How can we describe to others what is happening to us on our spiritual journey? How can we depict the spiritual road that we are taking experiences of prayer, transitions that we travel through, impediments that we face and externalize into words the interior experiences?
This striking guide to thoughtful Christian living explores the everyday experience of Christian hope and wisdom. Helping us grapple with cultural forces, this book shapes a theological imagination that is grounded in the reality of being human in a suffering world and yet open to transformation by the life of God.
Lectio divina, which means sacred reading, is an ancient contemplative practice of listening deeply to the voice of God in sacred texts. Drawing on her own experience as a monk in the world, Christine Valters Paintner breaks open the movements of this spiritual practice. She makes them accessible to the contemporary reader.
This wise and beautiful book, written in the form of spiritual letters, reflects on the themes of home and being at home: with ourselves, with each other, with the times we are living through, and with God.
Becca Stevens, social activist and priest, extols the transformative power of love in this inspiring collection of spiritual reflections. She considers the signposts that we need to guide us on the spiritual path, such as courage, humility, forgiveness, compassion, and faithfulness, and how to avoid the pitfalls of disillusionment and distraction.