Judy Douglass

- Do you ever feel a lack of direction in your life? - Are you sometimes troubled by your past? - Have you ever felt you were moving in the right direction and later realized that you were wrong? - Could God be leading you in directions that you would not usually seek? - Do you desire greater intimacy with God? If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, the Lord invites you to experience the power of looking in the right direction. Looking is a simple but crucial act. Just one look can change your life - both positively and negatively. The direction toward which you look is as important as are the reasons for looking. Dr. Almona uses her proprietary Five-Way-Directional Model(c) to show you how to live a happier and more purposeful life as you practice looking in the right direction for the right reasons by the Holy Spirit.

- Do you ever feel a lack of direction in your life? - Are you sometimes troubled by your past? - Have you ever felt you were moving in the right direction and later realized that you were wrong? - Could God be leading you in directions that you would not usually seek? - Do you desire greater intimacy with God? If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, the Lord invites you to experience the power of looking in the right direction. Looking is a simple but crucial act. Just one look can change your life - both positively and negatively. The direction toward which you look is as important as are the reasons for looking. Dr. Almona uses her proprietary Five-Way-Directional Model(c) to show you how to live a happier and more purposeful life as you practice looking in the right direction for the right reasons by the Holy Spirit.

Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self-recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?" Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection of 90 essays--90 days of perspective on what God offers to you as you love your prodigal. At the end of each brief essay, response questions will help you process how God intends to use the wilderness journey to mold your spiritual life. You can work through it day by day, or you can read it straight through. Judy has traveled this road with her own prodigal--reading, learning, praying, and seeking God. Over and over he continued to give her wisdom, he sustained her, he covered her with grace, and he filled her with hope. May you, too, be strengthened and filled with hope as together you discover how God will take you through your own valley.

Loving a prodigal is a long and desperate journey, filled with fear, worry, anger, self- recrimination. You wait for the phone call--will it be from jail or the hospital? You plead with your loved one. You search for help. You feel the shame. You cry out to God, "How long, Lord?" Author Judy Douglass knows these lovers of prodigals well. She is one herself and has created a large and growing community with others. When You Love a Prodigal is a collection of 90 essays--90 days of perspective on what God offers to you as you love your prodigal. At the end of each brief essay, response questions will help you process how God intends to use the wilderness journey to mold your spiritual life. You can work through it day by day, or you can read it straight through. Judy has traveled this road with her own prodigal--reading, learning, praying, and seeking God. Over and over he continued to give her wisdom, he sustained her, he covered her with grace, and he filled her with hope. May you, too, be strengthened and filled with hope as together you discover how God will take you through your own valley.