Living Waters
Becoming A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood
By Kayla Parker
From Skinner House Books
A spiritual companion for young adults and all who live amid transitions and tensions. Dozens of carefully selected readings address themes that are prominent for people in their twenties and early thirties.
We float on a sea
hidden beneath dry surfaces
covered by stones.
Isn’t this why we drink and dive so deeply
go down to the sea in ships
risk drowning, again and again?
Isn’t this why Moses parted the waters
to begin his journey?
Why Jesus crossed the waters
to comfort and challenge us?
We were born in water.
We float free in water.
We are washed clean by water.
Isn’t this why we long to find our inward sea?
To help us wash clean the world?