Joan Gunn Broadfield

Good Night

World Religions

“How does one enter a night of rest? For years, it’s been my journal and the current fiction I’m reading. This book, though, is giving me another idea: an intention of gently laying down the day, by reflecting, reading, and considering where my spirit might be inspired, mended, settled. This collection of writings from many faith traditions includes a roadmap of sorts—of emotional and experiential frames to consider, should there be a need to focus on one, as one seeks to settle the day. I am surprised at the welcome I feel—invited in. The inclusion of gender and God considerations in some of the adjusted language, even as the original is also included, feels warmly respectful and opening. This feels like a gift I never knew I needed.”