Joy Amidst Life’s Ups and Downs

Merry Christmas from Adam, Bethany, & Fam!
A Message from the Beautifully Flawed Board of Directors

For more than a decade the mission of Beautifully Flawed Foundation has been to encourage a broken world and offer hope to overcome through Jesus Christ.
Hope to Overcome

Often all we see is the pain and the scars we carry, seen and unseen. Viewing those scars, we can often hear negative thoughts and struggle with feeling so alone. Questioning our worth and our value, we wonder if we could ever be loved or if we can ever love ourselves?
Our Shine Forth Community Event is BACK!

Often all we see is the pain and the scars we carry, seen and unseen. Viewing those scars, we can often hear negative thoughts and struggle with feeling so alone. Questioning our worth and our value, we wonder if we could ever be loved or if we can ever love ourselves?
Made for More

Often all we see is the pain and the scars we carry, seen and unseen. Viewing those scars, we can often hear negative thoughts and struggle with feeling so alone. Questioning our worth and our value, we wonder if we could ever be loved or if we can ever love ourselves?
Our 2024 Fall Giving Campaign

There is always an eager expectation in all of our hearts as we near this special time of year — the arrival of our fall retreats! A whole year of dreaming, praying, planning, and partnering with God in this life-changing work that we get the honor of being a part of.
Overcoming the Odds

For Haven Shepherd, 2018 Beautifully Flawed retreat attendee, living life as an amputee is all she’s ever known — but that hasn’t stopped her by any means. It’s a life she’s embraced to the full, a life of looking challenge straight in the eye and saying “game on,” a life of overcoming odds, inspiring young people, and accomplishing world-renowned achievements, all with an unwavering trust and faith in God.
Coming Full Circle

We have a saying at Beautifully Flawed — it’s the filler we see between a prayer and a miracle, just as God changes the page from tragedy to triumph — and it is “But God.” “But God” moments follow a time of despair or crisis, signifying a pivotal change brought about by divine intervention. They reveal God’s ultimate authority and transformative power in seemingly impossible situations. When we feel hopeless, He is still writing our story.
From Attendee to Leader

No one wishes to walk through fire. No one dreams of journeying through the difficulties. It goes against everything in our human nature that desires safety, comfortability, and control. And yet, what if?
Beauty from Ashes

Much has transpired in Carley Shoesmith’s life since she stepped out of the van in Del Mar, CA to attend her very first Beautifully Flawed retreat in 2013 — the inaugural retreat for the foundation. Her story hasn’t been easy by any means, yet, it’s one filled with hope, a story of how God took chapters of pain, disappointment, and loss and used it for good, turned it into purpose.