A brilliant new study.—James Martin, author of In Good Company 68817 9780824523633 These women’s stories show how they minister differently from men—how they use their relationships, hearts, and spirituality to build community, how they bring compassion to justice, peace to difficult and violent situations, and authentic spiritual experience to all that they do and are. These women’s stories show how they minister differently from men—how they use their relationships, hearts, and spirituality to build community, how they bring compassion to justice, peace to difficult and violent situations, and authentic spiritual experience to all that they do and are. The female gender is far more than the genetic arrangement of our chromosomes and being a woman is far more than the sum of our parts. Womanhood is an intricate weave of sisterhood, motherhood, friendships and the many roles women play. Former Midlander Leslie Williams says who we are, what we do and how we relate, are evidence God works through all women. In her latest book, When Women Build the Kingdom, Williams explores how God’s mysterious ways appear in the daily lives at lunch, at work, on the telephone, in the sickroom, on airplanes, in beauty parlors, in the Bible and even in the middle of nowhere. She retells the true personal narratives of women who found themselves in the midst of real God moments. I just felt that the Holy Spirit sent these stories to me on wings, Williams said. I interviewed women from coast to coast, from all denominations and all walks of life and many of the stories in the book come from Midlanders. All the names are changed, of course, because God is really the central character. Writing this was a wonderful experience. Hearing these women’s stories opened my eyes to the many, many, many ways God works in the world and how he works through us if we open our hearts to let him work through us,” Williams said. This is a very powerful book. It makes you laugh, it makes you cry and makes you feel a part of the community of women. It really draws you in. —Lifestyle Magazine