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I love books. I love to read books. I love to write books. All of the books I have written were birthed in my own life experiences.

My writing journey began in 2005 when I started to write a book about how Celebrate Recovery had helped me overcome multiple hurts, habits and hang-ups I struggled with as a result of having grown up in an unhealthy family. It took me three years to write that book due to working full-time and parenting two teenagers. The result was When Therapy Isn’t Enough, published in 2008 by House to House Publications and in 2011 by Tate Publishing Company. My second book, When Religion Isn’t Enough, was published in 2012 by Tate and explains the difference between having religion and having a personal relationship with G I love books. I love to read books. I love to write books. All of the books I have written were birthed in my own life experiences.

My writing journey began in 2005 when I started to write a book about how Celebrate Recovery had helped me overcome multiple hurts, habits and hang-ups I struggled with as a result of having grown up in an unhealthy family. It took me three years to write that book due to working full-time and parenting two teenagers. The result was When Therapy Isn’t Enough, published in 2008 by House to House Publications and in 2011 by Tate Publishing Company. My second book, When Religion Isn’t Enough, was published in 2012 by Tate and explains the difference between having religion and having a personal relationship with God. It also chronicles my journey from religion to relationship. I then wrote When the Glass Ceiling is Stained which was birthed in an experience I had in the fall of 2004 when I was removed from a church leadership position I firmly believed God had called me to. That book discusses the differences between ordination and anointing, as well as the differences between leading and managing. I also raise the following question: “Is Jesus the head of your church body or denomination? You may think he is, but is he really? How can you tell? The definitive mark of whether or not human beings are truly allowing Jesus to be the head of the church is when individuals who are gifted to lead, lead, and individuals who are gifted to preach, preach: regardless of their gender.” I decided to share that experience and the lessons I learned from that experience in the hope that other women who have been given the spiritual gift of leadership would benefit from it.

I served in leadership in various Celebrate Recovery ministries for 10 years. In 2013 I had both of my knees replaced (one in June and one in October) and stepped out of the Celebrate Recovery leadership role I was serving in at that time. Throughout the following winter (as my knees were healing) I waited on God to let me know what he wanted me to do next and wrote When Doing Isn’t Enough, published by Tate in 2015. In July 2014 God lit a fire in my heart to help his daughters be set free from belief systems and practices which reinforce the inequality of the sexes. In response to that fire being lit I wrote When Going with the Flow Isn’t Enough, incorporating much of Glass Ceiling into it.

As I worked with Tate Publishing Company during the publishing process of Doing, I saw a number of red flags which made me very uneasy about continuing my relationship with them. Therefore, as I was writing Going with the Flow, I began to look for another publishing company and found Credo House Publishers. Credo published Going with the Flow in 2017.

Another happening which occurred in 2017 is that Tate Publishing Company went bankrupt. Before they went out of business they offered to sell a print ready file of each of the author’s manuscripts to the author for a small fee. I purchased the print ready file for Doing and Credo re-published it. Glass Ceiling had already been incorporated into Going with the Flow, AND, I decided to write one new manuscript from my first two, Therapy and Religion. Though the new book is titled When Therapy Isn’t Enough, it is very different (and better if I do say so myself) than the earlier book of the same name.

Over the last few years, I have written When Success Isn't Enough, which discusses the differences and similarities between living a successful life and a purposeful life, and Do You Have an Exit Strategy? which outlines how to get right with God before you die. I have also written a 2nd edition of When Religion Isn't Enough, which is an expanded version of the first edition.

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	When Doing Isn't Enough . . . Waiting Is Plenty 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Therapy Isn't Enough: Where Healing Can Be Found 3.94 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Going with the Flow Isn't Enough... Swim Upstream 3.24 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Success Isn't Enough, Purpose is Plenty 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	When The Glass Ceiling is Stained 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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New book: When the Glass Ceiling is Stained, Who’s the Architect? Recently released as a print book. Will be released as an e-book in a week or two.
Excerpt: “This book is dedicated to Christian women everywhere. It is written to you and for you. I pray that the words you read will encourage you to develop your spiritual gifts to their full potential and use them to fulfill your God-given purpose. Read more of this blog post »

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“Words are powerful. They can hurt or they can heal.”
― Mary Detweiler, When Therapy Isn't Enough: Where Healing Can Be Found

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“Emotional and spiritual wounds can be healed in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.”
― Mary Detweiler, When Therapy Isn't Enough: Where Healing Can Be Found

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“It is important to understand that someone can be ordained by human beings to do something and not be anointed by God to do that same thing. It is also possible that someone can be anointed by God to do something and not have the approval or blessing of human beings to do that.”
― Mary Detweiler, When Going with the Flow Isn't Enough... Swim Upstream

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“... true peace is found in the heart that carefully remains in God's daily provision and love.”
― Stephen Arterburn

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“Don't be afraid to rock the boat if Jesus is your captain.”
― Rick Warren

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“Through working a program that continually pointed me toward Jesus, I learned how to access his healing power. My childhood wounds were finally healed-not coped with but healed.”
― Mary Detweiler, When Therapy Isn't Enough: Where Healing Can Be Found

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“It is my belief that most, if not all, of the problems for which people seek therapy and/or enter recovery have their roots in toxic shame.”
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“Though tremendous legislative strides have been made regarding both racial and gender equality, it is sad but true to acknowledge that racism and sexism still exist. They exist because "isms" are not legal conditions, they are heart conditions, and legislation does not change hearts.”
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message 1: by James

Jan 24, 2021 04:06PM

Mary,
I just finished When Therapy Isn't Enough: Where Healing Can Be Found and was amazed at the similarities in our stories. Thank God that we both found the Healing. Congratulations on writing such a wonderful book.
Yours in Christ,
James

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