Marilyn Sewell, the former senior minister of the First Unitarian Church of Portland, is the author of a handful of books including Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality and Claiming the Spirit Within). We recently reviewed the impressive documentary about her life and ministry (Raw Faith) and heard about her three little books.
This book follows after ones on Forgiveness and Prayer. It consists of 28 theological musings with 8 quotations on each subject. They have been designed for meditation, group reflection and sharing, or for resources in spirituality retreats and workshops. Sewell begins with "Calling" and ends with "Values." Here is a sampler of what you will find:
• "Every generation must ask, 'What is the race that is set before us? What does our age require of us, that the next generation may move ahead in health and confidence and hope?' "
• "The softened heart is the resilient heart. It is vast, limitless."
• "Let go. Nothing is at stake."
• "We are enveloped in grace, in the same way we are surrounded by the air we breathe. We are quite literally in love."
• "God accepts us just as we are — and then invites us to be more."
• "There is a sacred unity where all opposites are reconciled, all suffering healed, all that we have lost, restored."
