About the Author

BECKY ELDREDGE is an Ignatian-trained spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and writer who helps others create space to connect faith and everyday life. She lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with her husband and three children.

Reviews

Every once in a while a book comes along that feels like was written just for me. Busy Lives and Restless Souls is one of them. I am deeply appreciative of the way Becky brings the soulful and prayerful together with the practical and everyday. This is what I have struggled with for so long - how to stay connected to God and Spirit when I'm staring at a pile of dirty laundry, a sink full of dirty dishes, and a dog that is begging for a walk. I love her honesty, her stories, and her gentle, positive encouragement. I hadn't even finished the book when I began a new daily prayer practice. Much gratitude to Becky Eldredge for heeding the call and writing this book. It has changed my life.
--Christine Mason Miller

This book is written in a conversational and very accessible way, like having a talk with a good friend. If you've been yearning for a stronger relationship with God, this book might be a great first step to help you transform your way of thinking to find the peace of God everywhere and anywhere.
--Chris Hayden "San Francisco Book Review"

We are fortunate to have many, many books available to us on the theme of prayer and deepening spirituality. Why one more? Becky Eldredge writes - and prays - from the real world! As Becky shares her God experiences with us, they are rooted in the everyday: the joys, the excitement, the gifts, the messiness, the worries, the sorrows of our everyday lives. Becky highlights for us the reality that God is found everywhere, in all the happenings of our lives and that the time for our prayerful response is now - amid all the busy-ness! The many practical examples of prayer and listening to God are shared in a way that enables all of us to begin - or continue - using them within our sometimes harried, frenetic - but holy - lives.--Janet Schaeffler, OP

A young, married woman's experiences, insights and profound reading of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) and how they shaped her life. Having been immersed in the Exercises most of my adult life I found this book to be an inspiration, a challenge and a call to renew my own commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In a world full of conflicts, rage and confusion this book invites us into a place of solitude, peace, and encounter with the Divine presence in our midst.--Prof. Francis Vanderwall, MA, M.Div., Ph.D.

I look forward to sharing Becky Eldredge's Busy Lives & Restless Souls with my students. What a delight--a young woman drawing on the wisdom of Ignatian spirituality to navigate the challenges of married life with children, while growing into a life of ministry. Becky offers a much-needed voice that will be a guide to many young women and men seeking lives of meaning and purpose. --Tim Muldoon

Missing peace in your life? If so, Busy Lives and Restless Souls is balm for all weary souls. Weaving insights from her life as a wife, mother and minister, Becky crafts a book filled with practical advice, beautiful reflections and inspiring witness. A must read!--Julianne Stanz