Short, accessible meditations and photography to guide you through the season
Author and pastor Russ Levenson invites readers to “find shelter” in time each day with Jesus.
Forty meditations, scripture passages, reflections for contemplation, and prayers fill this volume designed to accompany and encourage readers throughout autumn. Each daily devotional entry includes a concluding thought and closing prayer. Every meditation includes photographs taken by the author. This thoughtful volume is part of a series.
RUSSELL J. LEVENSON JR. has been an ordained Episcopal priest for nearly thirty years. Having served in various roles at churches in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida, he and his wife Laura live in Houston, Texas, where he has been the rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church for the last twelve years.
"Russ Levenson's Finding Shelter is a continuous gentle invitation to come to the table and to taste and see that God is good. Written with warmth and wisdom, these pages are good company on the journey of faith." —Amy Grant, Grammy Award–winning recording artist and songwriter
“Russ Levenson has a real gift for taking scripture from the Old and New Testaments and making it personal and relevant to our life today. The relaxed tone of Finding Shelter will inspire and comfort readers even as it challenges them to grow in their spiritual journey. —Susan G. Baker, founding member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness
"Whenever Russ speaks or writes, I listen or read. He has the heart of a pastor and the skill of a poet. So grateful for him and this book." —Max Lucado, author
“Russ brings together biography and story with deep theological truths and insights to create a powerful, uplifting set of meditations that can transform the day and the week. I am grateful that this book has been written; and I am even more grateful to the God that can use this book to bring grace to the broken and hope to the afraid.” —The Very Reverend Ian S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary
Preface
Meditation 1 A Change of View
Meditation 2 God in the Shadows
Meditation 3 Look Up
Meditation 4 Even When We Grumble
Meditation 5 The Right Way
Meditation 6 Self-Sinking
Meditation 7 Tending to the Garden
Meditation 8 Stepping Out in Faith
Meditation 9 The Way of Faithfulness
Meditation 10 Speak . . . for Your Servant is Listening . . .
Meditation 11 Giants Don’t Have the Last Word
Meditation 12 You Are the One . . .
Meditation 13 Choosing Wisely
Meditation 14 The Lord—He Is God!
Meditation 15 I Am God . . . You Are My Child . . .
