Ann Voskamp

What If You’re shaped more by absence than presence?

What If You’re shaped more by absence than presence?

Monday, March 16, 2026
Honestly, I just really deeply love the women who sit across from hurting people with open hands and honest hearts, the ones who refuse to rush past pain and instead make space for Jesus to meet us right there. That’s Willow Weston, author of Collide: Running Into Healing When Life Hands You Hurt. Willow tells stories the way I love best: with beauty and truth braided together, with laughter and tears never far apart. She’s the kind of woman who uses china on Wednesdays, throws unforgettable parties, and still shows up raw and real about insecurity, old wounds, and the long work of healing. She collided with Jesus in her own brokenness years ago and has spent the last couple decades inviting thousands of women to do the same. Storyteller, coffee-shop confidant, and author, Willow doesn’t offer tidy answers—she offers presence. And I’m so grateful she’s here, sharing from the tender, holy ground where Jesus meets our pain and makes all things new. It’s a joy to welcome Willow to the farm’s front porch… Guest post by Willow Weston I have an old Polaroid of little kid me holding a picture of my dad. The photo I’m holding is worn […]