Prayers to Sophia : A Companion to the Star in My Heart
by Rupp, JoyceFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Ave Maria Pr
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Summary
With many prayers straight from the personal journals of Joyce Rupp, "Prayers to Sophia" aids readers in reaching new spiritual depths through the exploration of feminine images of the Divine. Vulnerable and instructive in equal amounts, this book of meditative prayers offers fifty entries that include a verse from biblical wisdom literature and conversation starters for women's book groups.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| A Birthing | p. 18 |
| A Little Space in Which to Grow | p. 20 |
| A New Beginning | p. 22 |
| Anxiety | p. 24 |
| Beauty | p. 26 |
| Befriending My Aging | p. 28 |
| Calling on Sophia | p. 30 |
| Coming Home to My Center | p. 32 |
| Commitment | p. 34 |
| Compassion | p. 36 |
| Dance of the Universe | p. 38 |
| Desire for Spiritual Growth | p. 40 |
| Draw Me to Your Heart | p. 42 |
| Evening | p. 44 |
| Failings and Mistakes | p. 46 |
| Friendship | p. 48 |
| Generativity | p. 50 |
| Good-bye to Summer | p. 52 |
| Grief and Loss | p. 54 |
| Guidance | p. 56 |
| Hope | p. 58 |
| Inner Freedom | p. 60 |
| Inner Garden | p. 62 |
| Light-Bearer | p. 64 |
| Lighten Up | p. 66 |
| Listening to My Soul | p. 68 |
| Live Each Day with Awareness | p. 70 |
| Longing for a Spiritual Embrace | p. 72 |
| Lost in the Fog | p. 74 |
| Moving Beyond Self-Centeredness | p. 76 |
| Nature Revitalizes My Soul | p. 78 |
| Non-judgment | p. 80 |
| Openness | p. 82 |
| Patience | p. 84 |
| Peeling Off Another Layer | p. 86 |
| Releasing Feelings | p. 88 |
| Sabbath Time | p. 90 |
| Singer in My Soul | p. 92 |
| Solitude | p. 94 |
| Spiritual Richness | p. 96 |
| Springtime Prayer | p. 98 |
| Stream of Enduring Love | p. 100 |
| Sunrise Prayer | p. 102 |
| Taking Risks | p. 104 |
| The Dry Creek-bed | p. 106 |
| The Heart of a Child | p. 108 |
| Time to Surrender | p. 110 |
| Transformation | p. 112 |
| Winter | p. 114 |
| Wordless Praise to Sophia | p. 116 |
| Biblical Passages - Sophia | p. 118 |
| Theme Index | p. 119 |
| Bibliography | p. 125 |
| About the Author | p. 127 |
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