Jesus Approaches: What Today's Woman Can Learn about Healing, Freedom, and Joy from the Women of the New Testament

ELIZABETH M. KELLY is an award-winning speaker and the author of six books, including Reasons I Love Being Catholic, which won the Catholic Press Association award in 2007 for Best Popular Presentation of the Faith. Her written works frequently appear in the Magnificat’s Lenten and Advent Companions and in other Catholic venues, such as the Catholic Spirit. Kelly received her certification as a spiritual director from the Cenacle of our Lady of Divine Providence School of Spirituality in association with the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2015. She works with the Ignatian exercises and leads retreats. Kelly has appeared on Public Radio, EWTN, Salt and Light Television, and is the author of the nationally syndicated column "Your Heart, His Home." She teaches in the Catholic Studies program at the University of St. Thomas (MN) and serves as managing editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture.. Her schedule along with sample podcasts of her retreat speaking may be found on her website: www.emkbooks.com/recorded-talks.html.

Kelly is an engaging storyteller who shares deeply personal narratives, both her own as well as those of modern women who have found a deeper relationship with the person of Jesus. Her suggestions for prayers and ideas on which to meditate truly invite the reader to find her own way into a lasting friendship with him.
 

Reading Jesus Approaches is like listening to a friend as she shares encounters with Christ from the Nativity to His Resurrection. Her descriptions and the stories shared by other women show struggles, yet in Christ they have a very peaceful and calming effect. She describes God’s love for us as warm, as living, as glowing.
 

Kelly’s approach is very personal and devotional. She shares her own spiritual joys and struggles as she meditates on various women biblical characters.