Birthing God

In Birthing God, forty women relate spirit-filled& ; moments: a grieving pastor walks a labyrinth and& ; rediscovers the Rock of her existence; a human rights& ; advocate re-encounters Allah in an intensely visceral& ; moment in the sun; an educator, moved by an ancestral& ; vision, launches a global tree-planting project to& ; heal the wounds of slavery; a revolutionary awakens& ; from a coma and realizes that all of life is infused with& ; Spirit; a peasant woman under fire discovers within& ; herself the God who gives her courage; and a disabled& ; doctor, embraced by Shekinah, turns her heart to rabbinical& ; studies. Each woman& 019;s story invites readers to& ; deepen and enliven their own spiritual practices.& ; Grounded in raw experience and ideal for& ; spiritual seekers and leaders of all faiths, this book& ; brings readers face to face with a divinity who& ; empowers and accompanies women of many traditions:& ; Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Taoist,& ; indigenous, pagan and, as one interviewee put it,& ; & 01C;syncretic and wonderfully blended faiths.& 01D;& ; Meditations and thought-provoking questions& ; cap each story, making the book ideal for personal& ; reflection and group discussion. Women& 019;s circles,& ; classes, book clubs and women& 019;s spirituality groups,& ; both inside and outside of traditional congregational& ; and educational settings, will find this book& ; engaging and inspiring.