I loved this little (109 page) book by Nancy Wilson over ten years ago when it came out, and love it even more now! Rich & I pulled it out recently to review the outstanding chapter called “Principles And Methods.” I bet this chapter could chop off about 80% of the problems people have with living in peace, particularly in the church. Imagine multitudes freed to live their lives “to God,” de-stressed about “the sisters!” So there’s my plug for the best chapter, though I’d be remiss if I didn’t give a hearty shout-out for the “Lovemaking” chapter, which is super too.
This book is definitely written from a Christian/biblical perspective on womanhood & marriage. It’s not a book for everyone & not everyone would enjoy it, so make good use of your delete button if you like, as we all must from time to time :^).
It’s been a delight to follow Nancy, and her daughters’ and daughter-in-law’s blog lately. Jammy Rides, Pom Pom mania, and Crash Piles are a result of Nancy’s crazy family. Under their influence, “paint piano orange” has made it onto my to-do list, albeit so far down that I may never see that accomplishment. Many years ago we put chocolates on our kids’ pillows every Saturday night “so you wake up with a sweet taste in your mouth on the Lord’s Day!” because of something Nancy said. She changed my perspective on the marks in our table, helped me smile at fingerprints on walls and windows, and continues inspiring me to fearlessly seek “joy overflowing” as a worthy and thoroughly possible standard for home.
So tell me more about this book.
Comment by Sheri — November 24, 2008 @ 1:38 am
Sheri, So, I have to say for the record: there are some women who shouldn’t read this book b/c they will get hung up on very small things (not wrong things, just opinions or examples that may not fit every person’s situation, or their understanding of Scripture on small issues).. and get in a tizzy, or whatever, and miss the boat. You aren’t one of those women, and I know that you, like me, read a plethora of things and appreciate & glean, and don’t sweat the small stuff. That said, this book is (if i remember correctly) mostly on respect in marriage, some on contentment, some on homemaking — and that gem of a chapter on Principles and Methods, which covers some good things on respect between Christian women. Oh, and the Lovemaking chapter which covers..lovemaking, naturally :). She addresses specific obstacles that married women may encounter in having an abundant sex life .. her advice would be sooo helpful to so many women.. such a good perspective — I’ll definitely be giving this one to our daughters. While our doctrine is not identical to Nancy’s, I deeply appreciate her and love her teaching. This week I am reading her book called Praise Her In The Gates, on mothering. So we’ll see how that goes. I already got all excited about the chapter on raising sons.. read it to Rich and he “AMEN’d” it to DEATH the whole time I was reading. So we liked that chapter and picked out some ideas for our own family to implement now…. and I have more to read!
Comment by Anna — November 25, 2008 @ 2:21 pm