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Sensible Shoes
- A Story About the Spiritual Journey
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Series: Sensible Shoes, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-02-21
A novel that's also a teaching book
I found this book to not only be enjoyable but also so encouraging, deep and reflective of God's true heart for our hearts. I plan on listening to it again!
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- Skippy
- 09-01-21
Wonderful Journey
This story was full of life where so much of the women’s stories link. I’d tried to read this book in paper form ages ago but struggled. This Audible version breathed life in to the story. The Lord brought life to it for me.
The narration was excellent with the different voices each having life both in their struggles and joys.
A brilliant book from cover to cover. Thank you.
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- S. Murphy
- 23-11-19
WONDERFUL
This is a wonderful book full of love heartache joy sorrow and just real life but this is a uplifting book that will stay with you
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- Chaps
- 30-05-19
an insightful journey with so many relatable elements
4 characters each different giving the reader all the more areas to relate to personally. their journey gives a real glimpse into the therapeutic journey of awareness... linking past events with present contraints ... and also provides an insoght in to how someone with faith hands over their daily and life long worries and walks into freedom....
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- Miss V Wilson
- 27-08-17
Precious treasure
Sensible Shoes had me captivated from the outset. It is deeply rich and challenging and there is precious treasure to be found in the pages. I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series. And my heart is stirred to see Sharon lead a spiritual retreat here in Scotland. Watch this space!
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- Jojo loebig
- 22-05-22
life changing
absolutely loved this book!
Each characters journey resonated with my spirit and I kept having to pause the book to have a moment with God.
The holy spirit brought so much healing to my heart through this book. cannot wait to start book two in this series!
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- Mel
- 04-12-21
The Journey
I loved this book, didn't want it to finish, relatable to my own spiritual journey.
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- Belle
- 15-11-21
I really should have looked more closely
If you can stick the constant bible and Jesus references maybe this is for you I really tried to get into it but the constant bible and Christian viewpoint was too much I couldn’t listen anymore after 3 hours I gave up!
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- Joanne
- 14-11-21
A beautiful story
A story of how 4 women on their individual journeys with Jesus, bond at a Christian retreat. As they learn lessons and grow, so does the reader. To gain more from this book, try the accompanying study guide. I learn more each time I re read.
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- Bex
- 25-08-21
Loved it
Really enjoyed ‘going on a spiritual journey’ with the 4 characters. Could see a little bit of myself in all of them and found the spiritual practices really life giving. If I’m honest I didn’t read this book for a while as I thought the name was lame 😂 and it would be a bit ‘mumsy’ and not for me. However it was really great, I was wrong! Can’t wait to read the next one ☺️
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- Tanya
- 01-02-16
Life changing and transforming...
Loved it! Narrator did a great job! Easy to listen to. couldn't stop listening at times. We're reading this book as apart of a book club at our church and it was just what we all needed right before our retreat!
I could relate to all main characters in some form and I was right there on that emotional journey with all of them.
Message that stuck with me was, sticking with what stirs me... that was the first message that has opened the door for the Spirit to do His work... It's been a great journey with these women and the disciplines learned has reawaken my hunger to delve deeper into God's love.
6 people found this helpful
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- Jennifer Droppleman
- 28-02-17
Life changing!
This was such an awesome book! It could be great for a study group and really helped me look inside myself and peeled off a few onion layers that helped me get even closer to God!
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- Cindi S.
- 29-06-16
couldn't stop listening
This book is so rich and full. I loved seeing how these 4 strangers became close friends. The spiritual guidance sections were deep and I went along with them in my devotional times.
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- Mary R
- 07-05-15
Wonderful book
This is probably one if the best books I have either read or listened to! If you are looking for help in your walk with God, then this is a must! Give you some food for thought!
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- Truthtreasurer
- 27-04-19
What a wonderful treasure!
I totally enjoyed hearing this story! It brought me to tears a number of times. Not only is it a great story but I learned so much as I
personally connected with the characters. Loved it so much I ended up buying the entire series and I’m so looking forward to the next one! Highly recommend!!!
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- Debbie
- 01-04-18
Boring, boring, boring, and narrator only reads.
I almost always search for books with a Christian aspect, but this "story" is more of a new age inner-man study/self-help book. Not much story at all, as if the characters were written only to be tools of teaching. The narrator s/l she is just reading and every character's voice sounds the same so you have to pay very close attention to the names. I wasn't even able to finish the book, only made it to ch. 5 (but almost every chapter is at least an hour long), and it never got any better. It talks very in-depth about walking a spiritual meditation labyrinth and other similar new age pilgrimage, sacred journey, inner labyrinth, spiritual director type things, and something about lectio divina, sacred reading??? Anyway, too much new-age type stuff for me, and waaayyy too boring, and not much actual story. Will try to return and will not be listening to any more by this author or this narrator, they both go on my NO list.
7 people found this helpful
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- DK
- 31-05-16
Thought provoking
This lead me on a Spiritual Retreat on my own.
A time of self discovery. Leading to a deeper relationship with God and Jesus.
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- D. Jones
- 17-09-19
Enjoyed hearing how these ladies’ lives bloomed in community
I loved hearing the story of how these women got to know one another, and eventually learned some things about themselves that led to growth in their personal lives. It was real and tender, and I found myself excited to see them overcome some difficult life experiences with hope and new found strength. I loved it!
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- Theresa Barnes
- 23-03-19
I write this with tears in my eyes
Beautiful! A journey of four women’s to discover the deep love God has for them! It brought to mind so many pieces of my personal story! I started off thinking I could connect with Mara - but by the end I connected personally with all four! ❤️❤️❤️❤️.
The depth and truth and tenderness of these journeys are a gift!
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- Teresa Gosselin
- 16-03-19
Up lifting
Intertwined in the story of each characters life story were many aspects of my own life. It revealed hope and healing.
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