Flora Wuellner writes, "One of the most important things I have learned is that our growing closeness with God was never intended to be a burden or one more task added to all the other tasks. Personal relationship with God was meant to remove the sense of burden and to infuse all tasks with new vitality." Flora has done a wonderful job of identifying the places where Christian leaders need healing and renewal, utilizing her deep insight into scripture and beautifully written guided reflections and meditations. The book is easy to read, rich in images, and refreshing for the soul. Get a copy, take a few days off, and come back revitalized for your ministry!

The last twenty years has brought much literature dealing with clergy burn-out and the ways clergy are wounded as they go about the daily task of ministry . Flora Wuellner has contributed to that literature in the past (most notably in her book Release: Healing from Wounds of Family, Church, and Community), and here she offers healing for wounded clergy and other congregational leader by examining the post-Resurrection appearances of Christ to the first generation of wounded leaders. In her examination of those wounded followers (Mary, Peter, and others), Wuellner also notes the healing that happened in those biblical encounters. She relates that first century woundedness to contemporary issues and she offers guided imagery meditations for healing .

Wuellners's work is filled with power and love. She offers a genuine understanding of salvation--that sense of wholness that comes from God.

This is a book that gave me the extra push I needed in understanding that unconditional love includes loving your own body. It helps the reader to understand that we are in partnership with our bodies. They are our haven and sustainer not a prison.

The guided meditations are beautiful and the information is priceless. Even though it is christocentric I think this book would be helpful for people from all spiritual walks.

If meditation, or even centering prayer, is a frustrating experience either because you're not disciplined enough or you're too perfectionistic about it, this book offers an alternative. It's the most practical book about prayer that I've read and is immensely reassuring. Chapter Two, "The Prayer That Nurtures," is a short chapter worth the (already modest) price of the book alone.