Start with a Word: On the Craft and Adventure of Writing

Author:   Marilyn McEntyre
Publisher:   William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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9780802883162


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
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Author:   Marilyn McEntyre
Publisher:   William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Imprint:   William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN:  

9780802883162


ISBN 10:   0802883168
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   24 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

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Praise for Marilyn McEntyre's previous work: ""Brings lively attention to the way words can open multiple doors of memory, imagination, and reflection."" --Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward ""Marilyn McEntyre reminds us of the power of language--to heal and instruct us, to challenge and shape us."" --Shauna Niequist, author of Present over Perfect ""Encourages, guides, and directs. . . . Marilyn McEntyre embodies simple, patient kindness in her writing."" --Michael Card, singer/songwriter, author of The Nazarene ""McEntyre has again written with conspicuous grace and truth. . . . Some passages here are as powerful and lovely as any I've encountered in years."" --Cornelius Plantinga, author of Gratitude ""Seamlessly blending exegesis, philology, lectio divina, and prayer, Marilyn McEntyre teaches us how to listen for the divine word in all times and circumstances."" --Carol Zaleski, coauthor of Prayer: A History ""With her profound summonings, Marilyn McEntyre recovers for many contemporary readers an ancient practice that is reminiscent of rabbinic attention to the dark sayings of Scripture, those compelling, curious, often-challenging passages that would nudge us into seeing more, would have us glimpse the inexhaustibility of the One in Whom we live and move and have our being, even the inexhaustibility of His Word."" --Scott Cairns, author of Idiot Psalms


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Marilyn McEntyre is the author of multiple books on language and faith, including What's in a Phrase? Pausing Where Scripture Gives You Pause (winner of a Christianity Today 2015 book award in spirituality), Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Speaking Peace in a Climate of Conflict, and Make a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open Our Hearts. She teaches writing at Western Theological Seminary and New College Berkeley and coaches writers.

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