Voices from the Desert: A Spirituality for Our Times

by Leslie Griffiths

Book Overview

The idea of the desert as being a place where we escape the pressures of everyday life in order to hear God speak afresh is intimately associated with Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness - our model for keeping Lent today. It is easy to gain a romantic idea of desert sands beneath starlit skies, but in reality the desert is a hard place that tests our endurance and few venture there, geographically or emotionally. Reflecting on the work of writers such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185311491X
• ISBN13: 9781853114915
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Canterbury Press Norwich
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"