Böcker av Patricia McGregor

In this last of four books in her missionary series, The Rev. Dr. Patricia (Patsy) McGregor, shares her deep love for the Malagasy people and culture. Through a series of vignettes, Patsy's rare combination of joy, humor, and spiritual insight guides the reader to explore Courage, Calling, Character, Chemistry, Competency, and Community. Patsy recounts the lessons she learned through 30 years of living among some of the world's poorest people, particularly during her last 12 years in southern Madagascar. Her reflections inspire readers to apply these same lessons in their lives. In Window of My Soul, Patsy invites us to a new awareness of God working in our world in mighty ways. Other books in the series are A Guest in God's World, The Detour, and Tamana: At Home in Africa. The Rev. Dr. Patricia (Patsy) McGregor with her husband Todd devoted 30 years providing spiritual and humanitarian aid to needy communities in Madagascar, Kenya and Mauritius. Her experiences ranged from tea with the Queen of England to fellowship with a shaman in southern Madagascar. She co-founded health clinics, schools, women's centers and churches that improved the lives of the people she served. Patsy pioneered the introduction of women clergy in Mauritius and the Diocese of Toliara, Madagascar. Currently she is Director of Spiritual Formation, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Stuart, Florida and continues to work closely with the nonprofit ministry People Reaching People co-founded with her husband.

This book describes one woman''s journey to and through Madagascar-a journey that took eleven long years, and still remained incomplete. But this is not the journey of a tourist, or of an academic explorer, or even of a curious missionary. This is the journey of Patricia McGregor, a simple, humble American woman whose worldview emerges out of her relationship with God, and her plain life as a wife and mother. As she struggles to find meaning in the simple experiences of life, her journey to Madagascar and her eleven-year stay and service there becomes a deep odyssey into her own restless soul, until she comes to the astonishing discovery that for a Christian the ultimate rest is found in ultimate restlessness!Patricia McGregor, affectionately known as Patsy, has given a very revealing and instructive writing in this book. Unreservedly she pours out the hardships and personal struggles she had to endure while coping with the culture shock and lack of convenience. I understand better now the psychological and material sufferings missionaries must face, and this may explain why at times our requests for expatriate co-workers remain unanswered. I thank Patsy for what she and her family have done for my church in Madagascar and also for this book, which is very easy and exciting to read.His Grace the Most Revd. Rémi J. RabenirinaArchbishop of the Province of the Indian Ocean, and Bishop of Antananarivo, MadagascarCourageous, humble, and faithful; funny and poignant; honest and somehow necessary-Patsy McGregor''s vivid account of her missionary family immersed in Madagascar''s Anglican Church proves a point...McGregor''s patchwork of reflections, letters, and stories builds a powerful theme.The Revd. Jane ButterfieldMission Personnel Director, Episcopal Church of the USAPatsy writes with a disarming honesty of her eventful decade in the difficult but fascinating world of Madagascar. Despite the discouraging beginnings and the endless trials and tribulations, she has emerged from this long journey with a stronger, deeper faith, leaving behind a legacy of love and compassion towards the Malagasy people.P.J. Smith, CBEBritish Ambassador to Madagascar (1993 - 1996)

"Patsy spoke to us, as we gathered as bishops' spouses at the 2008 Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England. She spoke, with tears running down her face, of God's call to her husband, Todd, to return to Madagascar as a bishop. God's call to Todd was, inevitably, a call to Patsy, too. But Patsy couldn't see what she would have to offer God, until God reminded her of the story of the widow's mite. Patsy was to offer whatever she had, however inadequate it felt. God would know its value and how to use it. Tamana describes how Patsy came to be just where God needed her and her gifts. But also how, in the generous, humourous love of God, Patsy realised that she was being given what she needed, as she offered what she had. Patsy describes the poverty, the illness, the sheer effort of life in Madagascar without sentiment. But she also describes the riches of love, interdependence and community." Dr. Jane Williams, Tutor in Theology, St. Mellitus College, London and Chelmsford, and wife of the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Tamana is The Rev. Dr. Patsy McGregor's third book about her missionary experiences in Madagascar and Kenya with her husband, The Rt. Rev. Dr. Todd McGregor. Tamana draws upon her journals, reflections from the windows of their residence in Ankilifaly, Madagascar, conversations with others, and other resources she relied upon while living in Ankilifaly. To facilitate readers' reflections about their own spiritual journeys and challenges, each chapter concludes with "Opportunities for Personal Reflection." These sections highlight experiences described in the chapter and suggest questions for thought, reflection, and prayer concerning the chapter theme and the reader's own spiritual growth. Opportunities for Personal Reflection may guide individual exploration and discovery as well as structure and focus small group discussion.