Soul and the City

Your City Guide to God

Beneath the relentless rhythms of city life beats the heart of God, and award-winning author Marcy Heidish takes you into a more intimate relationship with him in the midst of crowds, chaos, and concrete. Her experiences from a curb in Brooklyn, the bay in San Francisco, a rooftop of Chartres Cathedaral in Paris, and the busy halls of Washington, D. C. , help you see the city in a new light. She turns common city distractions, annoyances, and challenges into spiritual invitations or "gateways” to a new kind of contemplation where:

• screaming sirens become cues to silent intercession,
• skyscrapers, like spires, pull your eyes and thoughts heavenward,
• and red traffic lights work as "pause” buttons that call for you to stop and pray.

"In the city there is grit, ” Marcy writes. And grime and garbage. But her practical tools in every chapter for reflection, discussion, and application help you see-whether you're visiting, working, or dwelling in Philadelphia or Phoenix, New York or Los Angeles, Seattle or Syracuse-that in the city there is also grace.