feedback. Take a minute and find me on Facebook. I’m there every day — hanging out with you in my virtual living room, praying for you, and answering as many questions as possible. I have Latte Time, where I’ll take a half hour or so, pour all of you a virtual latte, and take questions. We have a blast together, so if you’re not on my Facebook Fan Page, please join today. The group of friends there grows in number every day, and each of you is very special to me.
You can also visit my website at www.KarenKingsbury.com. There you can find my contact information and my guestbook. Remember, if you post something on Facebook or my website, it might help another reader. So please stop by. In addition, I love to hear how God is using these books in your life. He gets all credit and He always will. He puts a story in my heart, but He has your heart in mind. Only He could do that.
Also on Facebook or my website you can check out my upcoming events and get to know other readers. You can hear about movies being made on my books and you can become part of Team KK — a community that agrees there is life-changing power in something as simple as a story. Please post prayer requests on my website or read those already posted and pray for those in need. If you’d like, you may send in a photo of your loved one serving our country, or let us know of a fallen soldier we can honor on our Fallen Heroes page.
When you’re finished with this book, pass it on to someone else. By doing so, you will automatically enter my “Shared a Book” contest. Email me at contest@KarenKingsbury.com and tell me the first name of the person you shared with, and you might win a summer day with me and my family. In addition, everyone signed up for my monthly website newsletter is automatically entered into an ongoing once-a-month drawing for a free, signed copy of my latest novel.
There are links on my website that will help you with matters that are important to you — faith and family, adoption, and ways to reach out to others. Of course, on my site you can also find out a little more about me, my faith and my family, and the wonderful world of Life-Changing Fiction™. You can also follow me on Twitter. I give away books all the time, and I’d love to see you there!
Finally, if you gave your life to God during the reading of this book, or if you found your way back to a faith you’d let grow cold, send me a letter at office@KarenKingsbury.com and write, “New Life” in the subject line. I encourage you to connect with a Bible-believing church in your area, and start reading the Bible every day. But if you can’t afford one and don’t already have one, write “Bible” in the subject line. Tell me how God used this book to change your life, and then include your address in your email. My wonderful publisher Zondervan has supplied me with free paperback copies of the New Testament, so that if you are financially unable to find a Bible any other way, I can send you one. I’ll pay for shipping.
One last thing. I’ve started a program where I will donate a book to any high school or middle school librarian who makes a request. Check out my website for details.
I can’t wait to hear your feedback on Learning! Oh, and look for Bailey Flanigan’s Book No. 3: Longing … in stores this fall. Until then my friends, keep your eyes on the cross and remember this:
When you see just one set of footprints, God is most definitely carrying you.
In His light and love,
Karen Kingsbury
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What does the word learning stir in your heart? Explain.
2. Have you or someone you loved learned a major lesson lately? Tell about that.
3. What did you learn about growing in your faith by reading this book?
4. Explain how Bailey felt she was a failure after Chrissy’s death. Explain how you do or don’t relate to this personally. Share an example.
5. Have you ever felt like you failed God? Talk about that time.
6. What does God want us to learn when we feel we’ve failed Him?
7. The Bible tells us in Lamentations that God’s mercies are new every morning. How can that truth change the way