2005: A Book of Grace-Filled Days [Paperback]

Vinita Hampton Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2004

A page-a-day book of meditations that invites daily reflection through the year.

With an easy-to-follow format, 2005:A Book of Grace-Filled Days adapts the churchís lectionarythe collection of daily liturgical readingsóto guide readers through a year of meditation on Scripture. Following both the church year and the calendar year, the book can be used either as a page-a-day calendar book or as a guide to the liturgical readings in the church calendar. Each page offers a Scripture quotation from the dayís lectionary readings, a brief meditation to spur contemplation and spiritual exploration, and a complete list of the daily readings. Also included are special days in the church year, such as saintsí feast days, solemnities, and holidays.

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About the Author

Vinita Hampton Wright has been an author and book editor for several years. Her books include Velma Still Cooks in Leeway (Broadman & Holman, 2000) and Simple Acts of Moving Forward (Shaw, 2003). She and her husband live in Chicago.

Product Details

• Paperback: 402 pages
• Publisher: Loyola Pr (July 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082941973X
• ISBN-13: 978-0829419733
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,379,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

To see what Vinita is doing currently, you can find her posting regularly on her own blog (http://vinitawright.typepad.com)and on Days of Deepening Friendship: An Online Spiritual Journey (http://deepeningfriendship.loyolapress.com). These days she is editing, blogging, giving workshops and retreats, and working on a new novel (yet to be named and too young and fragile to be exposed to the outside world). She's also on Facebook and Twitter, although "I tweet only sporadically, which probably defeats the purpose entirely--sorry about that, Tweetlings!" She's begun building a book shelf on Shelfari and hopes to connect with like minds through the books people are reading.

Vinita Hampton Wright has been a book editor for nearly two decades, currently senior editor at Loyola Press in Chicago. She leads workshops around the country on the creative-spiritual process--The Soul Tells a Story grew out of this work. Of her full-length novels, Velma Still Cooks in Leeway won a Logos Book-of-the-Year award, and Dwelling Places was selected by Christianity Today as Best Fiction of 2007.

Wright recently published an updated edition of Simple Acts of Moving Forward, and her most recent nonfiction, Days of Deepening Friendship, focuses on the spiritual experience of women. She now leads retreats on this topic (contact her at [e-mail]).

Vinita loves to cook, walk the city of Chicago, and watch movies. She and photographer/designer Jim Wright have been married 18 years. They share a bungalow on the far South Side with 2 cats and 2 dogs, all of them rescues, all spoiled, and--depending on the day--helpful or not to Vinita's creative process. Vinita is finally learning to garden and now adds homegrown tomatoes, peppers, and herbs to her little feasts.