Inheriting Paradise : Meditations on Gardening

by Guroian, Vigen

• ISBN13: 9780802845887
• ISBN10: 0802845886
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Gardens are central to the lives of people in every conceivable walk of life. Gardening is an activity many do not just because it is pleasing to the senses or good for the body but also because it feeds the soul. In this collection of uplifting meditations, theologian Vigen Guroian uses his love for gardening as a compelling entry into Christian spirituality. Finding in the garden our most concrete connection with life and God's gracious giving, Guroian takes up his spade and hoe and reveals the likeness of faithful living in the tilling of soil, the patience of prayer in the sowing of seeds and the nurturing of plants. Blending the sacramental with the natural, the church cycle with the cycles of the growing season, these meditations speak to God's intimate relationship with his creation and with his people. Whether read for its passionate insights into gardening or for its spiritual reflections on the Christian life, Inheriting Paradise will be a book to treasure.

Author Biography

VIGEN GUROIAN teaches theology and ethics at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also the author of Life's Living toward Dying (Eerdmans) and Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination (Oxford).

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Inheriting Paradise	p. 1
Lenten Spring	p. 19
Fruits of Pentecost	p. 31
Transfiguration	p. 43
Mary in the Garden	p. 55
The Garden Signed with the Cross	p. 65
In the Juvenescence of the Year	p. 77
Acknowledgments	p. 93
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