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Something other than God how I passionately sought happiness and accidently found it

"Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy. Why wouldn't she be? She made good money as a programmer at a hot tech start-up, had just married a guy with a stack of Ivy League degrees, and lived in a twenty-first-floor condo where she could sip sauvignon blanc while watching the sun set behind the...

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Main Author: Fulwiler, Jennifer
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Ignatius, 2014
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Catholic converts > Biography.
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Summary:"Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy. Why wouldn't she be? She made good money as a programmer at a hot tech start-up, had just married a guy with a stack of Ivy League degrees, and lived in a twenty-first-floor condo where she could sip sauvignon blanc while watching the sun set behind the hills of Austin. Raised in a happy, atheist home, Jennifer had the freedom to think for herself and to play by her own rules. Yet a creeping darkness followed her all of her life. Finally, one winter night, it drove her to the edge of her balcony, making her ask once and for all why anything mattered. At that moment everything she knew and believed was shattered. Asking the unflinching questions about life and death, good and evil, led Jennifer to Christianity, the religion she had reviled since she was an awkward, skeptical child growing up in the Bible Belt. Mortified by this turn of events, she hid her quest from everyone except her husband, concealing religious books in opaque bags as if they were porn and locking herself in public bathroom stalls to read the Bible. Just when Jennifer had a profound epiphany that gave her the courage to convert, she was diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition, and the main treatment was directly at odds with the doctrines of her new-found faith."--Book jacket.
Physical Description:248 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:1586178822
9781586178826
Author Notes:Jennifer Fulwiler is an American author, based in Austin, Texas. Before becoming a writer, she worked for a high-tech company. Currently she writes, homeschools her children, and has a two-hour-daily radio show on SiriusXM (The Jennifer Fulwiler Show). She also finds time to chronicle her daily life on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She considers herself an extreme introvert but speaks all over the country and founded a women's conference. Her books include two memoirs, Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It and One Beautiful Dream: The Rollicking Tale of Personal Passions, Family Chaos, and Saying Yes to Them Both.

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