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Thumbprint in the Clay Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace

Shaw Luci
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780830844579
Publisert
2016-02-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Vekt
181 gr
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Shaw Luci

Biographical note

Luci Shaw is a poet, essayist, lecturer and writer in residence at Regent College, Vancouver. A founding member of the Chrysostom Society of Christian Writers, Shaw is the author of ten volumes of poetry and other titles such as Adventure of Ascent, Breath for the Bones, Harvesting Fog and Water My Soul. She has also coauthored three books with Madeleine L'Engle. Her papers are preserved in the Luci Shaw Collection at Wheaton College's Buswell Library, and she lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Thumbprint in the Clay Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace

Shaw Luci
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
Shaw Luci
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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"By the light shed by this book, we are better able to see our own God-imprinted lives as they're marked by penetrating mystery and indelible grace. Turn the page and engage the adventure!"

- Susan S. Phillips, Radix, Vol. 39, No. 2,

"Halfway through <em>Thumbprint in the Clay</em>, I wasn't sure what I was reading. I only knew I wanted to absorb this writerly book with its lyric descriptions that awaken wonder. . . . You know she means it when she writes: 'I long for you to share my wonder and respond. I can point it out to you and believe that you will see it, too.' Shaw seeks a 'theory of everything' that includes Christian faith. She beckons the curious reader to dream awhile, drink deeply, and see the story we each inhabit as sacred."

- Alice Camille, St. Anthony Messenger, June 2016,

"Shaw's practical book is inspiring and will give readers encouragement. Highly recommended."

- CBA Retailers+Resources, April 16, 2016,

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"The value of this book is the mindfulness that it creates for the reader. In a modern world of rush and hurry, it is good to read something that slows down the pace and helps one to ‘stop and smell the roses,' to ponder the beauty of creation. Those who believe in God as their Maker would no doubt appreciate <em>Thumbprint in the Clay</em> as a fresh reminder of divine beauty in nature. However, Shaw gives testimony of her Creator in such a poetic way that it might also capture the attention of a non-believer. It might at least cause them to consider the possibility of a Designer that has placed His 'thumbprint' on us all."

- Zelda Meneses-Reus, The Artistic Theologian, Vol. 6, 2018,

"Luci Shaw presents a wonderful meditation on how beauty arises from our interaction with nature as an act of divine creation and our own acts of creativity as God’s image-bearers, both by true acts of love. In fact, this work itself is a work of love and a creative engagement in the nature of beauty and a further demonstration of Shaw’s skill as a poet of God’s creation."

- James M. Turner, Calvin, April 2018,

"The thumbprint . . . is for me a singular clue to human identity. . . . Just as each human thumbprint is unique, its pattern inscribed on the work of our hands and minds, the Creator's is even more so—the original thumbprints on the universe," declares poet Luci Shaw. We worship an endlessly creative God whose thumbprints are reflected everywhere we look—in sunsets, mountains, ocean waves—and in the invisible rhythms that shape our lives, such as the movement of planets around the sun. And this creative and ever-creating God has also left indelible thumbprints on us. We reflect God's imprint most clearly, perhaps, in our own creating and appreciation for beauty. A longing for beauty is inherent to being human. We don't create things that are purely practical; we desire them to be aesthetically pleasing as well. Beauty is also powerful, in its redemptiveness, generosity, inspiration. In reflecting on the role of beauty in our lives, Luci Shaw writes, "Beauty is Love taking form in human lives and the works of their hands." So come, join Luci Shaw as she ponders through the beauty of poetry and prose the places, sometimes unexpected, where she encounters God's fingerprints, and let it help you learn to see them in your life as well.
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We worship an endlessly creative God whose thumbprints are reflected everywhere we look—in sunsets, ocean waves and the invisible rhythms that shape our lives. Join Luci Shaw as she ponders through poetry and prose the unexpected places where she encounters God's fingerprints, and let it help you learn to see them in your life as well.
Les mer
Preface 1. Coffee Mugs 2. The Faces of the Earth 3. Beauty, Its Shapes and Signs 4. The Markings of Grace 5. Determining Identity 6. Indelible Impressions 7. Seals of Authenticity 8. Remarking, Remaking 9. Scars and Stains 10. Marked for Suffering: Job and Jacob 11. A Sad, Smeared Print 12. God-Printed People Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes List of Poems
Les mer
"By the light shed by this book, we are better able to see our own God-imprinted lives as they're marked by penetrating mystery and indelible grace. Turn the page and engage the adventure!"
"Luci Shaw has spent a writing lifetime finding thumbprints in every square inch of creation and then pressing down more than a few for us to discover on our own. The glory of the prints she explores in this new collection of essays and occasional poems is attributable to the hand of the Creator. But what Luci does in Thumbprint in the Clay is what she always has done for the rest of us: she teaches us to see."
Les mer

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"By the light shed by this book, we are better able to see our own God-imprinted lives as they're marked by penetrating mystery and indelible grace. Turn the page and engage the adventure!"

