"There's no escaping it: everyone experiences seasons of pain and despair.
In 2019, when Amber Haines resigned from her position as church curate and walked out the church doors for the last time, she entered her own season of pain and despair. That season taught her--and her husband, Seth Haines--that the journey toward hope starts with recognizing ""the deep down things."" In The Deep Down Things, Amber and Seth point to a simple truth: even in the darkest times, there are tangible signs of hope all around us. The authors demonstrate how tasting, touching, feeling, holding, and participating in these tangible acts of hope picks us up, builds our strength, and moves us into beauty, even in times of despair. They invite readers to participate with those signs of hope and thereby experience the divine love of God, even in the struggle of their everyday lives. A lifeline for those who desperately need it, this book helps readers overcome despair, find hope, and spread that hope to an aching world."
By:
Amber C. Haines,
Seth Haines
Imprint: Brazos Press, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9781587435638
ISBN 10: 1587435632
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 12 December 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Contents A Letter to the Reader 1. Know the Hope of Saints Seth: Eat the Flowers Amber: The Gothic Middle Practice: Pick a Patron Saint 2. Tell the Story Seth: Choose Your Attachments Amber: Body Talk Practice: Create a Lifeline 3. Find God in the Stuff of Earth Seth: Go to the River, the Trail, the Chapel Amber: Eat the Crackers Practice: Receive Communion 4. Create Signs Seth: Cairnal People Amber: Memorials Everywhere in Everyone Practice: Build a Cairn 5. Practice Silence Seth: Flee the World Amber: Unresisting the Quiet Practice: Engage Active Silence 6. Name the Knots Seth: The Knots of a Father Amber: On Practicing Holy Apathy Practice: Name the Knots 7. Make Amends Seth: The Thing about Reconciliation Amber: Holy Shit Practice: Repair What's Broken 8. Search for Epiphanies Seth: Go to the Sacred Spaces Amber: Under the Art of Monasteries Practice: Visit a Sacred Space 9. Flip the Script Seth: How Joy Subverts the War Machine Amber: In Spite, Take Heart Practice: Hold a Feast
Amber C. Haines is the author of Wild in the Hollow: On Chasing Desire and Finding the Broken Way Home and The Mother Letters. Seth Haines is the author of Coming Clean (winner of a Christianity Today Book Award of Merit) and The Book of Waking Up. Together with Tsh Oxenreider, he cohosts the podcast A Drink with a Friend. Amber and Seth have experience speaking at conferences and events. They live in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with their four boys.
