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Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway

By Stephanie Duncan Smith

A beautifully told memoir that guides readers through grief, joy, and uncertainty by finding sacred meaning in life’s every season, grounded in the promise of God-with-us.

Benefits

This book:

• Offers a deeply personal reflection on love, loss, and resilience.
• Provides spiritual encouragement for navigating life’s uncertainties.
• Helps readers find grounding in the liturgical year and sacred rhythms.
• Illustrates how to receive life’s complexities with grace and empathy.
• Inspires hope through the story of loss, renewal, and faith.
• Encourages the practice of courage and trust in God's presence.
• Offers an emotional and spiritual companion for those facing grief and challenges.

Features

• A heartfelt memoir exploring themes of love, loss, and faith.
• Grounded in the liturgical seasons of the church year.
• Rich theological reflections woven through personal experiences.
• Written with poetic and poignant prose.

Hard cover 224pp
2.5cm H x 21.3cm L x 13.7cm W (0.34 kgs)
ISBN 9780593727751
Convergent Books (2024)

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Description

Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith is a moving memoir that invites readers to navigate life’s deepest griefs, greatest joys, and the unsettling in-betweens with courage, trust, and love.

With poignant prose, Duncan Smith reflects on her own journey of loss, beginning with the heartbreak of a miscarriage during the winter solstice and the uncertainty of a subsequent pregnancy during the height of the pandemic. Amid these experiences, she found solace in the sacred rhythms of the liturgical year, allowing the seasons of the church to guide her through pain and healing.

This book is not just a story of personal grief – it’s a love letter to all who have dared to open their hearts, only to be met with hurt.

Duncan Smith offers a reminder that God’s empathy is ever-present, even in life’s most difficult moments. Through Advent, Epiphany, Lent, and beyond, she reveals how the liturgical calendar can provide a grounding force in turbulent times, helping us see that love, even after everything, will always have the final word.

A powerful read for anyone seeking spiritual grounding in the face of life’s uncertainties, this memoir is both a guide and companion for those navigating the complex interplay of loss and hope.