Tamara Hill Murphy

Tamara* Hill Murphy

spiritual director

restful inviter

book author

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ABOUT ME

As a spiritual director and a writer, I delight in helping those who are weary or burdened by the unexamined practices of their faith walk and work in the restful way of Jesus.

 
 
 

FOR YOU

Since 2006, I’ve shared writing and resources on my website to help us worship God, love people, and enjoy beauty. With decades of practice in ministry and leadership roles, I’ve written and spoken about all sorts of topics with varying degrees of charity and intelligence. But the theme I keep returning to is that we can take Jesus seriously when he invites us to come to him for rest.

Through writing, listening in one-on-one and group spiritual direction, leading and speaking at events and retreats, I invite readers and listeners to reorient their lives around the unforced rhythms of Jesus.

 
 

FROM OTHERS

Tamara has a unique, practical, and effective way of encouraging us to walk this path of attentiveness to Christ with hopeful assurance of God’s grace for that journey.
— Sally Breedlove, author of Choosing Rest, Associate Director, Selah-Anglican
Tamara is a trusty guide.
— LISA COLÓN DELAY, spiritual formation author of The Wild Land Within, host of the Spark My Muse podcast
This is one of the many gifts that Tamara offers to her readers. She offers herself, not as one who “has arrived,” but as one who is continually “on the way.”
— W. David O. Taylor, associate professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Bodies in Worship
 
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My Books

 
 

The Spacious Path: Practicing the Restful Way of Jesus in a Fragmented World

A simple invitation into a life ordered around listening and love, my first book

Ordinary Saints: Living Everyday Life to the Glory of God

A collection of over forty essays on living everyday life to the glory of God, including my essay on “Napping.”

On the Eighth Day: Praying Through the Liturgical Year

Find new rest in the life of the Trinity as this book leads you into a deeper, daily practice of prayer, including my entries for Advent