Sarah Arthur
Author of Walking With Frodo: A Devotional Journey Through the Lord of the Rings
About the Author
Sarah Arthur is a graduate of Wheaton College and Duke Divinity School. She is the author of several popular books including Walking with Frodo. Dating Mr. Darcy, and The God-Hungry Imagination. Sarah is married, the proud new mother of a baby boy, and a consultant for the C. S. Lewis Festival show more Board. She lives in Michigan. show less
Series
Works by Sarah Arthur
Walking through the Wardrobe: A Devotional Quest into The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (2005) 150 copies
A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time (2018) 97 copies, 3 reviews
Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany (2014) 88 copies, 1 review
Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide (2016) 60 copies, 2 reviews
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- Birthdate
- 1973-11-23
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Duke Divinity School, M.Div
- Short biography
- Sarah Arthur is a fun-loving speaker and the award-winning author of numerous books, including the best-selling "Walking with Frodo" and "At the Still Point: A Literary Guide to Prayer in Ordinary Time." A former youth director, she now writes and speaks about the role of the imagination and stories in spiritual formation. She's a member of the Mythopoeic Society and serves as a consultant for the C.S. Lewis Festival held annually in northern Michigan. A graduate of Duke Divinity School, she lives in Michigan with her son Micah and husband, Tom, who lovingly built her Web site: www.saraharthur.com.
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- USA
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- USA
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Reminiscent of the Secret Garden, this has plenty going for it. Start with excerpts from a fantasy that takes place in an alternate world that are sandwiched between chapters of the story. Add in a large array of characters both human and otherwise, every one a three-D entity. Have teenage Eva Joyce meeting her English grandmother for the first time and being stonewalled every time she asks anyone a question, Then, there are the mysterious things she sees at night, the often and show more unpredictable personality changes in her grandmother, the mystery surrounding three young women killed in London back in 1952, not to mention her tenuous friendship with Frankie, the grandson of her grandmother's gardener. Oh, and then there's the mysterious statue in a hidden garden that looks just like the granddaughter. There's plenty more packed between the covers and it's all great stuff, blended to make a joy of a read. show less
A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L'Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Sarah Arthur
I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time decades ago. I couldn’t tell you every detail about it. I have had a curiosity about Madeleine L’Engle that has not been indulged. When I saw this biography by Sarah Arthur, I immediately wanted to read it. The picture she put together of the depth and complexity of this woman has spoken volumes to me.
Sarah not only delivered a good biography, she wrote rich words about things of faith. I have read many of Madeleine’s critics call her New Age. I show more just couldn’t see it. In these pages, I found out that Madeleine was a devout Anglican. She loved scripture and sacrament. Sarah’s detailing of Madeleine’s daily spiritual life made me feel the nearness of the Lord. I didn’t want it to end. It was one of those books that make you ache to put away.
You can dive into the complexity of her personality and see the truth of her relationships. Her flaws are examined with grace. The lovely thing to see here is how she plumbed the depths of mercy through joy and pain. Madeleine truly was “an apologist for joy.” show less
Sarah not only delivered a good biography, she wrote rich words about things of faith. I have read many of Madeleine’s critics call her New Age. I show more just couldn’t see it. In these pages, I found out that Madeleine was a devout Anglican. She loved scripture and sacrament. Sarah’s detailing of Madeleine’s daily spiritual life made me feel the nearness of the Lord. I didn’t want it to end. It was one of those books that make you ache to put away.
You can dive into the complexity of her personality and see the truth of her relationships. Her flaws are examined with grace. The lovely thing to see here is how she plumbed the depths of mercy through joy and pain. Madeleine truly was “an apologist for joy.” show less
Between Midnight and Dawn: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide by Sarah Arthur
This rich compilation of poetry and prose excerpts is structured as a devotional for the liturgical seasons of Lent, Holy Week, and Eastertide, though its meditations can also be recognized as paralleling the journey of a life: we are born into dust (Ash Wednesday), journey through seasons of mourning (Lent) and seasons of uplifting (Easter), until finally we anticipate resurrection into eternity.
Unlike other devotionals, this is not a collection of five-minute “devos” formulated by an show more encouraging verse, often taken out of context, and a following “gear up for the day” paragraph loosely based on the short biblical quote. Instead, Arthur’s selections work together to press into each week’s subject from multiple angles by grouping together passages from the five main sections of the biblical cannon (Psalms, Prophets, Letters, and Gospel) along with five literary readings. Since the ambition of these selections is to fuel reflection and prayer, the reader is given the freedom to read them all at once, one a day, or to flip back and forth out of order. I found myself reading them all the first day of the week, then returning to contemplate them more slowly in subsequent readings.
Arthur’s choice of readings is robust, pairing old friends (Jane Austen, Frances Hodson Burnett, John Donne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, T.S. Eliot to name a few), with many new friends (Marcie Rae Johnson and Nathaniel Lee Hanson are new favorites), some of whom have yet to be discovered by the public spotlight. In this volume, Arthur brings together voices as old as the 3rd century up through modern times, spanning selections from Iran, India, and Syria, through all the ethnicities that make up America. This is a coming together of the global and trans-generational body of Christ. It is the fellowship of struggling toward God together, and learning to pray from one another; a pre-amble to a future where we will come before God from every nation and tongue as one voice.
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Note: Thanks to Paraclete Press for a review copy of this book. All opinions are my own. show less
Unlike other devotionals, this is not a collection of five-minute “devos” formulated by an show more encouraging verse, often taken out of context, and a following “gear up for the day” paragraph loosely based on the short biblical quote. Instead, Arthur’s selections work together to press into each week’s subject from multiple angles by grouping together passages from the five main sections of the biblical cannon (Psalms, Prophets, Letters, and Gospel) along with five literary readings. Since the ambition of these selections is to fuel reflection and prayer, the reader is given the freedom to read them all at once, one a day, or to flip back and forth out of order. I found myself reading them all the first day of the week, then returning to contemplate them more slowly in subsequent readings.
Arthur’s choice of readings is robust, pairing old friends (Jane Austen, Frances Hodson Burnett, John Donne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, T.S. Eliot to name a few), with many new friends (Marcie Rae Johnson and Nathaniel Lee Hanson are new favorites), some of whom have yet to be discovered by the public spotlight. In this volume, Arthur brings together voices as old as the 3rd century up through modern times, spanning selections from Iran, India, and Syria, through all the ethnicities that make up America. This is a coming together of the global and trans-generational body of Christ. It is the fellowship of struggling toward God together, and learning to pray from one another; a pre-amble to a future where we will come before God from every nation and tongue as one voice.
For more reviews visit Book On a Crag
Note: Thanks to Paraclete Press for a review copy of this book. All opinions are my own. show less
A light devotional book based around Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'. The author looks at how the Christian life is an adventure, and we need sometimes to step out of our ordered existence to follow where God leads. Well-written and quite thought-provoking. For teens or adults.
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