What Southern Women Know about Faith: Kitchen Table Stories and Back Porch Comfort [Hardcover]

Ronda Rich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 17, 2009

Come, sip a glass of sweet tea and sit for a spell with Ronda on the porch swing as she tells you stories of happiness and heartache, friends and family, and a faith that's strong enough to handle anything life throws your way. As Ronda shares, Southerners don't just talk about God, they have a 'kitchen-table faith,' that feels like a comfortable, trusted neighbor who sits down and stays for a good, long visit. It's a faith you live and breathe, day-in, day-out, whether it's praying to the good Lord as you sit on the porch swing or finding joy in a delicious pan of cornbread. As Ronda says, Southern faith 'is a faith that is plain, simple, and sturdy, that is utilitarian in practice and that fits as comfortably in the hands of Southern women as a baby, an iron skillet, a hair brush, a telephone, or a broom.' From stories of moonshine and revivals, Sunday dinners and new Easter outfits, prayers answered and griefs shared, you'll discover a faith that supports you when the trials and heartaches of life cause you to stumble, a faith that grabs you by the elbow and steadies you on the path.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Former journalist and NASCAR publicist Rich, a spirited speaker on the evangelical Christian circuit, has much to say on this subject. With stylish sass, Rich wants to convince her readers that Southern women of faith have a distinct edge over females living anywhere but those warmer climes. Rich shares comical asides to all of life's experiences as she declares that Southern women would never be caught dead wearing the same dress two days in a row—even at their own funeral. The author also praises her peers' ability to comfort, cajole, and even curse, using that timeless multipurpose expression, Bless her heart. Jesting aside, Rich laces every amusing chapter with the grittiness of genuine, rock-solid faith in God. Tackling such topics as praying and receiving, speaking favor into existence, binding the enemy and doing good to others, Rich's treatise on faith will afford her readers a helping, heaping dose of good old Southern hospitality. Bless her heart. (Apr.)
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Review

This book will draw one closer to the Lord. It will tickle your funny bone, it will pull at your heart. And it will bring you to your knees. It is that good. -- Zell Miller, Former U.S. Senator <br><br>

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (March 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310291798
• ISBN-13: 978-0310291794
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #420,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ronda Rich, an eleventh-generation Southerner, is the bestselling author of What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should) and a popular national columnist. She speaks with Southern charm and humor at over a hundred events each year. She has appeared on dozens of television and radio shows. Ronda and her dachshund, Dixie Dew, make their home among the red clay hills of her native homeland. For more on Ronda, visit www.RondaRich.com

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, truly amazing......, April 2, 2009

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Vandy Mcarthy (Saint Simons Island, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Southern Women Know about Faith: Kitchen Table Stories and Back Porch Comfort (Hardcover)

What a wonderful blessing it was to listen to the audio version of this book which is actually narrated by Ronda Rich. With her stunning Southern voice, she speaks of both happy and sorrowful times which will tug at your heart causing tears to flow, but a smile to catch them. Ronda's words brought back so many memories including spending weekends and summers with my now deceased Grandparents in North Georgia, Camp Meetings and Sunday "dinners" with friends and relatives. This book makes me cherish even more my upbringing, my family and having such a sweet Lord to praise and watch over me and the people I love so dearly. Thank you Ronda for something so beautiful and truly unforgettable.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real faith lived by real people that came at the perfect time for me., March 21, 2009

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dll49 "dll49" (Maysville, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Southern Women Know about Faith: Kitchen Table Stories and Back Porch Comfort (Hardcover)

Let me begin by stating that I am a Christian, but times in my life and especially recent events in my life have resulted in some very trying times, and questions and doubts sometimes arise as to how to carry on and stay strong in my faith in God. I have read Ronda Rich's new book, "What Southern Women Know About Faith." As I read this book and the real life stories and trials that these real people lived through and how they handled them, I began to feel my heart lighten and an increased courage to continue to be strong when I get so weak and feel inadequate in my daily walk to live the best life I can and be a blessing to all those around me. This book is jam packed with beautiful and funny stories of women and men and the troubles, sometimes horrific, that they have had to face, and despite all that they went through, their faith in God actually saved them and brought them through the trial. I laughed and then I cried and then I laughed again all through the book. Nobody can tell a story better than Ronda Rich and the people in her new book are people that we would all be blessed to know, but we actually can know them and be encouraged by them through this beautiful book that Ronda has written. I read a great deal of inspirational books by many wonderful men and women of God. This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It has helped me and will continue to do so as I go back and reread my favorite chapters for years to come. Whether you are a Christian or not, you will be blessed and receive joy in your heart by reading this beautiful book, "What Southern Women Know About Faith."

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Displaced Southern Woman Loves This Book, April 23, 2009

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drpamdsmith (Billings, MT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Southern Women Know about Faith: Kitchen Table Stories and Back Porch Comfort (Hardcover)

I'm a Southern woman with a strong faith heritage very much like the one that Ronda Rich writes about in What Southern Women Know about Faith. Now living in the Northwest, I could not wait to settle into my favorite easy chair with a good cup of hot tea and while away the time "back home" with Rich's Southern women. And, once I began reading, I could hardly put the book down. This book was like a wonderful home-coming! It is the spiritual faith that shaped me. It is the cultural church that shaped me. It is the Southern women (and men) who shaped me. I've decided to buy several copies and give them to my Montana friends with a note, "This is me!"