Practicing Resurrection

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An Embodied Pilgrimage for the Easter Season

by Christine Valters Paintner

Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Publication
Jan 12, 2027
Format
Paperback/Softback
Illustrated
No
Price
22.99
Dimensions
5 x 7 in
ISBN
9798341900172
Pages
200
Age
Adult 18+
Category
Mind, Body, SpiritSelf-Help

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Description

Easter isn't just one Sunday--it's a fifty-day season of renewal.

In Practicing Resurrection, beloved writer and retreat leader Christine Valters Paintner invites you to embrace this sacred stretch of time as a pilgrimage of transformation. Rather than rushing past Easter after a single day of celebration, this book calls you to linger in its mystery and let it shape your life.

Through weekly reflections on the Gospel stories of resurrection, Paintner opens doorways into themes like standing in liminal space, honoring wounds, breathing inspiration, and tasting abundance. Each chapter is paired with simple yet profound practices--lectio divina, breath prayer, visio divina, embodied movement--that help you slow down, listen deeply, and awaken to the holy shimmering in ordinary moments.

This lyrical and practical guide is for seekers longing for both beauty and clarity: those who yearn for poetry and presence, yet also want tangible steps to nurture their spiritual life. Practicing Resurrection reminds us that resurrection is not a distant promise but a living energy--one that calls us to joy, courage, and love in the midst of a complex world.

Enter this season with open hands, and discover the home that has always been waiting within you. Let these fifty days become a journey of renewal, a time to cultivate hope, savor beauty, and live into the radiant truth that new life is always possible.

Awards & Endorsements

Luther E. Smith Jr., PhD, author of Hope Is Here!
Christine Paintner mentors us with spiritual practices for resurrection in ourselves and the world around us. Dedicated contemplative time with sacred scripture, faith ancestors, ourselves, and God’s presence invites new intention for our lives. Her guidance through the Easter season prepares us to experience wonder in all seasons.” 

Author(s)

Christine Valters Paintner

Christine Valters Paintner

Christine Valters Paintner is the online Abbess at www.AbbeyoftheArts.com, a virtual monastery and progressive global community offering resources that integrate contemplative practice and creative expression. She is the author of over twenty books on spirituality including three collections of poetry.

She is a Benedictine Oblate, poet, writer, spiritual director, retreat facilitator, teacher, and pilgrimage guide. Her fields of expertise include Christian spiritual practices, monastic spirituality rooted in Benedictine, desert, and Celtic lineages, and the expressive arts. Christine earned her PhD in Christian Spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley and her professional status as Registered Expressive Arts Consultant and Educator (REACE) from the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA.org).

Christine has lived in Galway, Ireland with her husband John since 2012. Together they lead a variety online programs including retreats, contemplative prayer services, prayer cycles o

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