Touching the Edge A Mother's Spiritual Path from Loss to Life

Name: Touching the Edge A Mother's Spiritual Path from Loss to Life
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ISBN: 9780471462057

ISBN-10: 0471462055

ISBN-13: 9780471462057

Edition: 2003

Authors: Margaret Wurtele

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From grief to growth after a son's death In August 1995, Margaret Wurtele got the worst news any parent can receive: Philip, her twenty-two-year-old son, had just died in a climbing accident on Mount Rainier. At the time, Wurtele was absorbed in an intense midlife spiritual awakening. Suddenly she felt betrayed by the God she had only just embraced. In this beautifully written memoir, Wurtele takes us along on her spiritual journey in the aftermath of Philip's death. With a novelist's eye for detail, she conveys the dark nights of the soul and the crises of faith she experienced-as well as the love of family, friends, and community and the prayer that helped her move back from the edge of…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2003
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 258
Language: English



Prologue



Questions of Spirit



The View from the Bottom



Mountain Story



Facing Off



From the Head to the Heart



Phil's Women



Next of Kin



House of Prayer



Echoes



Camp Phil



We Make Our Song



New Family



Convergence



Earthly Things



Looking for Answers



Terrible Glory



Continental Divide



The Birthday Visitor



First Christmas



Something to Leave the World



Nancy



The Body's Code



Return to the Mountain



Pilgrimage



Sacred Space



No Tomorrow



Letting Go



For the Living


Epilogue