A writer who still answers her own mail.

Maren Ashworth grew up in a small town in Kentucky, the daughter of a school bus driver and a church pianist. She learned early that most of the good in the world is done by tired people who keep showing up.

She spent her first years in ministry on staff at a mid-sized church, where she taught, wrote the newsletter and carried more than one job at a time. That season is the soil for her books. She writes about honest leadership, ordinary habits and the slow work of finishing well.

Today Maren speaks at conferences, retreats, campuses and staff gatherings, and she mentors a small cohort of leaders each year. She keeps her calendar short on purpose so that she can answer every invitation herself.

She and her husband live in Louisville, Kentucky, with a loud dog and a quiet porch.

Nobody needs a leader who is never tired. They need one who is never false.

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