WV Stitcher: Dwelling Places ~ Litfuse Tour & Giveaway

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Dwelling Places: Words to Live in Every Season (Abingdon, June 2016)

Do you long for serenity and refuge, peace and hope? Are you seeking a deeper spiritual life through a closer relationship with God?

If you’re tired of dwelling in busyness and noise, then perhaps one word a day can change your life. Award-winning author Lucinda Secrest McDowell knows that if you spend time each day turning to God’s Word for wisdom and guidance, your faith can flourish and grow.

Through short and inspiring readings, McDowell unpacks a single word—such as mercy, beauty, gratitude, or grace—to reveal a biblical blessing or challenge relevant to where you are. Full of stories and illustrations to empower you to live the word you have just read, each devotional ends with a benediction, written as if God were speaking directly to you.

These “dwelling places” that offer the joy of God’s promise and presence cover four seasons: fall, Advent, Lent, and summer. Whether in the midst of busy holiday schedules, holy days, ordinary moments, or changing seasons, a deeper faith can be as simple as a single word.

Learn more and purchase a copy.

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Lucinda Secrest McDowell is the author of 11 books, including “Live These Words,” “Amazed by Grace,” and “Quilts from Heaven.” She has contributed to an additional 25 books and has been published in more than 50 magazines. A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Furman University, she speaks internationally through her ministry “Encouraging Words.” An award-winning writer who has earned accolades from prominent writers’ conferences and retreats, McDowell has also worked in radio broadcasting, in retreat planning, and on church pastoral staffs. She writes from “Sunnyside” cottage in Connecticut.

Find out more about Lucinda at http://EncouragingWords.net.

My take on this book:

If I had to describe this book in one word it would be soothing, reading the devotionals just sooth my heart and soul. Dwelling Places is a devotional quality book that is quite different than any other that I have used. First it is broken down into four sections, dwell~fall, shine~advent, renew~lent, and grow~summer, sort of like the seasons of our lives. Each reading focuses on one word and then touches on how it's used in the Bible and how it can be relevant wherever we might be in our life. The stories are short, but they pack a spiritual punch that provide not only food for thought and reflection but some really seem as they were written about me. I personally focused on the summer~ grow season and some of the words and readings that spoke to me were worry, after all who doesn't have a few of those, and this particular reading shares how God cares and looks out for us and reminds that instead of worrying that perhaps we should sing! If I could have one wish where this book is concerned it would be that there would be a table of contents that would make it easy to find the particular issues that I might be dealing with but honestly I found myself just turning the pages and finding relevant reading for me. I love that there is scripture reference peppered through the text. I think this is the perfect book to grow one's faith, and would make a wonderful gift anytime of the year. I for one continue to use it daily.

A complimentary copy of this book was provided for review.

Drown out the busyness and noise of everyday life and find a deeper faith with something as simple as a single word in Lucinda Secrest McDowell’s new book, Dwelling Places. Through short and inspiring readings, McDowell unpacks a single word—such as mercy, beauty, gratitude, or grace—to reveal a biblical blessing or challenge relevant to where you are. Full of stories and illustrations to empower you to live the word you have just read, each devotional ends with a benediction, written as if God were speaking directly to you.

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