Running into Water - Paperback

Women Immersed in the Pursuit of God

"This book leaves me breathless, I will read it again and again and again," ~ Forward by Nichole Nordeman, nine-time Dove award winning Christian singer-songwriter

Running into Water is not just another woman's book; it's an articulate and compelling call to women and mothers from every dialect of life for renewed purpose and hope.

The idea of women immersed in God transformed through the practice of motherhood is as much as for who women will be as it is for who the next generation will become. This endeavor demands that mothers not only be heartfelt women, but intellectual ones, engaging the world around them. Women in pursuit of God live lives that are anything but commonplace; their mothering becomes anything but ordinary. To be a woman, mother and learner of Christ, applying his freedom and teaching to life is much more than good morality or a safe, dull existence; it is a profound resurrection to life as it's meant to be.

Angela Blycker invites you to join her on this personal, global, thoughtful and applicable journey in Running into Water as she explores and interweaves the beliefs and questions about pursuing God, gives evidence of practical implications of this in the lives of women internationally through the bold application of spiritual truths, and presents insightful vision for intentional motherhood.

Publisher: Authentic
ISBN13: 9781606570302
Published: December 2009
Format: Paperback

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1. Anonymous User on 1/7/2010, said:

Blycker's Book Will Shift The Paradigm of Modern Christian Motherhood, January 2, 2010 Forwarded by Nichole Nordman, this astounding book is a true paradigm-shifter for women who are thirsty to realize all they are meant to be as women and as mothers. Using the metaphor of our physical thirst for water to represent every woman's thirst for God, Angela Blycker leads us on her own intensely personal journey to quench that thirst. In rich, lyrical language, Blycker draws a realistic picture of motherhood. Over this picture she superimposes images of Christ and women world-wide, weaving a fascinating literary brocade. This multi-layered effect shifts our focus off of ourselves as we enjoy God through Christ's redeeming sacrifice; we enjoy who we are in Christ along with all of the benefits implied in that relationship; and lastly, we learn to care for one other internationally. As women we are transformed by this shift of focus. Running Into Water: Women Immersed in the Pursuit of God will alter the lives of women in many seasons and different walks of life. This book belongs to women who are confused by Christianity: they feel jaded by the discrepancy between what Christians claim and how Christians live. These women are presented with the pure gospel of Jesus Christ in common language that is uncomplicated by religious terminology. This book belongs to women marginalized, disenfranchised, or disillusioned by the local church. Blycker rallies no denomination and purports no agenda other than "the fame of God". It is not through the "right" denomination or formula that we will arrive at the throne room of God. This book is for the mother who has believed that mothering is less valuable or intellectual than other pursuits. She will find a shift in paradigm: it is not in spite of her mothering but because of it that she becomes all that she is meant to be as a woman actualized in the molding of her children, fully engaged in a global world, and priceless in eternity. Finally, this book is for the mother who feels she has failed. She is not just behind the eight ball; she is about to be run over by it. In this book she will find the road to healing from the ever-nagging guilt that she is never enough. The book is presented in three sections. In the first five chapters Blycker presents the beliefs that led her on her quest for living water. Her thirst makes us aware of our own. Over the twelve chapters that follow, Blycker responds to this need by breathing new life into Christian practices that for some have become brittle and ritualistic but are meant to be life-giving blessings from the hand of God for weary women. Blycker describes each sacrament in the fresh words of one who is discovering first-hand the joys under-girding the concepts. The final section of the book is a practical application for living in freedom and dreaming with vision, and then releasing our children to do the same. By the book's end we find we have not only been given a drink of pure water but we have been washed by it as well. Satisfied and cleansed, we are inspired to reclaim our birthright as women: to live the life of purpose that our Creator intended for us to live. I found Blycker's website and blog to be equally thought-provoking and globally-minded at www.angelablycker.com Aimee R. Line
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