Wake Up to Wonder, Karen Wright Marsh
Wake Up to Wonder, Karen Wright Marsh
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Wake Up to Wonder
22 Invitations to Amazement in the Everyday

Author: Karen Wright Marsh

Narrator: Siiri Scott

Unabridged: 5 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/11/2023

Synopsis

In her quest to live a vibrant spiritual life, Karen Wright Marsh had a revelation: she didn't need to find and follow the perfect plan; she needed people she could follow.

In Wake Up to Wonder, Marsh introduces us to those people—faithful yet oh-so-human Christians from across centuries and cultures. Inspired by their example, she offers playful, simple practices that bring deeper meaning and purpose to everyday life.

In the company of diverse spiritual companions—from Dorothy Day, Francis of Assisi, and Fannie Lou Hamer to Patrick of Ireland, Wangari Maathai, and Henri Nouwen—listeners journey through physical health, prayer, activism, Scripture reading, creativity, and beyond. Each chapter includes hands-on invitations such as writing prompts, space for personal reflection, and "Try This," a collage of spiritual and personal experiments anyone can do. As listeners wake up to wonder, they'll discover what these twenty-two historical figures already knew: that a life of spiritual depth, amazement, and connection is within reach—today and every day.

About Karen Wright Marsh

Karen Wright Marsh is the founding director of Theological Horizons, a ministry at the University of Virginia that hosts lectures, spiritual studies, dialogues, and mentoring initiatives. She is the author of Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith, which was named an Outreach Resource of the Year, a Logos Booksellers Book of the Year, and a Foreword INDIES finalist. Karen holds a degree in philosophy from Wheaton College and a degree in linguistics from the University of Virginia. She lives with her professor husband, Charles Marsh, at the Bonhoeffer House in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellie on July 11, 2023

I *loved* this book so much. The author did a lovely job incorporating Christian figures from many different times and places, and I loved being introduced to saints I wasn’t familiar with. I found the spiritual practices to be accessible for folks from a variety of faith background. This book works......more

Goodreads review by Mel on August 21, 2023

Wow, this book left me speechless and blew me away in the best possible way. The heart of this book is to provide spiritual brothers and sisters (most long gone), who all faced their own challenges but still held on to their faith and lived life in God's presence. Karen Wright Marsh spends each chap......more

Goodreads review by Moniquevanland on July 12, 2023

Wake Up to Wonder is an antidote to our catastrophizing culture. Author Karen Wright Marsh introduces readers to twenty-two inspiring spiritual thinkers and leaders whose stories she tells with brevity and humor, and whose humanity and foibles she relates with empathy. Wake Up to Wonder invites read......more

Goodreads review by Erin on August 29, 2023

This a beautiful book that is meant to be savord and applied. Each chapter details a faith practice you can use and a person from history who used it on their Christian walk. I appreciated all the examples from history she uses both from distant history and contemporary. This book would be great to......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on August 09, 2024

Excellent! Would make a great study guide for contemplative practices. I loved it!!!......more

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