Get to know Aimée
Hi friend, I'm Aimée—a Jesus-loving, coffee-drinking, word-girl. Like most of us, I wear a whole lotta hats and juggle a whole lotta roles, but without a doubt, two of my most important are being a wife to Dave, and mama to our tribe of four kids who range in age from six to twenty-six. We're blessed to live by the beach on a peninsula in Auckland, New Zealand, and as idyllic as that sounds, there's a sign hanging in the entrance to our home that says, "Welcome to our beautiful chaos" for a good reason! It perfectly sums up our life—messy and beautiful.
I drink my coffee black and strong and spend my days leaning heavily on grace, trusting in God's every Word, and believing that He can make ways where I see none. I've learned first-hand the truth of Jesus' words in Matthew 4:4--that we need more than just food to sustain us (although I will confess to food being my love language and having an unhealthy penchant for cheese). We need to know what God has to say about us, about our circumstances and the world we live in, but more than anything, we need to know Him—the Scriptures enable us to do just that. And that's why I'm passionate about writing Word-rooted truth and encouragement.
To that end, I'm the author of nine Bible Studies produced in partnership with The Joyful Life Magazine, the author of "But I Flourish: Learn to Thrive in Every Season" and more recently, the founder of The Devoted Collective. If you're wondering what my qualifications are, while I haven't 'yet' been to seminary (when my kids don't need me so much, it's a dream of mine to do so!), I do have a BA/LLB (fancy letters meaning Law and Arts) from the University of Auckland and was previously on staff at our local Elim Church for nine years where I was a nationally ordained minister by the Elim Churches of NZ before resigning to write full-time in 2016. Everything I do in this space is my "yes" to God and the overflow of my life-long love affair with Scripture.
When I'm not stealing moments to write, you're likely to find me with a strong cup of that black coffee I mentioned, attempting to keep up with all the kids and wondering why I don't manage to make it down to the beach—which I affectionately call my God-space—more often. I'm not as organised as I'd like to be, usually have too many books on the go (which is evidenced by the MANY piles of books around our house), and even though I profess to be great at multi-tasking, if you want me to make you a cuppa and talk to you at the same time, the conversation will win every time!
So welcome to my world. I'm so glad you're here.
I drink my coffee black and strong and spend my days leaning heavily on grace, trusting in God's every Word, and believing that He can make ways where I see none. I've learned first-hand the truth of Jesus' words in Matthew 4:4--that we need more than just food to sustain us (although I will confess to food being my love language and having an unhealthy penchant for cheese). We need to know what God has to say about us, about our circumstances and the world we live in, but more than anything, we need to know Him—the Scriptures enable us to do just that. And that's why I'm passionate about writing Word-rooted truth and encouragement.
To that end, I'm the author of nine Bible Studies produced in partnership with The Joyful Life Magazine, the author of "But I Flourish: Learn to Thrive in Every Season" and more recently, the founder of The Devoted Collective. If you're wondering what my qualifications are, while I haven't 'yet' been to seminary (when my kids don't need me so much, it's a dream of mine to do so!), I do have a BA/LLB (fancy letters meaning Law and Arts) from the University of Auckland and was previously on staff at our local Elim Church for nine years where I was a nationally ordained minister by the Elim Churches of NZ before resigning to write full-time in 2016. Everything I do in this space is my "yes" to God and the overflow of my life-long love affair with Scripture.
When I'm not stealing moments to write, you're likely to find me with a strong cup of that black coffee I mentioned, attempting to keep up with all the kids and wondering why I don't manage to make it down to the beach—which I affectionately call my God-space—more often. I'm not as organised as I'd like to be, usually have too many books on the go (which is evidenced by the MANY piles of books around our house), and even though I profess to be great at multi-tasking, if you want me to make you a cuppa and talk to you at the same time, the conversation will win every time!
So welcome to my world. I'm so glad you're here.