Four lives, four ways of being faithful to the gospel and collaborating with God to make the world more loving and humane:

How do these faces of metanoia speak to us today?

In this book, the lives and voices of four visionary leaders are brought together to provide perspectives on what life-changing relationship with God can look like. The book's focus on moments of insight, choice, and action illuminates their spiritual journeys, makes their prophetic decisions accessible, and invites readers to consider how they, too, might collaborate, with God and others, to make the world a better place.

What readers are saying:

"This book is a map for discovering our deeper humanity... Inviting and engaging; challenging and life changing."

"Readers will find comfort and hope within the pages of this book."

"If you are hungry for deeper meaning in your life and a companion on your journey, this is a must read."

Gillian T. W. Ahlgren is internationally recognized as a specialist in the Christian mystical tradition. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in theology, church history and Christian spirituality for 35 years. Faces of Metanoia is her ninth book, and is the fruit of notes, questions and conversations from the retreats she has given on the same topic.