He's saying to YOU
✨ Because fresh starts don't wait for January... and neither should you
✨ Because it's just £7 and you are so worth it 💕

📅 Thursday 30th April
🕖 7pm UK time
▶️ Live on YouTube
💛 Just £7 — replay available too

🔗 Link in the comments... your next season is waiting 🌿

19/04/2026

Can I take something off your shoulders today? 🌸
You don't lack willpower. You don't lack faith. You're not too busy or not creative enough. 💕
You just haven't had the right tool at the right moment.
I know what it feels like to carry a sense that God is calling you somewhere... and not quite be able to see where. Something is stirring but you can't hold it long enough to act on it. 🙏
That's exactly what the Vision Clarity Workshop is for.
📅 Thursday 30th April
🕖 7pm UK time
▶️ Live on YouTube
💛 Just £7
90 minutes of Spirit-led sketching and prayer to help you finally hear what God has been saying about your next season.
Here's why you need to be there 👇
✨ Because you've been carrying something for too long without being able to name it
✨ Because vision without clarity slips away by Tuesday
✨ Because God has been trying to tell you something... and you deserve the space to actually hear it
✨ Because £7 is less than a coffee and this could change everything about how you see your next season
Nothing is wrong with you, friend. You just need the right tool. 💕
🔗 Link in the comments to grab your £7 seat... I cannot wait to see you there 🌿

15/04/2026

"𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 (𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗜𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀)"

There's a particular kind of loneliness that comes from being a creative Christian woman who's afraid to talk about it.

You can be yourself with non-believers — art, colour, beauty, creative practice. All celebrated. But mention God? Suddenly you're worried about:
— Being seen as preachy
— Having your creativity reduced to "Christian art"
— Being judged for mixing the sacred and creative
— People thinking you're less of an artist because faith comes first

So you hide it. You keep your doodling, your journaling, your creative prayers private. And the thing that was supposed to set you free becomes another secret you're carrying.

Here's what I've learned: your creativity is your faith language. Not instead of faith — as faith.

When you doodle Scripture, you're not being less of an artist. You're being more of yourself.

If this resonates, I want to invite you to try something small this week. Five minutes. One doodle. One question you ask God while your hands are moving.

That's what Doodle with God is all about. Link in comments

13/04/2026

𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁. 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁.❤️

Every week, someone new reaches out wanting to come. And every time it happens, I think about what's waiting for them on that little island in September…

Imagine this.

It's Friday evening. You've just arrived at Kemphill Farm on the Isle of Wight. You've left the mainland behind — the responsibilities, the noise, the endless list of things you should be doing. Someone hands you a welcome drink. Dinner is almost ready, prepared by Katrina, our retreat chef with 25 years of experience who treats every meal like an act of love. You sit around the table with a small group of women you've never met before, but already something feels… safe.

By 8pm you're holding a paintbrush. Gold paint. A blank page. And Bev — that's me — is gently guiding you into your very first Spirit-Led Sketch session. No pressure. No perfection. Just you, your creativity, and God's quiet voice in the room.

Saturday takes you to Priory Bay — one of the most breathtaking coastlines on the island — with your journal and a whole afternoon to sketch, photograph, breathe, and be.

And then Sunday…

Sunday morning we head to Osborne House. Queen Victoria's island escape. The gardens she wandered. The light she painted in. And this year, something very special is happening there.

My son Toby — a first-year fine art photography student at the University of the Arts London — is joining us to do a professional photoshoot. Of you. Creating. Painting. Sitting against a tree. Sipping coffee. Laughing with other women. Alive in your creativity in one of the most beautiful settings in England.

You'll leave with photographs of yourself that you never imagined having. Images that say: this is who I am. This is what I look like when I'm finally free.

And on Sunday evening, as we gather for our closing meal, my husband Adam — who has led worship for over 30 years — will play acoustic guitar while we reflect on what God has spoken to us over the weekend.

Three days. Seven women still needed. One island. One encounter with God that I genuinely believe will change how you see yourself.

𝟮𝟱–2𝟴 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
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12/04/2026

𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗠𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲

There are two places on the Isle of Wight that I keep returning to - not just because they're beautiful, but because something happens to me when I'm there. Something settles. Something opens.

The first is Osborne House.

