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About the
book…
Everywhere I go, I meet people who say they have all the
ingredients of their faith—they pray, attend church, read the Bible,
and give money to the poor. Yet, their cake isn’t baked because they
don’t know God. And what’s
worse, they don’t know how to know God.
If Christianity is a story about restoring relationship
with God, there must be more to it. Yet when I look at all our
literature, tapes, college courses, sermons, and camp programs, the
relational aspect of the Christian faith seems sorely underdeveloped. We
give it lip service, telling others our faith is “not a religion, but
a relationship with God,” but we fail to unpack the cliché. Honest
seekers are left hanging.
In Closer Than Your Skin,
I tell authentic and transparent stories about my unfolding discovery
that God is real and can be known. I write not as an authority, but as
one sharing my notes along the way.
Sensing the inklings of God’s presence and learning to hear his
voice was like learning a new language—I started with the basics and
gradually picked up more nuances. God was in the crises, but also the
mundane events of my life. Soon, intimacy with God was no longer a myth.
He was available, responsive and interested in making contact. I only
had to ask and believe it was possible in the first place. After all,
God, Himself said:
“You
will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
And I will be found by you.” (Jeremiah
29:13-14a)
My hope is that through my stories, you will find something
beyond the familiar and the formulaic, and experience relationship with
God for yourself.
About the
author…
Susan
Hill grew up in
Ohio
and attended
Ohio
Wesleyan
University
, graduating in 1977. She worked in human resource management for U.S.
Bank for seven years before becoming a full-time mom. She served as a
leader in Bible Study Fellowship, as a Young Life leader and committee
member, and currently leads an interdenominational women’s group that
started ten years ago.
Susan works as a volunteer administrator for Uganda Orphans Fund,
a non-profit, NGO relief organization founded by her husband, Duncan
Hill. Since 2003, UOF has built 26 different projects including orphan
homes, schools and clinics for AIDS and war orphans in
Uganda
. She also serves on the Board.
She started writing for publication about five years ago, cutting
her teeth on magazine articles. Two years ago, she took a half-written
manuscript and a book proposal to a writer’s conference. A few months
later WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House, offered her a
contract.
Susan has been married to
Duncan
for almost thirty years and together they have three grown children.
They live in
Montana
.
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