How Can I Run a Tight Ship When I'm Surrounded by Loose Cannons?

For all the Christian women in the world who dread reading Proverbs 31 and wonder who on earth could ever live up to that woman - this book is for you. Between dirty diapers, complaining children, housework, husbands and a multitude of other attention-grabbing detours women face, award-winning author and speaker, Kathi Macias finds a way to encourage and biblically instruct women of all ages and phases. Women everywhere are the glue that holds their families together. Keeping everything under control challenges even the most organized household CEO. Kathi uses humor, God's Word, as well as practical insight and instruction to lovingly encourage women to grow in this progression of grace.

Readers will find How Can I Run a Tight Ship When I'm Surrounded by Loose Cannons?: Proverbs 31 Discoveries for Yielding to the Master of the Seas, filled with scriptural explanations and journaling pages to process and write their personal feelings and prayers. With sections of the book focused on each step of the learning process to guide our ships to safe harbor, readers will be happily surprised to find the funny without the fluff. Kathi's words are the "spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down." Her vulnerable approach facilitates the teachings of Proverbs 31, making it easier for women to swallow. The truth of the scriptures is very much alive and well throughout the pages, yet the ease and charm of the author's words entice readers to press forward and embrace the plan for God's woman today.

Be sure to leave a comment on this post because the blog tour host having the most comments left on his or her site for this tour will be able to conduct a random drawing from the reader comments for this very special giveaway. Kathi Macias has put together a lovely collection of books, which include:

• A Grace Disguised by Jerry Sittser
• A Woman's Guide to Overcoming Depression by Archibald Hart, Ph.D. and Catherine Hart Weber, Ph. D.
• Rest: Living in Sabbath Simplicity by Keri Wyatt Kent
• Dragonlight, a novel by Donita K. Paul
• Blue Heart Blessed, a novel by Susan Meissner
• Taking a Stand by Janet Lynn Mitchell
• Sally Stuart's 2009 Christian Writers Market Guide

And her own books:

• Beyond Me: Living a You-First Life in a Me-First World
• The Train-of-Thought Writing Method: Practical, User-Friendly Help for Beginning Writers
• Emma Jean Reborn, a novel