The Soul Tells a Story: Engaging Creativity with Spirituality in the Writing Life (Special)
Vinita Hampton Wright
(Author)
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Description
Vinita Hampton Wright leads you through the process and practice of integrating the worlds of Christian spirituality and creativity.
Product Details
Price
$24.99
$23.24
Publisher
IVP
Publish Date
March 30, 2005
Pages
260
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.4 X 0.76 inches | 0.66 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780830832316
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About the Author
Vinita Hampton Wright is a critically acclaimed writer and professional editor who conducts creative formation workshops at conferences around the country. She is the author of three novels--Grace at Bender Springs, Velma Still Cooks in Leeway and The Winter Seeking--as well as the nonfiction book Simple Acts of Moving Forward: A Little Book About Getting Unstuck. She and her husband Jim--a professional photographer--live in Chicago.
Reviews
Her book offers kind, sisterly, experienced advice to readers of any faith who are on the brink of or in the midst of their own creative work.--Monica Tenney, Congregational Libraries Today, May/June 2007
"Encouraging and inspiring. . . . Think Julia Cameron meets Madeleine L'Engle. This book is a marvelous resource."--Publishers Weekly, April 1, 2005 (starred review)
"The Soul Tells a Story is an amazingly generous offering: each page brims with Wright's essential and deeply learned insights from her years as both writer and editor. This is a brave book, willing to lead us into the darker corners of an artist's process. Even more, it is a celebration of entering into the divine work of creating, inviting us to expand our very souls in the process."--Kate Young Caley, author of The House Where the Hardest Things Happened
"In this luminous volume Wright combines the splendid attributes of practical guide with practicing writer describing what and how she has learned from her own soul telling its story. Admirable!"--Luci Shaw, Writer in Residence, Regent College, and author of The Crime of Living Cautiously
"The Soul Tells a Story is a book for writers and for those who are interested in the creative process. However, I believe it is even more of a book for spiritual sojourners of all faiths and spiritual traditions. Vinita demonstrates, through her own soul story, a depth of passion, honesty, struggle, creativity and above all a vibrant-energetic life, the integrative power of the soul at work within the human person. I do not cry easily when I read a book. I do not easily laugh or for that matter react with any strong emotion as I read, but as I turned these pages I often could not contain myself. Again and again I discovered something in Vinita's soul story that released something of my own soul story. I am deeply grateful."--Rev. Thomas M. Santa, C.Ss.R., author of Sacred Refuge: Why and How to Make a Retreat
"Honest, stimulating, practical and wise. This book is going on my shelf of absolute essentials."--Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Real Sex
"Encouraging and inspiring. . . . Think Julia Cameron meets Madeleine L'Engle. This book is a marvelous resource."--Publishers Weekly, April 1, 2005 (starred review)
"The Soul Tells a Story is an amazingly generous offering: each page brims with Wright's essential and deeply learned insights from her years as both writer and editor. This is a brave book, willing to lead us into the darker corners of an artist's process. Even more, it is a celebration of entering into the divine work of creating, inviting us to expand our very souls in the process."--Kate Young Caley, author of The House Where the Hardest Things Happened
"In this luminous volume Wright combines the splendid attributes of practical guide with practicing writer describing what and how she has learned from her own soul telling its story. Admirable!"--Luci Shaw, Writer in Residence, Regent College, and author of The Crime of Living Cautiously
"The Soul Tells a Story is a book for writers and for those who are interested in the creative process. However, I believe it is even more of a book for spiritual sojourners of all faiths and spiritual traditions. Vinita demonstrates, through her own soul story, a depth of passion, honesty, struggle, creativity and above all a vibrant-energetic life, the integrative power of the soul at work within the human person. I do not cry easily when I read a book. I do not easily laugh or for that matter react with any strong emotion as I read, but as I turned these pages I often could not contain myself. Again and again I discovered something in Vinita's soul story that released something of my own soul story. I am deeply grateful."--Rev. Thomas M. Santa, C.Ss.R., author of Sacred Refuge: Why and How to Make a Retreat
"Honest, stimulating, practical and wise. This book is going on my shelf of absolute essentials."--Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Real Sex
