Bathtubs and Warm Water: The Genesis of Faith

Author: Dorothy Dettmering
Located in: Peoria, AZ
Submitted: July 06, 2017

    Tell us a little about yourself.  I'm 97 years old, a retired home economics teacher, former clown and puppeteer, and I've been writing for seventeen years: a memoir "The Uncommon Journey of an Ordinary Woman", a children's book "When Charlie Coyote Lost His Cool", and a coming-to-faith book "Bathtubs and Warm Water: The Genesis of Faith."

    What was your motivation behind this project?  I was thinking of how I became a Christian when my family was so dysfunctional. How did I happen to come to this point? I heard this message from Joel Osteen about "divine connections," so I wanted to find them in my own life and then to share my experiences of coming to faith with others.

    What do you hope folks will gain from this project?  I hope this book motivates people to check their lives, because I know that my sins have been forgiven and I want to encourage people to find their own forgiveness through faith in the Divine.

    How were you personally impacted by working on this project?  I came to truly believe. I could see that my life was entirely one miracle after another.

    Who are your influences, sources of inspiration or favorite authors / artists?  Joel Osteen is the one who gave me the first insight into the notion of Divine Connections, which started me on the path to salvation.

    Anything else you'd like readers / listeners to know:  When I first started this project, I didn't realize I was doing this for God, I thought I was doing it for myself. Now I realize that my whole life was planned. I went through the hills and valleys for a reason--to get me where I am today.

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