Hi, I’m Mitch Yowell. Welcome to Peaceful Streams.

I’m a husband, a dad, and a follower of Jesus. My wife and I live in rural Central Virginia with our three kids, twenty chickens, and four very spoiled cats. Some of my favorite moments are the ordinary ones: laughing together around the dinner table, reading a good book, or taking a slow walk down to the stream near our home to sit and pray.

By day I work as a financial analyst, deep in spreadsheets and numbers. I also carve wooden spoons, a simple, slow hobby that keeps teaching me about patience and about a Father who knows exactly what I need. (If you’ve read “Your Father Knows,” you’ve heard the cherry wood story.) I care about healthy living too, for body, mind, and spirit.

For a long time I lived as if God’s love was something I had to earn: clean up first, try harder, do more. Slowly, He has been showing me another way. His love is like an ever-flowing river. It doesn’t stop when I fall short, and it doesn’t speed up when I perform well. It just keeps flowing toward me.

That’s what this blog is about. Peaceful Streams is a place to slow down, rest in God’s love, and remember who we really are in Christ: deeply loved sons and daughters, not people striving to measure up. Here you’ll find short reflections, stories from everyday life, prayers, and Scripture that has met me in quiet moments. My hope is that you’ll leave a little lighter than you came.

A book is on the way. I’m putting together Peaceful Streams, a 30-day devotional about resting in God’s love and our identity in Christ. It’s coming in 2027, and I’d love for you to be one of the first to hear when it’s ready.

Come walk with me. Subscribe below and new reflections will come straight to your inbox, along with book news as it happens. You can also reach me anytime at peacefulstreams111@gmail.com. I’d genuinely love to hear from you.

Grace and peace,
Mitch