Description
Book SynopsisHave you wondered how to integrate your heartfelt beliefs into your life? In this thoughtful collection a wide range of contributors describe the small everyday practices that bring meaning to their lives.
What shapes your efforts into an everyday spiritual practice is your commitment to making the activity a regular and significant part of your life. Forty inspiring contributors share their personal, daily spiritual practices—from meditation and prayer, to recycling and vegetarianism, to quilting and art. This collection suggests a wide variety of ways in which you can spiritually examine, shape and care for your life, to achieve wholeness and happiness.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
THE BASICS
Balance Susan by Manker-Seale
Listening to Our Lives by Kathleen McTigue
The Middle Way by Michael A. Schuler
Eclectic Spirituality by Barbara Wells
A Spiritual Maintenance Schedule by Arvid Straube
ENGAGING THE MIND: Contemplation
Silent Retreats by Andrew C. Kennedy
Creating an Altar by Johanna Nichols
Adversity by Barbara Merritt
The Sacred Moment by Edwin C. Lynn
Living by Heart by Laurel Hallman
Mindfulness by James Austin
Sitting Zen by James Ishmael Ford
Monastic Practice by Wayne B. Arnason
Sacred Reading by Susan J. Ritchie
Prayer by Erik Walker Wikstrom
ENGAGING THE BODY: Activity and Nourishment
Movement by Robert T. Hughes
Martial Arts by Sarah Lammert
Yoga by Eva S. Hochgraf
Exercise by Scott W. Alexander
Fasting by Marta Morris Flanagan
Mealtime by Aaron R. Payson
ENGAGING THE HEART: Relationship
Everyday Relationships by Jane Ellen Mauldin
Partnership as Spiritual Practice by Brian J. Kiely
Marriage by M. Maureen Killoran
Parenting by Pat Westwater-Jong
Loss and Grief by Jennie Knoop
ENGAGING THE WILL: Right Action
Spiritual Practice for Our Time by Rebecca Parker
Social Justice by Art McDonald, Deborah Holder, and Stephen H. Furrer
Anti-Racism by Dorothy May Emerson
Simple Living by Ken Brown
Recycling by Audrey W. Vincent
Vegetarianism by Helena P. Chapin
Giving by Tony Larsen
ENGAGING THE SOUL: Creativity
Quilting by Laurie Bushbaum
Meditation by Hand by L. Annie Foerster
Gardening by Barbara Davenport
Cooking by Lynn M. Brodie
Art by Julie-Ann Silberman
