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In the Arms of the Shepherd is the poignant memoir of a young girl's lifetime search for faith and the people she meets along the way who deeply influence her spiritual growth. At sixteen, she has a prayerful encounter with God, envisioning her mission to help her family.

After a searching and lonely time in college and New York City, feeling lost and abandoned, she returns to her southern home after experiencing the death of her mother. A Redemptorist priest, an Order of Sisters, and a family living a committed life assist her recovery. She at first accepts without question the doctrine and practices of a living faith that enfolds and instructs her, but later confronts difficulties and failures within its fold. With the help of God's grace, she goes forward in faith, ultimately believing the Shepherd has been with her throughout her journey. By overcoming challenges that result in her growth in faith, hope and love, she is at last reconciled with the Body of Christ and her large Christian family.

Joyce Ann Edmondson was born of southern Protestant parents of no particular denomination. She became a Christian and was baptized in the Catholic Church at the age of 22, after which she taught in elementary schools and religious education classes for students and adults. She kept journals throughout her life, later turning them into stories and poems, some of which were published in Christian magazines. She was graduated from Barry University, Miami, Florida, in 1990, with a BPS degree in education. Her first book, The Listening Tree: Fifty Stories of Grace-full Everyday Living, was published in 2004, followed by Falling Petals in 2005. In the Arms of the Shepherd are memoirs of her life’s journey in Christ.

For Sarah

ANNIE HARMON

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