“The call startles me at nine pm. It’s Sarah.

An all-familiar knot of dread starts to form. She knows I’m usually asleep by now.

I answer the phone, hear my daughter crying, and hold my breath, long enough to prepare myself for the awful, whatever the awful might be. The awful is out there just waiting to bring me down.

”Fear. Control.

Anger. Perfectionism.

Comfort. Shame.

How do we balance the gift of feelings with the necessary task to restrain them in order to live godly lives? How do we interpret and filter difficult circumstances through God’s Word? Finally, how do seemingly good ideas like kindness, acceptance, authenticity, and love become corrupted in culture and how are we to respond?In Challenged, Sheri explores all three categories: emotions, circumstances, and culture as potential threats to a strong walk of faith. She filters each through real life stories, lessons learned, and the truths of the Word.

She provides new perspectives and practical approaches to grow your own strong faith walk. “When I started to take the Word to heart and seek the Spirit’s guidance in my life, I started to walk the walk God meant for me.

And when I did, the distractions of a much-too-busy career and being a slave to my feelings weakened their grip on me. ”.