After a career in finance and a season of personal upheaval, Faye Munnings began sending simple Monday motivation texts. They became two books, a community of readers, and a new calling.

MIAMI — In the stillness of a post-pandemic morning, when millions were grappling with disrupted careers and uncertain futures, Faye Munnings sat at her desk doing something she hadn’t done during her decades in accounting and finance. Instead of managing numbers, she typed out a few lines of encouragement to a single friend, a small gesture intended to brighten a Monday.

She didn’t know it then, but that message would mark the beginning of a new vocation.

What started as a quiet ritual soon grew into a practice, then a mission, and later two books that merge narrative storytelling with spiritual reflection. For many readers, her work has become a gentle lifeline in an era defined by silent struggles.

A Career Built on Numbers, Interrupted

For more than 25 years, Munnings built a steady career as a financial executive for nonprofits and governmental agencies across South Florida. With a master’s degree in accounting, she handled multimillion-dollar budgets for symphonies, municipalities and large public events.

“I handled finances for international concert tours and even the Miami Vice movie premiere,” she recalled. Her voice carried the calm authority of someone accustomed to high-stakes decisions and organizational leadership.

But after COVID-19 transformed the world in 2020, the losses hit close to home. Loved ones passed away. Job opportunities vanished. Her normally steady path grew uncertain.

“Everything seemed upside down,” she said. “I spent 2021 and 2022 looking for work and feeling discouraged. One day I thought, If I had a job to go to, I’d want someone to send me encouragement on a Monday morning.”

“Mondays are often the hardest day of the week”, she noted with a sigh.

The Birth of a Weekly Ritual

She began the next Monday sending short motivational texts to one friend. A few weeks later, she added another. Then another. Before long, a small circle of people looked forward to her Monday Morning Motivational messages steeped in faith, empathy and practical hope.

From that circle, a book emerged.

A Portable Companion for Difficult Seasons

In 2025, Munnings published Have a Good Week, a slim collection of essays based on those weekly texts. With chapters like “The Manufacturer Knows” and “Pray for the Underbelly,” the book blends biblical references with everyday reflection.

She wanted the book to be “small, light, and easy to read,” something readers could slip into a bag or keep nearby.

But her second book, released the same year, expanded her creative reach.

A Novel That Holds Up a Mirror

Silent Shouting: The Sound of Healing in Quiet Seasons takes a narrative approach, following characters like Laura, a young mother balancing career, marriage and spiritual longing, her friend Maddie and her husband, Ivan. Their story moves between emotional upheaval, marriage, friendship and faith, offering readers an invitation into self-reflection.

“It’s an emotional narrative,” Munnings said. “But it holds a mirror up to the reader: How would you handle this?”

Chapters end with study questions, blurring the line between novel and devotional guide.

The book’s title captures a theme that runs throughout her work: the inner cries people suppress while appearing composed. “We’re texting, but not communicating,” she said. “Internally, there’s a need to heal.”

Prayer, for her, is not a ritual but a relationship, “a love story” with God. “Our prayers are as different as each one of us,” she added. “It’s a connection, a cord that negative energies try to sever, like tooth decay beneath a beautiful smile.”

From Spreadsheets to Spiritual Prose

Her transition from finance to writing came with obstacles. Distractions, “the adversary’s attempts to derail good work,” as she describes them, often challenged her resolve. Post-COVID grief fueled both her vulnerability and her determination.

“Whenever you try to elevate good, you get some level of distraction,” she said.

Scriptures such as Isaiah 41:10 (“Fear not, for I am with you”) steadied her. Eventually, she came to see the writing not merely as an idea but as a calling.

“I believe God poured this into me before I was born,” she said. “I was a hidden creative person.”

Filling a Void

Both books, available on Amazon, circle themes of hope, healing and surrender. Where Silent Shouting explores the complexities of friendships and faith-driven relationships, Have a Good Week offers short, accessible reflections for daily life.

Munnings believes her voice fills a gap in the current landscape of spiritual and self-help literature. “People were writing traditional stories or self-help, but not combining them,” she said. “I felt like my voice was missing.”

Looking Ahead

She now imagines multiple printings, translations and, eventually, a broader speaking platform. “I’d love to be out there inspiring people,” she said, “Its kingdom vision, everything leads back to God.”

For now, her Monday messages continue to arrive each week, a ritual that reminds her and her readers that even in quiet seasons, healing has a sound, if we pause long enough to listen.

Buy Your Copy Here:
Have A Good Week: https://a.co/d/3LVJKGM
Silent Shouting: The Sound of Healing in Quiet Season:  https://a.co/d/c5mbPty

About the Author

Faye Munnings is a Miami-based author and former accounting executive with more than 25 years of experience overseeing multimillion-dollar budgets for nonprofits and government agencies. After personal losses and career shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic, she began writing weekly encouragement messages that evolved into her books Have a Good Week and Silent Shouting: The Sound of Healing in Quiet Seasons. Her work blends narrative, self-reflection and Christian faith, offering readers tools for emotional and spiritual healing.