Brenda is a licensed mental health counselor, educator, and award-winning author of Uncomplicated: Simple Secrets for a Compelling Life, Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind, and Balance, Busyness, and Not Doing It All. She has been featured in Guideposts devotionals, including Mornings with Jesus, Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and The Washington Post. Brenda twice won the Touchstone Award for teachers.  

She and her husband, Ron, raised four children on their family dairy farm in Shipshewana, Indiana, where they now raise Bernese Mountain dogs, goats, chickens, and cattle. They enjoy camping and visiting their grandchildren and adult children across the country. Brenda is a Stonecroft Speaker and State Regional Administrator. Brenda is drawn to Stonecroft by the passion women have for sharing the gospel, their support for one another, and the opportunity for women to serve as ministry leaders throughout Stonecroft’s more than 85-year history.