About the Author
Emily Stimpson Chapman
Emily Stimpson Chapman is an award-winning Catholic author of over a dozen books, including The Catholic Table: Finding Joy Where Food and Faith Meet; These Beautiful Bones: An Everyday Theology of the Body; The Story of All Stories children’s story Bible; and a series of children’s books co-authored with Scott Hahn. Chapman lives in Steubenville, Ohio with her husband, Chris, and their three children.
What People Are Saying
“In this beautiful, thoughtful book, Emily Chapman has spoken with candor and grace to the woman I was, the woman I am now, and the woman I hope to be. She sees the wounds that women bear and she points to the only One who can heal them. An invitation to a personal love story that culminates in holiness, these letters are a book of wisdom. This is the guidebook we need for holy womanhood, an essential volume that I look forward to sharing with my four daughters.”
Elizabeth Foss
Author and Founder, Take Up and Read
“Inspiring, encouraging, and uplifting. These letters are filled with Emily Stimpson Chapman’s typical humor and down-to-earth style, and yet they are brimming with wisdom too. Emily shares from the heart about the ups and downs of life, marriage, motherhood, faith, and friendship in ways that speak to all of us, wherever we find ourselves struggling, and let us know we are not alone, we are made for more, and we are called to do great things.”
Danielle Bean
Author of Whisper: Finding God in the Everyday
“With each letter contained in Letters to Myself from the End of the World you will get a glimpse of the sacredness of another person’s heart. This is what I experienced as I was reading Emily’s letters to herself. Emily shares her heart with the reader and it is a heart full of hope, wisdom, humor, sadness, honesty, questions, healing, and faith. There is a simplicity and authenticity in Emily’s letters that is disarming. For twenty years she has wrestled with substantive issues— suffering, disappointment, mercy, dreams, relationships, and faith. Emily has grappled with these things and come out on the other side. Her letters on what she has learned are inspired, graced. I look forward to her next installment, twenty years from now, to see what else God has taught her.”
Fr. Dave Pivonka, T.O.R.
President of Franciscan University of Steubenville
“I love the format of Emily Stimpson Chapman’s book Letters to Myself from the End of the World—such a creative way to share her lived wisdom. She invites us on her journey, and her reflections guide us to reflect on how grace has and will guide us in the future. Highly recommended!”
Kimberly Hahn
Author, Chosen and Cherished: Biblical Wisdom for Your Marriage
“Emily’s letters provide a healthy dose of both realism and comfort, and I found myself nodding along, laughing, and tearing up as she vulnerably and beautifully offered encouragement. Emily’s candor and wit gave me hope and issued challenge after challenge, and I’m grateful for her words and know that others will be too.”
Katie Prejean McGrady
Author and Host of The Katie McGrady Show on Sirius XM
“This is the book that we all need to read at the end of a year that exposed many of our fault lines. You will soak it up like dry earth receiving a spring shower.”
Adele Collins
Blogger, Simple Life Musings
“As I process the events of 2020, Emily Chapman gracefully puts to words the scattered emotions I often felt but could not articulate myself. Her heartfelt and vulnerable letters felt like getting a hug from a friend after a long day—or in this case, a long year.”
Emily Fossier
Blogger, Little Fossi Way
“Every person should own this book—man or woman, young or old. I not only felt like these letters were written for me but also saw the faces of so many friends and family that would benefit from Emily’s vulnerability, wisdom, orthodoxy, and hope. She does an incredible job of sharing the lessons she’s learned, guiding the reader through her own experiences of suffering and joy, on the way to meeting Christ over and over again. It’s the book that should be on every shelf or coffee table and in every gift bag and travel bag. You’ll want to read it more than once! I can’t wait to gift this book to my friends and family.”
Rachel Bulman
Catholic Speaker and Author
“This is not just a book, it’s a work of art—one I will be recommending to Catholic women of every age for many years to come.”
Emily Wilson Hussem
Founder of Emily Wilson Ministries
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<p>2020 was a year that none of us will easily forget. Between the pandemic, political strife and social unrest, it was easy to lose hope and fear the worst. This book, however, is a wonderful reminder that no matter the circumstance, our Lord will never leave us nor forsake us. Emily is a marvelous writer and reminds us of this fact while discussing a wide range of topics with wit and humor. There is a raw authenticity to her writing that is very compelling. The entire book is full of wisdom and sage advice, but the last two sections (“On Prayer” and “The Last Things”) were my personal favorites. I highly recommend this book!</p>
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