Although joy is one of the promises of the Christian faith, few of us regularly experience real joy. Sheila Walsh, a featured speaker at Women of Faith 1998, captures the theme of the conference in Bring Back the Joy, a guide for women who wish to recapture or experience for the first time the joy that is promised to those who love God. Walsh explores the leading forces that steal our joy - sin, fear, anger, hopelessness, and shame - and provides practical steps for changing one's life with friendship, grace, obedience, simplicity, risk, surrender, and learning to live with a more positive outlook.