To tell the sacred tale
Subtitle: spiritual direction and narrative
By: Janet K. Ruffing
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; Mahwah, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780809147236
Subjects: Spiritual direction; Storytelling; Christianity
Description: This book shows the singular importance of narrative in the process of spiritual direction and reflects on this interactive process of sharing our sacred stories in pastoral contexts in order to hear and respond more deeply to the story God is telling in our lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-205).
Table of contents: title: Two stories of spiritual direction; title: It takes two to discover what sort of tale we've fallen into; title: The narrative impulse in human experience; title: It matters how we tell the story; title: We tell a story to get a story.