Wake Up Laughing: Offbeat Devotions for the "Unconventional" Woman

by St John-Gilbert, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9781593101473
• ISBN10: 1593101473
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Barbour Pub Inc

Summary

Like the quest for a perfect pair of shoes, the search for the right devotional book seems endless at times. But finally, "Wake Up Laughing: Offbeat Devotions for the Unconventional Woman" has arrived. In sixty creative takes on the ordinary, author Rachel St. John-Gilbert uses quirky humor to inspire the savvy reader who hungers for a fresh, challenging devotional. Each brief reading combines unusual observations on everyday life experiences-like the clunky cart at the grocery-with spiritual applications that promise to encourage and inspire. Readers will enjoy the therapeutic effects of stress-relieving wit and start their day with joy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 13
Acknowledgments	p. 15
Introduction	p. 17
Ugly Duckling Apartment	p. 21
Rich Barbie, Poor Barbie	p. 24
The Middle Ages	p. 28
Not So Technical Difficulties	p. 32
Creepy Crawler	p. 35
Go Fish	p. 38
Classy Moms	p. 42
Spider Woman	p. 46
My Sari Life	p. 49
A Weighty Subject	p. 52
Wake Up and Smell the Baby	p. 55
Nitro Babies	p. 58
Living Large	p. 61
Spend the Family Fortune Now	p. 64
The Color Purple	p. 68
Root for Me	p. 72
Not So Cool at Starbucks	p. 76
White Shorts, Moxie, and Faith	p. 80
Friends to the Friendless	p. 83
Sex and the Harried Woman	p. 87
Merry Dairy	p. 91
Big Kid	p. 94
Larger Than Life	p. 97
Supermarket Loyalty	p. 100
Creative Savants	p. 103
Survival of the Prettiest	p. 106
Confessions of a Carb Lover	p. 109
Ganging Up on PMS	p. 112
Dolly Lama Mama	p. 115
Sloth Mom	p. 118
Those Blasted Four-Letter Words!	p. 121
Oldy Moldy	p. 125
Is God Pulling Your Leg?	p. 128
If Looks Could Kill	p. 131
Mr. Wrong?	p. 134
Hurrah-kins Hahdly Happen	p. 137
The Sound of Music Survey	p. 140
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?	p. 144
Bird of Pray	p. 148
Feeling Campy	p. 151
What's in a Name?	p. 155
The Ice Cream Man Cometh	p. 158
Opposites Distract	p. 161
No Man's Opryland	p. 164
Belly Up	p. 167
Socking Away Life's Goodies	p. 170
White Lies and Chocolate Donuts	p. 173
Snow White Writer	p. 176
Have Worm, Will Travel	p. 179
You Dirty Rat!	p. 182
A Sharp Cookie	p. 185
Hot Day at the Zoo	p. 188
Jockeying for Position	p. 191
Clump-Clump Cart	p. 194
Fixer-Uppers	p. 197
The Money Pit	p. 201
All Couped Up	p. 204
Convertible Convert	p. 207
World Piece	p. 211
When It Feels Like the End Is Near	p. 214
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