Eileen Button
About Eileen
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Eileen Button is an author, columnist, runner (well, sometimes), adjunct professor, mama, and committed java junkie. She believes in the goodness of God, the power of laughter, the inspiration of words, and the beauty of life.
Her essays have been published in Newsweek, Christianity Today's Gifted for Leadership, Holy Bible: Mosaic, and other online and print publications.
Eileen takes delight in stumbling on the miraculous in ordinary spaces - the repose of a child, the miracle of a garden, the face of a stranger. Through writing and speaking she encourages others to truly live and make room for the sacred.
What others say . . .
"Eileen Button mines humor from seemingly any subject. More impressive, though, is her ability, like Erma Bombeck's, to bring the reader, in the span of a sentence, from laughter to a catch in the throat. As a writer who reads a wide variety of columnists, I can tell you that is about as common as a man who can't wait to get to the mall."
George Waters, humor columnist, Los Angeles Newspaper Group
"Eileen Button writes in a voice that is both practical and profound. Every observation is infused with insight, humor, and uncommon common sense. From faith to family life, politics to puppies, Button offers the wit and wisdom you expect from the (brilliant) mom next door. She'll make you laugh, but look out - there's a message in there you won't want to miss."
Marybeth Hicks, columnist for The Washington Times and author of The Perfect World Inside My Minivan and Bringing up Geeks (Genuine Empowered Enthusiastic Kids)
Her essays have been published in Newsweek, Christianity Today's Gifted for Leadership, Holy Bible: Mosaic, and other online and print publications.
Eileen takes delight in stumbling on the miraculous in ordinary spaces - the repose of a child, the miracle of a garden, the face of a stranger. Through writing and speaking she encourages others to truly live and make room for the sacred.
What others say . . .
"Eileen Button mines humor from seemingly any subject. More impressive, though, is her ability, like Erma Bombeck's, to bring the reader, in the span of a sentence, from laughter to a catch in the throat. As a writer who reads a wide variety of columnists, I can tell you that is about as common as a man who can't wait to get to the mall."
George Waters, humor columnist, Los Angeles Newspaper Group
"Eileen Button writes in a voice that is both practical and profound. Every observation is infused with insight, humor, and uncommon common sense. From faith to family life, politics to puppies, Button offers the wit and wisdom you expect from the (brilliant) mom next door. She'll make you laugh, but look out - there's a message in there you won't want to miss."
Marybeth Hicks, columnist for The Washington Times and author of The Perfect World Inside My Minivan and Bringing up Geeks (Genuine Empowered Enthusiastic Kids)
"Eileen Button writes with a refreshing honesty that not only inspires and encourages the reader, but also makes us believe the best of what we are reading. Her style is smart but not snobbish; her message is always approachable, written from the perspective of someone you feel like you already know after only a few sentences.
Woven throughout everything she writes is her faith, not as a position, but an expression of her life through the words she chooses. I find myself compelled to read to the last word everything she writes, because within the humor, the poignancy, and the deep thinking, is always a message written just for me."
David Smith, columnist
