Recovery of joy The

Recovering joy involves remembering that we have already arrived at our destination - the safety of our Father's house - even as we continue on the pilgrim road that takes us through life.'

The Recovery of Joy weaves imaginative story and profound biblical reflections on several of the Psalms to trace a journey that many of us will relate to. The narrative begins in rootlessness and despair and takes a wanderer across the sea to a series of islands. These are the setting for a series of events and encounters through which emerges a progression from that initial rootlessness, through healing, to a rediscovery of the joy of feeling at the centre of God's loving purpose for our lives.

• Introduction

• On the road
• Dead end
• The pathless way

• Green pastures
• The blessing of sleep
• No place like home

• Into the depths
• A desert place
• A time to mend

• Stuck
• Freed
• Cleansed

• On the rock
• Crossing the bay
• The recovery of joy