Describing herself as a combination of raspy loudness, frizzy redness, running craziness, redeemed brokenness, persevering faithfulness, and striving to reflect more of Christlikeness, Audrey Roloff strives to inspire, support and encourage women, marriages and families.
In her lifestyle blog, Auj Poj, she writes about family, faith, and fashion, adventure, and much more. On top of that, she and her husband Jeremy, co-founded Beating50Percent to inspire marriages that are better than average and to encourage husbands and wives to give more than 50 percent to their spouse.
Born in Oregon, Roloff was a long-distance runner in high school and attended Oregon State University on a scholarship while studying business and was actively involved in the Young Life ministry.
Always More
Before races, Roloff would write “Always More,” on her arm in black sharpie. “It started out as a motivational running reminder for me in high school,” she said in a Heroes for Her podcast with Erin Weidemann. “I would paint glitter nail polish over the top so I didn’t sweat it off.”
The purpose of the reminder was that when she hit the point in a race where she felt like she had nothing more to give, she would remember with Christ she always had more.
“Running was such a huge part of my life, and still is just in a different way now, and a huge part of the growth in my relationship with the Lord,” she said. “All the different parallels between being and a distance runner and our walk with the Lord, and through drawing those parallels over into other areas of my life ‘Always More’ became more than just a running reminder, it became more like a mantra for me.
She started an Always More blog while in college and it has since grown and thrived as she’s maintained it through her marriage and into becoming a mom, and has now become more of a lifestyle brand.
“It’s a reminder that there’s always more to other people’s stories than meets the eye, more to be thankful for, more to give, more to unearth, more to learn, more fun to be had, more mercy to grant – all these things that, through Christ, there’s always more,” she said.
At the heart Always More is Ephesians 3:20 and her mission is to encourage women to always believe in the more that is within them through Christ. Signing up for weekly devotionals delivers encouragement and support to women through text messages that are all based on Always More.
“The first one is based on Ephesians 3:20,” said Roloff, “then following is Always More joy, faithfulness, generosity, humility, and other messages that are topical, but all tie into the theme of Always More.”
After being set up on a blind date, Roloff met her now-husband Jeremy during her freshman year of college and says that from the day they met Jeremy was pursuing her. “I was stubborn and busy, not really looking to date. “
For the next two years while being good friends, Jeremy kept pursuing her. When they finally started dating during Roloff’s junior year of college, Jeremy chose to go to film and photography school in Santa Barbara, but they continued to date long-distance for three years.
“We basically never saw each other because I was in school and an athlete. I was always competing cross country in the fall, indoor track in the winter and outdoor track in the spring. He would come visit in the summertime a few times, but it was honestly pretty brutal,” she said.
