Souls in Full Sail - A Christian Spirituality for the Later Years

2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner

"We do not set out to become old. Far from it. We hardly intend even to become middle-aged. Instead we plan to live in some eternal now which will lead on to something better, something more complete than what we had before. . . .

Sometime in our spiritual travels, as a complete surprise, we notice it has become winter. . . . This change has occurred, it seems, without preparation, without fair warning."

So spirituality writer Emilie Griffin begins, taking us on an exploration of our later years. It is a book filled with wonderful, rich story, carefully crafted spiritual exercises and wisdom from those who have gone before us. She explores relocation, vocational changes, losing her mother, and negotiating and renegotiating her relationships with her grown children.

The journey of our later years is a wondrous voyage, though turbulent at points. But it is, as Emilie Griffin reminds us, the journey we have been preparing for all along.

About the author

Emilie Griffin is an advertising executive who has won more than fifty awards for creativity. She has done graduate work in theology and is a popular speaker and author of several books on religious experience, including Chasing the Kingdom: A Parable of Faith.

Product details

• Authors: Emilie Griffin
• Publisher: InterVarsity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2011
• EAN: 9780830835485
• ISBN: 978-0-8308-3548-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Umgang mit dem Altern, RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Growth, SELF-HELP / Aging, Religion - Inspirational / Spirituality