Do you ever feel like your sincere, heartfelt prayers are ignored or met with silence? Do you wonder why a loving God would ever refuse to answer?
Divine Quietness: Finding Meaning When Heaven Is Silent, by Emily Robison Adams, explores the reasons God sometimes answers our prayers with silence, in spite of our best efforts. Through the lens of her own experience and drawing on literature from many faith traditions, Emily Robison Adams discusses new ways of thinking about faith, doubt, and divine quietness. This thoughtful new book will help you learn to rethink your assumptions underlying what it means to have faith and how to connect with God even in quietness.
About the Author
Emily Robison Adams is married with three children and is a practicing appellate attorney. She received her undergraduate degree in linguistics from Brigham Young University and her JD from the University of Minnesota Law School. She worked for judges on the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota before returning to Utah. She is a partner at The Appellate Group, a boutique law firm focusing on appeals.
Emily has served in Relief Society and Young Women presidencies, taught Relief Society, and currently serves as the Primary chorister.
Check out Emily’s Recommended Reading:
The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our “Correct” Beliefs,
by Enns, Peter Enns
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again, by Evans, Rachel Held
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning, by James W. Fowler
The Power of Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints, by Jacob Z. Hess, Carrie Skarda, Kyle Anderson, and Ty Mansfield
Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt, by Patrick O. Mason
Navigating Mormon Faith Crisis: A Simple Developmental Map, by Thomas Wirthlin McConkie (Check out his visit in The Hall in Ep. 767!)
Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do, by Brian D. McLaren
New Seeds of Contemplation, by Thomas Merton
Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta, by Mother Teresa
Seekers Wanted: The Skills You Need for the Faith You Want, by Anthony Sweat
Learning to Walk in the Dark, by Barbara Brown Taylor
Who Is Truth? Reframing Our Questions for a Richer Faith, by Jeffrey L. Thayne and Edwin E. Gantt
Let God Love You: Why We Don’t, How We Can, by Wendy Ulrich
Still: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis, by Lauren F. Winner
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