Pearl Girls
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Pearl Girls

Encountering Grit, Experiencing Grace

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  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pearl Girls

Encountering Grit, Experiencing Grace

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About this book

After experiencing the death of both parents, Margaret McSweeney recognized the importance of community like never before. Through these difficult times in life, she learned how God uses gritty circumstances to conform us to the stunning image of Christ.

McSweeney also realized that she was not at all alone. It is for this reason that she decided to compile essays into an inspiring book: Pearl Girls: Encountering Grit Experiencing Grace. Through this collection, readers will be encouraged by the heartfelt writings that deal with loss and hardship in a real and honest way. Respected authors such as Shaunti Feldhahn, Melody Carlson, Debbie Macomber, Robin Jones Gunn and others help remind every woman that they are not alone and that no circumstance is beyond the grace of God.

McSweeney uses the metaphor of a pearl in order to better describe the situations that ail us all. When an oyster takes in a piece of sand in order to create its coveted masterpiece, it is initially painful to the soft flesh of the creature. But after the pain, appears a clean, white symbol of simplicity, purity, and endurance that any woman would be proud to wear. McSweeney believes that each woman is a pearl and together, form a necklace of great worth. In this book, readers will discover community and encouragement: women are alone in neither their pain nor victories in life.

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Information

Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780802458629
eBook ISBN
9781575673509
Edition
1
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. An Invitation
  7. Susan May Warren: Angels of Forgiveness
  8. DiAnn Mills: Cinderella
  9. Andrea Jones Mullins: Pushing Back the Darkness
  10. Nicole Braddock Bromley: The Secret Is Out!
  11. Dianne Neal Matthews: The Ties That Hold
  12. Rebecca Ondov: The Darkest Night
  13. Brenda Neuhaus: Strength in Weakness
  14. Michelle McKinney Hammond: Fruit for Thought
  15. Jami Kirkbride: A Safe Embrace
  16. Marcia Lathrop: Man’s Refuse, God’s Jewel
  17. Lucinda Secrest McDowell: If We Are Willing, God Is More than Able
  18. Lisa Jefferson: A Life-Changing Phone Call
  19. Mary M. Byers: The Miracle at the Post Office
  20. Shannon Woodward: The Gift
  21. Kendra Smiley: Half Empty/Half Full
  22. Crystal Bowman: Little Ol’ Me
  23. Felicia Middlebrooks Hill: Saying Good-bye to My Friend Regina
  24. Virelle Kidder: Running to the Finish Line
  25. Heather Gemmen Wilson: A Secret Club
  26. Nancy Sebastian Meyer: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  27. Rita Canning: Rainbows—The Language of God
  28. Jane Hampton Cook: My Weight Loss—A Heart Change
  29. Bonnie St. John: Let God and Let Go
  30. Lori Kasbeer: Finding God in the Waves of Change and Brokenness
  31. Jennifer Schuchmann: Getting Lost and Found
  32. Cynthia K. Stiverson: “What Goes Around Comes Around”
  33. Kimberley Woodhouse: As Seen on TV!
  34. Karen Granger: Sacrificed Dreams
  35. Pat Ennis: Abandonment to Hope
  36. Kathi Macias: Learning to Set Up Chairs
  37. Brittney Thomas: Learning to Dance
  38. Kristin Billerbeck: I Just Don’t Fit In
  39. Deb Kalmbach: To God Be the Glory
  40. Tricia Goyer: God’s Plan . . . Not Mine
  41. Meg Wilson: Hope After Betrayal
  42. Shaunti Feldhahn: God’s Generosity.
  43. Camy Tang: Good for Me
  44. Carol Kesner Ruhter: Releasing the Rope
  45. Debbie Macomber: From a Marriage on the Rocks to One Built on The Rock
  46. Elizabeth Musser: The Treasure in Our Suffering
  47. Rachael Phillips: Future Perfect—Who, Me?
  48. Melanie Talbot Montgomery: God Stayed with Me
  49. Robin Jones Gunn: My Capsized Life
  50. Sharon Thompson Rhea: Marissa and the Bear
  51. Nancy Moser: Waiting and Delighting
  52. Stacie Ruth Stoelting: Pain Forms Pearls
  53. Sarah Chapman McManus: Hope Lives
  54. Michele Guinness: Finding My Father
  55. Dawn Meehan: Time
  56. Mary E. DeMuth: Spill Your Guts to God First
  57. Melody Carlson: Perfect Delusions
  58. Carolyn Rhea: Thy Will Be Done?
  59. Maureen Lang: Proof of Strength . . .  It’s in the Genes
  60. Jenny Tarter: No End in Sight
  61. Trish Perry: Bigger than Fear
  62. Patricia Crisafulli: As Tough as Pearls
  63. Nanette Swick: “God Has Heard”
  64. Marti Wibbels: A Season of Sorrows, A Season of Hope
  65. Wendy Alsup: My Good and His Glory
  66. Danielle E. Crowell: Miracles and Healing
  67. Deborah Raney: Abba, Our Father
  68. Anna G. Joujan: “On This Day”
  69. Karla Porter: A Birth and a ReBirth
  70. Julie Scudder Dearyan: Looking Backward for Forward Faith
  71. Chris Shenk: Everyday Pearls
  72. Get Connected!
  73. A Word of Thanks