Moving Up: Dr. Sujay's Ten Steps to Turning Your Life Around and Getting to the Top! - Hardcover

Cook, Suzan Johnson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385524293 ISBN 13: 9780385524292

Publisher: Doubleday Religion, 2008

Synopsis

The minister the New York Times described as “Billy Graham and Oprah rolled into one” shares her winning formula for facing life’s transitions with confidence and faith.

A dynamic religious leader, Suzan Johnson Cook epitomizes the positive attitude and self-help spirit that can take you from where you are to where you want to be. Whether you are facing a career change or moving to a new city, dealing with aging parents or settling into an “empty nest” after your children have grown, she teaches you how to move on without messing up. This book will capture your attention and advance you toward a new spirit of liberty and “UPness.” The Journey of Life is a series of steps—some forward, some backward, but always important. The steps here will take you on the Journey of Life you’ve always wanted.

Moving Up sets out the ten steps that will lead you to a new, more satisfying place in life: Stand Up, Speak Up, Look Up, Book Up, Kiss Up, Listen Up, Hang Up, Make Up, Wake Up, and Cheer Up. Using an engaging combination of autobiographical vignettes, her experiences as a pastor, and biblical stories, Cook illustrates each step—and concludes each chapter with simple exercises and helpful suggestions for incorporating Moving Up’s lessons into your own life.

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About the Author

SUZAN JOHNSON COOK, a senior pastor at the Believers Christian Fellowship in New York City, is the editor of Sister to Sister and author of Live Like You’re Blessed. She was the first woman president of the Hampton University Ministers’ Conference, which represents all historically African-American denominations, and served as a domestic policy advisor under President Bill Clinton. She is also the president and CEO of Moving Up Productions.

Reviews

Following on the heels of Live Like You're Blessed, Cook, the first woman president of the Hampton University Ministers' Conference, advocates a can-do approach to life. Using the example of the daughters of Zelophehad (known for claiming what was rightfully theirs, though their father died without a male heir), she encourages readers to stand up, speak up, look up, book up, kiss up, listen up, hang up, make up, wake up and cheer up. Other biblical references and personal anecdotes fill out the pages—complete with suggested exercises for re-energizing commitments to self, community and God. Individual chapters read much like a Sunday sermon, and some, particularly early in the book, are imbued with the oral tradition of message repetition. Especially strong are the chapters on hanging up (finding the clear beginning and... clear end of the seasons of relationships) and making up (refusing to stay offended and practicing forgiveness). Christian readers who are already familiar with her work and those looking for fresh inspiration will find her enthusiasm contagious.(May 6)
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Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday Religion
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385524293
• ISBN 13: 9780385524292
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224