About the Book
Book: Glimpses of God: an autumn devotional for women
Authors: Shirley Crowder and Harriet E. Michael
Genre: Devotional (nonfiction)
Release Date: August 13, 2021
Creator God made the world in which we live.
He placed the moon and stars in the sky, the rivers and oceans on the
earth.
He also created seasons throughout the year. Each season is
defined by specific features and attributes that are common.
As Christ-followers we experience spiritual seasons. Though these
seasons do not come in order like seasons in nature, each spiritual
season we experience is defined by certain features.
This book is focused on autumn—both calendar and spiritual. During
our spiritual autumns, we prepare for change and the possibility of
difficult days ahead. It also represents abundance and blessings.
This book is part of the four-book Glimpses of God series.
Click here to get your copy!
My Review
Fall is my favorite season so I knew I would enjoy this book when pairing it with the Bible. I enjoyed hearing about the authors' stories from their life during school and fall season and then learning about God's word through their experiences. I highly recommend this devotional!
About the Authors
Shirley Crowder
is an award-winning author (Ames Award, Southern Christian Writers
Conference awards) and freelance Christian writer living in Birmingham,
Alabama. She was born under the shade of a mango tree in Nigeria, West
Africa, where her parents served as missionaries.
She is passionate about disciple-making, which is conducted in and
through a myriad of ministry opportunities including biblical
counseling, teaching Bible studies, writing, and music. She is a speaker
and teacher for women’s, biblical counseling, addiction, and writing
conferences, retreats, and workshops.
Shirley has contributed to several blogs, and is published as an
author, co-author, and contributing author of fourteen books. She has
appeared on several The Addiction Connection Podcasts and on Shaped by
Faith with Theresa Rowe.
Several of her articles have appeared in “Paper Pulpit” in the Faith section of The Gadsden (Alabama) Times. She also has published articles for David C. Cook, Student Life, and Woman’s Missionary Union publications.
Harriet E. Michael is an award-winning writer winner of two Selah Awards, a Cascade Award, and an Ames Award.
Born in Nigeria, West Africa, as the daughter of missionaries,
Harriet is a writer, wife, mother, and grandmother. She holds a BS in
nursing from West Virginia University but has discovered her passion for
writing. Since her first published article in 2010, she now has
hundreds of published articles, short stories, and devotions.
Harriet is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and
Louisville Christian Writers. She is the author of ten books and
hundreds of stories, articles, and devotions. Her work has appeared in
publications by Focus on the Family, Lifeway, Standard Publishing, David
C. Cook Co., Bethany House, American Life League, Crosswalk.com,
Christian Communicator, Judson Press, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The
Upper Room, Pentecostal Publishing House, Smyth and Helwys, and more.
She is also a Christian speaker who loves to talk to women’s groups
about prayer or other topics or speak at writers’ conferences on
free-lance writing, non-fiction writing, and devotional writing.
More from the Authors
For the winter devo, we used the following (I’ve changed the
final few paragraphs.) If you have a pumpkin bread recipe you can add
it.
From Africa to America, Life Long Friends
March 14, many years ago …
In the heart of the African jungle in the Niger River delta of
eastern Nigeria, the first cry of a newborn baby echoes from a small
jungle hospital. The baby is a girl, Harriet Clarice, the third child of
medical missionaries, Alice and Keith Edwards.
Harriet and her family stayed in this remote part of Nigeria for a
year until the other family returned from furlough. At that time, they
went for another year to Oyo, Nigeria to language school and then on to
Ogbomoso in central Nigeria, where they stayed the next ten years. Keith
practiced medicine at the hospital in Ogbomoso, and Alice worked with
him as a nurse.
October 24 of the same year Harriet was born …
Deep in the Yoruba country of southwestern Nigeria, some 260 miles
away from Joinkrama, piercing through the tropical night sounds, the
first cry of another newborn baby cries out at a guesthouse in Ogbomoso.
This baby is also a girl, Shirley Jeanne, the fourth child of
missionaries Jeannie and Ray Crowder.
In 1962 the Crowders moved to Ogbomoso. Ray served as administrator
of the 96-bed hospital, and Jeannie taught kindergarten and ministered
to the Nigerian women with home visits and Bible studies. Harriet’s
parents worked at the Ogbomoso hospital with Ray.
Lifelong friends
Harriet ended up living just up the dirt road from Shirley. They
played together nearly every day and formed a friendship that remained,
even after years and distance separated them.
Harriet and Shirley, and the others in this unique group of
individuals, who shared a common childhood in Nigeria in our beloved
tropical homeland half a world away from where most of us live now, grew
up calling each other’s parents aunt and uncle. Even as adults, we
still feel a kinship as though we are family—cousins perhaps.
Some years ago, at a mission reunion, Shirley handed Harriet a book
to which she had contributed. That was the first time Harriet knew she
was a writer. Shirley had discovered a few years earlier that Harriet
was a writer, too.
Several years ago, Shirley suggested that they prayerfully consider
writing a devotional book together. Through that experience, they
learned that they work well together. Their similar understanding and
views on scripture is a good foundation for the different strengths each
of us bring when it comes to writing.
Since that first book, we have worked and continue to work together on other projects. Glimpses of God: an autumn devotional for women
is the final book in our 4-book devotional series, Glimpses of God.
Through our devotionals we pray people will see Glimpses of God all
around them. Creator God made the world and the seasons throughout the
year. By using the seasons in nature, we help readers see correlations
to the spiritual seasons Christ-followers experience and to get
“Glimpses of God” in and through everything that happens.
So, we guess it could be said that we are once again “playing” with
our childhood friend in spite of several decades having passed since
they played together happily beneath the shade of mango trees.
Blog Stops
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, September 7
Vicky Sluiter, September 8
Texas Book-aholic, September 9
Lily’s Book Reviews, September 10
Christina’s Corner, September 10
Locks, Hooks and Books, September 11
Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, September 12
Lighthouse-Academy, September 13
Splashes of Joy, September 13
The Book Club Network, September 14
Older & Smarter?, September 15
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, September 16
Mary Hake, September 16
For Him and My Family, September 17
Cover Lover Book Review, September 18
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, September 19
Raining Butterfly Kisses, September 19
Lights in a Dark World, September 20
Giveaway
To celebrate their tour, Shirley and
Harriet are giving away the grand prize package of a print copy of the
book and a $50 Amazon gift card!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/27a6e/glimpses-of-god-an-autumn-devotional-for-women-celebration-tour-giveaway
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