About the book:
A Friend in Me (David C. Cook, June 2015)
Young women long for relational connection with women further ahead of them on the journey. Yet, without realizing it, many of us tend to distance ourselves from those in younger generations.
Can we really have close relationships with women who have different thoughts on church, different experiences with family, and different ways of talking about God? Where do we start?
In A Friend in Me, Pam Lau shows you how to be a safe place for the younger women in your life. She offers five patterns women need to internalize and practice for initiating relationships and talking about issues such as faith, forgiveness, sexuality, and vocation. Most significantly, she reminds you that there doesn’t need to be a divide between generations of women. Together, we can have a global impact—and experience a deeper faith than we’ve ever known.
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About the author:
Pam Lau is the author of Soul Strength and numerous articles for such publications as Christian Scholar’s Review and Christianity Today. She has taught writing at George Fox University and speaks around the country at conferences and retreats. A graduate of Liberty University and Colorado State University, Lau lives near Portland, Oregon, with her husband and three daughters.
My thoughts:
I have lamented to my husband before that I’m not seeing older women mentoring to younger ones in churches. It seems to be something that has fallen away. There is no one to teach the new married brides how to keep their houses or offering bits of parenting advice. As I’m aging(or my children are at least) I find that I now have women coming to me with questions about parenting, diapering, etc. I love that they think I’m a wealth of information but feel so inadequate sometimes. I had my mother for advice but that’s about it. No one that I could ask questions of or who would offer bits of advice.
This is a wonderful book that offers wisdom and advice on how to be a mentor and be a friend to women not in your generation. I think women both old and young should read this book and learn how to foster their relationships. A good read and holds some great advice.
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