Walking A Woman's Path: A Woman's Faith Journey - Softcover

Helen M. Russell

9781893757684: Walking A Woman's Path: A Woman's Faith Journey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893757684 ISBN 13: 9781893757684

Publisher: E. T. Nedder Publishing, 2008

We are all on a faith journey -- a spiritual path. Some of us are very much aware of it and others are not. Each journey is different. Simple everyday prayers are part of that faith journey -- our spiritual path. This book is a collection of prayers and reflections on a faith journey of one woman. In this book she shares her daily ups and downs of life and her relationship with her God. Simple everyday prayers are part of this faith journey, this spiritual path. Many of us can relate to the everyday, spoken from the heart prayer. Many of us recite prayers we have learned over the years, yet when we speak to God we use our own voice. We speak the voice that God knows -- the voice that God put into our hearts when he breathed life into us. This is the comfort zone of the author. On our spiritual journey, things happen that sometimes stop us in our tracks. Prayer is a way to move us forward again. Making prayer a part of our everyday life, makes us more focused, more confident, more productive, more content and happier in our lives. Sometimes, simply telling God we are afraid, confused or angry breaks through the obstacles that keep us from seeing the silver lining of a blessing in disguise. The author believes that women will most relate to this book, because many of the prayers are spoken from the feminine point of view. However, she believes there is a masculine point of view too. Much of our life experiences are neither feminine nor masculine, simply human. Fear, confusion, anger, joy, enthusiasm, happiness are all human emotions. We all walk a different path, yet we seek the same God. She sees these walks as walks with God on her journey. She hopes that her book will somehow touch those who read it in a way that brings them to their center and a place where God will touch them.

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About the Author:

Helen M Russell has been married to the strongest support and love of her life, Ron, for more than 40 years. She is the mother of three adult children who continue to challenge and teach her daily how to love. She is the grandmother of one amazing little girl. Helen is Roman Catholic and has taught religious education classes and marriage preparation classes with her husband in various parishes for more than 30 years. Along with two other women, Helen developed a Women's Retreat Ministry in her parish and helps present these retreats annually. She is a labyrinth facilitator through Veriditas at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, where she trained with Dr. Lauren Artress. She offers workshops on the labyrinth wherever the path leads her. After growing up in north western Pennsylvania, she lived in the Hudson Valley of New York for more than 14 years. For the last 27 years, she has lovingly called the Sonoran Desert of Tucson, Arizona, her home.

Review:

The great spiritual writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton tells us that "There is only one thing necessary: to be what God wants us to be." In Walking a Woman's Path: A Woman's Faith Journey, you'll discover a woman of faith and love that does just that. Our prayers reveal a lot more about us and our response to the stirrings of the Spirit within than they do about God. Through Helen's prayers, you will meet a person who has taken the challenge to walk ever deeper in the way of love, compassion and justice, knowing what God calls her and all of us as well to be. It is God who inspires our prayers and moves us to do what we pray for. Helen is a person who acts on her prayers and is an inspiration to all of us who join her in these prayers -- male, as well as female. Through her prayers, we can all become more aware of the Divine Presence in the totality of our lives as we walk the path with her on this journey called life. --Fr. Richard M. Kingsley, pastor, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Tucson, AZ

Helen models what true prayer should be; conversation with God. In an intimate and lyrical voice, Helen lifts up to the Lord her daily joys and frustrations, gratitude and grumpiness, love and laughter. We hear our own familiar thoughts as we eavesdrop on her poignant prayers. Helen's sincerity stirs in us a desire for the same close relationship with the Lord that she obviously enjoys. This highly recommended, warm compilation of Helen Russell's informal chats with God will move you to pray differently. --Brigid Waszczak, Spiritual Director and Retreat Leader, Tucson, AZ

Helen speaks a language of love, speaks to our hearts and speaks to God. You will find your voice in her words, receive the comfort of Jesus and grow through her work. This book is a treasure and the perfect gift for those who struggle at times, love always and celebrate life. --Bette Lovelace, Teacher, State of Arizona Reading Specialist and Retreat Leader

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