Days of Deepening Friendship: For the Woman Who Wants Authentic Life with God - Softcover

Vinita Hampton Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0829428119 ISBN 13: 9780829428117

Publisher: Loyola University Press,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

Is it really possible to participate in a living, breathing friendship with God? More to the point, can a woman bring her true self to this encounter with the divine - without any fears or apologies? The answer clearly revealed in Days of Deepening Friendship, is yes! Not only does God welcome a woman s presence and invite her utmost honesty, but God desires that she bring the whole of her experience to this relationship. This often requires a woman to radically rethink her approach to friendship with God. Using forty short chapters, Vinita Hampton Wright guides women to explore the deepest regions of relationship: beginning, hesitation, awareness, resistance, conversation, attention, engagement, and ultimately love. The material - which includes stories, Scripture, meditations, and written exercises - focuses on women s real experiences and spiritual sensitivities. Wright also taps the proven wisdom of Ignatian spirituality by employing prayer, imagination, action, and reflection; as such, the book can be enjoyed more as a spiritual workshop than as something to read. Regardless of how it is used, Day of Deepening Friendship will free any woman to open the door to the divine and become friends with the God who has loved her for who she really is all along.

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From the Back Cover:

Be your true self--and get ready for a dynamic friendship with the Divine.
It's time for women of faith to quit apologizing--for who they are or who they've been, for what they feel and know, and for their powerful ability to connect with spiritual reality. When a woman is free to be herself and to express to God--without fear--her loves, dreams, pains, and passions, she can embark upon a friendship that is stunning in its wisdom and delightful in its daily unfolding.
Using Scripture, meditations, stories, and written exercises, Days of Deepening Friendship encourages women to radically rethink their approach to friendship with God and to explore the deeper regions of this very special relationship. Throughout forty brief chapters, author and spirituality-workshop leader Vinita Hampton Wright taps the proven wisdom of Ignatian spirituality by employing prayer, imagination, action, and reflection, making the book an ideal spiritual workshop for women.
Days of Deepening Friendship will free any woman to fling wide open the door to the Divine and become friends with the God who has loved her all along for who she really is.

About the Author:

Vinita Hampton Wright leads workshops around the country on the creative-spiritual process. she is the author of many books, including The Soul Tells a Story (IVP), the St. Thérése of Lisieux Prayer Book (Paraclete), and the novel Dwelling Places (HarperOne). Vinita has also been a book editor of nearly twenty years. She and her husband, Jim, live in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Loyola University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0829428119
• ISBN 13: 9780829428117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256