Find Your Way Home: Words from the Street, Wisdom from the Heart

I remember the first day I came home. There were four beautiful women walking out onto the porch to say hello. This was the home I’d almost forgotten about. Thank you, God, for leading me home.




Have you ever felt lost?Do you long for a group of friends?Will you ever find your way home?



In this remarkable book, the women of Magdalene ask questions that all of us ask, and they share their own joyous, painful, uplifting answers. Inspired by the classic Benedictine Rule, the women have written down 24 rules they live by in the Magdalene community, a place of healing and grace.







“Magdalene is living out the call and making something of the Kingdom happen.” -Tony Campolo, author of Speaking My Mind“With honesty and urgency, Becca Stevens and her fellow pilgrims from Magdalene reveal the insights gained on their personal journeys to wholeness.” -Gloria Gaither, Christian recording artist

“Magdalene has a tremendous track record of bringing recovery, hope, and independence to women in need.” -Bill Frist, M.D., Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader



“In Find Your Way Home there are 24 rules...designed to provoke people into discovering that God loves you as you are right now. And that God loves the possibility within you.” -The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal ChurchMagdalene is a residential community of women who have a criminal history of prostitution and drug abuse. The women live together in a series of Magdalene homes, supporting themselves and each other through the work of Thistle Farms, a bath and body-care business run by those in the program. For more information, go to www.thistlefarms.org.



Becca Stevens is the author of Hither & Yon, Finding Balance, and Sanctuary, nominated by Christianity Today as best spirituality book of 2005. Featured on CNN and in other national media, she is an Episcopal priest at St. Augustine’s Chapel at Vanderbilt University.

Becca Stevens is a justice entrepreneur, survivor of childhood sexual abuse, a priest, and a tireless advocate for women survivors in her hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, and around the world.

Her belief that love heals is the underlying theme behind everything she does. Becca has founded 10 justice initiatives around the world and has helped raise more than $55 million in private funds to lift women out of poverty and into freedom. She is the president of Thistle Farms, leading its network of sister organizations.

Becca has been featured everywhere from NPR to the New York Times, the TODAY Show to ABC World News. She has been recognized as Nexstar's 2026 Remarkable Woman of the Year, a Top 10 CNN Hero, and a White House Champion of Change. She counts among her supporters Bishop Michael Curry, Nicholas Kristof, and Jenna Bush Hager.

She has heard and experienced stories from women all over the world, always finding more signs of God’s love even in the most horrific circumstances. Her work is her joy. She believes she was born at the crossroads where crafts and justice meet to heal the world.