Practicing Resurrection
Subtitle: A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace
Publisher: Knopf
Published: March 18, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780375405945
First sentence: I have a recurring dream in which I find, behind the familiar walls of my study or bedroom, another whole house.
Description: "Nora Gallagher's story of a woman at a crossroads, discerning what to do and how to live after her brother's death, is a continuation of the spiritual journey she chronicled in her acclaimed book, Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith.".

"When her beloved brother, Kit, dies, Gallagher finds her own life no longer makes sense. Stretched between meetings, always ten minutes late, increasingly drained of surprise and humor, Gallagher realizes she's lost more than her brother. She's lost her "own wild life," and a sense of the sacred in the world.".

"Gallagher sets out to find "a new way to spend" herself. Practicing Resurrection describes the often unsettling, sometimes comic, and finally redemptive process of discovery as Gallagher discerns a possible call to the ministry, and explores her marriage, her work as a writer, and the natural world.

It extends to the full meaning of life after death as Gallagher finds that experiences of "resurrection" are not believing "six impossible things before breakfast." The surprising end portrays a vision of ministry redefined and a marriage honestly renewed." "An account of the exploration of a vocation and of new life after loss, this memoir will inform and inspire anyone trying to discern the signs of a "call" to what might be a deeper purpose, and how to act on it."--BOOK JACKET.