This book exaimines fear, pain, bad choices, letting go, and confronting death as pathways to spiritual growth. The author is a psychotherapist, Episcopal minister, and founder of Wisdom House. She believes that through the eyes of faith the seasons of change can be grace-filled. Bozarth writes about her own battle with shingles, the deaths of her grandmother and husband, and her struggle with addiction to perfection. "Lifelines" challenges readers to become more intimate with God in the midst of troubles because just when we least expect it, grace breaks through.