Real Moms...Real Jesus: Meet the Friend Who Understands [Paperback]

Jill Savage (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2009

What does Jesus know about the peanut-butter-and-jelly life of a mom? Plenty! Jill Savage, founder and director of Hearts at Home, introduces the real Jesus to real moms. In chapters that examine key behaviors and decisions Jesus made during His life on earth, Jill brings those lessons right down to the laundry-filled, sticky-fingered days every mother knows.

Between the chapters are interactive vignettes that turn the concept of the book back around. If the meat of the content is looking at Jesus’ life on earth and understanding how to apply that in our everyday lives, these perspective vignettes are brief, refreshing glimpses starting with our own messy, busy lives. Jill continually reminds the reader that Jesus is not an unattainable deity, but a Friend who understands.

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About the Author

Jill Savage is the founder and executive director of Hearts at Home, an organization committed to helping moms love their life. She and her husband, Mark, a senior pastor, have been married for over two decades and have five children, one of whom is married.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Moody Publishers (February 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802483615
• ISBN-13: 978-0802483614
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jill Savage is an author and speaker who is passionate about encouraging moms.

A graduate of Butler University in Indianapolis, IN, Jill's holds a bachelors degree in music education. After teaching piano and voice privately for 15 years, Jill now considers motherhood the most important job she will ever do.

Jill's enthusiasm for the profession of motherhood is contagious. Founding Hearts at Home, in 1994, Jill now speaks to thousands of women each year about their priorities, their passions, and their purpose. Jill's honest, vulnerable, and encouraging style makes her an effective communicator. In fact, readers say reading a Jill Savage book is like sitting down and having a cup of coffee with a girlfriend.

Jill lives in Central Illinois with her husband Mark. They are the parents of five children ranging in ages fourteen to twenty-six, and the grandparents of one granddaughter.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walking the Talk, April 4, 2009

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Jeanne Zornes (Wenatchee, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Real Moms...Real Jesus: Meet the Friend Who Understands (Paperback)

Many inspirational books aimed at helping moms survive the chaos of the mothering years give fast-food spiritual answers, like a little Bible verse here and there. Jill gets right to the real answer of surviving and even thriving each day of raising a family, and that's to walk with Jesus through a deliberate intake of consecutive Bible reading. That's the strength of this book: encouraging readers to thoughtfully read the book of Matthew to rediscover the Jesus who can help them through the many deep and sometimes baffling issues of parenting. Jill's transparency in believing God for impossibilities (the adoption and blue car stories need to be shouted from the roof top!) add to the book's strength in helping women see Jesus as part of their lives every day. I admire Jill for juggling leadership of "Hearts at Home" whlie also giving her best to her large family.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Moms need more friends like this, February 18, 2009

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rm mom (Minooka, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real Moms...Real Jesus: Meet the Friend Who Understands (Paperback)

This book is excellent. It helps you understand more of who Jesus is and how we can all relate to him as a friend. Each chapter provided such a parallel between Jesus' life and mine as a mom. From serving to sacrificing to forgiving to surrendering, Jill highlights how Jesus' life on this earth mirrors so much of what we do everyday. The chapters on prayer and faith, are very inspirational. The story about praying for bread and milk or even a blue car were amazing examples of faith.
I can't wait to get with a group of moms and go deeper with this book as a study. So much more can be taken away from this.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars must read for moms, November 10, 2009

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This review is from: Real Moms...Real Jesus: Meet the Friend Who Understands (Paperback)

I love this book, it provides humor and encouragement for weary moms. Great gift for other moms too. Read just one chapter at a time, to enjoy it most.