A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits

A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits

We’re told that freedom and opportunity are our ticket to the good life. Get out there and follow your dreams! It seems that limitless possibilities await anyone with vision and willingness to hustle their way through life.

The thing is, instead of resulting in a sense of accomplishment, this limitlessness merely has us doing more and trying harder—leaving us depleted and dissatisfied with life and faith.

Ashley invites us to a better way: a more spacious life. Contrary to what we’ve believed, the spacious life is not found in unfettered options or accomplished by our hustle and hurry. The life we crave is found within the confines of God’s loving limits. When we live within these boundaries, we discover a life filled with purpose, joy, and rest. This is the spacious life.

Ashley Hales holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s a writer, speaker, and hosted the Finding Holy and The Cartographers podcasts.

Her writing has been featured in such places as Christianity Today, Books & Culture, and The Gospel Coalition. She is the author of Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much (IVP) and A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits. Connect with Ashley at aahales.com or on Instagram and Twitter at @aahales.