When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions
When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions
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This newly reissued edition is Sue Monk Kidd’s inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, the author relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of “active waiting.” She compares her experience to the formative processes inside a chrysalis, charting the passages of her descent and ascent while offering wisdom and hope for the upheavals in our lives.
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| Weight | 0.196 kg |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 13.5 × 1.6 cm |
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