Start gifting
Libro.fm for Business
Start a membership, get two free audiobooks
Almost ready!
In order to save audiobooks to your Wish List you must be signed in to your account.
Log in Create account
Shop the sale
In celebration of Independent Bookstore Day, shop our limited-time sale on bestselling audiobooks from April 22nd-28th. Don’t miss out—purchases support your local bookstore!
Shop nowThis audiobook uses AI narration.
We’re taking steps to make sure AI narration is transparent.
Learn moreThe women from Sensible Shoes are taking their next steps in the spiritual formation journey. But each of them is finding roadblocks along the way. Meg, a widow and recent empty-nester, is off to see her daughter in London. But what does hope look like when nothing goes as planned? Charissa, a conscientious graduate student, is battling to let go of control and embrace her unexpected pregnancy. But what does hope look like when transformation is slow? Hannah, a pastor on sabbatical, is trying to find her equilibrium with rest and a new relationship. But what does hope look like when old grief keeps resurfacing? Mara, a wife and mother, longs for her difficult family life to improve. But what does hope look like when tension escalates and circumstances only get worse? Sometimes life feels like two steps forward and one step back. Find your own spiritual journey reflected in the lives of these women and discover the way forward.
Sharon Garlough Brown is a spiritual director, speaker, and cofounder of Abiding Way Ministries, providing spiritual formation retreats and resources. She is the author of the bestselling Sensible Shoes series of novels, which includes Sensible Shoes, Two Steps Forward, Barefoot, An Extra Mile, and their study guides.
Erin Bennett is an award-winning stage actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator. She trained at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her on-camera work includes Grandfathered and Children’s Hospital, and her voice-over work spans animation, radio plays for the BBC, video games, and commercials for radio and television.
Reviews
“Once again, Sharon Brown has provided an inspirational story that allows readers to shadow four women as they continue their spiritual journey…With a powerful companion guide for prayer and conversation, this book is ideal for anyone dealing with loss, abuse, fear, anxiety, or insecurities. It reminds us all with a gentle touch that we are born in the image of God and we are worthy of being loved.”
“Two Steps Forward offers spiritual insights of the rarest beauty about both the pain and the peace at the ‘growing edges’ in our life with God. Like Sensible Shoes, this book is a gift and blessing to all who long for Emmanuel.”
“For me, these women have become sacred companions on my own journey…My own heart has been enlarged for more of Jesus as a result of Two Steps Forward!”
“I gobbled it up, reading it far too fast while not wanting the experience to end. I loved reading about Mara’s trip to London—her description of a Tube ride is spot on—and the other women’s support of each other through their various struggles. The way the author conveys the transforming nature of their spiritual growth is brilliant and compelling.”
“Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet with a spiritual director to talk about your spiritual journey? Sharon Brown does a masterful job of giving the reader a glimpse of what that process is like through the stories of four different women looking for peace and hope…My own heart has been enlarged for more of Jesus as a result of Two Steps Forward!”
“With her characteristic wisdom and grace, Sharon Garlough Brown gives voice to hope in the stories of Hannah, Charissa, Mara and Meg…To read this book is to learn to hope.”
Expand reviews