Joy Ryan

Speak to the Fire: What to Believe in a Messed Up World Volume 1

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Produktdetails

• God Notes
• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781098327996
• ISBN-10: 1098327993
• Artikelnr.: 60578162

Autorenporträt

Joy Ryan is based out of Vernonia, Oregon and grew up in a conservative Christian household with family members that were in the ministry. She spent many years in the church growing up with her mother as a pastor of a very small country church. She herself embarked upon a finance career and obtained her finance degree. She went through the loss of her first spouse in her early 20's and then remarried. That tragically ended in divorce sometime later. During her years in the dating world she discovered a lot of similarities amongst the families of different religions she encountered and men she was dating. A common thread she found was that each religion wanted to be the only religion and always seemed to be in rebuke of the others. Most seemed deeply rooted in manmade tradition vs a personal relationship with our creator. Realizing there is a true voice of God that one must find and follow, gave her a lot of relief in all the confusion. She shows us the history of stories in her own life that verify the almighty exists and works in our lives in wondrous ways, even if we have been unaware. After telling random stories to friends and hearing their reaction she realized the blessing and that these stories needed to be shared on a more public platform. She knew this would help others tune in and have a personal relationship with God despite the chatter and confusion of competing religious labels. Most religious folks, she found, reported that they went to church regularly however were largely unaffected and had no real experiences of wonder. Unreligious folks were completely turned off by "the Church" due to all the hypocrisy, ambivalence and downright cruelty to others. Joy challenges you to look at your own life and find where the Lord has shown up; no matter what faith, or lack of faith, you claim. She helps you shine the flashlight upon the history of your life and see that the Lord has been there, available and has even swooped in to save the day without you realizing it.