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Julia Roller is the author of eight books, including Mom Seeks God, A Year with God (with Richard J. Foster), and 25 Books Every Christian Should Read. She lives in San Diego, CA, with her husband, three children, and miniature dachshund.

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Julia Roller is the author of eight books, including Mom Seeks God, A Year with God (with Richard J. Foster), and 25 Books Every Christian Should Read. She lives in San Diego, CA, with her husband, three children, and miniature dachshund.

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Julia Roller is an author, editor, and speaker. Her books include Mom Seeks God, A Year with God (with Richard J. Foster), A Year with Aslan, and 25 Books Every Christian Should Read. Julia has spoken to dozens of women’s and MOPS groups all over southern California and is currently the MOPS coordinator at Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church.Her writing has appeared in Today’s Christian Woman, The San Francisco Chronicle, Group, Rev!, and Children’s Ministry. She lives in San Diego, California with her husband, three children, and miniature dachshund, where she can usually be found driving someone to a sports field, burning the garlic bread, or turning socks the right way out at the washing machine.

I’d love to speak to your group! Below are a few of my speaking topics or I’d be happy to tailor a talk to your group’s specific needs.

Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life
Motherhood throws many of us for a loop. Amidst the joyful chaos, we can find ourselves a little short of the silence and time to ourselves that we often feel we need to seek God. We’ll walk through several spiritual practices such as prayer, silence, and worship with ideas about how to practice them in the middle of busy family life.
Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff
Mom life is many things. Exhausting? Frequently. Joyful? Often. Simple? Not so much. We long for our lives to be simple, but what is Biblical simplicity anyway? We’ll discuss several strategies for moving past the anxiety that often accompanies motherhood and into a more simple life.
Being Loved: Living a Life of Hospitality
Far from just throwing dinner parties, hospitality is an essential spiritual practice. It might be, in fact, the answer to our digital age of loneliness. Using my own experience of being embraced by my community after being diagnosed with breast cancer when I was pregnant with my third child, I’ll explore what hospitality really means in the Bible and now, how it is vital to our living in community, and why it is important to receive it as well as give it.
The Lessons of Losing
The narrative of our culture is often all about winning. As moms we feel pressured not only to be winners ourselves, but also, and for many of us more urgently, to make our children winners. Yet in the Bible, while God’s people do experience resounding victories, they also experience crushing defeat. God’s plan is clearly not for us always to win. How can we take a step back from the hyper-competitive nature of today’s parenting and learn this important lesson for ourselves and for our children? We’ll explore some of the important lessons of losing and brainstorm some ways to release ourselves and our children from the relentless competitiveness we experience in school, sports, and everyday life.
Creating Space for God
Life today doesn’t seem to offer a great deal of silence, yet it is essential in order to listen to and connect with God. We’ll talk about why we find Psalms 46:10, “Be still and know that I am God,” so difficult and how we can better put it into practice.

What People are Saying About Julia

It’s my pleasure to endorse Julia Roller as a speaker to your local MOPS chapter, women’s group or retreat. She recently spoke to our group of mothers on the topic of “Soul Care: Spiritual Practices for Busy Moms.” We found Julia to be incredibly endearing and relatable as she spoke of her struggle to find God amidst the chaos of motherhood. Because our group is comprised of moms in all stages of their faith journeys, I especially appreciated Julia’s ability to translate time-honored spiritual disciplines into practices that seemed attainable and not at all “churchy.” I’ve since enjoyed reading her book, Mom Seeks God, and hope to have Julia as a speaker to our group again next year!”

Katie Bowden
MOPS Speaker Coordinator at Mount of Olives Lutheran Church in Mission Viejo, CA

Julia is a warm and relatable speaker with practical wisdom to share from her own experiences. She was responsive to the needs of our group, and the moms really connected with what she had to share!

Sarah Butterfield
Coordinator, Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church MOPS

Julia’s talk for our women’s tea was a timely opportunity for us to contemplate loss and the value of loss in our lives. Her vulnerable sharing of herself and family’s losses allowed us to open up and face our own losses with courage and strength from God.

Maria Kim
Yorba Linda Seventh-day Adventist Church

I’d love to speak to your group! Below are a few of my speaking topics or I’d be happy to tailor a talk to your group’s specific needs.

Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life
Motherhood throws many of us for a loop. Amidst the joyful chaos, we can find ourselves a little short of the silence and time to ourselves that we often feel we need to seek God. We’ll walk through several spiritual practices such as prayer, silence, and worship with ideas about how to practice them in the middle of busy family life.
Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff
Mom life is many things. Exhausting? Frequently. Joyful? Often. Simple? Not so much. We long for our lives to be simple, but what is Biblical simplicity anyway? We’ll discuss several strategies for moving past the anxiety that often accompanies motherhood and into a more simple life.
Being Loved: Living a Life of Hospitality
Far from just throwing dinner parties, hospitality is an essential spiritual practice. It might be, in fact, the answer to our digital age of loneliness. Using my own experience of being embraced by my community after being diagnosed with breast cancer when I was pregnant with my third child, I’ll explore what hospitality really means in the Bible and now, how it is vital to our living in community, and why it is important to receive it as well as give it.
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Speaking on "Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff" at MomLife at Harbor Point Church in San Juan Capistrano, CA - Harbor Point Church, 02/28/2024
Speaking on "Let's Get Cozy: Making Our Homes Welcoming Spaces" at Point Loma MOPS in San Diego, CA - 01/23/2024
Speaking on "Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff" at Point Loma MOPS in San Diego, CA - 11/14/2023
Speaking on "Meeting God in Your Busy Life" at Point Loma MOPS in San Diego, CA - 11/15/2021
Speaking on "Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff" at The Church at Rancho Bernardo MOPS. - 10/28/2020
Speaking on "The Lessons of Losing" via Zoom at Fall Women's Tea at Yorba Linda Seventh-day Adventist Church in Yorba Linda, CA. - Fall Women's Tea, 10/24/2020
“Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff” at Point Loma MOPS in San Diego, CA. - 01/27/2020
Speaking on “Being Loved: Living a Life of Hospitality” at Raising Arrows at Calvary Chapel Chino Valley in Chino, CA. - 11/07/2019
Speaking on “The Lessons of Losing” at Grace Point Church MOPS in San Diego, CA. - 10/22/2019
Speaking on “Creating Space for God” at the Women’s Spring Brunch at North Coast Church in Vista, CA. - 04/27/2019
Speaking on “Being Loved: Living a Life of Hospitality” at Canyon View MOPS. - 04/11/2019
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at BVCC MOPS. - 02/27/2019
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at Murrieta MOPS. - 02/20/2019
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at Mount of Olives Church MOPS in Mission Viejo, CA. - 01/11/2019
Speaking on “Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff” at Canyon View MOPS. - 09/20/2018
Speaking on “Being Loved: Living a Life of Hospitality” at Point Loma MOPS. - 10/10/2017
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at San Clemente Presbyterian Church MOPS in San Clemente, CA. - 04/28/2017
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at San Clemente Presbyterian Church Evening MOPS in San Clemente, CA. - 03/16/2017
Speaking on “The Neglected Spiritual Discipline of Hospitality” at Renovare Retreat in Gilmont, TX. - 02/24/2017
Books & Such Literary Agency Retreat. Monterey, CA. - 10/16/2016
“Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff” at Emmanuel Faith Community Church MomsNext in Escondido, CA. - 10/11/2016
“Practicing Grace in the Chaos” at Emmanuel Faith Community Church MOPS in Escondido, CA. - 09/28/2016
Speaking on “The Lessons of Losing: Releasing Ourselves from Competitiveness” at Rancho Bernardo Community Presbyterian Church MOPS. - 09/21/2016
Speaking on “Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff” at Daybreak Mommies at Daybreak Church in Carlsbad, CA. - 05/03/2016
Speaking at Northcoast MOPS in Vista, CA. - 09/17/2015
Speaking on “Practicing Grace in the Chaos” at Mount of Olives MOPS in Mission Viejo, CA. - 04/17/2015
Speaking on “Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff” at Mothers & Others, Bel Air Presbyterian Church. www.belairpres.org - 03/25/2015
Speaking on “Practicing Grace in the Chaos” at MOPS at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. http://www.solanapres.org/get-connected/adults/women/mops - 03/13/2015
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at New Songs MOPS in Oceanside, CA. http://www.newsongchurch.com - 03/05/2015
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at MOPS Carlsbad @ St. Elizabeth Seton Church. http://www.ses-church.org/Files/Ministries/MOPs.html - 02/27/2015
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” at MOPS Carlsbad @ St. Elizabeth Seton Church. http://www.ses-church.org/Files/Ministries/MOPs.html - 11/18/2014
Exhibiting at MomCon in Louisville, KY. http://www.mops.org/momcon - 10/02/2014
Speaking on “Simplicity: Getting Past All the Stuff” and book table at MomsNext at Canyon Lake Community Church. - 09/23/2014
Speaking on “Mom Seeks God” and book table at Chula Vista Presbyterian Church. http://www.cvpres.org/index.html - 09/22/2014
Speaking on “Meeting God in the Middle of Your Busy Life” Adult VBS class at Evangelical United Church of Christ, Godfrey, IL http://evangelical-ucc.org/component/content/article?id=138 - 06/27/2014
Speaking on “Practicing Grace in the Chaos” and book table at Evangelical United Church of Christ, Godfrey, IL http://evangelical-ucc.org/component/content/article?id=138 - 06/22/2014
Guest on Where Am I Going? podcast with Michelle Cromer http://www.blogtalkradio.com/michellecromer/2014/05/18/mom-seeks-god-utilizing-motherhood-for-a-faith-filled-life - 05/18/2014
Co-sponsor of SD Moms’ Night Out with movie “Mom’s Night Out” at AMC Mission Valley 20 - 05/09/2014
All day Book table at The Rockpile Bookstore San Diego, CA www.sdrock.com - 05/04/2014
Speaking and Book Table at Women Connecting Dinner, Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church www.pointlomachurch.org - 04/29/2014
Leading Festival Circle on Writing and Motherhood at The Calvin College Festival of Faith & Writing. www.festival.calvin.edu - 04/10/2014
Radio interview with Debbie Chavez–Faith Place Radio. Listen live at www.faithplace.org or listen to the free podcast after the live show at www.thedebbiechavezshow.com. - 04/09/2014
Radio interview with American Family Radio--Life, Love, and Family - 04/07/2014
Workshop on Mom Seeks God and book signing, Renovare National Conference, Houston, TX www.renovare.org - 04/03/2014
Radio interview Dr. Alvin Jones radio show www.dralvinjones.com - 04/01/2014
Radio interview KDAZ morning show Albuquerque, NM www.am730.cc - 04/01/2014
Radio interview with Debbie Chavez--Faith Place Radio - 04/09/2013
Mom Seeks God Launch Party at Family Life Center, Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church - 04/06/2013
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