LIPSTICK

For over thirty years, Marcy sat across from parents who desperately wanted to connect with their children, but their words were stuck, trapped behind a condition she calls lipstick. As a speech-language pathologist specializing in autism, she spent her career building bridges between children and the people who loved them most. Then one day, a familiar question turned her world upside down: What about my communication with God?

LIPSTICK is the surprising, deeply personal result of that question. Drawing on the same pre-linguistic skills that help nonverbal children learn to communicate, Marcy invites readers into a fresh approach to prayer: one rooted in the foundational building blocks of real relationship. Eye contact. Attention. Listening. Responding. The same skills a child must develop before speaking a single word can transform the way we sit with God.

Access to God is available to everyone. But too many of us are talking at God rather than with Him, missing the greatest privilege of our lives. Whether you're new to prayer or have been praying for decades, LIPSTICK will challenge you to be still, tune in, and discover how to truly converse with the Creator of the universe. Marcy holds a master's degree from East Carolina University and is a certified autism spectrum disorder clinical specialist. Now retired, she fills her days with gardening, painting, and family. Marcy never planned to write a book. But for months, a relentless inner conviction woke her every morning until she did. LIPSTICK is the result of that persistent calling and a lifetime of specialized expertise put in service of something much bigger than speech therapy.