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Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey Audiobook
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Sharon Garlough Brown tells the moving story of four strangers 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.
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“Sharon Brown’s story provides a way for readers to vicariously dip into deep spiritual practices through the realistic struggles and joys of four women. Through emotionally resonant characters, Sensible Shoes encourages us to communicate with God in new ways, broadening our spiritual journey one step at a time.”
— Jana Riess, author of Flunking Sainthood
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“If you’re a spiritually inclined person, I think you’ll really love it. It’s about four women, every one of them coming from a different place spiritually. But all of them in need of a fresh cup of mercy…it’s terrific. I highly recommend it.”
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"Filled with spiritual insight, truth, beauty and discovery--not to mention deft and beautiful prose. A story to open eyes, to comfort and remind us of the importance of relationship." Tosca Lee, New York Times-bestselling author of Havah: The Story of Eve
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“A book of four spiritual journeys that we can all relate to. Filled with spiritual insight, truth, beauty, and discovery—not to mention deft and beautiful prose. A story to open eyes, to comfort and remind us of the importance of relationship.”
— Tosca Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Havah: The Story of Eve -
“Written with a compelling narrative that weaves their lives together, Sensible Shoes offers readers a new understanding of key spiritual practices and support for those who wish to travel deeper into life with God themselves.”
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“By the end of the book I was grateful for author Sharon Garlough Brown’s fresh eyes and voice. She not only gave me resharpened tools for my journey with Jesus but also reminded me that I need fellow pilgrims to love me and keep me honest along the way.”
— Sybil MacBeth, author of Praying in Color -
“There are books that offer a can’t-put-it-down reading experience and books that offer truths so resonant that I am compelled to stop reading and ponder awhile. Sensible Shoes is both. Its characters have become spiritual companions for my journey.”
— Doreen Olson, executive minister of Christian formation, the Evangelical Covenant Church -
“As a reader, I was captivated by this story and its characters. Once begun, it was hard to put down. As a long-time spiritual director and retreat leader, I found the stories of spiritual transformation to be true to what I have seen with my directees and on retreats.”
— Rev. Jim Gaderlund, spiritual director and retreat leader
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About Sharon Garlough Brown
Sharon Garlough Brown is a pastor, spiritual director, retreat leader, and author. She graduated from Smith College, receiving her BA in English language and literature and then went on to the Princeton Seminary. Her book Sensible Shoes was named one of Kathie Lee Gifford’s “favorite things” in March 2013. She and her husband Jack have served congregations in Scotland, Oklahoma, and England. They currently copastor at Redeemer Covenant Church in Caledonia, Michigan.
About Erin Bennett
Erin Bennett is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a stage actress who played Carlie Roberts in the BBC radio drama Torchwood: Submission. She can be heard on several video games. Regional theater appearances include the Intiman, Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, A Noise Within, Laguna Playhouse, and the Getty Villa. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.