- Susan S. Phillips, Radix, Vol. 39, No. 2,

"Halfway through <em>Thumbprint in the Clay</em>, I wasn't sure what I was reading. I only knew I wanted to absorb this writerly book with its lyric descriptions that awaken wonder. . . . You know she means it when she writes: 'I long for you to share my wonder and respond. I can point it out to you and believe that you will see it, too.' Shaw seeks a 'theory of everything' that includes Christian faith. She beckons the curious reader to dream awhile, drink deeply, and see the story we each inhabit as sacred."

- Alice Camille, St. Anthony Messenger, June 2016,

"Shaw's practical book is inspiring and will give readers encouragement. Highly recommended."

- CBA Retailers+Resources, April 16, 2016,

Se alle

"The value of this book is the mindfulness that it creates for the reader. In a modern world of rush and hurry, it is good to read something that slows down the pace and helps one to ‘stop and smell the roses,' to ponder the beauty of creation. Those who believe in God as their Maker would no doubt appreciate <em>Thumbprint in the Clay</em> as a fresh reminder of divine beauty in nature. However, Shaw gives testimony of her Creator in such a poetic way that it might also capture the attention of a non-believer. It might at least cause them to consider the possibility of a Designer that has placed His 'thumbprint' on us all."

- Zelda Meneses-Reus, The Artistic Theologian, Vol. 6, 2018,

"Luci Shaw presents a wonderful meditation on how beauty arises from our interaction with nature as an act of divine creation and our own acts of creativity as God’s image-bearers, both by true acts of love. In fact, this work itself is a work of love and a creative engagement in the nature of beauty and a further demonstration of Shaw’s skill as a poet of God’s creation."

- James M. Turner, Calvin, April 2018,

"The thumbprint . . . is for me a singular clue to human identity. . . . Just as each human thumbprint is unique, its pattern inscribed on the work of our hands and minds, the Creator's is even more so—the original thumbprints on the universe," declares poet Luci Shaw. We worship an endlessly creative God whose thumbprints are reflected everywhere we look—in sunsets, mountains, ocean waves—and in the invisible rhythms that shape our lives, such as the movement of planets around the sun. And this creative and ever-creating God has also left indelible thumbprints on us. We reflect God's imprint most clearly, perhaps, in our own creating and appreciation for beauty. A longing for beauty is inherent to being human. We don't create things that are purely practical; we desire them to be aesthetically pleasing as well. Beauty is also powerful, in its redemptiveness, generosity, inspiration. In reflecting on the role of beauty in our lives, Luci Shaw writes, "Beauty is Love taking form in human lives and the works of their hands." So come, join Luci Shaw as she ponders through the beauty of poetry and prose the places, sometimes unexpected, where she encounters God's fingerprints, and let it help you learn to see them in your life as well.
Les mer
We worship an endlessly creative God whose thumbprints are reflected everywhere we look—in sunsets, ocean waves and the invisible rhythms that shape our lives. Join Luci Shaw as she ponders through poetry and prose the unexpected places where she encounters God's fingerprints, and let it help you learn to see them in your life as well.
Les mer
Preface 1. Coffee Mugs 2. The Faces of the Earth 3. Beauty, Its Shapes and Signs 4. The Markings of Grace 5. Determining Identity 6. Indelible Impressions 7. Seals of Authenticity 8. Remarking, Remaking 9. Scars and Stains 10. Marked for Suffering: Job and Jacob 11. A Sad, Smeared Print 12. God-Printed People Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes List of Poems
Les mer
"By the light shed by this book, we are better able to see our own God-imprinted lives as they're marked by penetrating mystery and indelible grace. Turn the page and engage the adventure!"
"Luci Shaw has spent a writing lifetime finding thumbprints in every square inch of creation and then pressing down more than a few for us to discover on our own. The glory of the prints she explores in this new collection of essays and occasional poems is attributable to the hand of the Creator. But what Luci does in Thumbprint in the Clay is what she always has done for the rest of us: she teaches us to see."
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780830844579
Publisert
2016-02-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Vekt
181 gr
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter
Shaw Luci

Biographical note

Luci Shaw is a poet, essayist, lecturer and writer in residence at Regent College, Vancouver. A founding member of the Chrysostom Society of Christian Writers, Shaw is the author of ten volumes of poetry and other titles such as Adventure of Ascent, Breath for the Bones, Harvesting Fog and Water My Soul. She has also coauthored three books with Madeleine L'Engle. Her papers are preserved in the Luci Shaw Collection at Wheaton College's Buswell Library, and she lives in Bellingham, Washington.

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