Imagine being able to listen to and question spiritual guides from the past and the present. Imagine being mentored by women and men who have made their own spiritual journey and have recorded the landmarks, detours, bumps in the road, potholes, and wayside rests they encountered along the way—all to help others who must make their own journey. The various volumes in the 40-Day Journey Seriesare designed to do just that—to lead you to where your mind and heart and spirit long to go.
For Kathleen Norris, the award-winning poet, writer, and author of The New York Times bestsellers: The Cloister Walk; Dakota: A Spiritual Geography; Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith; and The Virgin of Bennington, the spiritual world is rooted in the chaos of daily life. Here editor Kathryn Haueisen has selected forty inspiring passages from Norris’s writing that show the depth and beauty of that daily chaos.
Beginning with a brief preface written by Norris, each of the forty chapters includes a selected writing from her work along with one or more scripture selections from the Bible. Journal-writing exercises and daily prayers are included. A rich resource for personal meditation or small group discussion, 40-Day Journey with Kathleen Norris is an inspiring companion anytime and is ideal for traveling through the seasons of Advent and Lent.