Subversive Devotions: A Journey into Divine Pleasure and Power

Author: Pat Youngdahl
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ISBN: 0966735951
Publisher: Harren Communications Llc (May, 2003)
Sales Rank: 647,750
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
To reach, to grasp
In such a tiny volume, Rev Dr Youngdahl elicits the spiritual glory that surrounds us in every moment and interaction of daily living. This series of potent meditations come from her own life and the challenges she faced after coming out as a lesbian. Dr Youngdahl remains a Presbyterian minister, and this inspiring book celebrates the humbling power of the Holy, as well as reaches toward an encompassing, feminist vision of spirituality and justice. Even as a non-Christian, I found "Subversive Devotions" quite inspiring, especially when she addressed how to love in one's own fashion without listening to dominating viewpoints (from whatever direction). An amazing little book.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Subversive Devotions
This book shares with us, the readers, the milestones along the author's spiritual journey and her acceptance of how God created her. Pat tells her story in a series of short devotional essays--from her first teen stirrings, to pastorates, to a professorship in Tucson AZ. "...[M]y becoming a scholar in rhetoric arose partly because I wanted to figure out how to extricate myself from the oppressions of the church while treasuring its gifts." She draws lessons and insights from the simple things around her, which affirm who she is and what her gifts are.

The book speaks to all who have felt oppression and rejection--gender, race, size, orientation, ethnicity, economic status, mental or physical otherness.... We can all harken to the lessons the Rev Dr Ms Youngdahl shares.

Rating: 5 out of 5
A beautiful, wonderful book
This is an amazing devotional book. As one reads and rereads each devotional, there are always new insights from the author's journey into divine pleasure and power. Youngdahl writes that as she wrote entry by entry she opened a space for her soul to meet with divine presence, "even as (she) faced the world's hostility to the devotions that bring wholeness to (her) life." (p xiv) The reader has the same experience. I recommend this small book most highly to all on the journey into love - of God, of the world, of oneself.



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