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My Soul Feels Lean
Poems of Loss and Restoration
by Joyce Rupp
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Mar 11 2013
| Archive Date
Feb 18 2013
Description
Long beloved for her artful prayers,
best-selling author Joyce Rupp presents an entirely new collection of
106 meditative poems on a theme she has woven masterfully through all
her writing—the pain of loss and the hope of restoration.
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.”
Long beloved for her artful prayers, best-selling author Joyce Rupp presents an entirely new collection of 106 meditative poems on a theme she has woven masterfully through all her writing—the...
Description
Long beloved for her artful prayers,
best-selling author Joyce Rupp presents an entirely new collection of
106 meditative poems on a theme she has woven masterfully through all
her writing—the pain of loss and the hope of restoration.
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
“Full of lived experience, Joyce Rupp shows how loss is the teacher and
acceptance the friend that opens the door to ‘peace with questions that have no
answers.’”
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
“Full of lived experience, Joyce Rupp shows how loss is the teacher and
acceptance the friend that opens the door to ‘peace with questions that have no
answers.’”
Gunilla Norris
Author of Simple Ways...
Advance Praise
“Full of lived experience, Joyce Rupp shows how loss is the teacher and
acceptance the friend that opens the door to ‘peace with questions that have no
answers.’”
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)
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781933495569 |
| PRICE |
$15.95 (USD)
|
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