Sarah Arthur is a fun-loving speaker and the author of ten books ranging from popular devotionals to serious engagement with theology and literature. A graduate of Wheaton College and Duke Divinity School, she speaks around the country on the role of imagination and narrative in spiritual formation. She is the editor-curator of Paraclete Press’s At the Still Point: A Literary Guide to Prayer in Ordinary Time (2011) and Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany (2014). When she isn’t chasing two small boys around the house, Sarah can be found gardening, writing young adult novels, and volunteering in youth ministry at Sycamore Creek United Methodist Church in Lansing, MI, where her husband, Tom, is pastor. www.saraharthur.info
“Rich and enriching resources for the recovery of a life of prayer.
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midst of what we know as ‘the time being,’ is the efficacy of
penitential prayer; most elusive is the ‘bright sorrow’ that
couples our repentance with joy. With this book, many will find
their way to this inestimable blessing.” —Scott Cairns, author of
Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems
“A rich feast.” —Lauren F. Winner, author of Still: Notes on a
Mid-Faith Crisis
“Between Midnight and Dawn is an imaginative collection of poetry
and prose that reveals what great literature is at its core: a
psalm, a cry against the darkness, a prayer.” —Ashlee
Cowles
“I may just be a bit smitten with this book.” —Ann Voskamp, author
of One Thousand Gifts
“Like a scribe trained for the kingdom of heaven, she brings out
treasures new and old to illuminate the mysteries of God’s saving
ways.” —Michael S. Poteet,The Sci-Fi Christian
“What a delight, to find so extraordinary a collection.” —Kathleen
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“‘It is nearly impossible to read a poem both quickly and well,’
Arthur warns, and so she advises the reader to go slow, savoring
the psalm and scripture passages she offers for each section,
extending the readings over several days. Perhaps Arthur knows
that we often have to be seduced into seeing the depths of the
darkness, and thus she eases the way with a framework that looks
like a traditional devotional book—opening prayer, scriptures,
readings, personal prayer and reflection, closing prayer. But
in those readings are the weight and wonder of the ages. This
is explosive stuff Arthur has brought together—again, too much to
be absorbed in the sittings of a single Lent and Easter. But
for those who see God’s hand in the devastating beauty of art and
human word, this guide is a balm and a window to a deeper
experience of the season.” —Alex Joyner, The Englewood Review
of Books
“A thing of beauty!”—the late Phyllis Tickle, author of The Divine
Hours
“What a gem of a book, a great resource for preachers, pray-ers, or
anyone who likes such intelligent devotional material.” —Byron
Borger, Hearts and Minds Books
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