Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence

by Ruth Haley Barton

Book Overview

Christianity Today Book Award

Much of our faith and practice is about words--preaching, teaching, talking with others. Yet all of these words are not enough to take us into the real presence of God where we can hear his voice. This book is an invitation to you to meet God deeply and fully outside the demands and noise of daily life. It is an invitation to solitude and silence.

The beauty of a true invitation is that we...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830835458
• ISBN13: 9780830835454
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: IVP Formatio
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Accompanies You Through a Daunting but Life Changing Experience

Invitation to Solitude and Silence guides us through the journey of moving beyond the obvious and into a deep and meaningful relationship with God and with ourselves. Many of us are afraid of what the silence will bring, conjuring up those inner demons that we've tried to either bury or hide. But uncovering and facing these aspects of ourselves can bring healing and freedom. A great book that takes your hand and accompanies you along what can be a daunting, yet life changing discovery. Christian Meditation CD: Taking Control of Your Thought Life

What Does it Mean to be Silent?

What Does it Mean to be Silent? In this book the reader is taken though the steps, both physical and spiritual, in what it means to be silent before God. How do we get a clear mind? How do we respond to tiredness? How do we respond to our physical body so that our spiritual self may seek God? These are all questions taken and answered in this book.

Great insights to time with God

Barton speaks from experience about life without solitude and silence. She is open and vulnerable. She shares from experience and backs that with biblical references. This book will help you see the rewards for solitude with God in your life; the struggles that one can have when trying to find that solitude time and space.

Deepen Your Relationship with God

A good primer for going deeper with God, with practical suggestions for how to spend time in silence before Him. Grounded and yet inspiring.

For those who long to commune deeply with Christ

This book won the 2005 "Christianity Today Book Award" in the Spirituality category--and for good reason. It is distinctly Christian and it's as refreshing as a sea mist on an August day. Through her work, Ruth Haley Barton leads readers in the power of the Holy Spirit to a place of deeper intimacy with God. S. Glahn, adjunct professor, Dallas Seminary