When God Walks Away: A Dark Night Companion - Softcover

McKee, Dr Kaye P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494265486 ISBN 13: 9781494265489

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

How do we survive when, although our souls ache for God, it seems our Beloved has walked out on us? When God Walks Away: A Dark Night Companion explores and celebrates one of faith's great mysteries: the dark night of the soul. Christ's passion serves as a model for the journey as we accompany Him through surrender, into agonized suffering, to death and into the wonder of new life. Each section introduces a metaphor for the night, and then plumbs the metaphor with examples from personal experience; literature (readers will struggle with Parzival through a hopeless winter, accompany Polly and Digory on a great quest, and climb Mount Doom with Frodo); and faith history (readers will walk with C. S. Lewis, Mother Teresa, and John of the Cross through their seasons of darkness). Each chapter closes with a "Lifeline" section that suggests books, music, visual artworks, and films to help the reader endure. When God Walks Away also differentiates the Dark Night from depression: a vital distinction, because, whereas the Dark Night is holy and, in the end, beneficial, depression can be destructive. In addition, the book's appendices provide the reader a wealth of information, such as guidance on finding a therapist or spiritual director, biblical references to the Dark Night, and a discernment practice based on the works of St. Ignatius. Appropriate for individual reading or for group study, When God Walks Away assures the reader that she is not alone on what seems to be the loneliest of journeys.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Kaye Pentecost McKee is a minister, writer, conference leader, nonprofit executive director, and spiritual director. Kaye earned a doctorate in Christian Nurture from Austin Presbyterian Seminary, a master’s degree in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a master’s in pastoral ministry from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and a bachelor’s in religious education from Centenary College (Methodist). She describes herself as either highly ecumenical or highly confused. In addition to her writing, Kaye currently serves as the Executive Director of A Spacious Place, Inc., the nonprofit corporation that grew out of her doctoral project. A Spacious Place provides spirituality and creativity classes, clubs, camps, and centers to marginalized and underserved populations. When God Walks Away was written following her dark night of several years’ duration, endured through God’s grace and a quirky sense of humor.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1494265486
• ISBN 13: 9781494265489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218
• Illustrator: McKee Dr Kaye P