Make Room for God: Clearing Out the Clutter

By Susan K. Rowland

Book Overview

If you feel lost in our cultural wilderness, in clutter, collecting, consuming, working, worrying and waiting for something better, I wrote this book for you. I have been lost, too. God has shown me a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0867167785
• ISBN13: 9780867167788
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: St. Anthony Messenger Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.4" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

informative

This was an easy read. It has a lot of informative, good suggestions to make your life simpler and focused on what is most important.

Journey Out of Depression

In the year 2000, the author found herself alone and deeply depressed, her life "collapsing under the clutter." The self-help books she consulted were of some use, but missing the element of faith. Over time, with the help of friends, a spiritual director, and a Christian psychologist she was able to change her perspective about the meaning of life. In Make Room for God, Rowland shares the lessons she learned as God led her out of the clutter. "This book is a bit of bright orange paint pointing toward the path home," she writes. She encourages us to approach the lessons as a journey, beginning with an overall read, then returning to topics of special interest, spending up to 40 days on each. She urges patience with self and God, making small changes, and celebrating accomplishments. The book is formatted in nineteen chapters divided into five sections on getting rid of clutter in relation to (1) self-care, (2) our environment, (3) productivity, (4) our spirit, and (5) our relationship with God. Most chapters close with suggested activities. For example, Kicking the Worry Habit includes directions for making a "God jar" to hold little notes about worries we are handing over to God. The creativity exercise is a list of ten simple things we could do now to release more creativity in our lives. To get the juices flowing, Rowland provides a dozen or so ideas such as repotting a plant, writing a letter by hand, and making soup.