Audra Jennings

  Part 2 of an interview with Cynthia Ruchti,  Author of Tattered and Mended Click here to read the full interview. Artisans can reclaim exquisite beauty from the broken, frayed, and hopelessly shattered, perhaps once thought beyond repair. But what about us? What of the scares and broken places we hide inside? What of the wounds that keep us from living the life we want to live? Can our tattered souls ever be mended? In Tattered and Mended (Abingdon Press), author Cynthia Ruchti offers an invitation to think about soul-mending as a divine art form, to show us that God doesn’t just heal wounded souls, he heals artfully. With a gentle touch and personable wisdom, Ruchti offers hope for your own broken pieces. She opens the door to a gallery of the reclaimed and restored, reflects on a tapestry of stories not unlike your own, and helps readers discover that even the most threadbare soul can once again find healing and hope.      ...

  Part 1 of an interview with Cynthia Ruchti,  Author of Tattered and Mended Click here to read the full interview. For anyone who has been battered and bruised by the storms of life, award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti has penned her new book, Tattered and Mended: the Art of Healing the Wounded Soul (Abingdon Press/July 7, 2015/ISBN: 978-1426787690 / $15.99) . We all have moments when we feel shattered, wounded and needing to piece together the broken pieces of our hearts and lives. Q: For whom did you write your new book, Tattered and Mended ? Tattered and Mended was written for all who have been broken and shattered, either by life’s circumstances or at the hand of others, and have lost hope that they could ever claw their way back to wholeness. It’s for those who believe the best they can hope for is simply to be patched together. Yet the truth is God takes the tattered and shattered and makes art of those shards, those frayed threads. Q: You say...

How can the wounds that keep us from living the life we want to live be mended and healed? In Tattered and Mended , Cynthia Ruchti walks readers through a gallery of reclaimed and restored art as well as broken and restored lives of those who have gone before us.  With a gentle touch and personable wisdom, Cynthia shows how even the most threadbare soul can once again find healing and hope. Celebrate the release of  Tattered and Mended  with Cynthia by entering to win her Reclaimed Treasures giveaway!   One grand prize winner will receive: A copy of  Tattered and Mended A vintage flatware key ring A handcrafted "broken china" charm bracelet A recycled guitar string bracelet Enter today by clicking the icon below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on July 27th.  The winner will be announced July 28th on Cynthia's blog .   Plus, now through mid-July, sign up for Cynthia's mailing list  for a...

God doesn’t just create something beautiful from broken pieces. He makes art. Author Cynthia Ruchti pens a new book that is “hemmed in hope” for hurting readers For anyone who has been battered and bruised by the storms of life, award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti has penned her new book, Tattered and Mended: the Art of Healing the Wounded Soul (Abingdon Press/ July 7 , 2015/ISBN: 978-1426787690 / $1 5 .99) . We all have moments when we feel shattered, wounded and needing to piece together the broken pieces of our hearts and lives. The idea for the book came to Ruchti one day as she sat at her desk with her fingers resting on the worn keys of her computer keyboard. She typed a three-line premise that she says seemed to come not from her mind, but the deep end of her soul: People are tattered. Some say, “Then let’s make tattered fashionable.” But God invites us to mend. Ruchti says the concept lingered with her as she thought about the people in today’s cul...