Honest to God Prayer

Spirituality as Awareness, Empowerment, Relinquishment and Paradox

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

In this unique and encouraging guide to prayer, Kent Ira Groff, a longtime retreat leader and inspiring writer-poet, explores how to engage in spirituality that blesses your soul-and the world. Whether you're advanced or just starting on your spiritual path, this practical prayer path breaker will lure you in with its novel combination of touching, true stories, pithy thoughts and inspiring prayer practices. For those turned off by shopworn religious language, it offers innovative ways to pray in four metaphorical movements that parallel both Native American traditions and Ignatian spirituality:·East-Morning / Prayer as Awareness Waking up to reality-opening ·South-Noon / Prayer as Empowerment Embracing your dreams and possibilities-expanding ·West-Afternoon / Prayer as RelinquishmentLetting go of attachments-emptying·North-Night / Prayer as ParadoxUniting the opposites of life-integratingPrayer practices for each of the four "movements" provide for personal and group enrichment at home and work, in formal programmes and informal friendships. They interweave the author's own experience to say: "This is honest to God spirituality and I'm seeing myself."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:290 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:159
Förlag:Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN:9781594734335

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Kent Ira Groff, founding mentor of Oasis Ministries in Pennsylvania, is a spiritual companion for journeyers and leaders, a retreat leader and an inspiring writer-poet. For over two decades, he has practised and taught the contemplative active life at theological seminaries and retreat centres in the US and abroad. He is author of What Would I Believe If I Didn't Believe Anything? and Facing East, Praying West, among other books. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Innehållsförteckning

Index of Prayer PracticesOrientationPrologueIntegrating Native American and Ignatian Spiritual StreamsTheme I Prayer as Awareness: OpeningChapter One. Waking Up to Reality: The Grounding for AwarenessChapter Two. Living Awake to What Is The Process of AwarenessPractices for Cultivating AwarenessTheme II Prayer as Empowerment: ExpandingChapter Three. Claiming Possibilities: The Grounding for EmpowermentChapter Four. Embracing Dreams: The Process of EmpowermentPractices for Cultivating EmpowermentTheme III Prayer as Relinquishment: EmptyingChapter Five. Negative Capability: The Grounding for RelinquishmentChapter Six. Shedding Attachments: The Process of RelinquishmentPractices for Cultivating RelinquishmentTheme IV Prayer as Paradox: IntegratingChapter Seven. Rediscovering Mystery: The Grounding for ParadoxChapter Eight. The Active Contemplative Life: The Process of ParadoxPractices for Cultivating ParadoxBring It All Together: Morning Prayer in Four DirectionsAcknowledgmentsNotesResources for Further Reading