Purpose + Grit Marketplace
This is more than a marketplace — it’s a space where faith and creativity meet. Here, we amplify the work of Christian Creators by showcasing their handmade goods and original creations alongside soul-stirring content like daily prayers and powerful stories from our beautifully crafted print publication, Gritty Faith Magazine. Whether you're here to find something meaningful, be inspired for your own creative journey, or support faith-driven makers, you’re in the right place. Let’s celebrate creativity with purpose and live our faith out loud — together.
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Come sit at my table.
Hey there, There's something I haven't quite been able to stop thinking about since I began telling you about The Practice. I keep picturing my own kitchen table. Not the pretty, cleared-off version of it. The everyday one. The one covered in books and paint and scraps of paper and half-finished ideas next to the half-finished sandwich. The place where I've spent so many years making things, writing things, praying over things, and occasionally wondering what on earth I'm doing. I've realized...
READ POSTIt finally has a name.
Hey there, Yesterday, I shared with you that stepping away from prayer art jewelry didn't leave me empty in the ways I expected it might. Rather, it opened space. Space to become curious again. Space to create with joy again. Space to remember that creativity was never about one particular medium. It has always been about paying attention to what God is doing through me. Over the last few months, I've been thinking a lot about the word practice. Over the years, I've taught myself how to do...
READ POSTSometimes the most sacred thing we can do is begin again
Hey there, There is something I’ve been carrying quietly for a long time. Truthfully, I’ve started writing this email more times than I can count because I wasn’t sure where to begin. But, maybe the beginning is simply this… last December, I laid down something I thought I would be creating for the rest of my life. After years of creating prayer art jewelry, I decided to step away. If you’ve been here for a while, you saw me set this down. What you didn’t know was that months before I made...
READ POSTThe House We're Building
This July, join us on the front porch for conversations and connection. If you were forwarded this, you can join our list to receive our free daily prayer email here. Prayer God, Thank You for the places that have made us feel at home. Thank You for the tables where we have been welcomed, the conversations that have lingered, and the people who reminded us we belong before we ever believed it ourselves. As we continue building this community, help us remember that every act of kindness, every...
READ POSTCome Sit a While... Welcome to July on the Front Porch
Hey there, Pull up a chair, we've got coffee, muffins, and a birthday to celebrate! Usually, I do my best to try to schedule a vacation or at least a little extra time off around my birthday which often works out quite well with the 4th just around the corner. However, this year, July 1 has landed on just a regular workday Wednesday so I'm finding some simpler ways to bring a bit more joy into my day... starting with a pickup of muffins from my favorite local coffeeshop, Rainy Day Coffee. The...
READ POSTThis May we are holding space for tender hearts.
Hey there, As we turn the page into May, we’re stepping gently into a sacred space together here at Purpose + Grit. This month, our theme is one that touches every heart in some way—grief. Not just the kind that comes from losing someone we love, but the quiet, often unseen grief too… The prayers that went unanswered.The dreams that didn’t unfold the way we hoped.The versions of life we had to let go of. Grief doesn’t follow a timeline. It doesn’t ask for permission. And more often than not,...
READ POSTThe March Newsletter from Purpose + Grit Marketplace
Welcome to March. Here in the midwest, we often find that March doesn’t quite know what it wants to be. One day, the snow falls sideways in blizzard-like sheets — sharp and unrelenting. The next, the sun pours down warm and golden, and you can almost smell spring in the air. You see patches of grass bravely peeking through.You hear birds testing out their songs.You feel the hope of something new. And then — winter reminds you it isn’t finished yet. This is the season of the wait. We are...
READ POSTDecember is Here... and so is Gritty Faith: Wild!
December Is Here—Let Your Heart Prepare Here in South Dakota, we were greeted with our first big snowfall this weekend, and just like that—everything outside looks like a winter wonderland. My Christmas tree went up shortly after Thanksgiving wrapped up, and now it feels like the season is fully settling in. As the world around us begins to shimmer with lights and quiet beauty, our Daily Prayer emails are turning our hearts toward the true meaning of this season. From December 1–24, we’ll be...
READ POSTJune Features inside! + a devotional story for you
Join us in prayer as we spread love and light this June. A Prayer to Be a Lighthouse Heavenly Father, I come before You with an open heart, humbled and grateful to be called Your child. In a world that often feels dim and heavy, I ask that You make me a lighthouse — steady, strong, and unshakable in Your truth. Let my life shine with the radiance of Your presence, guiding others through the storms of doubt, fear, and despair toward the safe harbor of Your grace. Lord, may Your love rise in me...
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