Interview with Author Sharon Norris Elliott

DA:  What inspired you to write your book, Living the Milk and Honey Life?

Sharon:  After studying about the Israelites, and their eventual freedom from Egyptian captivity, it shocked me that after their miraculous release, they wanted to go back to their captivity when they were confronted with their first challenge. My girlfriends and I began to talk.  Though we had been released from our own “Egypts,”  we too have wanted to return to the very things we longed to be delivered from. My book, Living the Milk and Honey life, discusses this very trait in us as women. 

DA:  Tell us a little bit more about Living the Milk and Honey Life. 

Sharon:  When God brought the Israelites out of their Egyptian bondage, he intended for them to live in the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey. Living the milk & honey life means you are living as God would have you to live. Your new life is one characterized by the joy and peace you will find when you are following God’s directives.

DA:  You started a retreat also called Milk and Honey Life Retreat.  Tell us the purpose of this retreat. 

Sharon:  The Milk & Honey Life Retreat is a time when women can get away from their daily responsibilities to concentrate on hearing from God. Women are pampered physically at a beautiful resort, allowed to explore their emotional issues in a safe environment surrounded by other loving sisters and professional workshop leaders, and encouraged and challenged spiritually through God’s word. 

DA:  This year's retreat was July 21-22.  Spill a few details.