Our 2nd gift to you: an exclusive, private podcast series
Welcome to our private Awaken Delight Series to accompany you deeper in satisfying your soul's longing for God.
- Each Session is about 6-8 minutes long. It includes a Bible reading, a short teaching by Stephanie, and an invitation to practical application.
- Each session will focus on one of the key verses from the book, which you have been invited to memorize.
We recommend you use this series as part of your daily or weekly time with God. You can listen directly on the playlist below.
We warmly invite you to sign up to receive the direct links to the episodes each day (for one week, seven episodes) so you don't miss any episode, and you don't have to come back on this page to listen!
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More readers' gifts for you, as promised in the book!
Additional reflection questions for each chapter
Stephanie had so many more questions she was hoping to share with you at the end of each chapter! Here they are. They are perfect for your own quiet time with God, as well as to discuss in groups or book clubs.Â
Tomato-Vanilla Recipes: Soup AND bread/cake
Were you intrigued by Stephanie's Tomato Vanilla Soup recipe? So were we! So, we asked her for it, and she gave us TWO recipes - one for the soup, and one for a great bread to accompany it. Enjoy!
Stephanie's Supplemental Reading List
So many books shaped Stephanie's theology, and inspired her through the last decades. She provides a list of some of the most instrumental books in her own experience of delight in God, for all levels and readers. Enjoy!
Another very special gift for you!
The Awaken Delight liturgies, written by Stephanie, help awaken delight in God in the small moments.
This liturgy book is our next gift for you, to express our gratitude to you!
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The map of our garden of delight in God
We have invited you to imagine your own version of the garden of disciplines you've read about in Part 3 of "Awaken Delight." Here is our rendition of it!Â
Scroll below the picture to read an excerpt from the book that describes it. Have fun: Can you spot in the image every item Stephanie mentioned?Â
 Can you spot...
- the greenhouse of prayer
- the fountain of worship
- the meadow of Scripture
- secluded areas, like a bench or a pond
- public areas, like walkways and gathering places, as well as tables for a banqueting feast
- fruit trees, a vegetable garden, and flowers
What else does this image inspire you to discover as ways to awaken our delight in God? Spend a moment meditating on the various aspects of this garden.
Consider watching the video at the top of this page again, with each of these elements in mind.
Excerpt from the book | the map of our garden of delight in God
 Imagine a lovely garden, each discipline a feature. God invites us to cultivate the habit of dwelling there with him. So let’s get familiar with it.
Picture a hidden pond, or a bench perfectly nestled under rose bushes, completely cut off from the world: some habits, such as silence, solitude, and meditation, are secluded areas of this garden. They speak mostly to our identity, rooted in our intimacy with God. We’ll focus on these habits of inner growth first in this chapter.
Add a cluster of comfortable chairs under a vine-trellising pergola. Such gathering areas are quintessentially other-focused and represent service, hospitality, missions, evangelism, and discipleship. They speak of our purpose, rooted in God’s work for us in his kingdom. We’ll ponder these outward love-themed disciplines next.
Now, envision flowers and fruit trees everywhere. Maybe even a vanilla orchid or two! Picture flowers for bouquets, luscious berries ready to be plucked, and trees blossoming around secluded benches and hidden ponds, at the lawn’s edges and around the pool. Each flower and fruit tree represents a habit that’s both individual and corporate: gratitude, simplicity, stewardship of time and resources, learning, lament and suffering, fasting, and all forms of arts and co-creation. They’ll be our final focus.
Additionally, three immovable landmarks are core habits that anchor the whole garden and orient us: picture Bible intake as a large meadow, prayer as a greenhouse, and worship as a cluster of fountains.
Finally, an indispensable brook runs through this garden, a water source bubbling with life and sustaining each discipline. His name is Jesus.
- From "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle, chapter 10.
