The Courage to See: Daily Inspiration from Great Literature - eBook

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The Courage to See: Daily Inspiration from Great Literature - eBook

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By: Greg Garrett, Sabrina Fountain

Westminster John Knox Press / 2019 / ePub

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"My own eyes are not enough for me; I will see through those of others," announced Oxford don C.S. Lewis.

Book lovers know there is something sacred in the stories, poetry, and insight of even the most secular books. This 365-day devotional celebrates the beauty of literature and its ability to illuminate elements of the Divine, present all around us. Pairing excerpts from more than two hundred literary works with thought-provoking Scriptures and brief prayers, this spiritual guide invites readers to draw closer to God through the words of both classic and modern authors.

Featuring inspiring words from:

Maya Angelou

Jane Austen

James Baldwin

Wendell Berry

Willa Cather

Annie Dillard

George Eliot

Robert Frost

C.S. Lewis

Federico Garcia Lorca

Haruki Murakami

J.K. Rowling

Mary Shelley

Zadie Smith

And many more!

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Title: The Courage to See: Daily Inspiration from Great Literature - eBook
By: Greg Garrett, Sabrina Fountain
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press

Publication Date: 2019
ISBN: 9781611649642
ISBN-13: 9781611649642
Stock No: WW104175EB

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Author Bio

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Greg Garrett is the author of We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2; The Gospel according to Hollywood; Holy Superheroes! Revised and Expanded Edition: Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film; and Stories from the Edge: A Theology of Grief. He is a novelist, a professor of English at Baylor University, the writer-inresidence at the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, and a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church.

Sabrina Fountain writes on art and culture and is currently working on a collection of essays on the ways negative space, silence, and absence carry significant meaning in our lives. She lives with her husband and twin sons in central Texas.

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"The feast of literature and Scripture is accompanied by prayer. This is a rare book. It may save you from much despair, and in doing so, bring you much hope."

—Presbyterian Outlook

-- The Presbyterian Outlook