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“Thanks I needed that!”
Barbara Johnson’s approach to life is positive, uplifting, therapeutic, and fun. That’s why her best-selling books have helped so many people, and why a prominent Christian leader, on a down day, told her he needed her ‘splashes of joy’. But Barbara Johnson is far from being a cockeyed optimist – blind to life’s grief and disappointment. In fact, her entire ministry of joy and encouragement began in the ‘slimy cesspool’ of her own pain. She is a clear-eyed optimist. And that’s why her laughter is so infectious and her wisdom rings so true in this joy-giving book, which offers giggles and guidance to help you:
$1· shore up a sinking self-esteem
$1· reach the other side of your grief
$1· weather your stress and get rid of your guilt
$1· restore the joys of motherhood
$1· repair broken relationships with children
$1· learn to live with your illness
$1· cultivate your patience – even when you just don’t think you can wait
$1· sustain an effective prayer life
$1· make peace with ageing – and go for healthy maturity
‘Almost everyone needs a splash of joy to get through the mess, to get cleaned off and get sweetened up – refreshed to go again,’ Barbara Johnson says. And that’s what you get in this book. With short chapters intended to be read in one sitting – plus a collection of quips and quotes at the close of each – Splashes of Joy offers an invigorating spurt of encouragement and a gentle reminder to splatter joy into the lives of others as well.
Barbara Johnson is a popular humourist and conference speaker. She is founder of Spatula Ministries, and author of the best-seller Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy.
First edition paperback, 228 pages. In very good preloved condition with the exception of slight colour change to pages.