What Southern Women Know about Faith: Kitchen Table Stories and Back Porch Comfort

by Ronda Rich

"A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310291798
• ISBN13: 9780310291794
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Displaced Southern Woman Loves This Book

I'm a Southern woman with a strong faith heritage very much like the one that Ronda Rich writes about in What Southern Women Know about Faith. Now living in the Northwest, I could not wait to settle into my favorite easy chair with a good cup of hot tea and while away the time "back home" with Rich's Southern women. And, once I began reading, I could hardly put the book down. This book was like a wonderful home-coming! It is the spiritual faith that shaped me. It is the cultural church that shaped me. It is the Southern women (and men) who shaped me. I've decided to buy several copies and give them to my Montana friends with a note, "This is me!"

Amazing, truly amazing......

What a wonderful blessing it was to listen to the audio version of this book which is actually narrated by Ronda Rich. With her stunning Southern voice, she speaks of both happy and sorrowful times which will tug at your heart causing tears to flow, but a smile to catch them. Ronda's words brought back so many memories including spending weekends and summers with my now deceased Grandparents in North Georgia, Camp Meetings and Sunday "dinners" with friends and relatives. This book makes me cherish even more my upbringing, my family and having such a sweet Lord to praise and watch over me and the people I love so dearly. Thank you Ronda for something so beautiful and truly unforgettable.

Spirit Lifter!

"What Southern Women Know about Faith" lifted my spirit and had my soul singing. The stories are told in Ronda Rich's Southern perspective but have Universal themes of the ties that bind us together-family, friends, faith, hope and love. Ronda Rich has once again proven herself as a talented story teller and faith warrior. I loved this book.

The Perfect Book for an Imperfect World

This is one of the best books I've ever read. I am a reader of all books inspirational by authors such as Max Lucado, Beth Moore and Kay Arthur. I was profoundly blessed by this book, needing that blessing at a time in my life like I never have before. I read the book slowly, savoring each page, and I hated that it was over when I turned the last page. As a child of the rural south reared by God-fearing parents, the stories told and the scriptures referenced touched my soul. This book is God-breathed, without a doubt. I wept through the foreward, and then intermittently laughed and cried throughout the book. The piano-playing story in the 'Glory Be' chapter had me laughing out loud and inspired me to get out an old hymn book and practice my piano! This is a must read for any woman (or man) of faith, as it was surely written by one. I've made a list of my loved ones who will get the book as an Easter gift from me (if I can wait that long). What an uplifting experience!

Real faith lived by real people that came at the perfect time for me.

Let me begin by stating that I am a Christian, but times in my life and especially recent events in my life have resulted in some very trying times, and questions and doubts sometimes arise as to how to carry on and stay strong in my faith in God. I have read Ronda Rich's new book, "What Southern Women Know About Faith." As I read this book and the real life stories and trials that these real people lived through and how they handled them, I began to feel my heart lighten and an increased courage to continue to be strong when I get so weak and feel inadequate in my daily walk to live the best life I can and be a blessing to all those around me. This book is jam packed with beautiful and funny stories of women and men and the troubles, sometimes horrific, that they have had to face, and despite all that they went through, their faith in God actually saved them and brought them through the trial. I laughed and then I cried and then I laughed again all through the book. Nobody can tell a story better than Ronda Rich and the people in her new book are people that we would all be blessed to know, but we actually can know them and be encouraged by them through this beautiful book that Ronda has written. I read a great deal of inspirational books by many wonderful men and women of God. This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It has helped me and will continue to do so as I go back and reread my favorite chapters for years to come. Whether you are a Christian or not, you will be blessed and receive joy in your heart by reading this beautiful book, "What Southern Women Know About Faith."