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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
In this slim volume Dr. Houston summarizes his life, his values and the transformative influences that have shaped, and continue to shape, his long and faithful pilgrimage. He writes with consumate skill, tender grace and ruthless passion. He articulates the "inverse dialectic" at work within us all as we stumble forward toward authentic personhood, while seeking to hold together the contradictions of life and the tensions at work within our personal lives. This author is a teacher (Oxford University; the Board of Governors' Professor of Spiritual Theology, Regent College; CS Lewis Institute; guest lecturer and presenter around the world), and a man of deep Christian faith,… Read more
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Rob Des Cotes' small volume belies its immense value. As a follower of Jesus, this book will move you below the surface of the distractions of everyday life to arrive at places of deep serenity. These daily readings (it is hard to stop at only one a day!) move the reader to quietly contemplate the goodness of God in one's lived experience. The practice of prayer becomes a rich adventure of opening up oneself to all that God is. The author begins with a key scripture verse and proceeds to offer an intruiging contemplative meditation upon it. He comes at the verse with a gentle depth and a refreshing unfolding of its meaning in the life of the believer. The telescope is… Read more
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Robert Rasmussen takes his readers to a safe, wide and open space that many followers of Christ seek and long for -- to a place called "Sanctuary." Here is a spiritual refuge where the heart can be nourished and faith nutured. Along the thirsty dry and bumpy journey of faith, spiritual formation is fostered by drinking at these deep wells where living water is found. Rasmussen takes us there in focused ways and shows us how to drink deeply from them. This is required reading for courses that I teach in Christian Spirituality -- and my students tell me how personally refreshing this volume is for them. Maybe, for you too.
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