Life Path: Personal and Spiritual Growth Through Journal Writing

by Luci Shaw

Life has a way of slipping away while we're not looking. And many of us are so numbed by mundane routine that we hardly miss its passing. Keeping a journal can bring it all back . . . * Those timeless moments when the mists part and you catch a glimpse of a loving Father. * Those rare insights where you suddenly see your life from a new perspective. * those welcome moments when the pain subsides and the healing begins. "Life Path will be a delight equally to inveterate journal keepers like me, and to those who've often thought they might like to keep a journal, but haven't known how to go about it." - Madeleine L'Engle Luci Shaw is author of eight volumes of poetry, among them Listen to the Green, Water Lines, and Polishing the Petoskey Stone. Her other books include Water My Soul and God in the Through Grief and Beyond. Since 1988 she has been adjunct faculty member and Writer in Residence at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Genres: Nonfiction, Journaling

102 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Luci Shaw is a Christian writer of poetry and essays.

Reviews

[Joy O’Toole · Rating 5 out of 5]

This wonderful book on the practice of journaling and it’s transformative power of one’s heart and mind has been edifying and challenging. It’s a book to revisit time and again for its insights and to try out the various prompts as I seek to re-establish and deepen my journaling practice.

[Carol Burris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Want to take your journal writing to a deeper, soulful place? Through examples and suggestions Luci Shaw will help you do just that.

[Miss Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book, but since I already keep a journal and I am somewhat set in my ways, some of it was not as useful to me. I think other parts will be useful. It was a good reminder that the time that I spend reflecting and writing is not wasted time. It serves a purpose. I would like to read more of Luci Shaw's writings. Her style was engaging and approachable, and what she shared from her own journal makes me want to know more about her.

[Laurie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical ideas for beginning or energizing personal and spiritual journal writing. Luci Shaw shares her personal journey with writing, as well, as the thoughts and experiences of others, as she guides through various aspects of keeping a journal.

[Leigh Kramer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fine meditation on the gifts of journaling.