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Sensible Shoes
Ebook
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- Length: 112 pages
- Published: November 28, 2012
- Imprint: IVP Formatio
- ISBN: 9780830864539
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Available at all major retailers!
Over 200,000 Copies Sold Worldwide!
Four Strangers, One Retreat Center, A Story of Transformation
Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they embark together on a journey ofspiritual formation:
Hannah, a pastor who doesn't realize how exhausted she is.
Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester who is haunted by her past.
Mara, a woman who has experienced a lifetime of rejection and is now trying to navigatea difficult marriage.
Charissa, a hard-working graduate student who wants to get things right.
You're invited to join these four women as they reluctantly arrive at a retreat center and find themselves drawn out of their separate storiesof isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation.
Along the way, readers will find:
- Key spiritual practices that they can take into their own lives,
- A castof characters that any reader can find themselves in, and
- Tangible support for the deeper life with God.
If you want to travel this journey with others, you will find a group study guide and book club resources at www.sensibleshoesclub.com.
"I have been on retreats with [these characters] and I am one of them. Their neediness, arrogance, cluelessness, perfectionism, self-pity, codependence . . . are mine. By the end of the book I was grateful for author Sharon Garlough Brown's fresh eyes and voice. She not only gave me resharpened tools for my journey with Jesus but also reminded me that I need fellow pilgrims to love me and keep me honest along the way."
Sybil MacBeth, author of Praying in Color
"Sharon Garlough Brown introduces us to four engaging women who are wrestling with their . . . view of God. Strap on your best traveling shoes--following their journey in Sensible Shoes is not for the faint of heart!"
Melinda Correa Schmidt, Midday Connection
"I have been on retreats with [these characters] and I am one of them. Their neediness, arrogance, cluelessness, perfectionism, self-pity, codependence . . . are mine. By the end of the book I was grateful for author Sharon Garlough Brown's fresh eyes and voice. She not only gave me resharpened tools for my journey with Jesus but also reminded me that I need fellow pilgrims to love me and keep me honest along the way."
Sybil MacBeth, author of Praying in Color
"There are books that offer a can't-put-it-down reading experience and books that offer truths so resonant that I am compelled to stop reading and ponder awhile. Sensible Shoes is both. Its characters have become spiritual companions for my journey."
Doreen Olson, executive minister of Christian formation, The Evangelical Covenant Church
"Sharon Garlough Brown introduces us to four engaging women who are wrestling with their . . . view of God. Strap on your best traveling shoes--following their journey in Sensible Shoes is not for the faint of heart!"
Melinda Correa Schmidt, Midday Connection
"Sharon Brown's story provides a way for readers to vicariously dip into deep spiritual practices through the realistic struggles and joys of four women. Through emotionally resonant characters, Sensible Shoes encourages us to communicate with God in new ways, broadening our spiritual journey one step at a time."
Jana Riess, author of Flunking Sainthood
"A book of four spiritual journeys that we can all relate to. Filled with spiritual insight, truth, beauty and discovery—not to mention deft and beautiful prose. A story to open eyes, to comfort and remind us of the importance of relationship."
Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Havah: The Story of Eve
"Sharon Brown's story provides a way for readers to vicariously dip into deep spiritual practices through the realistic struggles and joys of four women. Through emotionally resonant characters, Sensible Shoes encourages us to communicate with God in new ways, broadening our spiritual journey one step at a time."
Jana Riess, author of Flunking Sainthood
CONTENTS
1. Invitation to a Journey
2. The Pilgrimage Begins
3. Exploring the Heart of God
4. Learning to Linger
5. Come and See
6. Hiding and Seeking
7. Walking Attentively
8. Intimacy and Encounter
9. Found at theCrossroads
10. Deeper into the Wilderness
11. Lightening the Load
12. Walking Together in the Love of God
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Discussion Guide
