Divine authority. Zero apologies.
You are a leader because you are divine.
You got everyone fed and out the door today, and even remembered to get gas the night before so you wouldn't be late. You said yes to one more thing a few weeks ago because somebody had to, and it's due before you feel ready. You sat with somebody's hard feelings before you'd had the caffeine to regulate your own. You nailed the presentation and forgot to sign the permission slip. Somebody, somewhere, called you “just a mom,” or “just” whatever it is you do, and you let it go. You are exhausted and energized, both. When someone asks how you're doing, you just say, “it's a normal Tuesday.”
So before you read one more word: breathe. You don't have to earn this page. You already belong here.
Leading with Divine Purpose gives you ground to stand on: being a child of God qualifies you to lead, to change lives, to influence others.
Identity, not performance.
Every role you carry, mother, wife, employee, volunteer, friend, is something you do. It is not who you are. Roles crack eventually. One hard season, one failure, and the ground can give way, because a role was never built to hold the weight of an entire identity.
Being a daughter of God does not crack. Not in any season, not under any pressure, not ever. That is the ground the whole book stands on. Not a title. Not a platform. Not how confident you feel on a given Tuesday. A daughter of God, carrying His image, His nature, His capacity for love and wisdom and courage. That was true before you accomplished anything today, and it will still be true on the days you accomplish nothing at all.
Leadership was never something you had to earn. It is something you already carry, because of who you are.
The cost of leading from the wrong place.
Scroll long enough and you'll find two versions of yourself on offer. The one with the clean house, the thriving kids, the side hustle, the quiet time logged before 6am. Aspirational. Exhausting. Or the one who's decided to just own the chaos instead: the laundry mountain, the forgotten permission slip, the third Diet Coke just to keep standing. Relatable. Also exhausting. Both of them are performing. Neither one is talking about who she is.
You know the mental load that never empties. The job, the marriage, the kids, the group chat, all of it running in the background while you scroll at midnight wondering why you still feel like you're behind. You don't call it leadership. You call it fine. You're fine. Everything is fine.
Underneath “fine” is something quieter and harder to say out loud: a jealousy you're almost ashamed of, over a life that looks easier than yours. A rivalry with women who were supposed to be on your side. An insecurity no accomplishment has ever actually fixed, because you keep hitting the mark and the mark keeps moving. That isn't a character flaw. That's what happens when a woman carries real weight without ever being handed the word for what she's doing.
The enemy is not random about where he aims. He is not threatened by a woman doing more. He is threatened by a woman who knows who she is, because a woman who knows she is a daughter of God stops auditioning. That is why this matters now, not someday. The world does not need one more exhausted performance. It needs women leading from ground that doesn't crack.
About the book
You have been leading this whole time. Nobody bothered to tell you.
This is where the book picks it up. It's a faith-rooted leadership book for the mother who apologizes for existing and still runs a household with quiet authority. For the woman who's never held a title and has quietly changed a dozen lives anyway. For the one doing the math on the last twenty years, wondering if any of it counted. For the one waiting for someone to confirm her voice belongs in the room.
Ten chapters, a real introduction, and a final word, moving from identity to the home you came from, to the home you're building, to every room beyond your front door.
Explore the book & table of contentsFrom the book
A few lines before the whole thing is in your hands
“Leadership is stewardship of presence and responsibility. It shows up whenever your words, your decisions, your attention, or your example shape the lives of others.”
— Chapter One, What Is Divine Leadership?
“Safety is not the absence of correction. It is the presence of love in correction.”
— Chapter Six, When the Glass Breaks
“Confidence stands you back up. Trust lets you fall backward without bracing for it.”
— Chapter Eight, The Cost of Leading Well
From early readers
What the first women to read it are saying
In our role-obsessed world reading Leading with Divine Purpose expanded my view to focus on my divine identity as daughter of God. As I’ve started to lean into my divine identity, I have found more power and strength to lead in my daily life.
Chapter three (gifts) has been my favorite. I love the concept that your gifts aren’t for everyone - I heard that concept in the past few years and I think it’s such a great reminder as women.
I honestly don’t think I ever internalized until I read it that my roles aren’t who I am/my worth.
WOW...that’s all I can say!!! Your book was so inspiring....your story is so beautiful and your style is so, well, YOU.
I LOVED it! It made me cry and laugh in some places. It made me ask questions about my own situation and wonder how I can gain the firm, unshakeable foundation of knowing I am a divine daughter of God. To really know it so I can lead my daily life by that knowledge.
As a stay at home mom, Sara’s book was really inspiring. Leadership is found in so many different parts of our lives. Sara helped me see leadership in a whole new light. Leadership is woven throughout all aspects of our lives.
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