When I Lay My Isaac Down DVD »

Carol Kent is hilariously funny biblically sound and heartbreakingly transparent in person and in print. Founder and president of Speak Up for Hope (a prison ministry) and Speak Up Speaker Services (a speakers' bureau) Carol is the best-selling author of many books including When I Lay My Isaac Down A New Kind of Normal Becoming a Woman of Influence Speak Up with Confidence Secret Longings of the Heart and Tame Your Fears . She is an expert on public speaking writing and evangelism. Carol travels the world speaking to tens of thousands each year at events such as Extraordinary Women Vision New England Women of Faith THRIVE and Women of Grace. Carol and her husband Gene make their home in Florida.

Join author and speaker Carol Kent as she shares her personal story of unshakable faith in unthinkable circumstances. This interactive companion to the best-selling When I Lay My Isaac Down comes with everything you need for facilitating more than two months of life-changing small-group discussion or a one-day women's retreat. It includes: ·A 2-DVD set of 8 powerful lessons An Unexpected Journey: The Power of Unthinkable Circumstances Laying Isaac Down: The Power of Relinquishment Why Didn't God Do Something?: The Power of Heartache Stretcher Bearers and Yellow Roses: The Power of Community Even in This . . . : The Power of Hope But Where Is the Lamb?: The Power of Faith Embracing the Upside-Down Nature of the Cross: The Power of Joy Finding Our Purpose in God's Grand Story: The Power of Speaking Up ·A 16-page, easy-to-use leader's guide, which includes lesson outlines and discussion starters ·Printable worksheets for participants ·Printable bulletin inserts and flyers, making promotion for your group easy! Carol Kent is a popular writer, international speaker, and president of Speak Up Speaker Services, a Christian speakers' bureau. Her many books include Tame Your Fears, Becoming a Woman of Influence , Mothers Have Angel Wings , and Secret Longings of the Heart .

Publishers Weekly

When the phone call came at 12:35 a.m., a bleary-eyed Kent listened as her husband passed on the unbelievable news that their son, a United States Naval Academy graduate and Navy lieutenant, had shot and killed his wife's ex-husband. During those first few hours after receiving the harrowing news, major decisions, both legal and financial, needed to be made quickly. So began the Kents' two-and-a-half-year journey that led to the trial, conviction and sentencing of their son for first-degree murder. Kent (Tame Your Fears; Becoming a Woman of Influence; Secret Longings of the Heart), whose position as President of Speak Up Speaker Services made her the family's primary breadwinner, had no option but to continue working and speaking throughout this ordeal. She wondered if people would even want her as a speaker if they knew she was the mother of a murderer. Using a biblical story from Genesis 22 where God asked Abraham to literally "lay down his Isaac" as a sacrifice and then intervened at the last moment, Kent prayed for a similar miraculous outcome for her son. She shares her story with a transparency and vulnerability that readers will find both disarming and bracing. The Kent family's ongoing fight against despair and hopelessness is fittingly paired with their resolute faith in God's ability to transform even the most crushing circumstances into something good. (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.