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Ladder to the light : an Indigenous elder's meditations on hope and courage  Cover Image Book Book

Ladder to the light : an Indigenous elder's meditations on hope and courage

Summary: "Native America knows something about cultivating resilience and resisting darkness. Choctaw elder and Episcopal priest Steven Charleston offers words of hard-won hope, rooted in daily conversations with the Spirit and steeped in Indigenous wisdom. For all who yearn for hope, "Ladder to the Light" is a book of comfort, truth, and challenge in a time of anguish and fear. Night will not last forever. Together we can climb toward the light."--Back cover

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  • ISBN: 9781506465739
  • ISBN: 1506465730
  • Physical Description: print
    171 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Broadleaf Books, [2021]

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Formatted Contents Note: Contents : Introduction: Vision of the Kiva -- Rung of Faith -- Rung of Blessing -- Rung of Hope -- Rung of Community -- Rung of Action -- Rung of Truth -- Rung of Renewal -- Rung of Transformation -- Afterword : The emergence.
Subject: Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Religion
Choctaw Indians -- Religion
Choctaw Nation -- Religion
Meditations
Hope -- Religious aspects -- Meditations
Love -- Religious aspects -- Meditations
Courage -- Religious aspects -- Meditations
Episcopal Church -- Liturgy -- Meditations
Indigenous peoples -- North America
Resilience (Personality trait) -- Religious aspects -- Meditations
Spiritualism
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Indigenous peoples -- Southern States -- Religion
Indigenous authors -- North America
Topic Heading: Indigenous.
First Nations.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at University College of the North Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Chemawawin Public Library at Easterville E 98 .R3 C636 2021 (Text) 58500001232255 Stacks Volume hold Available -
The Pas Campus Library E 98 .R3 C636 2021 (Text) 58500001117068 Stacks Volume hold Available -

Steven Charleston is a leading voice of justice for indigenous peoples, the environment, and spiritual renewal in North America. A member of the Choctaw Nation, Charleston has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, BBC World News, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, and other outlets. The author of more than a dozen books on theology and spirituality, Charleston has served as the Episcopal bishop of Alaska, president and dean of the Episcopal Divinity School, and professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary. Charleston lives with his wife, Susan, in Oklahoma, and writes daily meditations on social media, which reach thousands.

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