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Throughout the past two decades, Renita J. Weems has been noted and praised for her writing, galvanizing national speaking, and pioneering scholarship in the field of Old Testament studies. Yet in the midst of her celebrated work, she was experiencing a profound spiritual crisis permeated by a hollow, painful silence that seemed, at times, to mark an irreparable rupture in her communication with God. In this deeply affecting book, Weems addresses the believer's yearning for God through periods of inconstancy, vacillation, and disenchantment. Her own spiritual disquietude will be familiar to all who struggle to maintain faith while the details of daily life -- negotiating with children and spouses, caring for ailing parents, living up to professional expectations, developing hobbies, managing finances, and planning for the future -- compete for energy with one's relationship with God. In sharing her own strategies for redefining mundane rituals so that they contribute to reverence and devotion, Weems offers a beacon of light for all believers struggling to listen for God amidst the din of worldly demands and distractions.
Contents
ContentsPrefaceChapter One: The Mystery of Silence and PrayerStumbling in the SilenceAround and AroundSurrender to the SilenceBelieving in BelievingA Chance EncounterTeach Us to PrayI Know Why Sarah LaughedSimplicityThe Longest PrayerOrdinary TimeBlessed QuietnessSaint FallowCome SundayChapter Two: The Mystery of MinistryAnd the Word Became FleshRevivalI Too Have a DreamThe Welcome TableThe Tap of an AngelHoly GroundThe Itinerant JourneyChapter Three: The Mystery of Marriage and MotheringBehold, I Show You a MysteryMother's DayThe Grace of Daily ObligationIf I Knew Then What I Know NowFidelityChapter Four: The Mystery of MiraclesEternal LifeThe Music of NoiseLord, There's Been a Great Change in MeEmmausThe Last Day for MiraclesBehold, I Show You a MysteryWhen the Bush Stops BurningBibliography
