To Tell the Sacred Tale: Spiritual Direction and Narrative

by Janet K. Ruffing

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587689000
Publisher:	Paulist Press
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	677,814
File size:	266 KB

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction: The Story Begins 1

1 Two Stories of Spiritual Direction 23

2 It Takes Two to Discover What Sort of Tale We've Fallen Into 44

3 The Narrative Impulse in Human Experience 68

4 It Matters How We Tell the Story 93

5 We Tell a Story to Get a Story 131

Conclusion: Unpredictable Interventions, Annunciations, and Invitations 153

Notes 169