The Gift of Restlessness, Casey Tygrett
The Gift of Restlessness, Casey Tygrett
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The Gift of Restlessness
A Spirituality for Unsettled Seasons

Author: Casey Tygrett

Narrator: Christopher Grove

Unabridged: 4 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/25/2023


Synopsis

No one asks for restless moments. No one wants to feel irritated, unsettled, or stuck. When pressed into restless seasons in our relationships, work, or faith, we feel the hum: You can't go back, but you can't stay here. But what if restlessness is normal, healthy, and even holy? What if spiritual questions are not problems to be solved but invitations of the soul? And what if spiritual maturity inspires restlessness rather than inoculating us against it?

Spiritual director Casey Tygrett upends the notion that restlessness is a sign that we must move up, move on, or move out. Working within the prayerful tradition of writers like Henri Nouwen and Barbara Brown Taylor, Tygrett turns over our innermost questions and holds them up to the light. Where do I belong? What am I here for? Is there enough? And he finds a surprising alignment of these restless questions with the prayer that Jesus taught us to pray. In that ancient prayer's pleas for belonging, purpose, sustenance, mending, protection, and rescue, we find freedom to ask basic human questions and permission to befriend our longings. Each chapter offers profoundly spiritual practices that, when taken together, create a spirituality sturdy enough for our unsettled seasons.

About Casey Tygrett

Casey Tygrett is a writer, pastor, and spiritual director who serves as theologian in residence at Parkview Christian Church in Orland Park, Illinois. He is also the author of Becoming Curious. He blogs at patheos.com and is the host of the otherWISE podcast.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin on March 25, 2023

Casey Tygrett has released another poignant book, speaking to the restlessness in our lives. With the recent pandemic and the "Great Resignation" and inflation happening in our country, I believe that a lot of us are dealing with a spirit of restlessness and unsettledness. With a great deal of other......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 08, 2023

I was shocked that I loved this book! I'm not religious in any meaningful way, but still found comfort in some of the thought exercises. I want to commend the author on an unusually progressive and inclusive framework for what is essentially a guided meditation on The Lord's Prayer.......more

Goodreads review by Sara Beth on May 02, 2023

Being restless is just a sign of discomfort in the unknown or is it? This is the time when we are closest to the great Devine and if we pay attention and wait we know that this too shall pass.......more

Goodreads review by Amber on March 23, 2023

One of the best spiritual books I’ve read in a while. Everything resonated deeply with where I am in life and I felt so seen by his insights! Love the way he breaks up the Lord’s Prayer and dives deep into the comfort of his words. Grateful I found this book!......more

Goodreads review by Anna on June 20, 2023

Casey Tygrett defines restlessness as a state of being unsettled or irritated by the present-tense realities of life; when you're unable to go back, yet unsure of what's ahead. Which perfectly describes where I am, where I've been for a while now. But Tygrett assures us that there's nothing wrong wi......more