Jesus Approaches: What Contemporary Women Can Learn about Healing, Freedom & Joy from the Women of the New Testament

by Elizabeth M. Kelly

Overview

2019 Best Book Awards, Winner in Religion: Christianity
2018 Catholic Press Association, 3rd Place in Scripture: Popular Studies
2018 Independent Press Award, Distinguished Favorite: Religion Non-Fiction

In Jesus Approaches, Elizabeth Kelly shares vivid stories of New Testament women whose encounters with Jesus freed them to flourish in life. The stories are supplemented with moving accounts from her own life, and from the lives of women like you, to demonstrate that sometimes the best way to find healing, strength, and wholeness in Christ is, ironically, to lead with vulnerability and openness.

Ultimately, Jesus Approaches teaches that finding the fullness of life for which you were created begins with bringing your brokenness to the Lord.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829444728
Publisher:	Loyola Press
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	1,109,702
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth M. Kelly is an award-winning author and retreat master. She has written seven books, including the Your Heart, His Home Prayer Companion (2019), and Jesus Approaches: What Contemporary Women Can Learn About Healing, Freedom & Joy from the Women of the New Testament (2017), which has won multiple awards, including the Best Book Award 2019 in Religion. She is adjunct professor of Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, and travels to speak and lead retreats. Her work frequently appears in Magnificat, Blessed is She, and her monthly column, Your Heart, His Home is published throughout the United States. She has appeared on EWTN, NPR, Radio Maria, Relevant Radio, Salt & Light Television, among other media outlets. For her schedule and examples of her speaking, visit her website at LizK.org.
 

Table of Contents

Opening: Epistle vii

1 Magdalene 1

2 Shepherd Girl 17

3 Mother 33

4 Woman with a Wound 67

5 Woman Undivided 91

6 Veronica 117

7 "Martha, Martha" and Mary 131

8 Queen 147

Closing: Disciple 165

Endnotes 175

About the Author 180

What People are Saying About This

Bishop Andrew Cozzens

Liz Kelly's new book will help women to recognize their particular gifts for a world that needs healing.  She encourages women to offer their unreserved ‘yes’ to the mission God has for them, like the grain of wheat in the furrow, so that their lives will bear abundant fruit.

Editorial Reviews

Reading Jesus Approaches is like listening to a friend as she shares encounters with Christ from the Nativity to His Resurrection. Her descriptions and the stories shared by other women show struggles, yet in Christ they have a very peaceful and calming effect. She describes God’s love for us as warm, as living, as glowing.
 

Catholic Library World - JoAnne Griebel

Kelly is an engaging storyteller who shares deeply personal narratives, both her own as well as those of modern women who have found a deeper relationship with the person of Jesus. Her suggestions for prayers and ideas on which to meditate truly invite the reader to find her own way into a lasting friendship with him.
 

U.S. Catholic - Meghan Murphy-Gill

Kelly’s approach is very personal and devotional. She shares her own spiritual joys and struggles as she meditates on various women biblical characters.

The Bible Today - Donald Senior

Liz Kelly's new book will help women to recognize their particular gifts for a world that needs healing.  She encourages women to offer their unreserved ‘yes’ to the mission God has for them, like the grain of wheat in the furrow, so that their lives will bear abundant fruit.

Bishop Andrew Cozzens