<p>One of the "Best Books of 2014" ― AARP "Bring your highlighter and your sense of wonder to a comfortable chair and marvel at what you didn't know about Biblical history. Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up is a must read for all those seeking a spiritual peace in a high-tech world. But most of all bring your appreciation of Sister Carol Perry's scholarly brilliance in refining prayer, faith, and grace. I love this book. I will always have two, my annotated one and another one to give away." - Rolland G. Smith, Broadcast journalist, author, and poet In our frantic world, we all need time to stop and breathe. But how can we nurture our inner beings when the outer world demands so much? Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up invites readers to begin a journey of the heart and mind in which a small effort of faith, guided by reason, can yield huge spiritual dividends. From the small rituals that enhance our daily lives to the study of the historical and scriptural legacy shared by the world's great religions, Waiting For Our Souls To Catch Up is an intelligent reader's guide to the wisdom of the ages. Sister Carol Perry is the "nun in the basement" at Marble Collegiate, the oldest Protestant congregation with continuous service in North America, made famous by Norman Vincent Peale (The Power of Positive Thinking). A Catholic nun, Sister Carol has been the Resident Bible Scholar at Marble for three decades. She is the co-author of Called and Sent and has been a recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities grants. She was selected as an Educator of the Year by the Association of Teachers of New York and has lectured across the country on scripture, Christian feminism, and the role of women in the Biblical world. A Sister of St. Ursula, she is a graduate of Fordham University and earned an M.A. in Theology at St. Mary's, Notre Dame. Her writing has appeared on Huffington Post's "On Scripture" feature: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sister-carol-perry/ Read Sister Carol's blog at: http://www.marblechurch.org/connect/blogs/sister-carol-perry</p>

Waiting for Our Souls to Catch Up: Reason, Ritual, and Faith in Our Fallow Time

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Perry, Carol M.

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<p>They could be your neighbors, cousins, sisters, mothers. But even though they lived in another world at a different time, they share our human condition. These are the women whose lives of challenge, courage, and faith appear in the Bible. They include the familiar and the unfamiliar, the powerful and the powerless, the married and the widowed, the saintly and the sinful. Of course, our businesswoman today is quite different from Martha of Bethany or Tamar of Canaan back then. Or is she? Sister Carol Perry invites us to see these women and to imagine them asking us, "What might you have done had you been me?" We will have to make our own decisions in our own circumstances, and the women of the Bible can serve as models. They lived in a patriarchy because that is all their world knew. But they found a way to shape their lives, some with success and some without, and we cannot ignore them. AMONG WOMEN tells the story of a kinship that defies time and place. Carol M. Perry, SU, is the Resident Bible Scholar at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. She is the author of WAITING FOR OUR SOULS TO CATCH UP, one of AARP's "Best Books of 2014," and the coauthor of CALLED AND SENT. She has been a recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities grants, was selected as an Educator of the Year by the Association of Teachers of New York, and has lectured across the country on scripture, Christian feminism, and the role of women in the Biblical world. A Sister of St. Ursula, she is a graduate of Fordham University and earned an MA in theology at St. Mary's, Notre Dame. Sister Carol's blog can be found here: www.marblechurch.org/connect/blogs/sister-carol-perry Praise for WAITING FOR OUR SOULS TO CATCH UP by Carol M. Perry, SU: "Of the hundreds of books we have read in 2014, this slim little volume by a Roman Catholic nun has affected us most. Written with warmth and wit, WAITING FOR OUR SOULS TO CATCH UP offers specific, simple ways to help people find God in everyday life. A delight for the believer or the seeker on your list." - Deirdre Donahue and Christina Ianzito "The Best Books of 2014," AARP</p>

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