Holy Desperation: Praying As If Your Life Depends on It - Couverture souple

King, MS Heather

 
9780829445145: Holy Desperation: Praying As If Your Life Depends on It
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0829445145 ISBN 13 : 9780829445145
Editeur : Loyola Press, 2017

Synopsis

2019 International Book Awards, Finalist: Christianity
2018 Catholic Press Association Book Awards, Third Place: Prayer, Books about Prayer
2018 Association of Catholic Publishers' "Excellence in Publishing Awards," First Place: Inspiration
2018 Association of Catholic Publishers' "Excellence in Publishing Awards," BOOK OF THE YEAR


When life has driven you to your knees, the only thing that works is prayer.

Desperation has many faces: the addict who has hit bottom; the laid-off worker struggling to make the next house payment; the person who seems to have it all together but is wracked with fear, guilt, anger, or shame. We know we need help, but we are afraid to let anyone--especially God--see how broken we truly are.

In Holy Desperation, Heather King demonstrates that, when we're desperate, it's precisely the right time to cry out to God. King, a survivor of addiction and other forms of desperation, begins with the basics of how to pray when you're uncertain that God exists or when you feel that you're beyond God's reach. She challenges the assumptions that only the saintly can pray and that prayer ought to be tidy and nice. She reveals how prayer leads us beyond ourselves and into a life of purpose, lived for the good of others.

Ultimately, Holy Desperation is an invitation to engage in bold, come-exactly-as-you-are prayer, offering a way forward, upward, and outward for anyone desperate enough to cry out for God's help and presence. You are not alone.

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À propos de l'auteur

HEATHER KING is a Catholic convert with several books, among them Parched; Redeemed; Shirt of Flame; Poor Baby; and Stumble: Virtue, Vice and the Space Between. She writes a weekly column on arts and culture for The Tidings, lives in Los Angeles, and blogs at www.Heather-King.com.

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Éditeur
Loyola Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0829445145
ISBN 13 
9780829445145
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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