Gretchen loves writing about rich theology rooted in real life. She’s authored a training course for intergenerational mentoring called Gospel Mentoring. Gretchen also co-hosts one of the newer podcasts for the 1517 Podcast network titled Freely Given, a conversation about the freedom that comes through dependence on Christ.

Gretchen’s first book, Ragged: Spiritual Disciplines for the Spiritually Exhausted aims to lift the burden off personal spiritual performance, teaching us instead how to depend on the work of God in us.

The Ronneviks live in Minnesota on the family farm where Gretchen and her husband Knut, parent their six hilarious kids. She works as a homeschool mom, writer, and speaker. Gretchen enjoys knitting, reading many books at the same time,
and embarrassing her teenagers in public