Receiving the Day:Christian practices for opening the gift of time; A Guide for Conversation (The Practices of Faith Series)

Bass, Dorothy C. and Wright, Lani and Richter, Don C.

ISBN 10: 0787958786 / ISBN 13: 9780787958787

Edité par Jossey-Bass, 2001

A propos de cet article

35 numbered pages; minor tan to text; light wear to corners and edges of cover; minor rub to cover; a few minor creases to cover; several minor dings/ minor scratches to cover; stapled binding; weighs 3 ounces; measures 8.8 by 5.9 by .22 inches; 032524; For busy people who see time as something to be managed, manipulated, and measured, comes a refreshing alternative vision of time as a gift waiting to be unwrapped.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Receiving the Day:Christian practices for opening the gift of time; A Guide for Conversation (The Practices of Faith Series)
• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0787958786
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780787958787
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Religion

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Synopsis

This text identifies specific practices for ordering the day, the week, the year and our lifetime that can enable us to experience time as a gift, rather than merely something against which to measure our accomplishments. This study guide is designed to accompany the book "Receiving the Day".

Revue de presse

"With wisdom, clarity, and sacred practicality, Dorothy Bass changes our relationship with Time. It needn′t control us. Rather, the day, the week, and the year are each an opportunity for us to shape our lives in the peace and kindness of God. God′s story becomes our story. This is a book of genuine insight and gentle leadership. Let it turn your calendar from a taskmaster into a gift from the Creator for creation and for you." (Walter Wangerin Jr., author, The Book of God)

"Those who struggle with pressures and limits of time––that is, all of us! ––will find this book a rich resource to be tasted and tried. This deeply spiritual book dramatically reorients the heart of the reader . . . challenging our time–obsessed society and teaching the wisdom of religious practices." (Bonnie J. Miller–McLemore, author, And Also a Mother: Work and Family As Theological Dilemma)

"A profoundly useful book. . . . It reminds us forcibly that we are embodied creatures gifted by God with time too precious to fritter or work away. In its recommendations for healing our relationship to time it is often unsettlingly revolutionary, frequently subversive of our secular culture, and always full of Dorothy Bass′s honest and generous reflections on her own life. It is a pleasure to recommend it." (Roberta Bondi, author, A Place to Pray: Reflections on the Lord′s Prayer and Memories of God)