Lori Hatcher: Press Kit
About
Lori Hatcher is an author, women’s ministry speaker, and career dental hygienist. At 18, she hoped to change the world by becoming the first woman president. Now she points people to Christ, the One who has changed the world forever. Married to David for almost 40 years, she works alongside him to encourage and equip believers.
Lori earned a degree in Science in Dental Hygiene, but she received her greatest education while homeschooling their two daughters from birth to college. She believes in the power of story to connect real life to spiritual truth. This shows in her award-winning, story-driven devotionals, including the Refresh series with Our Daily Bread Publishing. She also writes for Guideposts, Focus on the Family, Revive Our Hearts, and Crosswalk.com. A great day for Lori includes a prayer walk with David, a meal she doesn’t have to cook, and one-on-one time with family members and friends.
Contact
Email: LoriAHatcher (at) gmail.com
Phone: (803) 237-3636
AWARDS
2023 Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference Director’s Choice Third Place winner, Refresh Your Prayers, 60 Devotions to Restore Power and Praise
2020 Excellence in Editing award for Refresh Your Faith, Uncommon Devotions from Every Book of the Bible
2016 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year award for Hungry for God … Starving for Time, Five Minute Devotions for Busy Women
Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Gold and Advanced Leader Bronze
Press Releases
Social Media Links
Pinterest (Hungry for God).
Notable Speaking Appearances
Soda City Live with Dawndy Mercer Plank, Refresh Your Hope Release
Moody Radio, Kurt and Kate Morning show “Confessions of a Chronic Yeller”
South Carolina Department of Revenue, “The Power of Gratitude”
Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Les Stobbe
PJNET.TV interview
Nite Line interview on WGGS, Channel 16
Links to Recent Interviews and Podcasts
“Confessions of a Chronic Yeller” on Moody Radio.
Conversations with God on the God Hears Her podcast with Our Daily Bread
“Five Ways to Spend Quality Time with Your Spouse” (with husband David), Staying Real About Faith and Family Podcast
“Hidden Relationship Wreckers: How to Weed Them Out and Love Like Jesus” ImPerfect Podcast (Shelly Snead)
“Praying for Your Adult Children” on Pray Together UMCNA podcast
“Five Ways to Save Hundreds of Dollars on Editing” Your Best Writing Life podcast with Linda Goldfarb
Interview on Living Real Podcast
Books
A Word for Your Day: 66 Devotions to Refresh Your Mind
Moments with God for Couples: 100 Devotions for Drawing Closer to God and Each Other (with David Hatcher)
Refresh Your Hope: 60 Devotions for Trusting God with All Your Heart
Refresh Your Prayers, Uncommon Devotions to Restore Power and Praise
Refresh Your Faith, Uncommon Devotions from Every Book of the Bible
God Loves Her (Our Daily Bread Compilation)
God Hears Her, A Joyful Christmas
Evenings with Jesus (Guideposts)
All God’s Creatures, Daily Devotions for Animal Lovers (Guideposts) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Hungry for God … Starving for Time, Five-Minute Devotions for Busy Women
Joy in the Journey – Encouragement for Homeschooling Moms
Extended Bio
Lori Hatcher is the author of the Refresh series with Our Daily Bread, which includes Refresh Your Hope: 60 Devotions for Trusting God with All Your Heart; Refresh Your Prayers, Uncommon Devotions to Restore Power and Praise; and Refresh Your Faith, Uncommon Devotions from Every Book of the Bible. A Word for Your Day, 66 Devotions to Refresh Your Heart launched in 2024. She and her husband, David, co-authored Moments with God for Couples. Hungry for God … Starving for Time, 5-minute Devotions for Busy Women, won the Christian Small Publisher 2016 Book of the Year.
Of Lori’s writing, psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Kevin Leman said, “Real-life inspiration and candid wit. These 5-minute devotions will change your life.”
She served for ten years as the editor of South Carolina’s Reach Out, Columbia magazine and is a regular contributor to Revive Our Hearts blog, Focus on the Family, Crosswalk.com, Preaching.com, Women’s Ministry Tools, Almost an Author, and The Write Conversation.
Her articles and devotions have appeared in publications such as Christian Living in the Mature Years, The Lookout, Celebrate Life, Today’s Christian Living, War Cry, P-31, The Mother’s Heart, and Homeschooling Today. Her devotions have been published in The Upper Room, Purpose, Hope FULL Living, LIVE, Someone Cares (a greeting card project from Guideposts) and Evangel. She’s contributed to eight anthologies, including Guideposts’ One Minute Daily Devotions, Evenings with Jesus, and six editions of Guidepost’s All God’s Creatures.
Lori is a Toastmasters International Advanced Communicator Gold and Advanced Leader Bronze. An award-winning speaker whose blend of humor, charm, and inspiration delights women’s conferences, military wives’ organizations, and homeschool events locally, nationally, and internationally, including Japan and Mexico.
Over the past five years, she’s spoken to an average of 1,700 women a year. She’s also served on faculty at writers conferences such as Write to Publish, the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, Florida Christian Writers Conference, Carolina Christian Writers Conference, Write2Ignite, North Georgia Christian Writers Conference, Kentucky Christian Writers Conference, Blue Lake Christian Writers Conference, and Asheville Christian Writers Conference. She serves as Co-President of Lexington Word Weavers and President of Page 33, two chapters of Word Weavers International.
She’s a 40-year resident of Columbia, South Carolina’s capital city, where she works as a healthcare professional and enjoys long-term ties to the Columbia business community. She’s been married for almost 40 years to a minister, has two married daughters and four grandchildren. She maintains relationships with several Columbia churches where she has served in various teaching and leadership roles, including her former church, the 6,000-member Shandon Baptist Church. Lori regularly leads women’s Bible studies. A featured speaker, workshop leader, and discussion panelist at a South Carolina Home Educators’ annual conference, Lori has served as a spokesperson for the homeschooling community in print, radio, and television.
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Suggested Interview Questions
Personal
- You’ve lived in South Carolina most of your life, but you weren’t born there. Tell us about your Yankee roots.
- In addition to being a writer, editor, and women’s ministry speaker, you also have a day job that has nothing to do with the writing world. Tell us about that.
- What do you do for fun?
- You’ve been married for 40+ years. What’s the secret?
Professional
- You’ve said that frustration caused you to write your first book with Our Daily Bread Publishing, Refresh Your Faith, Uncommon Devotions from Every Book of the Bible. Tell us more.
- Have you always wanted to write a book, or is this a relatively new thing?
- Your bio says you live “delightfully close to your four grandchildren in Lexington, South Carolina. How often does your family show up in your writing? Do they ever mind being the subject of your devotions or illustrations?
- What is the passion that drives your writing life?
- You describe yourself as a storyteller. What place does story have in communicating biblical truth?
- What are you working on now? Is there another book in the works?
Spiritual
- Tell us how you came to faith.
- You write that your spiritual life took on deeper dimensions because of a Bible study you participated in more than 20 years ago. Tell us about that.
- What are the keys to maintaining a dynamic walk with God?
- What brings you joy?
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