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Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey

by Sharon Garlough Brown

Four lives, a shared spiritual journey

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Four lives, a shared spiritual journey

At a retreat center, four women arrive carrying distinct pressures: pastoral exhaustion, widowhood and an unsettled past, rejection within a difficult marriage, and the demands of graduate study. Their stories meet through spiritual practices and mutual support, giving the novel a framework that connects personal struggles with a communal path of spiritual formation. The description also points to practices readers can consider applying in their own lives, while the book-club and group-study resources offer ways to continue the conversation beyond the story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Christian women’s fiction and spiritual formation.
  • Book clubs or groups seeking a novel with related study resources.
  • Readers drawn to stories about women facing personal strain and finding mutual support.

Themes

Spiritual formation and practiceCommunity and mutual supportIsolation and personal struggleWomen’s life transitions

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Four Strangers, One Retreat Center, A Story of Transformation

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 find:

  • Key spiritual practices that they can take into their own lives,
  • A cast of characters that any reader can find themselves in, and
  • 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.

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