The bestselling author's inspiring account of her spiritual journey into discovering the love of God.
"Beautifully written . . . the message and challenge of the book is profound. . . . This book will awaken your longing and set you off on your own spiritual journey."--Today's Christian Woman
"A joy to read from beginning to end."--Virtue Magazine
Sue Monk Kidd explores the thrilling possibilities of God's everlasting love. God's Joyful Surprise makes an important statement about devotion to God rather than...
The bestselling author's inspiring account of her spiritual journey into discovering the love of God.
From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees, an inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace.
Blending her own experience with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting." Full of wisdom, poise, and grace, Kidd's words will encourage us along our spiritual journey, toward becoming who we truly are.
From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees, an inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and d...
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted black "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. They escape to Tiburon, South Carolina--a town that holds the secret to...
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author ...
Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del recuerdo confuso de la tarde en que su madre fue asesinada. Cuando Rosaleen, la bravia madre postiza negra de Lily, insulta a tres de las personas mas racistas del pueblo, Lily decide que ambas deben ser libres. Ellas escapan a Tiburon, Carolina del Sur, un pueblo que guarda el secreto del pasado de su madre. Alojadas por un excentrico trio de hermanas negras apicultoras, Lily es introducida al fascinante mundo de las abejas y la miel, y a la...
Ambientada en Carolina del Sur en 1964, La vida secreta de las abejas es la historia de Lily Owens, cuya vida ha sido formada alrededor del rec...
The New York Times-bestselling second novel by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings Inside the church of a Benedictine monastery on Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint who, legend claims, was a mermaid before her conversion. When Jessie Sullivan is summoned home to the island to cope with her eccentric mother's seemingly inexplicable behavior, she is living a conventional life with her husband, Hugh, a life -molded...
The New York Times-bestselling second novel by the author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings Insi...
From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and the new novel The Invention of Wings (Viking, January 2014) comes a thoughtful, revelatory book of writings on self and spirit Before she won an international readership with her novels, Sue Monk Kidd was best known for her smart, passionate spiritual writings. Now many of those early stories and essays (most of which first appeared in Guideposts) are collected in one volume, organized around thirteen spiritual motifs. In Firstlight, Kidd charts her emergence as a writer and seeker; reflects on...
From the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and the new novel The Invention of Wings (Viking, January 2014) comes a though...
New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined in praising it as a notable successor in the meditative tradition of St. John of the Cross, The Cloud of Unknowing, and the medieval mystics, while others have compared Merton's reflections with those of Thoreau. New Seeds of Contemplation seeks to awaken the dormant inner depths of the spirit so long neglected by Western man, to nurture a deeply contemplative and mystical dimension in our lives. For Merton, "Every moment and...
New Seeds of Contemplation is one of Thomas Merton's most widely read and best-loved books. Christians and non-Christians alike have joined i...
This text describes how growing concern about the state of our seas is resulting in the development of new approaches to marine planning and management. Adopting a transdiciplinary and holistic approach, the book seeks to promote a broader understanding of the origins and practicalities of these new approaches.
This text describes how growing concern about the state of our seas is resulting in the development of new approaches to marine planning and managemen...
Lilys Mutter ist vor zehn Jahren umgekommen. Ihr Vater herrscht wie ein grausamer Rachegott über die inzwischen 14-jährige. Eines Tages flieht Lily aus der bedrückenden Atmosphäre ihres Elternhauses, wandert über die staubigen Straßen der Südstaaten, um ein neues Zuhause zu finden. Sie begegnet wunderbaren Menschen, rettet mit Mut und Klugheit ein Leben und findet bei drei Frauen Unterschlupf, die, wie im Märchen, in großer Eintracht zusammenwohnen. Die drei Schwestern geben dem Mädchen alles, was es braucht: Liebe, Halt, und Geborgenheit. Sie nehmen Lily in ihre Familie auf und...
Lilys Mutter ist vor zehn Jahren umgekommen. Ihr Vater herrscht wie ein grausamer Rachegott über die inzwischen 14-jährige. Eines Tages flieht Lily ...
Eine Frau zwischen Vernunft und Leidenschaft Eine Insel vor South Carolina: Jessie Sullivan kehrt hierher zurück, weil ihre Mutter Hilfe braucht. Sie hat sich, vermutlich in religiösem Wahn, selbst Leid zugefügt und leidet offensichtlich unter der Last eines schrecklichen Geheimnisses. Jessie, die seit Jahren nicht mehr auf der Insel war, pflegt ihre Mutter, versucht dem Geheimnis auf die Spur zu kommen und unternimmt lange einsame Wanderungen. Sie lässt sich einfangen von der Magie der Insel mit dem alten Kloster und der rauen Landschaft. Sie beginnt wieder zu malen und fügt sich ein in...
Eine Frau zwischen Vernunft und Leidenschaft Eine Insel vor South Carolina: Jessie Sullivan kehrt hierher zurück, weil ihre Mutter Hilfe braucht. Sie...