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Darkness is as Light is a Christian women's devotional for persisting in hard places. Inspired by the Gothic Christian women mystics, this unapologetically womanly devotional is written for the succor and encouragement of women going through hard times, by women who have experienced God's presence in suffering. You'll recognize God in every entry by the way each woman met Him in her darkness. This nine-week devotional is a perfect length for persisting through the fall and winter holiday season or any season of hardship. In Darkness is as Light, twenty-two women authors-Orthodox, Catholic, and saint-venerating Protestant-bear witness without pulling their punches, without tidying away their womanhood, their vulnerability, their bravery, or their womb-deep understanding of how God fills all things and redeems suffering with joy-if one can wait. This timely volume taps into the timelessness of Gothic women's faith that was richly reliant upon God and expected God to be with women in suffering. These modern Gothic devotions reach out to the untamed woman, the lost woman, the too-much woman, the woman who loves and hurts, the woman who grieves and hopes, who desires and disciplines herself to receive God. The Gothic faith shared in clear, crisp narrative reflections in these pages can reach the woman who doesn't have her life together or a quip to summarize her love; God's presence is enough of a moral to her story. With illustrations reminiscent of the work of Gothic women mystics and poetry to begin each week of reflection, Darkness is as Light explores with beauty the hardest places where women meet God.

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Each entry sings with one theme: Christ is present. And it is this present God we can trust to sustain us, draw us closer, and sanctify us, no matter what. -Sojourners Magazine This collection of reflections written by 22 different women explores the complexities of life, death, faith, and doubt with a winsome honesty. - Charlotte Donlon, Author of The Great Belonging Particularly in this time of difficulty and grieving, this compilation floods the shadows with the light of our risen Lord without condescending or contrition. Rather, the twenty-two women of faith--Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant--describe in concrete stories their own epiphanies and encounters with God, offering sincere and simple ways to contemplate the words of scripture. -The Unmooring Journal If you're looking for a devotional that paints real life pictures, I highly recommend this one. It's set up for nine weeks of reading but would be good for Advent. These Orthodox women display such grace and beauty in the darkness, even as they long for deliverance. The way God meets them in these pages... I want that. - Traci Rhoades, Author of Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost

This collection of reflections written by 22 different women explores the complexities of life, death, faith, and doubt with a winsome honesty. - Charlotte Donlon, Author of The Great Belonging Particularly in this time of difficulty and grieving, this compilation floods the shadows with the light of our risen Lord without condescending or contrition. Rather, the twenty-two women of faith--Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant--describe in concrete stories their own epiphanies and encounters with God, offering sincere and simple ways to contemplate the words of scripture. -The Unmooring Journal If you're looking for a devotional that paints real life pictures, I highly recommend this one. It's set up for nine weeks of reading but would be good for Advent. These Orthodox women display such grace and beauty in the darkness, even as they long for deliverance. The way God meets them in these pages... I want that. - Traci Rhoades, Author of Not All Who Wander (Spiritually) Are Lost

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Summer Kinard is senior editor of Park End Books. She is an Orthodox Christian author and workshop leader specializing in accessibility and the theology of disability. In her blog posts and her latest book, Of Such is the Kingdom: A Practial Theology of Disability (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2019), Summer brings her extensive background in church history and theology (B.A. in religion, M.Div., Th.M. in early church history and theology) to skillfully weave together the healing patterns of Holy Tradition with the daily patterns of life with disabilities. Her other devotional work appears in Seven Holy Women: Conversations with Saints and Friends (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2020). Summer has an Adverse Childhood Experiences Score of 9/10. She is a cycle-breaker who bears witness to the goodness of the Lord, who works everything together for our salvation. She lives with her husband and their five children of joy in Texas. Read more of Summer's work at SummerKinard.com. David Moses is a cartoonist, designer, and public artist. He runs Past-Ítch Comics and lives with his family in Knightdale, NC.

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