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Author and speaker Sheryle Cruse writes in many genres, from poetry to performance art to non-fiction. A graduate of Southwest Minnesota State University and a native of the state, her published works include:
- “Orange” from Bomb Threat Checklist, which won awards for multimedia entries
- “Folds,” Honorable Mention for the Heritage Faith piece in 1996
- “Rainbow,” for 2000’s Images of Faith exhibit
- “And You Don’t Know the Half of It”
- “The Audition,” a 1997 Open Circle Church performance piece.
 Sheryle’s passion is encouraging and empowering young girls and women to come to a personal relationship with Christ and live their lives free from the damage of their life experiences. Her Christian self-help book on eating disorders, Thin Enough: My Spiritual Journey Through the Living Death of an Eating Disorder was released by New Hope Publishers in February, 2006. Cruse’s first book-length project, Thin was over ten years in the making.
The book is a personal journey from “glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18) for Sheryle, as well as a spiritual war cry to girls and women everywhere to rise in Christ, no matter what disorder, obstacle or argument they come up against.
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Each comment, lost pound, and lost inch gave me more of an incentive. As I lost weight, I found myself always in need of a new goal.
Ah, at long last, control over something in my life... I could control this! I could control my body! And soon this control did turn into something I’d hungered for, craved my entire life: power, power in the beauty, the newfound thin beauty I was discovering.
That’s all that mattered. And besides, I wouldn’t go too far. I’d stop when I was satisfied. Yeah, when I was at my “right” weight, then I’d stop. After all, I was in control…
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Using her own personal experience, Sheryle Cruse addresses eating disorders, food, weight and body issues impacting young girls and women. She focuses on the spiritual significance, while providing hope that, through faith and trust in God through Christ, young girls and women can indeed rise above the seemingly hopeless sentence of eating disorders and emerge as "God's Daughters," full of life and promising futures.
Sheryle writes a creative, heart-rending story of her battle with anorexia and bulimia and the spiritual revelation that saved her life. She transparently shares her jagged journey from bondage to freedom in a way that those who struggle with this frightening disorder will identify with. Her questions for journaling are as good as hours of therapy. Once I started reading, I could hardly put it down. I heartily recommend it.
-- Linda J. Macdonald
Sheryle Cruse lives in Texas with her husband Russell and their two cats. She is working on a number of Christian self-help projects and devotionals.
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Sheryle Cruse
