{"id":526,"date":"2014-04-07T09:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parsonplace.com\/blog\/?p=526"},"modified":"2014-04-07T09:01:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T15:01:09","slug":"in-pursuit-of-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/07\/in-pursuit-of-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pursuit of Happiness: A Great New Bible Study for Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER AND MOTHER\u2019S DAY! What are Christian women doing with their freedom to pursue happiness? In her new study guide, <i>In Pursuit of Happiness: Stewarding Freedom as a Modern Christian Woman<\/i>, Laury L. Davis asks women to consider how they are handling this great stewardship. How is this blessing of freedom and opportunity affecting their marriages, homes and churches? In this 10-week Bible study she challenges women to evaluate their pursuits in light of God\u2019s purposes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9780988852853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-527\" alt=\"In Pursuit of Happiness\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9780988852853.jpg\" width=\"137\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Laury L. Davis grew up near the shores of Lake Erie in Madison, Ohio. She graduated from Cedarville University in southern Ohio with degrees in business and Bible. She has ministered as a women&#8217;s speaker, Sunday school teacher, Bible study leader, event coordinator and drama director.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She currently lives with her husband and three children close to the banks of the Mississippi in the Memphis, Tennessee area. They are active members of a non-denominational church where she has had the opportunity to participate in three short-term mission trips to Asia. She has been published in a variety of print and online magazines and has two books for women translated and distributed in other countries. <i>In Pursuit of Happiness: Stewarding Freedom as a Modern Christian Woman<\/i> (ISBN 978-0-9888528-5-3) is available wherever books are sold. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To schedule interviews or speaking engagements with Laury Davis, please send email to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:lauryldavis@yahoo.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">lauryldavis@yahoo.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. To obtain copies of <\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In Pursuit of Happiness<\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> simply order from such popular retailers as <\/span><a title=\"Buy from Amazon now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/In-Pursuit-Happiness-Stewarding-Christian\/dp\/0988852853\/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396459317&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Amazon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><a title=\"Buy from Barnes and Noble now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/in-pursuit-of-happiness-laury-l-davis\/1118977473?ean=9780988852853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Barnes and Noble<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, <\/span><a title=\"Buy from Books-a-Million now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booksamillion.com\/p\/Pursuit-Happiness\/Laury-L-Davis\/9780988852853?id=5948513472751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Books-a-Million<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, and others by searching on the book&#8217;s ISBN: 978-0-9888528-5-3. You may also ask your local bookstore or library to order it from Ingram, Spring Arbor, or Baker and Taylor using the above ISBN or you may purchase it directly from <\/span><\/i><\/b><a title=\"Buy from the Parson Place Press Bookstore now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parsonplacepress.com\/store\/#happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">the publisher\u2019s online bookstore<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>. <\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read <a title=\"Read my review of In Pursuit of Happiness on Goodreads.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/21807575-in-pursuit-of-happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my review on Goodreads<\/a>, and then read <a title=\"Read my other reviews on Goodreads.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/24614668-michael-l-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my other reviews<\/a>, too! Special group discount pricing available when you order five or more copies from the <a title=\"Buy In Pursuit of Happiness now\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parsonplacepress.com\/store\/#happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parson Place Press Bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER AND MOTHER\u2019S DAY! What are Christian women doing with their freedom to pursue happiness? In her new study guide, In Pursuit of Happiness: Stewarding Freedom as a Modern Christian Woman, Laury L. Davis asks women to consider how they are handling this great stewardship. How is this blessing of freedom [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38,109,125,162,189,296],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-publications","tag-bible-study","tag-freedom","tag-happiness","tag-laury-l-davis","tag-parson-place-press","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsonplace.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}