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KATHY PARDUE
Author, Licensed Professional Counselor
Christian fiction, non-fiction inspirational,
Catholic devotionals, and spiritual growth.
Joyful Women in a Sorrowful World, 2022.
Women's devotional, Lectio Divina meditations. Sustaining intimacy in uncertainty. Prayer with the Beloved, Lifter of our heads, Refuge in the storm. Imprimatur granted.
Ruach Heroes: Chaos to Beauty, 2023.
Young adult/Adult biblical fiction. Cosmic beauty, faith, humor, purpose, unity, vice, and virtues! This ancient sea adventure launches a mission to reduce injustice on land and sea. Rowers seek wisdom via the Golden Bowl stored onboard, and the will of God flashes across a Great Mirror. Captain Hupo battles the elements, sea creatures, pirates, and inner dragons as he tosses buccaneers overboard. Rowers weigh jumping ship in despair or persevering for the common good. Can the Law of Love become Rule of Law on earth? What must happen at the Crystal Sea to bring unity? Is unity worth sacrificial suffering?
Rise Above the Reptiles: Dancing in Radiance
A Non-fiction Women's Inspirational Story for Spiritual Growth. Break free from the earthly stings keeping you in the basement, to a higher calling and clarity. Stories of a girl nearly insane from rejection by mother and father transform into unexpected beauty and purpose. Catherine is visited by Love Himself, the "radiance of God's glory," and finds truth and compassion. Women can rise on pointe' despite being the wounded and wounder, slowly becoming the brilliance of our Beloved. Reptiles give up when we let go of earthly pains. (Coming 2026)
Beauty Speaks
Heavens declare the glory of God;
I just write in awe.
O Beauty, so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved Thee."
St. Augustine
Contact: 713.501.0663
www.kathypardue.net (Author)
www.kathyparduelpc.com (Counseling)
email: kjpardue@comcast.net
"Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten."
G. K. Chesterton
Aurora, supernova, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, and island rescue...
Captain Giovanni launches a peace mission sabotaged by the elements and pirates. Starlings nitpick evacuees, threatening efforts at unity in Venice. Voyage with Ruach, the Breath of God, to see beauty from chaos.
Life is not random as we observe people loving people in despair, refocusing, rebuilding, rewriting, and repairing damage done from others and ourselves. Love is driving the universe toward beauty vs. chaos.
Writing is a way of beholding Him and seeing His image in each other. Storytelling makes heavenly ideas flesh out in ordinary people, whether fictional characters, confidential clients, or memoir from my own experiences. We share the earth and common bonds to explore the vast mysteries God has offered us.
As a therapist for 23 yrs., I enjoy identifying problems blocking joy and finding ways toward peace. I write to bring clarity to human sadness and discover God's truth which sets us free. Jesus came to bring us His joy, and that it would be full.
Kathy Pardue
Licensed Professional Counselor
Karis Counseling LLC
License #17184 Aug. 31, 2001
Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council
Private Practice since Dec. 2002
BA - Business, Univ. of Houston
MA - Counseling PV A&M University
Graduate work at Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
St. Mary's Seminary @ St. Thomas University, Houston, TX
Married 45 yrs., 3 children, 12 grandchildren
Lives with husband on hobby farm with pygmy goats
One dozen grandchildren!
Liturgical dance, 15 yrs.
...church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth."
I Tim. 3:15
