Speaking
For Women:
- Live Lighter: Learn actionable, Biblical strategies for setting down the emo baggage God never asked you to carry. Go hands-free and step into the beauty of your calling. (Signature talk)
- Go Get Your Life: Create a life defined by faith, freedom and the lost art of FUN! — we’ll recapture the spring in our step by looking at how scripture sets us free.
- Cling to Christ in a Crazy World — a timely trip through John 15 helps us get back to basics—and our first love.
- Stand Strong Even When the Earth Moves — We’ll explore what it means to stand on Christ as our firm foundation. Beautiful results await for the woman ready to shift her weight onto Him.
- Find Rest in a Go-Go-Go World — Look at how Jesus withdrew, prayed, and rested for clues on how and why rest is essential.
For Moms:
- Live Lighter: Learn actionable, Biblical strategies for setting down the bags (and baggage, like mom-guilt) God never asked you to carry. Go hands-free and step into the beauty of your calling. (Signature talk)
- Be a Cycle Breaker: Parent your kids from a place of forward focus, not a place of backward bondage
- Kick Mom Guilt to the Curb
- Build Soft Walls with Hard Family
Retreat Topics
Total Body Makeover: We’ll take a head to toe—or rather toe to head—look at where our feet are planted (Session 1: Stand Stronger), what are hands are clinging to (Session 2: Live Lighter) and what our hearts and minds are holding onto (Session 3: Rest Deeper).
A Quest for Rest: Rest. Our souls crave it. Our schedules defy it. Why are we living in direct opposition to the rest recipe God has set out for us? This three-session retreat will unlock true soul rest by examining what rest is, why we resist it, and how to get it.
From Rubble to Rebuilt: Whether you’re rebuilding your family, your marriage, your health, or your dreams, Nehemiah offers life-changing strategies to help you build strong. Four sessions.
Living Beyond Your Labels: Ignite your true you by kicking shame, comparison, and crutches to the curb: Identity Thieves / Identity Truths / Identity Outcomes
2024-25 Speaking Calendar
2024
July 16: Habits of the Heart (How to Study the Bible) | Rock Point Church, Queen Creek, Ariz.
August 20: Habits of the Heart (Confession) | Rock Point Church, Queen Creek, Ariz.
September 13-14: The Adore Conference | The Bayou Church, Lafayette, La.
September 20-21: Arise 2024 Conference, Sedona, Ariz.
September 27-29: Women’s Retreat | Glendale Christian Church, Glendale, Ariz.
2025
January 31-February 1: Women’s Retreat | Estrella Mountain Church, Goodyear, Ariz.
Contact, Bio, All the Things
Speaking and Interviews: For bookings and other inquiries, please contact Laurie directly, here.
Represented by: Cynthia Ruchti, Books & Such Literary Management
Short bio: Laurie Davies is a writer, speaker, lay counselor, and ministry leader in the Phoenix area. She loves to help women live “hands-free”—setting down the emotional baggage that God didn’t ask them to carry. Laurie has been featured in Guideposts, and Chicken Soup for the Soul, and she currently serves as lead editor on Shaunti Feldhahn’s Atlanta-based ministry team. She lives in the Phoenix area with her husband of 28 years and their adorable puppy Pearl.
Expanded bio:
A journalist and marketer-turned-ministry leader, Laurie Davies has been writing since her advanced composition teacher told her in 1989 that she broke too many rules. Laurie worked as a journalist and marketing professional for 25 years before making the next, obvious career move—a leap into vocational ministry.
Now a lay counselor, author and speaker, Laurie helps women live “hands-free”—setting down the emotional baggage that God didn’t ask them to carry. Laurie has contributed to Guideposts, and Chicken Soup for the Soul and she also serves as lead editor on Shaunti Feldhahn’s Atlanta-based ministry team. Laurie lives in the Phoenix area with her husband of 28 years, Greg. Their adult son makes his home nearby. And their puppy Pearl also works her way (constantly and adorably) into the Davies’ family narrative.
