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The Garden of the Soul Keri Wyatt Kent

The Garden of the Soul By Keri Wyatt Kent

The Garden of the Soul by Keri Wyatt Kent

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Keri Wyatt Kent explores how the disciplines of gardening parallel the disciplines of spiritual life. As you work with God to create the right conditions in the soil of your soul, growth will follow. And the harvest will be glorious.

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The Garden of the Soul: Cultivating Your Spiritual Life by Keri Wyatt Kent

Work. Parenting. Chores. These words can fence in your life. The demands on your time and energy too often leave you feeling depleted. How do you foster spiritual growth amid the realities of life today? Confession, solitude, service, studying the Word, praying, simplifying. Keri Wyatt Kent introduces these disciplines--the practices that foster a flourishing, fruitful garden within your soul. In The Garden of the Soul Kent explores how common disciplines of gardening parallel these necessary habits of spiritual life. As you work with God to create the right conditions in the soil of your soul, growth will follow. And the harvest will be glorious.

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In nine short chapters, Kent uncovers connections between gardening and the Christian life. Some of these insights have been fodder for other spirituality-of-gardening books; the necessity of the regular pruning of both trees and souls has been lovingly explored before. Other chapters are more original, as when Kent compares the need for Sabbath rest to the biblical command of allowing land to lie fallow at predetermined intervals. The book is refreshingly honest; Kent gracefully presents an 'ideal' of spiritual practice while admitting that she often falls short of that ideal. Well-written and often perceptive, Kent's book will be most appreciated by fellow gardeners, particularly parents, since many of the insights here relate as much to raising children as they do to growing plants. -- Jana Reiss for Religion Bookline (an e-mail newsletter from Publishers Weekly), May 14, 2002

About Keri Wyatt Kent

Keri Wyatt Kent is the author of God's Whisper in a Mother's Chaos (IVP, 2000), The Garden of the Soul (IVP, 2002) and Breathe (Revell, 2005). She has coauthored several books and Bible studies, including Courageous Faith Through the Year (with Bill Hybels, IVP, 2004). Her writing and teaching ministry is focused on guiding others toward a deeper and more authentic relationship with Christ. A former newspaper reporter, she has been writing professionally for more than twenty years. She lives with her family in Illinois.

Table of Contents

Foreword by John Ortberg
Acknowledgements
1. Winter: An Invitation to a More Fruitful Spiritual Life
2. Soil: Submitting Yourself to God's Cultivating Work
3. Fence: Meeting God in Solitude and Silence
4. Mess: Connecting with God Through Other People
5. Seed: Hearing and Obeying God's Word
6. Water: Transforming Your Heart Through Reflective Reading, Prayer and Meditation
7. Space: Pruning to Make Room for Growth
8. Rest: Establishing a Sabbath Rhythm
9. Harvest: Celebrating God's Gifts
Notes

Additional information

GOR013107965
9780830823499
0830823492
The Garden of the Soul: Cultivating Your Spiritual Life by Keri Wyatt Kent
Keri Wyatt Kent
Used - Very Good
Paperback
InterVarsity Press
2002-06-10
204
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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