Description
Discover how icons can become part of your own life of prayer.
Encounter twelve of the world's most significant Orthodox icons with one of today's best-loved spiritual writers as your guide.
"The Open Door provides an open window into a radically different approach to spiritual formation, one that is more ancient/Eastern than modern/Western, one that feels refreshingly new as well as seasoned, rich, and time-tested." --Brian McLaren, author of Everything Must Change and A Generous Orthodoxy
Author: Frederica Mathewes-Green
Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 6.82h x 4.54w x 0.48d
ISBN13: 9781557255747
ISBN10: 1557255741
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | General
- Religion | Prayer
- Art | General
About the Author
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a widely published author of 10 books and hundreds of essays in such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Smithsonian, and the Wall Street Journal. She has been a regular commentator for National Public Radio (NPR), a columnist for the Religion News Service, Beliefnet.com, and Christianity Today, and a podcaster for Ancient Faith Radio. She is in high demand as a speaker. She lives with her husband, the Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green, in Johnson City, TN. Their three children are grown and married, and they have fourteen grandchildren.