Unhaling: On God, Grace and a Perfectly Imperfect Life is a collection of funny, insightful essays that celebrate the spiritual in the most unlikely everyday moments. These are snapshots of Elise's cluttered, wildly disorganized, very full life as church worker, actress, writer and mom of five. God's grace can be found everywhere: in burned dinners, bungled piano lessons, forgotten appointments, and overgrown yards. God is right there when the kids break out in chicken pox (all at once), when they skydive, study in Thailand, enter the Naval Academy, perform their music in concert, take a first solo bus trip to Boston. And God gently and lovingly encourages a certain perpetually nervous fifty-something to unclench, relax and "unhale". Unhaling challenges us all to look at our own experiences with new eyes, and recognize the faithful One who stands with us, with all our flaws and our failures throughout our perfectly imperfect lives.

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“It's the rare Christian (and the rare Christian writer) who is able to eflect on the common experiences of everyday--work; home; children; church--and discern the traces of God. Elise Seyfried is that rare Christian ... and rare Christian writer! Her reflections are delightful in themselves but they also help each of us catch glimpses of God where we need God most: in the everyday!”
--Rev. Michael J. Carlson
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Southampton, PA


“Unhaling: On God, Grace and a Perfectly Imperfect Life is a faithful, candid and clever reflection on the life of one disciple, but will speak to all of us who depend on God’s grace each day. Elise beautifully weaves humor, scripture and a grounded sense of reality into her stories of family, ministry and living as a Child of God. Unhaling is a precious collection of reminders that God is in charge and His love never fails – even when we do.”
--Molly Beck Dean
Assistant to the Bishop – Youth Ministry Specialist
Southeastern PA Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America