We all encounter times when our spirit feels dry, when doubt
looms.
The opportunity to tour Israel came at a good time.
For months, my life has been a mindless plodding through necessary
routine, as monotonous as an all-night shift on an assembly line.
Life gets that way sometimes, when nothing specific is wrong but
the world around us seems drained of color. Even my weekly worship
experiences and daily quiet times with God have felt as dry and
stale as last year's crackers. I'm ashamed to confess the malaise
I've felt. I have been given so much. Shouldn't a Christian's life
be an abundant one, as exciting as Christmas morning, as joyful as
Easter Sunday?
With gripping honesty, Lynn Austin pens her struggles
with spiritual dryness in a season of loss and unwanted change.
Tracing her travels throughout Israel, Austin seamlessly weaves
events and insights from the Word . . . and in doing so finds a
renewed passion for prayer and encouragement for her spirit, now
full of life and hope.
We all encounter times when our spirit feels dry, when doubt
looms.
The opportunity to tour Israel came at a good time.
For months, my life has been a mindless plodding through necessary
routine, as monotonous as an all-night shift on an assembly line.
Life gets that way sometimes, when nothing specific is wrong but
the world around us seems drained of color. Even my weekly worship
experiences and daily quiet times with God have felt as dry and
stale as last year's crackers. I'm ashamed to confess the malaise
I've felt. I have been given so much. Shouldn't a Christian's life
be an abundant one, as exciting as Christmas morning, as joyful as
Easter Sunday?
With gripping honesty, Lynn Austin pens her struggles
with spiritual dryness in a season of loss and unwanted change.
Tracing her travels throughout Israel, Austin seamlessly weaves
events and insights from the Word . . . and in doing so finds a
renewed passion for prayer and encouragement for her spirit, now
full of life and hope.
"While Christian novelist Lynn Austin's tour of the Holy Land
revives her own parched spiritual walk, the impressions she shares
and the connections
she makes while visiting the land where miracles happened are
perceptive and illuminating....While readers will enjoy her
comfortable, narrative style, the thoughts she shares, the
questions she asks, and the conclusions she draws are both humbling
and convicting. Recommend this book to those who may have or will
travel to Israel, but also to those who seek to renew their
Christian commitment and need a novel way to begin." CBA
Retailers+Resources
"At first, I thought the key selling point of this was
that it was written by a well known Christian fiction writer, a
lady who is beloved by many of our customers who read her
stuff. She has sold more than a million copies of her books
and is an eight-time Christy Award winner! So you know she is
a thoughtful, talented, wholesome writer. As you can tell
from the sub-title, here she encounters God in ways that deeper her
faith and discipleship, kicks her out of her spiritual dry spell,
and awakens new desires for God's Kingdom -- all by going on a Holy
Land tour. This really is the real deal, and she tells of her
journey (the literal one, and the metaphorical one) in this very,
very nice book. There is gripping honesty and lovely, basic
Bible reflections, created while 'on location' throughout Israel."
HeartsandMindsBooks.com
"Austin, known for her wealth of fiction, has authored an
outstanding piece of nonfiction. Relaying her pilgrimage to Israel
offers four benefits for readers: First, the amount of biblical
history she includes is extensive. Second, her vast Bible knowledge
adds depth to her accounting of this trip. Third, her
interpretation and comparison of the Old Testament and today's
world and what that can mean for today's Christians makes this
almost a devotional book. Finally, her transparency reveals her own
spiritual needs and how this trip met many of them and changed her
heart. Pilgrimage is appropriate for any church library
collection and is valuable as a resource for a book discussion
group, of interest to both men and women." --Church
Libraries
Bestselling author Lynn Austin has sold more than one million copies of her books worldwide. She is an eight-time Christy Award winner for her historical novels, as well as a popular speaker at retreats and conventions. Lynn and her husband have raised three children and live near Chicago.