A Light on the Corner, Andrea Raynor
A Light on the Corner, Andrea Raynor
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A Light on the Corner
Discovering the Sacred in the Everyday

Author: Andrea Raynor

Narrator: Andrea Raynor

Unabridged: 4 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/30/2017


Synopsis

A child peeling an orange on the subway. A bearded man with gentle eyes holding a tin cup on the corner. When we see life through the lens of faith, everyday moments become a source of hope and strength. In this collection of essays, chaplain Andrea Raynor reveals the unexpected places she has experienced the Divine and shows us how we, too, might come to see life as a spiritual adventure—one on which we are never truly alone.Raynor’s own life has required more than a little bit of faith. She served as chaplain to the morgue at Ground Zero and has ministered to hospice patients for more than twenty years. She’s survived breast cancer and tended a brother wounded by the Vietnam War. Any one of these experiences could have shaken her belief, and yet she sees the holy in them all.It’s easy to lose our way, to forget who we are and why we are here. But each moment, no matter how trying, helps us chart our course and lights our path toward a more spiritually fulfilling life—all that’s required of us is an open heart and a little faith on the journey.

About Andrea Raynor

Andrea Raynor, a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, is a United Methodist minister and chaplain. She has been a hospice chaplain since 1997 and is currently serving at Greenwich Hospital Home Hospice in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has worked with the homeless in New York and Boston and was a pastor to churches in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Raynor served as a chaplain in the morgue at Ground Zero, offering both blessings over remains and support to the many workers there. She has lectured throughout the New York area and has appeared as a guest on public television and radio. Raynor is the author of two books: The Voice That Calls You Home and Incognito: Lost and Found at Harvard. She lives with her family in New York’s Westchester County, where she is the chaplain for the Rye Fire Department. Learn more at www.revandrearaynor.com.


Reviews

A note as to my review rating. I am in the midst of reading this book, which I won in a Goodreads giveaway as an ebook, and have received a request via Goodreads to share my opinion with others. The rating, and the review associated with it, may change slightly if I choose to come back in and edit i......more

Goodreads review by Karla

Andrea Raynor was a chaplain in the morgue at Ground Zero after 911. This book has a devoted chapter to that time in her life but the book is centered around how that time affected her. Helping people is in her DNA as evidenced by the rest of the book. Her devotion to other people with God guiding h......more

Goodreads review by Jane

Enjoy Raynor's ability to draw me in to her life experiences, and see the Divine in ways I too recognize. I would recommend this book to those who are eager to appreciate slowing their life down. Those who want to step out of the busy, and realize taking time to pause is easy, simple, and peaceful.......more