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The Collected Works of Catherine Marshall: To Live Again / Beyond Our Selves
Filled with timeless comfort and inspiration, "To Live Again" Catherine Marshall's deeply personal memoir of grief and healing--has spoken to the hearts of millions of people who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Her heartfelt wisdom and gentle understanding will give you hope and peace in the midst of your own most difficult times.Catherine takes you further along on a spiritual journey with "Beyond Our Selves." Chronicling her own spiritual adventures with sensitivity and insight, she shows you exactly how to meet God and how to move from a simple belief in Him to an intimately personal relationship with Him.
Catherine opens her private journal to carefully explore the questions that every honest seeker asks--Does God really hear and respond to us? Why does He allow evil things to happen? Does He still heal? How and why should we pray?
From God's character to our need for forgiveness, this handbook gently leads you through the first steps of Christian faith--or perhaps walks you through them again when life's difficulties bring questions and doubts. Catherine's practical guidance will encourage you to trust your Heavenly Father with your heart, your mind, and your life no matter what your circumstances.
Catherine opens her private journal to carefully explore the questions that every honest seeker asks--Does God really hear and respond to us? Why does He allow evil things to happen? Does He still heal? How and why should we pray?
From God's character to our need for forgiveness, this handbook gently leads you through the first steps of Christian faith--or perhaps walks you through them again when life's difficulties bring questions and doubts. Catherine's practical guidance will encourage you to trust your Heavenly Father with your heart, your mind, and your life no matter what your circumstances.
520 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1997
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About the author
Catherine Marshall
196 books1,035 followersMarshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood. From the age of nine until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia, where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942.
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author.
Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter, published in 1951. It became a nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing.
Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies.[citation needed] They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Christy was adapted as a CBS television series, starring Kellie Martin, beginning in 1994.
In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. They had three children, Linda, Chester and Jeffery.
Marshall died on March 18, 1983 at the age of 68. She was buried alongside her first husband.
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936. The couple moved to Washington, DC, where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1940, Marshall contracted tuberculosis, for which at that time there was no antibiotic treatment. She spent nearly three years recovering from the illness. Her husband died in 1949 of a heart attack, leaving her to care for their 9-year-old son, Peter John Marshall. He later also became a minister and author.
Marshall wrote a biography of her husband, A Man Called Peter, published in 1951. It became a nationwide success and was adapted as a film of the same name, released in 1955. Her success encouraged her to keep writing.
Marshall wrote or edited more than 30 books, which have sold over 16 million copies.[citation needed] They include edited collections of Peter Marshall's sermons and prayers, and her own inspirational writings. Her most successful books were A Man Called Peter (1951); and her novel, Christy (1967), which was inspired by the story of her mother's time in the mountains teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Christy was adapted as a CBS television series, starring Kellie Martin, beginning in 1994.
In 1959, Marshall married Leonard LeSourd, who was the editor of Guideposts Magazine for 28 years. Together they founded a book imprint, Chosen Books. They had three children, Linda, Chester and Jeffery.
Marshall died on March 18, 1983 at the age of 68. She was buried alongside her first husband.
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