{"id":728,"date":"2025-10-29T20:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T10:12:17","slug":"nine-lives-of-faith-the-journey-of-phyllis-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Nine Lives of Faith: The Journey of Phyllis Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phyllis Duke is an author and educator whose work weaves together faith, moral formation, and early literacy. With a master\u2019s degree in Educational Supervision (concentrating on Early Childhood Learning), she has devoted much of her career to helping young readers develop vocabulary recognition, reading confidence, and a sense of moral purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her writing is rooted in the belief that children can ask big questions\u2014about God, creation, purpose, right and wrong\u2014and that stories are powerful tools to guide them gently toward deeper thinking and faith. She writes for children ages 3 to 10, though her repertoire also includes autobiographical and inspirational titles for older audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/phyllis-article-1-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/phyllis-article-1-edited.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/phyllis-article-1-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/phyllis-article-1-edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/phyllis-article-1-edited-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Phyllis\u2019s life story is itself a testament to resilience and grace. Born into challenging circumstances, she has overcome financial, emotional, and relational trials\u2014with her journey echoing many of the themes in her books: perseverance, faith, and redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her message centers on hope and transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phyllis\u2019s audience includes parents, teachers, Sunday school leaders, and young readers who are curious, reflective, and seeking both knowledge and spiritual grounding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She welcomes readers, educators, and media to connect with her for speaking, curriculum collaborations, and reading events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book Summary:<br>Born in 1932 during the Great Depression, Phyllis Duke faced hardship from the very beginning: poverty, emotional trials, a struggling marriage, and times of despair. In Destined to Live Nine Lives, she shares how she weathered these storms\u2014challenge after challenge\u2014and learned to transform adversity into strength. From near escapes and self-doubt to global travels, entrepreneurship, and ultimately redemption, her journey is woven with faith, perseverance, and purpose. Along the way, she founded innovative educational institutions that provide ethical and foundational learning for children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born during the Great Depression, Phyllis Duke endured hardship, loss, and renewal. *Destined to Live Nine Lives* reveals her extraordinary journey of faith, resilience, and purpose\u2014transforming trials into strength and grace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author-highlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxpressbookstore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}