The Gift of Hard Things

Finding Grace in Unexpected Places

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Pub Date 08 Aug 2016 | Archive Date 12 Aug 2016

Description

Society teaches us to have everything under control, and we tend to think that this can be true even of our spiritual lives. Master storyteller and spiritual director Mark Yaconelli offers a narrative journey through ways in which disappointments have turned into gifts. In these pages are a wealth of spiritual practices that will help us find grace in unexpected places.

"We are small, sensitive creatures with short lifespans, in a world that is often chaotic, capricious, mysterious, terrible and wonderful all at the same time. Failure, disappointment, loss and other difficult experiences call us to accept our humanity, feel grateful for what has been given, receive the care of others and seek guidance from the Holy Spirit."

Society teaches us to have everything under control, and we tend to think that this can be true even of our spiritual lives. Master storyteller and spiritual director Mark Yaconelli offers a...


Advance Praise

"To my thinking, Mark Yaconelli is one of this country's most important and articulate spiritual teachers. Anyone seeking knowledge and union with God will be informed, edified, nourished and utterly charmed by The Gift of Hard Things. I savored every story and was nurtured by the expression and depth. It is a book absolutely after my own heart."
—Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies and Small Victories

"Mark Yaconelli is a masterful storyteller and soul companion who invites us to meet the sacred in the ordinary with laughter and tears. The Gift of Hard Things is a book full of pathos, vulnerability and silence that broke me open, named my longings and called me into tender embrace. It is exactly the kind of earthy, unpretentious and practical spiritual guidance we need."
—Mark Scandrette, founding director, ReImagine, author of Free

"The Gift of Hard Things is a book of dazzling grace, a slice of holy ground, as life-giving as water in the desert. Take your shoes off and drink up."
—Kenda Dean, professor of youth, church and culture, Princeton Theological Seminary, author of Almost Christian

"To my thinking, Mark Yaconelli is one of this country's most important and articulate spiritual teachers. Anyone seeking knowledge and union with God will be informed, edified, nourished and utterly...


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An unflinching look at finding the blessings hidden in even the most trying of circumstances that doesn't ignore the pain and yet still offers hope.

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I really enjoyed the writing style of this author, who I had never heard of prior to reading this. I appreciated the realness of his words and stories. It wasn't fluffy with "hard things happen get over it." He recognizes the raw!

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