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Gloria D. Karpinski, 2001
Ballentine Books, New York
 Letting
go is a total experience that will be acted out in mind, body,
and spirit. When things are frozen, there isn't much pain;
it's when they defrost that the pain begins." Anyone
who has ever come in from the cold and felt the painful tingling
in their fingers or toes as the extremities begin to warm
again can completely understand this concept. I love the way
Karpinski has organized this book. The first third encourages
us to return to the love of the Divine as we learned it early
in childhood before fear and dogma kicked in. She teaches
us that it is not the religion that is important but the knowledge
of the Divine within us that enables us to become spiritual
disciples. Karpinski defines discipleship as commitment and
offers many wonderful stories of how others have come to declare
their own paths of discipleship whether to the environment,
children, the homeless, etc. The rest of the book teaches
us how to craft our walk on Holy Ground through connection
with others, prayer, journaling, meditation, and exercises.
My favorites are the journaling seeds and the exercises that
she offers! This would be a great book to use in a spiritual
study circle!
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