Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey

Sharon Garlough Brown

InterVarsity Press, Nov 28, 2012 - Fiction - 349 pages

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Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers as they embark together on a journey of spiritual 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 navigate a 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 stories of isolation and struggle and into a collective journey of spiritual practice, mutual support and personal revelation.

Along the way, readers will be taken into a new understanding of key spiritual practices and find 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.

Contents

• 1 Invitation to a Journey: 9
• 2 The Pilgrimage Begins: 40
• 3 Exploring the Heart of God: 70
• 4 Learning to Linger: 103
• 5 Come and See: 116
• 6 Hiding and Seeking: 143
• 7 Walking Attentively: 179
• 8 Intimacy and Encounter: 202
• 9 Found at the Crossroads: 222
• 10 Deeper into the Wilderness: 255
• 11 Lightening the Load: 288
• 12 Walking Together in the Love of God: 319
• Epilogue: 337
• With Gratitude: 344
• Discussion Guide: 347
• Excerpt from Two Steps Forward: 349
• Praise for Sensible Shoes: 365
• About the Author: 367
• The Sensible Shoes Series: 368
• IVP Crescendo: 369

About the author

Sharon Garlough Brown is a spiritual director and cofounder of Abiding Way Ministries, providing spiritual formation retreats. Her book Sensible Shoes was named one of television personality Kathie Lee Gifford's "favorite things." Sharon earned an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Jack, have served congregations in Scotland, Oklahoma, England, and West Michigan.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey; Sensible Shoes Series
• Author: Sharon Garlough Brown
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0830864539, 9780830864539
• Length: 349 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Christian / General; Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth; Religion / Christian Living / Women's Interests