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Cynthia Heald was a name I felt like I\u2019d always known\u2014the Bible study teacher so many around me respected as I was growing up. But I didn\u2019t know much about Cynthia Heald the person until I began working at NavPress. Over the last eight years, I\u2019ve come to know Cynthia Heald the gentle encourager<\/a>, the humble <\/a>friend, the thoughtful advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing that became clear to me early on is that Cynthia\u2019s writing has never been about herself. Cynthia\u2019s posture in life isn\u2019t about herself. She is always reaching out, always focusing on the other person, and always\u2014always\u2014pointing them to the Jesus who loves them. She rests easy in her Father\u2019s love, and she offers the same warm embrace to the people she comes into contact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Cynthia herself would tell you how much God is still shaping her. I\u2019ve seen her wrestle with frustration and ask the hard questions, listened as she\u2019s named the places where she needs to grow. She\u2019s the real deal. I learn far more from how she pursues God in her humanness than if she were just a wise sage on a mountaintop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cynthia has held my oldest two boys as babies, has called to check on me during an ongoing health crisis, has prayed for me fiercely. And I\u2019m just one person, someone she talks to a couple times a year. She loves the people around her profoundly and deeply, a love that emerges from the endless supply of the One who loves her. Her eyes are bright and her insights are sharp\u2014she carries the wisdom of a lifetime of faithfulness to her Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words Cynthia has written are more valuable to me now than they have ever been, because I know how trustworthy and good the source is. Or, as Cynthia would likely correct me, how trustworthy and good her Source is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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has worked with NavPress as an acquisitions editor since 2014, developing spiritual formation books and discipleship resources with authors such as Aubrey Sampson, Daniel Fusco, DA Horton, and Nicole Unice. She came to the team from David C Cook, where she worked with bestselling authors such as Francis Chan and Stasi Eldredge. She lives in Colorado with her husband and three boys.<\/p>\n

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Cynthia Heald was a name I felt like I\u2019d always known\u2014the Bible study teacher so many around me respected as I was growing up. But I didn\u2019t know much about Cynthia Heald the person until I began working at NavPress. … <\/p>\n

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