Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis
Autor Lauren F. Winneren Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 mar 2013
As she lives through a failed marriage and the loss of her mother, Winner finds her Christian faith slipping away. Through reading religious works and tomes and being counseled by leaders of the church, she learns she must find the courage to trust in God in order to to find His presence.
Elegantly written and profound, Still offers reflections on how murky and gray the spiritual life can be while, at the same time, shows us how to see the light we do encounter more clearly.
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ISBN-13: 9780061768286
ISBN-10: 0061768286
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperOne
ISBN-10: 0061768286
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperOne
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Lauren F. Winner, author of thecritically acclaimed memoir Girl MeetsGod, here describes how the loss ofher mother and the collapse of hermarriage slam her into a wall of doubt.Witty, relatable, and fiercely honest,Winner lays bare her experience ofwhat she calls the "middle stage" ofthe spiritual life. In elegant and spareprose, she explores why—in themidst of the overwhelming anxiety,loneliness, and boredom of her deepestquestioning about where (or if) Godis—the Christian story still explainsher better than any other story she'sever known and how she arrived ata deeper and better place. Still is anabsorbing meditation combiningliterary grace with spiritual wisdom.It is sure to provide comfort and hopeto all spiritual travelers.
Recenzii
“Anyone committed to truly examining the shape of personal faith, unfolding over the years in a broken world, should sense a fruitful opportunity, if not a solemn obligation, to expound at length…[Winner] probes these depths as deftly and eloquently as anyone writing today… An instant spiritual classic.” — Christianity Today
“In present-tense, lyrical essays . . . [Winner] explores her emotional landscape as she struggles to move beyond the depression that plagues her following her mother’s death and her own divorce. Examining feelings of grief, failure, and doubt . . . Winner brings poetic nuances to her exquisitely crafted prose.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Compulsively readable, direct yet never indiscreet, Winner’s book shows intelligence and verve as it seriously addresses the spiritual crises around God’s apparent absence or silence, as faced by many. A must-have for Winner’s readers and fans of Anne Lamott.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“Titles to pick up now... Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis: insights on spiritual uncertainty from a devout Christian convert.” — O, the Oprah Magazine
“Elegantly written . . . eminently readable.” — Booklist
“The book is made to pour over again and again. You’ll fill the pages with underlines, the margins with notes. Each short chapter is loaded with insights that don’t so much build on one another as weave a rich tapestry of possibilities in the midst of a spiritual desert.” — Relevant Magazine
“[A] provocative memoir . . . an open, honest contemplation of a spiritual impasse.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Winner writes thoughtfully and eloquently about finding herself in the middle and accepting her place there.” — Shelf Awareness
“Still grasps for faith in a Middle space and discovers a stranger, bigger and more faithful God than we expected.” — Relevant Magazine
“Soft and vulnerable, yet blunt and veracious . . . If you’re a lover of books like Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott or any other writers who are not afraid to unveil their imperfections in hopes of finding kindred spirits, then take this walk with Winner.” — Beliefnet
“Winner possesses a flair for narrative and a willingness to use her life’s story as an easel. . . . Like Anne Lamott (Traveling Mercies), or Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), Winner is at her best spinning small but hopeful meditations on life’s imperfections.” — The Washington Post
“Lauren Winner’s brave, spare, and subtle book is a great gift to the church. She lifts up doubt and absence with enough honesty to reveal the unfinished edges, and the radiance, of faith itself.” — Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread and Jesus Freak
“Winner grabs God’s hiddenness by the shoulders and will not let go. She knows the grace that can only be learned when we stand with Moses, staring into the raging waters, and hear a voice say, ‘The LORD will fight for you; you need only to stand still.” — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of The Wisdom of Stability
“Still water reveals depth--as does this account of ordinary life and what lies beneath.” — Philip Yancey, author of What Good Is God?
