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Zusatztext "An excellent study of women's personal experiences across various faiths.... Will appeal to readers with an interest in women's spirituality! feminist spirituality! ecofeminism.... A good choice for reading groups." Informationen zum Autor Lana Dalberg , a feminist lay theologian and storyteller, leads workshops linking spirituality with writing and social justice in congregations and retreat centers throughout the United States. Her award-winning writing has appeared in many publications and anthologies. Lana Dalberg is available to speak on the following topics: Women's Spirituality and Women’s Spiritual Stories Writing from the Wellspring of Spirituality The Divine Feminine Enhancing Spirituality through Guided Visualizations Earth-Based Spirituality and Eco-Feminism Kathe Schaaf is co-founder and past president of Gather the Women Global Matrix. She currently anchors many collaborative conversations connecting women and women's organizations internationally. Kathe Schaaf is available to speak on the following topics: Now Is the Time: Women's Empowerment and Leadership Grassroots for the Greater Good: A Glimpse at Global Women’s Leadership in Action Making Local-Global Connections Collaborative Leadership: A New Paradigm Politics and Passions Colliding: Bridging the Divides The Divine Feminine Faith and Feminism for an Emerging Generation of Young Leaders Klappentext Grounded in raw experience, forty women relate Spirit-filled moments. Ideal for spiritual seekers and leaders of all faiths, these powerful stories invite you to consider the origins of your own spirituality and to deepen your relationship with God. Zusammenfassung Powerful narratives of suffering, love and hope that inspire both personal and collective transformation. "Our spiritual stories are full of missteps and unabashed celebration. They are narratives of suffering and of hope; lessons in shedding fear and learning to love ourselves. Ours are embodied stories that begin with emptying so that we can glimpse the Holy Other, this Light who appears in ways unplanned, unexpected and unsettling. Our lives are the surprise that begins with the response, 'Let it be.'" —from Part 1 In Birthing God , forty women relate Spirit-filled moments: a grieving pastor walks a labyrinth and rediscovers the Rock of her existence; a human rights advocate re-encounters Allah in an intensely visceral moment in the sun; an educator, moved by an ancestral vision, launches a global tree-planting project to heal the wounds of slavery; a revolutionary awakens from a coma and realizes that all of life is infused with Spirit; a peasant woman under fire discovers within herself the God who gives her courage; and a disabled doctor, embraced by Shekhinah, turns her heart to rabbinical studies. Grounded in raw experience and ideal for spiritual seekers and leaders of all faiths, these engaging and powerful stories invite you to consider the origins of your own spirituality and to deepen your relationship with God. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword ix Part I Divine Love and Love of Self 1 Esperanza: Great Courage within Me 9 Lindsey: Where We Find God 16 Lori: Rocking in the Mother's Arms 21 Hyun Kyung: From the Palms of God into the Vortex of Becoming 26 Susan: Worthy to Stand Here with God 34 Sridevi: Rooted in the Divine Feminine 40 Arisika: The Body as Gateway to the Divine 44 Rachel: The Sacred within Me 53 Anna: Circling into the Womb of the Mother 58 Alice: Resonating like Home 64 Sarah: Hanging Out the Wash like Prayer Flags 70 A...
