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When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions (Plus)
by: Sue Monk Kidd

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
EAN: 9780061144899
ISBN: 0061144894
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: November 01, 2006
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Studio: HarperOne
Sales Rank: 18403

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stood at the window watching the cocoon, which hung in the winter air like an upside–down question mark. That was the moment... I understood. Really understood. Crisis, change, all the myriad upheavals that blister the spirit and leave us groping– they aren't voices simply of pain but also of creativity. And if we would only listen, we might hear such times beckoning us to a season of waiting, to the place of fertile emptiness.

Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of contemplative spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis at midlife, when life seemed to have lost meaning and how her longing for hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting." Comparing her experience to the formative processes inside a chrysalis on a wintry tree branch, Kidd reflects on the fact that the soul is often symbolized as a butterfly. The simple cocoon, a living parable of waiting, becomes an icon of hope for the transformation that the author sought. Kidd charts her re–ascent from the depths and offers a new understanding of the passage away from the

self, which is based upon others' expectations, to the true self of God's unfolding intention. Her wise, inspiring book helps those in doubt and crisis recognize the opportunity to "dismantle old masks and patterns and unfold a deeper, more authentic self." When the Heart Waits, which first appeared in hardcover in 1990, has been embraced by t

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- Timely
A timely book for those of us who feel we are entering "midlife" or Menopause. Waiting is a lost art, and Sue Monk Kidd helps to ensure it isn't lost on modern mankind.

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- Sermonizing for the "Secret Life" crowd...
"When The Heart Waits" is a bit like sitting through a series of sermons about grace and regeneration. Sue Monk Kidd comes across as a thoughtful and kindly minister, deconstructing the ways that modern life impedes spiritual connection. Prayer is about waiting and listening, two things modern Americans (and others) are not good at. Spiritual growth is often messy and painful, something a lot of people would rather avoid than endure.

The author draws on many diverse sources -- the natural world, literary and theological works, her own family life and autobiography -- to craft chapters about her subject. I enjoyed the integration of various sources (such as the Oz books and "The Color Purple") but at times found Sue Monk Kidd's style a bit meandering. She hadn't quite perfected ... Read More

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- finding your Inner Space
An earlier writing, ..a personal journey of Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees, is purely and simply put,.. a Jewel. A book not to be missed!

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- When the Heart Waits
This is an awesome book, and I highly recommend it for those who are looking to learn more about themselves, and go deeper in faith.

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- Spiritual pablum
This book astounded me in its seemingly endless stream of cliches and corny metaphors, from Monk Kidd's anthropomorphization of trees ("I studied their bony arms and felt their emptiness, their desperate reach for light and sky"), to her clumsy characterizations of discovering her True Self ("there's a bulb of truth buried in the human soul," "Had my masks gotten stuck to my face?", "Letting go is like crossing a bridge, I thought"). Monk Kidd's spiritual crisis may have been very real to her, but her description of it here strikes me as self-indulgent, sentimental claptrap. Having also read The Mermaid Chair, I would say this author is highly overrated.

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