The Emmanuel Promise: Discovering the Security of a Life Held by God

God's face is always shining toward us

Our God is not asleep, nor indifferent. But we don't always experience His nearness or the depth of how beloved we truly are--especially if we have experienced neglect, abandonment, or emotional distance in our formative human relationships.

Drawing from the deep well of Scripture, attachment theory, and her own personal story, Summer Joy Gross invites you to experience Emmanuel, God-with-us, as the One whose love toward you is secure and unchanging. She teaches you how to

● use simple, repeatable practices to awaken to God's nearness and remain awake to his presence
● learn from those who have walked before us, studying biblical teachings and ancient church traditions
● orient your life to the promise of Emmanuel, the living Christ, walking beside you
● build a secure attachment with the God who holds you in a sure hand

When you are rooted in God's nearness in the ordinary moments, you can rest in God in the midst of life's storms.

Summer Joy Gross (MDiv, Virginia Theological Seminary) is an Anglican priest, retreat leader, and spiritual director whose work is guided by the belief that our stories can be transformed by God's invitation to make his love our home base. She is associate faculty of spiritual formation and the art of spiritual direction at the Healing Care Ministries' spiritual direction school. She is the host of The Presence Podcast and lives in North Georgia with her husband, their three teenagers, and their Brittany Spaniel, who points lawn ornament rabbits around their suburban neighborhood.