Compass Points: Meeting God Every Day at Every Turn by Margaret Silf

Margaret Silf travels widely in her work as a retreat director and speaker on Ignatian spirituality. Her books include Compass Points, Inner Compass, Close to the Heart and Going on Retreat. She lives in Scotland.

Contents Introduction?xv          North: Origins?1     1    The Baobab Tree?3     2    Weathered into Glory?5     3    Foundations?7     4    Shifting Sands?10     5    Moments of Truth?12     6    Grounded?14     7    Grandchild?15     8    Awakening?16     9    Rock Talk?17     10    Sauntering?18     11    The Anthill?20     12    Starlight Dreaming?22     13    Same River, Fresh Water?24     14    My African Great-Grandmother?25              Northeast: Finding God in All Things?27     15    Jam Tomorrow?29     16    Accidental Epiphanies?31     17    The Restaurant Bird?34     18    Nothing but the Truth?36     19    A Child's First Snowflake?38     20    Stories in Stones?39     21    Hadeda?40     22    Local Connections?41     23    Eucharist?42     24    Evening Primrose?44     25    Knowing, Understanding, Forgiving?45     26    Teen Static?47     27    The Love of a Child?49     28    Bricks and Bubbles?51     29    Stripes?53            East: Probing the Darkness?55     30     Prayer Planting?57     31     Broken Shell?59     32     Empire State?61     33     The Cost of Unhealthy Dependence?63     34     Candles of Mass Destruction?65     35     A Thin, Thin Line?66     36     Adapted to Crookedness??67     37     Rules?68     38     For Sale: First Place in Line?69     39     Focusing the Light?71     40     The Freedom Cage?72     41     The New Suit?73     42     Progress, Written Backward?75     43     Solitary Confinement?77             Southeast: Following the Dream?79     44     Dream Signs?81     45     Coal into Diamonds?83     46     Excess Baggage?86     47     GPS Device or Compass??88     48     Wandering Roots  89     49     The Shot I Never Got?90     50     Detours?91     51     New Apostles?92     52     Beyond Possibility?93     53     One Step at a Time?94     54     Apostolic Succession?95     55     The Ninety-Nine Acre Field?96     56     The Dancing Leaf?98     57     Keeping Going?101     58     Following?103              South: Choosing Life?105     59    Big Visions and Daily Details?107     60    Portable Weather?109     61    The Great Divide?111     62    Responding to the Stranger?114     63    Unexpected Moments of Independent Thought?115     64    The Enemy Within?116     65    Diamonds and Dewdrops?117     66    Don't Melt the Angel?118     67    Event Horizons?119     68    The Importance of Not Being Necessary?120     69    The Ocean of Memory?121     70    The Special Race?123     71    The Peace Vote?125     72    The Funny Scales?126     73    Breaking Free?128             Southwest: Breaking Down?129     74     In Sickness and in Health?131     75     When the Barriers Are Down?133     76     Disarming Power?134     77     A Stopped Clock?135     78     Tunnel Vision?136     79     Power Failure?137     80     Gravity Revisited?139     81     The Gift of Deficiency?140     82     Partners for Life?141     83     Vacant Possession?142     84     Bees among the Clover?145     85     A Course in Midwifery?147     86     Desolation?149     87     Seeds of the Storm?152     88     Dying to Live?153     89     Soul Soil?156 West: Breaking Through?157     90     Expelled from Eden??159     91     Blessed Forgetting?161     92     Emptying, Full-Filling? 162     93     Stony Ground?163     94     Sacred Scars?164     95     Wounded Blessings?167     96     Touching the Tears?168     97     Lightning Strike?171     98     Hatched??172     99     Sunken Treasure?173    100     Spending Power?174    101     Onions or Daffodils?175    102     Theological Exchange?177    103     The Cholera Fountain?178    104     Creative Fire?180               Northwest: Loving with God's Love?181    105    Miss Woodland?182    106    A Father's Love?184    107    Searching Questions?186    108    Real Estate?187    109    Queen of the World?189    110    Thursday Prayer?190    111    Wee Billy Wilkie?191    112    No Room at the Inn?192    113    Wild Child?193    114    Transformed by Trust?195    115    Rule Breaker?196    116    Unlikely Friendships?198    117    If We'd Known It Was You . . .?199    118    The Cost of Little Things?201    119    Apple Peel?202    120    The Glass Harp?204          North: Destiny?205    121    Memory Keeping?207    122    Will Tomorrow Ever Come??209    123    Wisdom's Signature?211    124    The Sound of Silence?212    125    Yesterday's Chestnut, Tomorrow's Tree?213    126    The Other Side of Sorrow?214    127    Who Were We??215    128    Einstein for Beginners?217    129    Where Two Roses Meet?218    130    Lamplight, Sunlight?219    131    Growing Up?221    132    The Lilac Tree?222    133    Stepping Stones?224    134    Reef Encounter?226    135    Traveling Light?228    136    Homecoming?229    137    Closing Down, Opening Up?232         Acknowledgments?233

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