Transformed into Fire: An Invitation to Life in the True Self

A powerful call to intimate and passionate communion with God in a culture of lukewarm faith and apathetic spirituality. (20040603)

I know God loves me but I want to experience His love.

There are moments in every Christian’s life when we hit a “spiritual glass ceiling.” In those frustrating moments, we wonder, why do others experience love and intimacy with God but not me?

The remedy is not a checklist of actions but a personal, powerful call to come home, to come out of the cold, to forsake the false self—our old identity—driven by pursuit of security, esteem, and power.

Transformed into Fire explores the profound spiritual depths found within the routine of daily life through the discovery of our true selves in Christ. You are invited to journey toward the warm embrace of the Father where being and doing, prayer and action—all of life—become a fiery response to His intimate love.

“In our fast-paced and hectic world, we can often miss what it really means to love God. [Transformed into Fire is] a treasure of a book, thoughtful and . . . meaty.”

—Nancie Carmichael
author and founding co-publisher Virtue Magazine

Judith Hougen (M.F.A. Creative Writing, University of Montana) lives in St. Paul where she is a professor of English. She is an award-winning writer who has published a collection of poetry and has had work featured in numerous literary anthologies, journals, and popular magazines.