Queen Victoria called it her paradise. And honestly, I understand why. Standing in those gardens, surrounded by tulips and terraces and the most extraordinary golden stonework, you feel it - that sense that beauty is not a luxury. That it is necessary. That God made us to notice it.

What moves me most is that Victoria herself was an artist. She painted here. She sketched. She found God in colour and form and the particular light of a September afternoon. When I walk through those gardens I feel a kind of kinship with her across all those years - a woman who led, who loved, who grieved, and who kept creating through all of it.

We will spend our Sunday morning there together. Sketchbooks in hand. Packed lunches on the grass. Time to wander and wonder and let the beauty speak.
The second is Priory Bay.

If Osborne House is grandeur, Priory Bay is wildness.

Those dark seaweed-covered rocks. The wide open sky. The sound of the water doing exactly what it has always done, completely unbothered by anything on your to-do list.
I've stood on that beach and felt the noise of life just... fall away.

And then there's the moonrise over the Solent. I have watched that orange moon lift slowly above the water and thought - how could anyone see this and not believe in something greater than themselves?

These are the places I'm bringing you to in September.

Not as a tourist. As a creative. As a woman with a sketchbook and an open heart.
Come and see why this island keeps calling me back.

📍 Isle of Wight
📅 Fri 25 - Mon 28 September 2026
🎨 Only 8 spaces remaining
💳 Payment plans available - just £100 deposit to secure your place

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12/04/2026

I've done something that scares me a little.

Three episodes in, and I'm still wrestling with the voice in my head that says: "Who do you think you are? You're not famous enough. You're not polished enough. People who know you're a Christian will judge you for putting yourself out there."

Here's the thing though — that fear? It's louder when I'm talking to other Christians than when I'm talking to people outside the faith. I can tell someone about Creative Sanctuary and doodling as a healing practice and feel totally at ease. But mention it's rooted in Scripture, that it's about hearing God's voice creatively, and suddenly I'm second-guessing myself.

Will they think I'm trying too hard? Will they see through me? Am I allowed to do this?

And then I realised something. That voice isn't God. It's fear disguised as wisdom.

So I started a podcast called Creative and Called. Three episodes so far, all exploring what it looks like to reconnect with God creatively when life has shut you down.

If you've ever felt spiritually dry, creatively suppressed, or like you're performing faith instead of living it — this one's for you.

You can find it on Spotify and all the usual places. Link in comments.

And if you listen, I'd love to hear what lands for you.

Bev

11/04/2026

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

Good morning, lovely,

I woke up this morning to mist rolling across the fields and the most beautiful soft light falling through the window - so I stood still for a moment, face tilted toward it, breathing slowly, letting the day begin gently. A cup of tea in hand, the birds doing all the talking.

I never take this island for granted. There is something about living somewhere the sea is always close that keeps you present. Every morning I take a few minutes just to look up, breathe deep, and thank God for it.

And this morning I thought of you.

So here is my personal invitation to come and experience it for yourself.
Hello, I'm Bev and I'm hosting a beautiful 3-night creative retreat in a gorgeous farmhouse on the Isle of Wight this September.

I've been living and creating on this island for years, and my husband Adam - who has led worship with his acoustic guitar for as long as I've known him - will be joining us on our final evening to close the weekend in the most peaceful, prayerful way.

Fri 25 - Mon 28 September 2026

Imagine arriving on a Friday evening to a candlelit welcome dinner, the smell of Katrina's home-cooked food, and your first creative session under soft lamplight - and leaving Monday morning with artwork you made, friendships that surprised you, and a quietness in your soul you'd forgotten was possible.

Retreat highlights
🎨 Spirit-Led Sketch Method workshops - no experience needed
🌊 Afternoon at Priory Bay beach - sketching and photography
🏛️ Morning at Osborne House gardens - Queen Victoria's favourite escape
🍽️ All meals beautifully prepared by chef and author Katrina Collins
📸 Professional retreat photography by Toby Jessup
🛏️ Three nights in a stunning character farmhouse venue
🙏 Closing acoustic worship with Adam
✨ 3 months free Creative Sanctuary membership

YOU time. GOD time. CREATIVE time.

𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟴 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴😍.

From £695 for existing Creative Sanctuary members | £750 pay in full

Payment plans available - secure your place with just a £100 deposit

Comment SANCTUARY below and I'll send you all the details 🌿

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