Praying With Katie God, My Cat, And Me

By Don Holt Jr.

Book Overview

Unemployed-depressed about the past and anxious about the future-Don Holt had both time and motive to doubt and pray about the trip on which he was being taken. These daily times of wondering and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740711571
• ISBN13: 9780740711572
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Praying With Katie, God, My Cat, And Me

I was given this book several years ago by the pastor of my church. It gave me a brand new outlook on the unconditional love of God. I have read it several times, as it is very inspirational and is an "easy" read. I have purchased copies for friends and highly recommend it to EVERYONE...

A New Relationship with God

When this book was given to me my initial reaction was that I wasn't impressed. That was before I started reading beyond the introduction. By assessing his relationship with a kitten, the author looks at his relationship with his God in a new light.It would seem presumptuous to compare oneself to God, but sometimes I think it is our nature to try to see things from God's perspective. This book gave me a lot to think about in terms of my relatonship with my creator - quite a feat in such a small and unscholarly work.

Touching story about defining your own spirituality

Praying with Katie is a unique story about the author's search for spirituality and peace with himself. His journey takes place with the help of his cat, Katie. Through his relationship with Katie, Don is able to define his own spirituality and find the strength to deal with his personal challenges.

An Insightful and Extremely Unusual Book!

What a cool book! I've never read anything like this. I was afraid it was going to be sappy and silly, but I was COMPLETELY wrong, so if you're thinking the same thing, read on. One of my pet peeves (no pun intended) is people who anthropomorphize their pets, assigning specifically human motivations to their behavior, and that's what I expected from this book. But the author doesn't do that at all. In fact, at first he's annoyed by his cat Katie and her feline ways when she gets in his way as he's trying to meditate and pray. But she ends up becoming an inspiration to him, at times a metaphor, a reminder of his humanity, or a grounding influence in his soul-searching. By observing Katie's behavior and his own reactions to it, the author has come up with some very original spiritual insights. Katie's unwitting role in all of this is really fascinating, not to mention amusing.This is not just a book for "cat people." I think anyone who cares about spiritual growth would get something out of it. I know I did, and I don't even have a cat... yet.