Above All

Above All is a Lenten devotional journal from Take Up and Read that includes daily Scripture passages (set in context with enlightening historical notes to deepen your understanding), as well as devotional essays, room to journal, and space to organize your time. There is a simple prompt for the ancient prayer form of Lectio Divina each day, as well as a separate page for the fifth stage, Actio, where the reader is encouraged to examine her conscience and offer forgiveness to herself and to others. Above All is designed to help you reflect on all aspects of your life, particularly those that you may have pushed to the back burner. It’s filled with tools to help you discover which areas need greater care and tending, and is meant to inspire and motivate you to become your absolute truest self, so that come Easter, you can flourish as God intended. Readers who enjoyed “Put on Love” last year will find similar themes and several familiar essays in this revised and much-expanded edition.Seven beautiful calligraphy pages aid in memorizing Colossians 3:12-17 over the course of Lent, and lovely illustrations are found throughout the book. The entire study--both words and images--is carefully crafted so that women can share it with the men in their lives, too.

Elizabeth Foss is a wife, mother of nine, and grandmother. She's happy curled up with a good book or tinkering with a turn of phrase. She's the author of widely acclaimed devotionals Consider the Lilies, By the Manger in the Morning, Put on Love, and Rooted in Hope. Her books Real Learning and Small Steps for Catholic Moms (with Danielle Bean) are favorites on women's bookshelves. Elizabeth has been writing and publishing on women's issues for over 25 years and her words of encouragement have reached the hearts of women all over the world. For this volume, Elizabeth was joined by the authors and artists of the Take Up and Read Writer's Collective to give readers a rich tapestry of devotional essays and art.