Care and Prayer: Reflections on the Sacred Task of Caregiving

by Gunilla Norris

Overview

With these words, bestselling author and spiritual master Gunilla Norris shares reflections from her experience as a caregiver that offer hope, strength, and support for each day. In this beautiful and profoundly helpful book, Norris reminds us that the daunting task of caregiving is a sacred and holy task, even amid the often-grueling work involved, and that God is present through it all. Suffused with real-life wisdom and deep spirituality, Care and Prayer is a light-filled companion for full-time caregivers, or anyone involved in caring for another.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627855662
Publisher:	Twenty-Third Publications/Bayard
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.43(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Gunilla Norris is a mother and a grandmother. She has been a psychotherapist in private practice for more than 40 years and has felt privileged accompanying many people on their journeys to growth and healing. Gunilla is the author of Great Love in Little Ways, published by Twenty-Third Publications.

Table of Contents

Note to the Reader 1

Introduction 3

Notes on Prayer 7

Invited into Life 13

The Gaze of Love 15

The Inner Yes 17

Becoming Real 19

Egg on Our Faces 22

Knowing We Don't Know 24

It Is What It is 27

Tumbled to the Shore 29

Those Kin to Us 32

Treading Water 34

Mutual Compassion 37

On Different Rails 39

The Boomerang of Love 41

The Right to Be 44

Just Us Here Now 46

The Help of Others 49

Love's Hands and Feet 51

The Art of Living 54

Suffering Side by Side 56

With-dom 59

Claiming Our Intentions 61

Ordering Our Days 64

Refuge 66

Off the Books 69

Joy Training 72

Tender Questions 74

Stark and True 77

Sleeves Rolled Up 80

When Character Is Fate 82

Patience 85

A Last Word 88