About

Are you tired? Worn-out you? Are you looking for a place to find rest for your soul?

I understand. I get it. Me too. Rest is what I seek. Finding and living out my most authentic self is my destiny.

Hi, friends!

You are welcome here, just the way you are, we may be on different journeys, but when we let our walls down and choose to be vulnerable, something powerful happens. And that’s what you’ll find here: no mask-wearing, only real, honest, raw emotions. Being your most authentic self is what God desires and what He celebrates. Perhaps you would allow my brokenness to sit next to yours as we encourage each other to stand on God’s truth, even if it doesn’t make sense. Even if it’s hard. Even if it’s painful. Because together, we will find rest for our weary, worn-out souls in the mess of life. Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and let’s get to know each other.

I’m Lea Turner. I have a husband, and we’ve got five kids. Three grew in my tummy, and two in our hearts. My house is loud and crazy. I moved to Mississippi, making me a northern girl stuck in a southern world.

Silence is rare. The laundry is never caught up—relationships over to-do-list and grace over guilt. Rest over stress. Being naturally authentic over wearing a religious mask. Deep conversations over a cup of hot coffee refresh my soul.

So what’s your story? Drop me an email.

I have been writing on the blog since 2015. It’s pretty raw, and to be honest, it’s rather venerable. It’s the place I wrestle and dream.

I didn’t start out ministering to women through writing and speaking. I graduated in 2001 from Messiah College with a nursing degree. Five years I spent working as a cardiac nurse until I had my second child and quit to stay home. At that time, God blessed me with an excellent mentor, Donna, who saw giftings in me, a gift to teach women. She nudged me out of my comfort zone, and I began to lead Bible studies and share at our women’s retreats.

In 2010, God began to do something new in my heart. Our church started an Ephesian series, and it was like I was reading it for the first time. What were this power and love Paul talked about?

“Ask, and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7 NIV)

As I searched, my spiritual senses were awakened to God’s unending love. I committed my whole life to follow His love. Wherever He leads, I will go. My prayer is as you read my words, imagine a friend opening her door and welcoming you in with an open heart to share life. Please read my full testimony here.

The more I study and listen to God, the more I realize we were created for much more.

Over a three-year span beginning in 2019, our family experienced death, cancer, losing everything to a house fire, drug addiction, loss of a dream, and undergoing heart surgery. These unexpected struggles transformed my life, leading me through the pages of Scripture to a God who doesn’t shy away from our pain.

As God untangled the lies I believed and replaced them with His truth, a dream began to unfold. He revealed an image of women, just like me, standing at their kitchen sink, and an idea began to unfold to encourage and equip women to live out the gospel in there every day with grace. Because a life set to grace is a life set to rest. As I emerge, I’m excited to write from the place of freedom God unleashed.

From this place of brokenness, God spoke Thoughts at the Kitchen Sink, where real life meets our real God, into my spirit. I envision a community of women who are getting authentic and raw with each other to live out the gospel.

I keep writing. I keep seeking. I keep following and obeying, giving Him the glory along the way.

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Remember, a life set to grace is a life set to rest.