Your Heart, His Home — Special Edition
Flattening the Curve on Fear
My elderly Hungarian neighbor, who is quite alone in the world except for her pet parrot, calls me and leaves me a pitiful message: “I want to say goodbye,” she says in her thick accent, “because I think this is really the end of the world.”
My husband and I have been reaching out to her in recent days, assuring her, we have plenty of food, water, and toilet paper, and if she needs to come and stay with us, she can. Growing up in a communist regime, she has an especially sensitive response to any kind of crisis, especially when it involves the government. Her fear is formidable.
Yours might be as well at the moment. Fear about the virus, the economy, your own personal safety and those you love.
But the Church, through Jesus, is an expert in this area. We can lean on her.
Jesus Approaches:
What Contemporary Women Can Learn About Healing, Freedom & Joy from the Women of the New Testament
The perfect book for your women’s book club or parish Bible study!
Winner of:
American Book Fest, 2019 Best Book Awards “Religion: Christianity”
The Independent Press awards “Distinguished Favorite”
Catholic Press Association award, Popular Biblical Studies
In Jesus Approaches, award-winning Minnesota author Liz Kelly shares vivid stories of New Testament women whose encounters with Jesus freed them to flourish in life. The stories are supplemented with moving accounts from her own life, and from the lives of women like you, to demonstrate that sometimes the best way to find healing, strength, and wholeness in Christ is, ironically, to lead with vulnerability and openness. Ultimately, Jesus Approaches teaches that finding the fullness of life for which you were created begins with bringing your brokenness to the Lord.