Water from a Deep Well - by Gerald L Sittser (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Gerald L. Sittser carves out a new discipline that blends spirituality and Christian history--spiritual history. He overviews Christian history through the lens of spirituality, looking at what we can learn about the spiritual life from various figures and eras.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In Rome in A.D. 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the crime of being Christians. Not even torture could make them deny Christ, so they were burned alive. Is my faithfulness as strong? In the fifth century, Melania the Younger and her husband, Pinian, distributed their enormous wealth to the poor and intentionally practiced the discipline of renunciation. Could living more simply deepen my trust in God? In the sixteen hundreds, Philipp Jakob Spener's love for the Word of God and his desire to help people apply the Bible to their life moved him to start Colleges of Piety, or small groups. In what ways could commitment to community make me more like Christ? The history of the church has shaped what our faith and practice are like today. It's tempting to think that the way we do things now is best, but history also has much to teach us about what we've forgotten. In <em>Water from a Deep Well, </em> Gerald Sittser opens to us the rich history of spirituality, letting us gaze at the practices and stories of believers from the past who had the same thirst for God that we do today. As we see their deep faith through his vibrant narratives, we may discover that old ways can bring new life to our own spirituality.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>The lives of the saints are provided to inspire, encourage and invite us to join them on our own journeys of transformation.</p>--Gail Welborn, Christian News Northwest, March 2008<br><br><p>Ever since that day at noon when a Samaritan woman asked for living water, people have turned to Jesus for the water that satisfies the thirst of the human condition and wells up to eternal life. In <em>Water from a Deep Well, </em> Gerald Sittser has followed the lives of significant Christians down through the centuries who have tasted the water, shared it with others and, in some cases, carried it to foreign lands. This book will serve as an excellent resource in the classroom, in our personal libraries and in our prayerful consideration of the 'great cloud of witnesses' who have drunk from the well before us.</p>--Albert Haase, O.F.M., director, School of Spirituality at Mayslake Ministries, and author of Coming Home to Your True Self<br><br><p> <em>Water From a Deep Well</em> is a good book for a time when some evangelicals seem intent on de-rooting themselves from their family tree.</p>--Matthew P. Ristuccia, WORLD Magazine, Nov. 29/Dec 6, 2008<br><br><p> <em>Water From a Deep Well</em> is a hard-to-put-down book. . . . The author's aim is to help us mine the riches of our wide heritage, and he does it admirably. . . . His grasp of the subject, ability with words, and his experience learning these lessons shine from every page.</p>--Donna Eggett, Christian Book Previews, February 2008<br><br><p> <em>Water From a Deep Well</em> will reward readers who appreciate thorough research and detailed reporting, enlivened by telling asides and black-and-white illustrations.</p>--Monica Tenney, Congregational Libraries Today, November/December 2008<br><br><p>[A] compelling history of spirituality. . . . Sittser concludes each chapter with . . . ways that certain spiritual practices can be incorporated into contemporary observance. . . . [A] valuable tool.</p>--Publishers Weekly starred review, September 24, 2007<br><br><p>An excellent resource for devotional study and personal spiritual development.</p>--Pulpit Helps, December 2007<br><br><p>Because it is such a well-written, well-researched, and well-conceived book, it will immediately become an indispensible book for anyone interested in Christian spirituality and the history of Christian spirituality.</p>--Michael Glerup, Journal of Spiritual Formation Soul Care<br><br><p>Even if we cannot be a Saint Francis ora monk, there are lessons to be learned from reading about our predecessors in the Christian faith. Recommended for anyone who is interested in strengthening his or her spirituality.</p>--John B. Shewmaker, Catholic Library World, December 2008<br><br><p>Excellent, well-researched book.</p>--Gail Welbourn, Montgomery's Journey, April 2008<br><br><p>Gerald Sittser's volume <em>Water from a Deep Well</em> is a great gift to Christians. He leads us from the early martyrs to medieval mystics, from Reformers focusing on the Word to pioneering missionaries proclaiming that the captives have been set free. Sittser tells us about the past that we might better appreciate our family of faith.</p>--Kelly M. Kapic, Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care, 2017<br><br><p>My supply of adjectives fails me in describing the worth of this book.</p>--Betty Waller for The Lamplighter, February 2008<br><br><p>Sittser utilizes the metaphor of food and drink to serve up a timely corrective to one-generational approaches by inviting sojourners to an elaborate feast with the family of faith. This tried and true recipe deserves consideration not only as a personal or collective devotional but also for courses in church history, ecclesiology, and spiritual formation.</p>--Martin William Mittelstadt, Religious Studies Review, September 2008<br><br><p>Sittser's lucid prose and earnest manner of addressing his readers' own spiritual needs makes <em>Water from a Deep Well</em> an exceptionally accessible book, and thus 'popular' in the best sense of the word. But the helps and critical apparatus at the end make the book suitable for academically rigorous settings.</p>--Richard B. Steele for Catholic Books Review, April 2008<br><br><p>Sittser's wonderfully capacious book gives us ecumenism at its best.</p>--Christianity Today, November 2007<br>
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