Soul Satisfaction: Drawing Strength from Our Biblical Mothers and Sisters
Is it possible for women to find positive feminine images in the Bible? For so long the Bible has been used to remind women that they were second in creation and first in sin. Yet, as Elizabeth Geitz demonstrates, a more careful reading of the biblical texts presents a host of powerful feminine images. Strong women like Lydia, Ruth, and Mary, plus depictions of God as mother or as a woman giving birth to creation, abound in the Scriptures. In Soul Satisfaction Geitz rediscovers the feminine side of the Scriptures and holds it up as a source of strength for women everywhere. Soul Satisfaction , a collection of meditations for women, offers a Scripture quotation and reflection on what the passage means for women today. Each meditation ends with a thought or question to provoke deeper understanding and encourages the reader to put what has been learned into action.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0819217379
ISBN13:9780819217370
Release Date:May 1998
Publisher:Morehouse Publishing
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 4.5"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Inspired and affirming
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Two sentences into the introduction I began to cry. Since then I've laughed, smiled, cried some more... and now I'm making a list of the friends who desperately need to read this book. Truly a blessing for any woman!
More Helpful to Me Than Therapy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Before reading Soul Satisfaction, I had no idea that hearing only male language for God in church had affected my self-image. As Geitz states in her introduction, images of God and self are very closely connected and a change in one can bring about a change in the other.This is really true!!! After meditating on the many feminine images of God in the Bible (which by the way I'd never even heard before) I have experienced a more positive sense of self than I ever thought possible. This book has been more helpful to me than therapy.Meditating on the strong, courageous women in the Bible in Soul Satisfaction has also been very empowering for me.My advice is this, "Put this book in your cart now!"
Great book for all women
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Soul Satisfaction comforts, challanges, and compels me to tell others about it. I never knew the Bible could be so affirming of who I am as a woman. Where has this book been all my life?? The brief meditations are heartwarming and gut-wrenching, but also instructive for women today. You will want one for yourself, and one for each of your friends
I thought so much of it I passed copies on to others
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
After reading Elizabeth Geitz's book I was so engaged I sent copies to my mother, sister, and best friend in Arkansas. Not generally one to read religion related books but I found this book to be very open and honest and refreshing
acessible nourishment from Biblical women
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
These brief, thoughtful meditations are a great way to draw strength from Biblical women and think about your own spirituality as a woman. Most of them have a simple question to apply to your own life. The format of the book is nice too.
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