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by: Sue Monk Kidd See Larger Image List Price: $13.95 Our Price: $11.16 You Save: $2.79 (20%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $4.89 Collectible Price: $13.95 Third Party New Price: $5.15 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4 EAN: 9780061144899 ISBN: 0061144894 Label: HarperOne Manufacturer: HarperOne Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: November 01, 2006 Publisher: HarperOne Release Date: October 31, 2006 Sales Rank: 3592 Studio: HarperOne Related Items: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (Plus) God's Joyful Surprise: Finding Yourself Loved The Secret Life of Bees Firstlight: The Early Inspirational Writings of Sue Monk Kidd The Mermaid Chair see more Editorial Review: Product Description: stood at the window watching the cocoon, which hung in the winter air like an upside–down question mark. That was the moment... I understood. Really understood. Crisis, change, all the myriad upheavals that blister the spirit and leave us groping– they aren't voices simply of pain but also of creativity. And if we would only listen, we might hear such times beckoning us to a season of waiting, to the place of fertile emptiness. Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of contemplative spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis at midlife, when life seemed to have lost meaning and how her longing for hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of 'active waiting.' Comparing her experience to the formative processes inside a chrysalis on a wintry tree branch, Kidd reflects on the fact that the soul is often symbolized as a butterfly. The simple cocoon, a living parable of waiting, becomes an icon of hope for the transformation that the author sought. Kidd charts her re–ascent from the depths and offers a new understanding of the passage away from the

self, which is based upon others' expectations, to the true self of God's unfolding intention. Her wise, inspiring book helps those in doubt and crisis recognize the opportunity to 'dismantle old masks and patterns and unfold a deeper, more authentic self.' When the Heart Waits, which first appeared in hardcover in 1990, has been embraced by t

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Rating: - finding your Inner Space
An earlier writing, ..a personal journey of Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees, is purely and simply put,.. a Jewel. A book not to be missed!

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Rating: - When the Heart Waits
This is an awesome book, and I highly recommend it for those who are looking to learn more about themselves, and go deeper in faith.

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Rating: - Spiritual pablum
This book astounded me in its seemingly endless stream of cliches and corny metaphors, from Monk Kidd's anthropomorphization of trees ("I studied their bony arms and felt their emptiness, their desperate reach for light and sky"), to her clumsy characterizations of discovering her True Self ("there's a bulb of truth buried in the human soul," "Had my masks gotten stuck to my face?", "Letting go is like crossing a bridge, I thought"). Monk Kidd's spiritual crisis may have been very real to her, but ... Read More

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Rating: - Waiting in the Dark
Sue Monk Kidd's book is a beautiful reflection of her journey through a time of waiting for discernment in her life. It is full of images that can help anyone who is struggling with a time of dryness in his or her spiritual journey. I highly recommend it for anyone who has been on the spiritual quest long enough to know what it means to wait in the darkness or to have hit a dark night of the soul.

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Rating: - When the Heart Waits
Sue Monk Kidd takes you by the hand and leads you on a search for meaning.
Beautifully written and keeps you turning the pages. I used it as a morning meditation resource and it was a wonderful way to start each day.

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