The Fire of Your Life: A Solitude Shared
Author: Maggie Ross, Ed Sacks
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ISBN: 0060670231
Publisher: HarperCollins (paper) (April, 1992)
Sales Rank: 1,020,369
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Powerful series of reflections
"The Fire of Your Life" is a series of reflections written by Maggie Ross, an Anglican solitary (they used to be called hermits or anchorites/anchoresses), written while she was living in a tent in the wilderness. She starts with the church liturgical year, in December with Advent, writing between one and three reflections a month. Although she describes herself as "an ordinary person," these reflections are not ordinary: she discusses such topics as resurrection, fasting, chastity, intercession, and solitude. She possesses incisive wit, self-deprecating humor, a sense of perspective, and a deep, underlying sense of almost ferocious spirituality. I wish I could find more of her books, but they are difficult to locate in America.
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