About the Book
Book: Sermons from a Soapbox
Author: Ladonna Shanks
Genre: Devotional, based on personal experience; Memoir; Adult Nonfiction; “Life Lesson Essays”
Release Date: April 8, 2025
“What is God like?
Does He even exist, other than as a figment of the imagination?
Or is He real, a part of daily life and our world?
In Sermons from a Soapbox, Ladonna Shanks shares her personal spiritual journey of more than seventy-five years. “I cannot write what I have not experienced,” serves as the base of her easy-to-read, anecdotal essays. The short “sermons” challenge the reader to think, question, search, and consider living where God is . . . in the spiritual, long-term, instead of humankind’s physical, short-term.
Excerpt from the Book
They are not presented in any particular chronological order, so you can peruse the contents and select a message that piques your curiosity or perhaps fits a current situation. These are not sermons where I tell you, the reader, what to do or how to live, but, rather, a sharing: of myself and my thoughts; of life with God; of His goodness, kindness, and mercy; of Him. I feel it is a superior alternative to the Carrie Nation approach. May your mind and heart be pointed to God as you allow me to “preach” from my soapbox.
If you have not considered it before, I encourage you to contemplate living in the eternal, spiritual reality, not just in this physical, material world.
And may your spirit resonate with the truth of God’s love for humankind and His desire to be our friend.
Chapter I: Intro to God 101
On Life
life: n. The state of being alive and living. A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive.
Life. We have all been given the gift of life.
I struggle finding the words to express the individuality and uniqueness of every person created by God. Humankind can honestly be compared to the one-of-a-kind snowflakes that fall, singular yet never duplicated. Ever.
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About the Author
Ladonna Shanks was born and raised in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley. During her several decades of life, she has been an entrepreneur, a small business owner, and, most recently, a writer. Her first book, Tidbits and Pearls, A Book of Essays on Living Everyday Life with God was published in 2019. Ladonna’s family, including five grandgirls, and her commitment to God serve as her priorities.