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    Heart to Heart
    Heart to Heart
    Heart to Heart
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    Heart to Heart

    By Janet Walker

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    Heart to Heart is a miscellany of reflections, parables, photographs and memories.If we are to continue learning and growing spiritually as we go through life, we must take the time to reflect on our experiences. Few incidents are so small that we cannot learn by reflecting on them. Here Janet Walker shares thoughts inspired by incidents as diverse as a child walking on a wall, a game with a balloon, a visit to the snake house and a moment of panic as she crawled through a cave far below the ground.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA H Stockwell
    Release dateMay 7, 2013
    ISBN9780722342961
    Heart to Heart
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    Janet Walker

    Janet Walker is Professor of Film Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she is also affiliated with the Women's Studies Program. Her other books as author or editor are Couching Resistance: Women, Film, and Psychoanalytic Psychiatry (1993), Feminism and Documentary (with Diane Waldman, 1999), and Westerns: Films through History (2001).

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      Heart to Heart - Janet Walker

      Walker.

      Introduction

      I start this introduction by saying if you have read my other books you will know that I have a passion to tell of God and Jesus or involve them in the story. If this is your first read of my work, welcome; and for those who have read the other books, thank you.

      He has always led me to be real when I write, which at times has meant I have had to be brave and trust that being vulnerable will not entice pity or scorn; instead I hope people will be willing to think about their wanting or even not wanting to look into the person of God yet.

      All my books have had the thread of relationship of and with God running through them, and yet in a way they have all been a bit different, and much time and energy has gone into them.

      The people that made it known to me that my work touched, helped, provoked thought, comforted or brought tears can never know how wonderful that is for me as a writer. After all, just as when different people go to watch a show, or read the same book, their responses are likely to be different. My dear father used to say, All you can do is the best you can do. Learn now that you will never please everyone all of the time.

      To share God’s passion of wanting to reach to all who would consider Him will continue to be my principle motivation. I love the fact that, so far, the books have included illustrated verse, memoirs and fiction.

      This one would be classed as a memoir. It is written, like the others, from the heart, but it is not a heart or a mind that has all the answers! I am grateful that the stories have been enjoyed by men, women and young people.

      I would like to end this introduction by again thanking all who are not put off by what they have read so far, for allowing me into your world and for considering, wondering, contemplating. Thank you.

      Stained-Glass Windows

      Who knows the heart of God but God Himself? And yet He reveals so much of Himself through Jesus.

      Another way He has done this over many centuries is through the word of God (the Bible). Thankfully, He has also communicated through the gifted, inspired work of richly coloured stained-glass windows, whether that be in a grand cathedral or a humble chapel or, of course, anything in between. The thing that stained-glass windows have in common is the beauty that radiates through them as the rays of the sun touch the glass. From the interior the sight is breathtaking.

      Many craftsmen played their part in the building and beautification of our churches, including sculptors, woodcarvers, bell-founders, wrought-iron workers, carpenters, blacksmiths, embroiderers, writers of illuminated manuscripts, plasterers and, of course, the glaziers and artists that illustrate the Bible through stained-glass pictures. These are but a few of the people involved; for all the other people that are just as important but not listed, please do not feel left out.

      Through the centuries, being taught to read could be a hit-or-miss situation. Because of this, communicating the word of God through pictures was, and will always be, important. There may well be, for years to come, people who cannot read, for many reasons; for them, and for those of us that can read the word of God, stained-glass windows will continue to teach and inspire. Some of the craftsmen who created these works of art might have been motivated by the need to earn a wage to feed their families; but many were inspired with deep, heartfelt joy because they were able to share the word of God and have a relationship with those they were representing through the gifts they had been given.

      Buildings, just like people, come in all shapes and sizes. In all of Creation there are variations of colour, ruggedness, beauty, texture, vitality and so on. These variations, whether they be of people, places or buildings, make life more interesting.

      I enjoy buildings or places which may be classed as spectacular, even though I sometimes find being with very large numbers of people a little bit overwhelming. Buildings or places where you can encounter stillness, calmness and quietness do have their advantages.

      My friend and I once spent a day in a village. The people were very kind and friendly, and we attended a service in a mud hut. The service was simple, beautiful and touching, and this hit home at the time and has always stayed with me. We had no musical instruments, but the praise, worship and prayers came from the hearts of the people. Sometimes I just listened, and sometimes I joined in.

      The truth is that it is not so important where you are when you choose to spend time with God; the most important thing is your willingness to engage with God, whether you are in a grand building or a mud hut.

      Through the ages, along with all the other gifted craftsmen and craftswomen, stained-glass-window artists have left us with places of beauty to ponder in, take stock in, think in, be quiet in, contemplate in, pray in and just enjoy being in.

      Grace

      ‘Grace’ is not a word used a lot in the twenty-first century, and yet most days I find myself in awe of the grace that God shows me, considering He knows me inside out. From the beginning of Creation God has shown grace as well as splendour through the diversity and creativity of the world. Every time I

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