{"product_id":"the-wonder-years-40-women-over-40-on-aging-faith-beauty-and-strength-9780825445224","title":"The Wonder Years: 40 Women Over 40 on Aging, Faith, Beauty, and Strength","description":"\u003cb\u003eStart embracing the wonder of life after 40\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We're all getting older. How do we make the second half of our lives the best half? Forty incredible women of faith from 40 to 85 tackle aging anxieties head-on--and upend them with compelling first-person stories full of humor, sass, and spiritual wisdom. Including: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Elisa Morgan on Dogs and Belonging\u003cbr\u003e Elisabeth Elliot on Sacrifice and Offering\u003cbr\u003e Jennifer Dukes Lee on Drinking in God's Love\u003cbr\u003e Jennifer Grant on Diving In\u003cbr\u003e Jen Pollock Michel on Facing the End\u003cbr\u003e Joni Eareckson Tada on Pain and Provision\u003cbr\u003e Kay Warren on Joy and Holy Fun \u003cbr\u003e Kendra Smiley on the Freedom of Fun\u003cbr\u003e Lauren Winner on Living with Intention \u003cbr\u003e Luci Shaw on Embracing Adventure\u003cbr\u003e Lynne Hybels on the Necessity of Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e Madeleine L'Engle on Honoring Touch\u003cbr\u003e Patricia Raybon on Answering the Phone \u003cbr\u003e Paula Huston on Living Outdoors \u003cbr\u003e Shannon Ethridge on the Miracles in Mistakes\u003cbr\u003e Sheila Wise Rowe on Following God's Lead\u003cbr\u003e Vina Mogg on the Beauty of Mess\u003cbr\u003e And many more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In three thematic sections--Firsts, Lasts, and Always-- these women provide much-needed role models for aging honestly, beautifully, and faithfully, with surprises all along the way. These \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e indeed the Wonder Years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarren, Kay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Kay y su esposo Rick Warren fundaron la congregación Saddleback Church, en Lake Forest, California. Kay es una apasionada maestra de la Biblia y defensora infatigable de los que padecen enfermedades mentales, VIH y SIDA, así como también de los niños huérfanos y vulnerables que son abandonados. Además, creó la fundación Saddleback's HIV \u0026amp; AIDS Initiative. Sus hijos son Amy, Josh y Matthew, que está en el cielo; además tiene cinco nietos: Kaylie, Cassidy, Caleb, Cole y Claire.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFields, Leslie Leyland:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - When you see her, Leslie may be wearing a silk dress and fishnets or wearing XtraTuf boots and carrying fishing nets, depending on whether she's at her fish camp in the Alaska wilderness or on a speaking tour outside. She's happy in both places talking about the books, places, and topics that move her most. Her eleven books include \u003ci\u003eThe Wonder Years: 40 Women over 40 on Aging, Faith, Beauty and Strength\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCrossing the Waters: Following Jesus through the Storms, the Fish, the Doubt, and the Seas\u003c\/i\u003e, which won \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e's 2017 Book of the Year in Christian living; \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Food; Forgiving Our Fathers and Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eSurviving the Island of Grace: A Life on the Wild Edge of America\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays, appearing in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Christianity Today, Beliefnet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, take on an uncommon diversity of interests: wilderness, theology of the body, culture-making, motherhood, narrative theology, and points between and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs much as I love words on the page, I'm not fully satisfied until I get to speak them in person with others, Leslie adds. She's honored to travel and share from her passions nationally and internationally at conferences, universities, churches, and retreats. With three master's degrees, she has taught collegiate classes for many years, including six years in Seattle Pacific University's MFA program. If she can't see her audience, radio is a good second. She has appeared on more than 150 radio shows including \u003ci\u003eFamily Life Today, Prime Time America, Focus on the Family\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChris Fabry Live!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe conducts writing workshops around the country and is the founder of the Harvester Island Wilderness Workshop, a writing and spiritual retreat center on the Alaskan island where her family lives and fishes commercially. Recent guest writers have included Philip Yancey, Ann Voskamp, Luci Shaw, and Bret Lott. Find out more at www.leslieleylandfields.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeslie lives on Kodiak Island, Alaska, with her family and her Yorkie, Sophie, who thinks she's a sled dog. She can be reached at leslieleylandfields@gmail.com.","brand":"Kregel Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917937217810,"sku":"9780825445224","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67142f33-2c24-4e8b-8e9a-6c870df4d812.jpg?v=1738872141","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wonder-years-40-women-over-40-on-aging-faith-beauty-and-strength-9780825445224","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}