The Courage to Connect by The Venerable Rosemary Lain-Priestley

The Courage to Connect by The Venerable Rosemary Lain-Priestley

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To live deliberately rather than by accident requires great honesty. It means looking human experience fully in the face without glossing over the difficult bits. Drawing on author's own experience and the stories of other individuals and communities, this book looks at the importance of honesty, freedom and the courage to 'be real'.

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The Courage to Connect by The Venerable Rosemary Lain-Priestley

God can act in and through you in a way that God cannot act in and through anyone else.' - From Chapter 5.To live deliberately rather than by accident requires great honesty. It means looking human experience fully in the face without glossing over the difficult bits. It means realizing that while God is not unconcerned with the intimate detail of our lives, we are expected to use our God-given gifts to get on with the day-to-day stuff like grown ups.Only by living deliberately will we fully explore who and what we really are.Drawing on her own experience and the stories of other individuals and communities, Rosemary Lain-Priestly vividly communicates in this stirring, often witty, book, the importance of honesty, freedom and the courage to 'be real'.
THE REVD ROSEMARY LAIN-PRIESTLEY is Dean of Women's Ministry for the Two Cities Area in the Diocese of London. She broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day', and was until recently on the staff of St Martin's in the Fields, Trafalgar Square.
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ISBN 13 9780281059508
ISBN 10 0281059500
Title The Courage to Connect
Author The Venerable Rosemary Lain-Priestley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SPCK Publishing
Year published 2007-12-01
Number of pages 144
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