ABOUT THE AUTHOR

RAY ANDERSON

Ray Anderson is a prairie man whose life story is anchored in hardship, service, and unswerving faith. He was raised on a farm in Saskatchewan and remembers bright childhood pictures, horse-drawn wagons, visits to the Saskatoon berries, and life lessons that he learnt working with his family, and all these gave the pastoral and contemplative tone to the voice of his memoir. The childhood of Ray is full of dramatic episodes: a severe case of polio disease, and a miracle cure that helped him to realize that he should be grateful, persistent, and know what it means to be taken care of.

As a mature Ray was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and later he made his career in industry, where his hands-on leadership and engineering problem-solving left an impression. In all his chapters, whether it is the hospital wards and boot camp or industry and family with Solveig, he focuses his writing on humility, service, and responding to the call of God. The memoir is both an autobiography and a spiritual manual: a man following the fingerprints of God in the mundane happenings.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

MY WALK WITH GOD

My Walk With God is an open and transparent, chapter-by-chapter memoir presenting intimate family moments and the events of life-defining events. Ray begins with pleasant childhood memories in the form of berry picking, school, and farm labor, and then moves on to the dark periods: lightning strike, life-threatening polio, long rehabilitation, and the belief that kept him going.

A broader perspective is given later in the chapters: service in the Royal Canadian Air Force, life abroad, a successful career in industry, the construction of family and home with Solveig. The voice of Ray is a mixture of realistic description (tools, machines, mine-floor problem solving), and spiritual revelation - the way that daily hardships taught him to trust, to be a leader, and to have a God-given mission. The book belongs to the memoir, part testimony: a practical, optimistic one that the reader of the book desires to see as a way of life anchored in faith.

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4 Reasons You Should Read “My Walk with God”

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A True Story of Resilience

The story of polio, the months of rehabilitation that Ray passes through, is told with stomach-wrenching directness, a lesson that faith and determination can get one through even the darkest of times.

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Grounded, Everyday Faith

It is not an abstract theology; it is a theology of kitchens, barns, hospital wards, and on shift in the mill. The outcome is an effective spiritual direction that can be practically used by the readers.

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Rich, Evocative Memories

Through Saskatoon-berry excursions to the beat of farming life, the descriptive episodes of Ray revive the past and create a nostalgic, rejuvenating reading for everyone who admires memoirs rich in memories.

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Leadership and Life Lessons

Work, management, and systems chapters demonstrate the role of humility, effective communication, and faith in Ray's long career; both a leader and a reader will learn a lot.

Reasons You’ll Love this Book

An Emotional Ride of Faith and Survival

Numerous emotional and uplifting readings can be achieved by the strong testimony of Ray, in which he recounts his childhood troubles and his survival of polio. With his sincerity, he attracts the readers to a tale that is influenced by perseverance, thankfulness, and the grace of God. Every chapter serves as a reminder that hope may be born out of adversity, and this book is very uplifting and soul-fortifying.

Bittersweet, Heartfelt Narratione

The warm and detailed recollections of the prairie life, family customs, and individual achievements will delight the readers. The narration of Ray approaches life and makes mundane events attractive and uncomplicated. The scenes provide solace, warmth, and beauty- an ideal scene if one loves memoirs with nostalgic accounts of life experiences and detailed descriptions of a well-travelled life.

Everyday Living Virtual Wisdom

The book has practical teachings on faith, leadership, work ethic, and personal development over and above its inspirational narrative. Ray tells of his real-life experiences that have taught him to be compassionate, disciplined, humble, and to trust in the guidance of God. The book is interesting and easy to remember, as the readers leave with something that they can apply in their own lives.

What Our Customers Say About Us

A touching memoir, it is a mix of honesty, recovery, and faith that caused me to keep revisiting this book.

Gorgeously textured: country deeds, hospitals, and work-related problems intertwine with a steadfast, optimistic religion.

No empty words, no chill words at all. I suggested this to my little body of people as practical, working faith instructions.

Survival and celebration of a life story. The voice of Ray is so soothing, thankful, and persuasive.

This book gave me courage. The accounts of rehab and recovery given to Ray are inspiring to the heartache.

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