“An unusually painful story, told with rare honesty by an unusually gifted writer.” — N.T. Wright, author of Simply Jesus
“Not for the faint-hearted, Winner’s book not only undresses and confronts doubt, but imparts new courage to trust God through it.” — Worship Leader Magazine
“Winner is one of those gifted teachers who slips in some wisdom along with the sweet stuff on the spoon. We take our medicine from the ancients, the Christian mystics and the scriptures while tasting the sweetness of her narrative.” — Christian Century
“In an age when it is much easier to make fun of the church than to love it ... Winner has made the church a main character so honestly drawn that we recognize it ... treasure it and laugh in amazement that God can work with it. Still.” — Christian Century
“Still is about losing the connection to God, or Jesus, and then getting that connection back.” — Washington Post
“Despite deep pain and doubt, Winner relentlessly searches God’s mysteries, seeking peace and authenticity in her faith. Her spiritual memoir is unblinking, credible, and compelling.” — Christianity Today (Christianity Today 2013 Book Award, Spirituality)
“Lauren Winner’s prose is insightful, honest and always right on point. In each best-selling book, the Duke professor reclaims previously cliché-laden topics and has developed a new vocabulary for a generation fed up with conventional answers.” — Relevant Magazine
“In present-tense, lyrical essays . . . [Winner] explores her emotional landscape as she struggles to move beyond the depression that plagues her following her mother’s death and her own divorce. Examining feelings of grief, failure, and doubt . . . Winner brings poetic nuances to her exquisitely crafted prose.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Compulsively readable, direct yet never indiscreet, Winner’s book shows intelligence and verve as it seriously addresses the spiritual crises around God’s apparent absence or silence, as faced by many. A must-have for Winner’s readers and fans of Anne Lamott.” — Library Journal (starred review)
“Titles to pick up now... Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis: insights on spiritual uncertainty from a devout Christian convert.” — O, the Oprah Magazine
“Elegantly written . . . eminently readable.” — Booklist
“The book is made to pour over again and again. You’ll fill the pages with underlines, the margins with notes. Each short chapter is loaded with insights that don’t so much build on one another as weave a rich tapestry of possibilities in the midst of a spiritual desert.” — Relevant Magazine
“[A] provocative memoir . . . an open, honest contemplation of a spiritual impasse.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Winner writes thoughtfully and eloquently about finding herself in the middle and accepting her place there.” — Shelf Awareness
“Still grasps for faith in a Middle space and discovers a stranger, bigger and more faithful God than we expected.” — Relevant Magazine
“Soft and vulnerable, yet blunt and veracious . . . If you’re a lover of books like Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott or any other writers who are not afraid to unveil their imperfections in hopes of finding kindred spirits, then take this walk with Winner.” — Beliefnet
“Winner possesses a flair for narrative and a willingness to use her life’s story as an easel. . . . Like Anne Lamott (Traveling Mercies), or Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), Winner is at her best spinning small but hopeful meditations on life’s imperfections.” — The Washington Post
“Lauren Winner’s brave, spare, and subtle book is a great gift to the church. She lifts up doubt and absence with enough honesty to reveal the unfinished edges, and the radiance, of faith itself.” — Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread and Jesus Freak
“Winner grabs God’s hiddenness by the shoulders and will not let go. She knows the grace that can only be learned when we stand with Moses, staring into the raging waters, and hear a voice say, ‘The LORD will fight for you; you need only to stand still.” — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, author of The Wisdom of Stability
“Still water reveals depth--as does this account of ordinary life and what lies beneath.” — Philip Yancey, author of What Good Is God?
“An unusually painful story, told with rare honesty by an unusually gifted writer.” — N.T. Wright, author of Simply Jesus
“Not for the faint-hearted, Winner’s book not only undresses and confronts doubt, but imparts new courage to trust God through it.” — Worship Leader Magazine
“Winner is one of those gifted teachers who slips in some wisdom along with the sweet stuff on the spoon. We take our medicine from the ancients, the Christian mystics and the scriptures while tasting the sweetness of her narrative.” — Christian Century
“In an age when it is much easier to make fun of the church than to love it ... Winner has made the church a main character so honestly drawn that we recognize it ... treasure it and laugh in amazement that God can work with it. Still.” — Christian Century
“Still is about losing the connection to God, or Jesus, and then getting that connection back.” — Washington Post
“Despite deep pain and doubt, Winner relentlessly searches God’s mysteries, seeking peace and authenticity in her faith. Her spiritual memoir is unblinking, credible, and compelling.” — Christianity Today (Christianity Today 2013 Book Award, Spirituality)
“Lauren Winner’s prose is insightful, honest and always right on point. In each best-selling book, the Duke professor reclaims previously cliché-laden topics and has developed a new vocabulary for a generation fed up with conventional answers.” — Relevant Magazine