Description
Book SynopsisShort, accessible meditations and photography to guide you through the season
Author and pastor Russ Levenson invites readers to “find shelter” in time each day with Jesus.
Forty meditations, scripture passages, reflections for contemplation, and prayers fill this volume designed to accompany and encourage readers throughout autumn. Each daily devotional entry includes a concluding thought and closing prayer. Every meditation includes photographs taken by the author. This thoughtful volume is part of a series.
Trade Review"Whenever Russ speaks or writes, I listen or read. He has the heart of a pastor and the skill of a poet. So grateful for him and this book."
—Max Lucado, author
"Russ Levenson's Finding Shelter is a continuous gentle invitation to come to the table and to taste and see that God is good. Written with warmth and wisdom, these pages are good company on the journey of faith." —Amy Grant, Grammy Award–winning recording artist and
songwriter
“Russ Levenson has a real gift for taking scripture from the Old and New Testaments and making it personal and relevant to our life today. The relaxed tone of Finding Shelter will inspire and comfort readers even as it challenges them to grow in their spiritual journey.
—Susan G. Baker, founding member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness
“Russ brings together biography and story with deep theological truths and insights to create a powerful, uplifting set of meditations that can transform the day and the week. I am grateful that this book has been written; and I am even more grateful to the God that can use this book to bring grace to the broken and hope to the afraid.”
—The Very Reverend Ian S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary
Table of ContentsPreface
Meditation 1 A Change of View
Meditation 2 God in the Shadows
Meditation 3 Look Up
Meditation 4 Even When We Grumble
Meditation 5 The Right Way
Meditation 6 Self-Sinking
Meditation 7 Tending to the Garden
Meditation 8 Stepping Out in Faith
Meditation 9 The Way of Faithfulness
Meditation 10 Speak . . . for Your Servant is Listening . . .
Meditation 11 Giants Don’t Have the Last Word
Meditation 12 You Are the One . . .
Meditation 13 Choosing Wisely
Meditation 14 The Lord—He Is God!
Meditation 15 I Am God . . . You Are My Child . . .
Meditation 16 Heaven’s Gate
Meditation 17 Do You Really Want to Grow?
Meditation 18 To Whom Should You Go?
Meditation 19 Trusting in the Unseen
Meditation 20 There’s More to the Story
Halftime
Meditation 21 Salt and Light
Meditation 22 Get Some Rest
Meditation 23 For All the Right Reasons
Meditation 24 Death for the Sake of Life
Meditation 25 What “Raised” Means for You
Meditation 26 A Fork in the Road
Meditation 27 How to Live
Meditation 28 Pruning It to the Core
Meditation 29 The Promise of the Unseen
Meditation 30 Lawless Fruits
Meditation 31 Giving the Devil His Due
Meditation 32 A Song Worth Singing
Meditation 33 Don’t Poke the Bear
Meditation 34 Who Gets Your Vote?
Meditation 35 Every Day Belongs to God
Meditation 36 Punching Holes in the Darkness
Meditation 37 Angst or Thanks?
Meditation 38 What Remains
Meditation 39 King Me!
Meditation 40 The Beginning at the End
Afterword Pregnant Pause
Acknowledgments
Scriptural Index
Index of Authors Cited
