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This warmly encouraging collection of daily readings offers immediate inspiration for readers seeking a more spiritually grounded lifestyle. Each reading is based on a quotation from one of the world’s great philosophers, poets, saints, and sages. Augustine and Einstein, Emily Dickinson and Jalaladdin Rumi, Biblical verses, Buddhist sutras, Hasidic proverbs, and Hindu Upanishads can all be found here. Each quote is accompanied by a commentary from Easwaran, explaining how the wisdom of the ages can help us here and now. Some days offer gentle reminders to slow down and be mindful. Other days give advice for changing an unwanted habit, mending a relationship, staying strong in hard times, or striving toward the peaks of spirituality described in all religions. This is a book to read in the morning to start the day right, or at night to prepare for peaceful rest. Each day, each year, brings fresh insights and inspiration.
Founded on the premise that each of us is to be a sign of the living God, this primer on spiritual formation is written for Christians in today's busy world. Focusing on the universal call to holiness, Dr. Mutt takes us through each step along the path of spiritual living -- silence, solitude, prayer, reading, meditation, journal-keeping, contemplation and mutual service. An ideal book for retreatants, spiritual directors and counselors.
This guide advocates creating spiritual calm by following rather than fighting the rhythms of daily life. The feeling of being out of balance is a sign that there is movement in one's life, and the best thing to do is to follow that motion and to let natural flows take over. Simple habits and exercises, designed to locate love in each moment and to ease anxiety, are taught with humor and gentleness. Structured in an accessible and direct manner, these inspirational quotes are followed with specific steps for achieving calm and contentment.
2019 Best Book Awards, Finalist: Spirituality—Inspirational 2020 International Book Awards, Winner: Spirituality—Inspirational In Small Simple Ways: An Ignatian Daybook for Healthy Spiritual Living, author, editor, and retreat leader Vinita Hampton Wright offers her trademark compassion and encouragement to lift readers up and help propel them forward. This book covers 52 weeks (Monday through Sunday) structured into four-week sections focusing on a principle of spiritual growth as taught by St. Ignatius of Loyola, including God in All Things, Spiritual Freedom, Imagination, and Reflection. Each day connects the general focus with a specific aspect or action of healthy spiritual life such as Compassion, Discernment, Generosity, Gratitude, and Integrity. Sundays are reserved as a day for resting our hearts in God. Through practice and repetition of these basic thoughts and actions that build upon themselves over the course of a year, Small Simple Ways will help you step into your future with good, healthy spiritual habits.
The pressure of expectations often means that priests fail to care for themselves and neglect their own spiritual life. Christopher Chapman draws on more than thirty years’ experience of spiritual direction, as well as his own experience of priesthood, to offer life-giving practices and personal disciplines for spiritual health.
Anna's breakthrough book, applauded by many respected spiritual teachers, will guide you to more fulfillment and joy.
Plant these spiritual seeds in your heart and watch them grow in your relationships, your parenting, your education and your life! Simple, empowering and refreshing!
Fairacres Publications 200 We truly follow a Christian vocation when we hear the call of God in our lives and obey it. This can be a profoundly troubling decision to make, particularly in our largely secular society. In essays written by those living their vocations, this book describes aspects of modern contemplative monastic life, and examines questions that might be asked when considering whether to “surrender the social life” and follow God’s call.