The power of solitude : discovering your true self in a world of nonsense and noise /
Kidder, Annemarie S.
New York : Crossroad Pub. Co.,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. What is the discipline of solitude? -- Longing for eyes -- I need my space -- What are these words that you are exchanging? -- Buoyed by and drowned in community -- Breathing in unison -- The holy longing for connection -- Don't you believe in love? -- The search for sexual fulfillment -- 2. Roots of the spiritual practice of solitude -- The promise and price of solitude -- Solitude as a Christian lifestyle -- The cost of discipleship -- One true necessity -- Living by the rule -- 3. The practices of solitude -- Starting with the questions -- Singing God's praises with a question mark -- Locking up the ego -- Body and soul on the treadmill -- Body guards -- Charting the landscape of the soul.
Solitude
Spiritual life