The Voice That Calls You Home Inspiration for Life's Journeys

by Raynor, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9781416596127
• ISBN10: 1416596127
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-14
• Publisher: Atria Books

Summary

A positive, affirming collection of essays that teaches how to understand and accept life's darkest hoursThe Voice That Calls You Homewill improve the way you live each and every day.Andrea Raynor has gained a keen perspective on the meaning of life and death, comfort and grief, as a hospice chaplain, a cancer survivor, and a chaplain at Ground Zero following September 11. In the heartfelt tradition of Anne Lamott and Kate Braestrup, she uses her own experiences to remind readers that even in the direst of circumstances, we still have the opportunity to recognize beauty, to be inspired by the tenacity of the human spirit, and to feel connected to something greater. We may not be able to prevent the difficulties that come in life, but we can always choose the way in which we face them.Warm, personal, and practical,The Voice That Calls You Homeis a compelling guide to appreciating the wondrous world we live in, offering wisdom on how we can bear our inevitable sorrows with a steady eye and a sense of hope, and find an increased connection between the spiritual and the everyday.

Author Biography

Andrea Raynor received her Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. A cancer survivor and chaplain, she helps others through her counseling and speaking. Raynor lives in Rye, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Holy Ground	p. 9
Yankee Swap	p. 17
Calabrese Sun	p. 31
Seeing Leo	p. 41
Zhivago	p. 47
No Other Hands	p. 55
Are You the One?	p. 61
Girl in the Clouds	p. 69
Getting There	p. 81
Walking the Site Like God	p. 91
Saving Anthony	p. 97
The Morgue Calls	p. 105
Mist and Vapor	p. 111
Adam's Hand	p. 115
Flags and Tags	p. 121
Station 10-10	p. 127
The Medical Examiner	p. 131
May 6, 2002	p. 137
Reentry	p. 141
Living with Ghosts	p. 153
Death of a Psychic	p. 161
The Accident	p. 179
Body and Spirit	p. 189
For Jeanette	p. 195
The Brave Test	p. 203
The Straw Man	p. 215
The Buzz Party	p. 225
After	p. 239
Angels and Ghosts	p. 253
Allie-Allie-in-Come-Free	p. 267
Acknowledgments	p. 275
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