Threshold of Discovery: A Field Guide to Spirituality in Midlife

Owens, L. Roger

ISBN 10: 1640650504 / ISBN 13: 9781640650503

Editore: Church Publishing, 2019

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Riassunto:

Thoughtful exploration of midlife spirituality through the prism of nature walks

Roger Owens, facing a “dark night of the soul” as he turned forty and entered midlife, was encouraged by his spiritual director to think of it instead as a “threshold of discovery.” Rather than go on a grand adventure like walking the Appalachian Trail or the Camino de Santiago, he decided to mark his fortieth year by taking forty walks in a nearby nature preserve. With patience and attention, he explored the concerns rising with him: the inevitability of death, his boredom with life, and the reality of his changing faith, changing images of God, and changing sense of self. The result is forty short chapters that weave together insightful stories of his walks with accessible history and practices of Christian spirituality and the lives of saints.

This field guide to the spirituality of midlife facilitates readers’ personal journeys through questions of faith, purpose, and relationships. It is not solely a memoir, but a work of wisdom literature that uses engaging first-person narratives to explore universal themes and spiritual inquiry. Wise and imaginative, and with study questions for each section, Threshold of Discovery is the companion guide for a thoughtful Christian journey.

Informazioni sull'autore: L. Roger Owens is associate professor of Christian spirituality and ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Before his academic career, he was the pastor of United Methodist congregations in North Carolina. . He is the author of three previous books, and a regular writer for Duke University's Faith and Leadership and Christian Century.

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Titolo: Threshold of Discovery: A Field Guide to ...
Casa editrice: Church Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good
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