Holding on Loosely: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Seeing Something Else
208Holding on Loosely: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Seeing Something Else
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Overview
In HOLDING ON LOOSELY: Opening My Hands, Lightening My Load, and Seeing Something Else, author Dana Knox Wright tells stories of one who is hardwired to cling. To her children when they asked for a blessing to go. To someone else’s ideas, when she didn’t trust her own. She held on to prejudice when she would tell you she didn’t. She shut down for days while clinging to fear. She clung to youthfulness as if what would come next couldn’t be her life’s cherry on top.
In a particular season of her life, she recognized her bent to possess, to keep, to hold tightly, and to control was completely contrary to Jesus’ example. This is one woman’s history of holding on and her stories of turning loosestories of the gentle and firm, humorous and heartbreaking ways God led her to turn loose. It is living minimally from the inside out.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781954437562 |
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Publisher: | Carpenter's Son Publishing |
Publication date: | 06/14/2022 |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Prologue 9
Chapter 1 The Whistle 11
Chapter 2 The Best Parts of Me 21
Chapter 3 The People of Economy 29
Chapter 4 The Zinnia 37
Chapter 5 Desperation 41
Chapter 6 Charlotte of the Mountain 47
Chapter 7 The Invisible Line 53
Chapter 8 A Boy on a Plane 59
Chapter 9 Old Glory 65
Chapter 10 The Air Will Change 71
Chapter 11 The Invitation 75
Chapter 12 Soft Landings 81
Chapter 13 Walking on Lava 87
Chapter 14 We Would Be Friends 95
Chapter 15 The Actress, the Stein Way, and Me 101
Chapter 16 Blue Christmas 107
Chapter 17 Edith's Pink Flamingos 113
Chapter 18 When Diminishing Is Expanding 119
Chapter 19 Old People Kissing 123
Chapter 20 Holding Breath 127
Chapter 21 Living in a Chemex World 131
Chapter 22 The Girl Who Wanted to Play in the Band 137
Chapter 23 The Sky Isn't Falling 145
Chapter 24 The Parable of Vinegar 149
Chapter 25 Locusts 153
Chapter 26 Rina 159
Chapter 27 Crow Doesn't Taste Like Chicken 165
Chapter 28 Things Reclaimed 171
Chapter 29 I've Gone to See the Roses 175
Chapter 30 When Everyone Stayed Home 179
Chapter 31 Gals With Gumption 185
Chapter 32 Supper 191
Chapter 33 The Walls That Held Us 197
Epilogue 203
Acknowledgments 207
About the Author 208
What People are Saying About This
"In the pages of Holding on Loosely, Dana Knox Wright takes your hand and invites you on a journey of letting go, of opening your hands to yield all that you hold tightly. She knows that hands open to give can't help but receive. Dana's comforting voice speaks truth that may not always be comfortable - but is greatly needed. You'll come away inspired to live with greater understanding and ultimate peace."
–– Ronne Rock, long-road walker and author of One Woman Can Change the World
"I kept reading, I couldn't put the book down. I felt like Dana had been living my life, and walking in my shoes. The stories felt like soothing balm for my heart, a gentle reminder that I'm not alone on this journey. Oh I think you will feel the same when you read these stories, just like Dana's been walking in your shoes too."
–– Tara Royer Steele, author, Eat. Pie. Love.
"I've laughed and cried and agreed so many times! My goodness, this book is beautifully engaging and relates to so many aspects of my life."
–– Julie Tedder, public educator
"I had the incredible privilege to listen early to the audiobook of Holding on Loosely. If you aren't already acquainted with Dana, prepare to meet your new, dear friend. She will draw you into one of the most authentic and transparent conversations you've enjoyed in a long while. Pour yourself a cup of Joe. You'll want to stay awhile."
–– Lauri Ramsey, Civic Volunteer
"Holding on Loosely is a beautiful and thoughtful read! I am so thankful for Dana's words of wisdom as she delves into motherhood, friendship and so many other experiences and pulls back the curtain to reveal the underneath that we all understand: the challenge it is to be human, yet surrendered to something greater than ourselves. The words on these pages are so comforting and timely, as we seek to understand life, gain control over it and recognize that the best things come when we hold what we have been given with a loose, yet hopeful, grip."
–– Jaleesa McCreary, Worship Leader, The Austin Stone
"Dana, thank you so much for the gift of holding your words in my hands. I cried. I laughed. I remembered things from childhood. There were times I felt you lived in my brain. You put words to so many things we have to come to terms with and you did it beautifully with only three: holding on loosely.
–– Carol Howard, Speaker and Creator of Leaving a Legacy Conference
"I’ve cried twice this year. Once when I graduated college, and once after reading only one chapter of this book. Sometimes it takes a good story written by a faithful woman gifted with words to realize you’re holding on tightly."
–– Justyn Tedder, Oil & Gas Public Affairs Associate in Washington, D.C.