MATTERS OF THE HEART Stop Trying to Fix the Old - Let God Give You Something New

The reconciling of one's heart with God is tricky here in the West, where connecting with the Divine is so embedded in getting things done. In a sometimes longish essay, the author chronicles her personal journey from excessive ambition and agitated helplessness to true enlightenment. For years she ignored signs from God to slow down before she was led to the Bible passages that she shares throughout the program. Bynum is a warm, sincere writer whose message of honesty and connection with God sometimes sounds like a sermon. But overall, her intimate writing and the excellent work of narrator Sandra Burr help the program deliver a message that most overachieving spiritual seekers will understand. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 04/ JAN 05]