My Soul Feels Lean
Poems of Loss and Restoration
by Joyce Rupp
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Pub Date Mar 11 2013 | Archive Date Feb 18 2013
Ave Maria Press | Sorin Books
Description
My Soul Feels Lean: Poems of Loss and Restoration is a journey into compassion. Drawing on insights from her faith and a lifelong connection to the Iowa farmland of her birth, Rupp explores themes of loss and restoration in this luminous collection of poems. Returning to an undercurrent in her work since the publication of Praying Our Goodbyes, Rupp offers here sensitive insights on the pain of loss and the hope she finds when she is willing to let go and trust. Rupp’s leanness of soul has taught her to observe and celebrate the harsh beauty of life. “Loss has encouraged me to find joy and meaning here instead of pining for it elsewhere,” she writes, “to live more simply and be content with less, to appreciate more fully what I now have.”
Advance Praise
Gunilla Norris
Author of Simple Ways
“In My Soul Feels Lean, Joyce Rupp offers us a key to the soul’s deep places of loss and restoration. Open the door to her poetry and come on in; there will be rugged lands and flowering meadows—luring you into prayer and reflection.”
Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.
Author of Seven Sacred Pauses
“In the language of the soul, Joyce Rupp writes about the many faces of pain and grief in our lives. An honest, personal, and uncompromising look at the reality of loss and despair, which affects us all. Rupp takes us deeper into the journey with a powerful invitation to surrender to those moments of grace and healing that are available to us all in our darkest times. Authentic and deeply moving.”
Edwina Gateley
Poet, Author, Speaker
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781933495569 |
| PRICE | $15.95 (USD) |
