A dream about death saturates Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew with mystical silence. But when the silence leaves, she flounders through Christian contemplative prayer practices, wrangling with antiquated language and hard-to-stomach theology. Much to her surprise, she finds the essence of silence in the concept of mercy. Here is a literary rendering of one seeker’s winding path into the great womb of creation.
“A Map to Mercy is a mighty essay. Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew’s effortless prose carries the reader into the beating heart of contemplative practice, honoring the wisdom of religious traditions that call to her in the hubbub of daily life. Andrew electrifies the pages with the precision of a poet and the eye of a mystic, inviting all to see that mercy ripples out from the center of our being.”
—Paul Swanson, host of Contemplify and Manager of Faculty Relations and Development at the Center for Action and Contemplation
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