In Deep Waters, Talitha Amadea Aho
In Deep Waters, Talitha Amadea Aho
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In Deep Waters
Spiritual Care for Young People in a Climate Crisis

Author: Talitha Amadea Aho

Narrator: Emily Ellet

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/28/2022

Synopsis

The starting point for In Deep Water: Spiritual Care for Young People in a Climate Crisis is not news: the world as we know it is shifting. Several millennia of climate stability have come to an abrupt end.

But, observes Talitha Amadea Aho, the young people of today do not remember stability. They see the world through crisis-colored glasses. Climate change is creating a spiritual emergency that is hitting their generation harder than any other.

Today's climate crisis calls people of faith to a communal spiritual practice of care, especially for those who are more vulnerable because of their youth—the children, youth, and young adults of Generation Z. We must learn how to offer spiritual care that is informed by the spiritual-ecological crisis of their generation.

This book will help you keep young people at the center of your community and listen to the troubles they have to share. Whether you are a Gen Z peer or a caring adult of any other generation, In Deep Water will show you how to offer ecologically informed spiritual care.

We all need to do it today; we cannot wait until one of today's youngest generations grows up.

About Talitha Amadea Aho

Talitha Amadea Aho serves as a pastor at Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, California, where she is responsible for children's and youth programming. She has been in ministry to the young since she was old enough to qualify as a chaperone at PC(USA) camps and churches. She holds an MDiv and an MA in biblical studies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Molly on April 26, 2022

If you have kids in your life who you can’t look in the eye when you think about climate change, knowing how we have failed (and continue to fail) them, this book is for you. [Spoiler: it won’t relieve you of guilt, but it will be cathartic, and give you a place to stand.] If you are a kid who feels......more

Goodreads review by Dnicebear on April 26, 2022

Feeling the waves in the mind that Pastor Aho rides as she dwells among a beloved community that cares about the changes in climate brings tenderizing warmth to places in me that ache for our world. From p 110: "Though we may worry about the health of the natural world, it still has the power to hea......more

Goodreads review by D.S.G. on April 27, 2022

A beautiful and important read that meets young people where they are—and they are afraid. Talitha weaves her knack for spiritual care with personal and perfectly appropriate stories to illustrate each chapter. A balm for the climate anxiety living inside both kids and adults.......more

Goodreads review by Ele on May 18, 2022

This book didn’t provide the tools which I thought it would, which isn’t the writer's fault, and is a sad fact as I enjoyed the writing of this book. It is important to note that if you struggle with climate anxiety, as I do, this book may not be for you, as it does contain a decent amount of, while......more

Goodreads review by SHARON on September 18, 2022

In Deep Waters, by Talitha Amadea Aho, is a compelling book about relating as a pastor to young people who are facing and struggling with the devastation of climate change and a degraded future. As she describes the young people’s poignant comments while on youth group outings, during work projects,......more

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