Hi, I’m Amy –
My name is Amy and I live in the messy middle of life.
This website started as a blog in 2011 when I still lived in China. It was a place to share the “messy middle” of life. For years I’ve believed that more than one thing can be true at the same time and the pains, joys, boredoms, frustrations, interests, relationships, and God can all reside near each other.
Since then, the internet has changed and I’ve changed. In addition, I’ve written six books and started two ministries, Velvet Ashes and Global Trellis, advocating for Great Commission Workers.
I’ve always been drawn to creating spaces that hold tensions. I’m glad you’re here!.
“Amy Young understands, advocates for, and loves Great Commission Workers. She’s willing to talk about the hard topics and create resources to keep us those of us on the field healthy and connected to Jesus.”
Selected Works:
These are three of my most popular books – focused on all stages for Great Commission Workers. For a full selection, see my Books page.
Pop-Up January Reading Challenge
Surprise reading challenge! Ever get new books at Christmas? Me too! Let’s have a pop-up reading challenge from Christmas to January 31st. Read three books, your choice, and be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card. We’ll also do four “A day of reading” so we can start the year off with reading for good :). More on that later.
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Share your Summer Reading Challenges here and be entered to win a $10 Amazon gift card. (You must comment on the blog post by Sunday night, August 10th in America). Thanks for participating!
Each year, I run a Summer Reading Challenge. This 2025 will be our 10th challenge! Read 7 books out of 25+ categories between June 1st and August 8th and enter to win a $10 Amazon gift card. In honor of the 10 year anniversary of this challenge, every Friday we are reading for a nonprofit (Read more here). To enter the Summer Reading Challenge . . . simply decide you’re in. You can find the list of categories here. Specific details for this coming out late May! That’s all. Happy reading!
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