Have you enjoyed the journey with Meg, Mara, Charissa, and Hannah? This companion guide will take you deeper into their world and give you an opportunity to try out the spiritual practices that you've seen them engage at New Hope Retreat Center.Sensible Shoes Study Guide includes twelve weeks of daily Scripture reading, prayer, and reflection questions (five days a week) that correspond to the disciplines the women practice in the book. A group discussion guide concludes each week. Engaging the lives of these characters in their spiritual journeys will offer both a window and a mirror into your own life and relationship with Christ.

Sharron Carrns writes studies and training programs to accompany fiction and nonfiction books, devotionals, ministry resources, and corporate training. Her work includes the Weekend Features for the Hope in the Mourning Bible edited by Tim Beals and Shelly Beach. She is a contributing author to many books, including Faith Deployed . . . Again by Jocelyn Green.Sharon Garlough Brown is a spiritual director, speaker, and cofounder of Abiding Way Ministries, providing spiritual formation retreats and resources. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Sharon has served on the pastoral staff of congregations in Scotland, Oklahoma, England, and most recently in West Michigan, where she copastored with her husband, Jack, for many years. In March 2013 her book Sensible Shoes was named one of television personality Kathie Lee Gifford's "favorite things."

Introduction
Reading for Week One: Chapter One
Week One Group Discussion
Reading for Week Two: Chapter Two
Week Two Group Discussion
Reading for Week Three: Chapter Three
Week Three Group Discussion
Reading for Week Four: Chapters Four and Five
Week Four Group Discussion
Reading for Week Five: Chapters Five and Six>
Week Five Group Discussion
Reading for Week Six: Chapters Six and Seven
Week Six Group Discussion
Reading for Week Seven: Chapter Seven
Week Seven Group Discussion
Reading for Week Eight: Chapters Eight and Nine
Week Eight Group Discussion
Reading for Week Nine: Chapter Nine
Week Nine Group Discussion
Reading for Week Ten: Chapter Ten
Week Ten Group Discussion
Reading for Week Eleven: Chapter Eleven
Week Eleven Group Discussion
Reading for Week Twelve: Chapter Twelve and Epilogue
Week Twelve Group Discussion