![]() ![]() Her 1999 book, Listening for God: A Ministers Journey through Silence and Doubt. In sharing her own strategies for redefining mundane rituals so that they contribute to reverence and devotion, Weems offers a beacon of light for all believers struggling to listen for God amidst the din of worldly demands and distractions. Weems is a biblical scholar, an academic administrator. Her own spiritual disquietude will be familiar to all who struggle to maintain faith while the details of daily life - negotiating with children and spouses, caring for ailing parents, living up to professional expectations, developing hobbies, managing finances, and planning for the future - compete for energy with one's relationship with God. In this deeply affecting book, Weems addresses the believer's yearning for God through periods of inconstancy, vacillation, and disenchantment. ![]() Yet in the midst of her celebrated work, she was experiencing a profound spiritual crisis permeated by a hollow, painful silence that seemed, at times, to mark an irreparable rupture in her communication with God. ![]() Weems has been noted and praised for her writing, galvanizing national speaking, and pioneering scholarship in the field of Old Testament studies. Throughout the past two decades, Renita J. ![]()
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