Captivating Heart to Heart Participant's Guide: An Invitation Into the Beauty and Depth of the Feminine Soul [Paperback]

John Eldredge (Author), Stasi Eldredge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 10, 2007

Every little girl has dreams of being swept up into a great adventure and of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are often swept up into a life filled merely with duty and demands. Many Christian women are tired and struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, or a capable home manager.

What Wild at Heart did for men, Captivating will do for women. By revealing the core desires every woman shares- to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a grand adventure, and to unveil beauty-John and Stasi Eldredge invite women to recover their feminine hearts, created in the image of an intimate and passionate God.

Join us as we journey into the deep mysteries of our feminine souls in order to recapture our hearts. Let this study guide accompany you through your great adventure of coming alive as a woman . . . God's captivating woman.

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About the Author

John Eldredge is the director of Ransomed Heart™ Ministries in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a fellowship devoted to helping people discover the heart of God. John is the author of numerous books, including Walking with God, Fathered by God, Waking the Dead, Desire, and Love & War (with his wife Stasi).

Stasi Eldredge co-authored Captivating with her husband John, which has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. alone and has changed women's lives all over the world. Director of the women's ministry at Ransomed Heat, Stasi leads Captivating retreats in Colorado.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Stg edition (July 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1418527548
• ISBN-13: 978-1418527549
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Eldredge is an author (you probably figured that out), a counselor, and teacher. He is also president of Ransomed Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own heart in his love, and learn to live in his Kingdom. John grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles (which he hated), and spent his boyhood summers on his grandfather's cattle ranch in eastern Oregon (which he loved). John met his wife Stasi in high school (in drama class). But their romance did not begin until they each came to faith in Christ, after high school. John earned his undergraduate degree in Theater at Cal Poly, and directed a theater company in Los Angeles for several years before moving to Colorado with Focus on the Family, where he taught at the Focus on the Family Institute.

John earned his master's degree in Counseling from Colorado Christian University, under the direction of Larry Crabb and Dan Allender. He worked as a counselor in private practice before launching Ransomed Heart in 2000. John and Stasi live in Colorado Springs with their three sons (Samuel, Blaine and Luke), their golden retriever (Oban), and two horses (Whistle and Kokolo). While all of this is factually true, it somehow misses describing an actual person. He loves the outdoors passionately, and all beauty, Shakespeare, bow hunting, a good cigar, anything having to do with adventure, poetry, March Madness, working in the shop, fly fishing, classic rock, the Tetons, fish tacos, George MacDonald, green tea, buffalo steaks, dark chocolate, wild and open places, horses running, and too much more to name. He also uses the expression "far out" way too much.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty for every woman June 28, 2009

By Alabama Gal

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This book will open your eyes to God's truth that every woman can be a beautiful, captivating woman. I can recommend it to every woman, especially young women. Wish I had found it years ago.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Study Guide June 22, 2009

By Deborah G. Howell

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I have read Captivating three times and am now using the Study Guide. This is a study for all women and the guide is a usefool tool to compliment the book. Essential reading and study for women ages 13+.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars A Little Disappointing December 27, 2010

By mayberrygirl

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I purchased this study guide because the book is one of the best books I've ever read. I must say however, that I was a little disappointed with the guide. It just didn't click for me as far as the questions in the guide. It did suggest that you read the entire book first and then each chapter in the guide takes you back to re-read each chapter in the book.
Sometimes the questions are not as deep and get you thinking and relating as the original material, and this is what I experienced with this guide.
I do, however HIGHLY recommend the book for every woman!