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Book

Ladder to the light : an indigenous elder's meditations on hope and courage

Call Number

  • 976.00497 C4776 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Broadleaf Books, [2021]

Physical Description

171 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"Native America knows something about cultivating resilience and resisting darkness. Choctaw elder and Episcopal priest Steven Charleston offers words of hard-won hope, rooted in daily conversations with the Spirit and steeped in Indigenous wisdom. For all who yearn for hope, "Ladder to the Light" is a book of comfort, truth, and challenge in a time of anguish and fear. Night will not last forever. Together we can climb toward the light." -- back cover

Notes

"Note: the author is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation."

Contents

  • Introduction: Vision of the Kiva
  • Rung of Faith
  • Rung of Blessing
  • Rung of Hope
  • Rung of Community
  • Rung of Action
  • Rung of Truth
  • Rung of Renewal
  • Rung of Transformation
  • Afterword : The emergence.

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