Publisher's Synopsis
Too many of us walk alone. What would it be like to have a wise spiritual mentor, a guide who has known years of joy and years of heartache, pen leisurely, poignant letters conversing with your most vexing questions on life, God and love? In Let God: Spiritual Conversations with Francois Fenelon, we discover private correspondence between Fenelon (a French bishop under King Louis XIV) and Fenelon's friends serving in the royal court. These letters offer penetrating, modern wisdom. A pastor and spiritual pilgrim, Winn Collier longed for his own wise guide, an older spiritual director to listen to his story and tend to his questions. This journey led Winn to Fenelon, in whom he encountered an old soul well acquainted with the ways of God and the ways of the human heart. Hoping others might have a similar encounter, Winn set out to return Fenelon's letters to their original context: unhurried conversation and generous friendship. Though the letters are musty, the questions are contemporary, and Fenelon's replies reveal a sturdiness and depth that reaches into places of the soul, quiet corners that too often go entirely unnoticed. Those new to faith, those exploring faith--or those guiding others in faith--will find wisdom and joy tucked within these pages. ""Winn's Collier presentation of Fenelon's writings as a series of conversations about the spiritual journey are timeless and timely. Now perched prominently on my bookshelf, Let Godwill not let me alone."" -Leonard Sweet, Drew University, author ofSoul Tsunami Winn Collier is a columnist and the author of Restless Faith: Holding on to a God Just out of Reach and Holy Curiosity: Encountering Jesus' Provocative Questions. Winn lives with his family near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, where he pastors the good folks at All Souls Charlottesville and is a PhD candidate in religion and literature at the University of Virginia. You may connect with Winn at winncollier.com."
