A practical and prayerful guide to healing the hurt that may have occurred in the eight stages of life as described by psychologist Erik Erikson.

Helps readers identify their personal vocation, or special way of being, so that they may reach out more effectively to others. Elaborates on the connection between personal vocation and the Spiritual Exercises.

From their own recovery, the authors discovered that the best way to change ourselves is to change our image of God. Recovery is then rooted in finding a healthier, more authentic way of belonging. Pointing the way to new depths of hope and personal resources of inner healing, the Linns' honest, generous and intimate sharing is at times painful, but always liberating.

Concerned with emotional healing by prayer. Strong charismatic emphasis.

A Linn primer that captures the essence of what they've shared and experienced in their ministry; the universal application of eight ways of praying that have the capacity to heal by virtue of their integrating contemporary spirituality with the wisdom of St. Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises. Full-color illustrations.