Practice Makes PURPOSE: Six Spiritual Practices That Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community
Publisher Description
The Six Spiritual Practices are a new formulation of a very old set of teachings and disciplines. If you apply them regularly, you will have more energy and vitality, more focus, more compassion, more clarity, and more joy. And these effects will ripple outward into your marriage and family, your parenting, your workplace, your friendships, your neighborhood and city. These practices will change your life and transform your community. They will connect you and the people around you to Purpose, the experience of belonging to something infinitely greater than ourselves.
Awards
Nautilus Book Award 2017 Silver Winner in the category "personal growth"
Reviews
"Schroeder, formerly a Greek Orthodox priest, takes inspiration from 'the great spiritual masters of the Egyptian desert' in this cheery formulation of a simple method for compassionate living... Never veering into egotism, this gentle, grateful, and relatable book will serve any readers looking for practical steps toward spiritual fulfillment."--Publishers Weekly."Schroeder offers a guide to a spiritually vibrant existence...[His] writing is clear, tight, and comprehensive... An engaging and valuable book about living a more loving and purposeful life."--Kirkus Reviews"Here is a book that provides practices that will awaken your heart and help us all to ventilate the world with tenderness."--Gregory Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries, bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart: the Power of Boundless Compassion"The Six Spiritual Practices offer simple, practical tools for people who want to make a positive impact in their neighborhoods and cities."--Dan O'Neill, Founder of Mercy Corps International, bestselling author of Signatures: the Story of John Michael Talbot"I found Paul's insights refreshing and thought-provoking, and would recommend this book to people in all walks of life."--Chris Dussin, Chairman of OSF International
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Schroeder, formerly a Greek Orthodox priest, takes inspiration from "the great spiritual masters of the Egyptian desert" in this cheery formulation of a simple method for compassionate living. Schroeder sees life as a "dance of differentiation and attachment, autonomy and interdependence," and views the building of a collaborative human community as "the great human task." To accomplish this task, he provides six practices: compassionate seeing, heartfelt listening, intentional welcoming, joyful sharing, grateful receiving, and cooperative building. For each chapter, Schroeder explains a teaching, provides a story from his own life that demonstrates an early lack of understanding, presents a mantra to center oneself into the practice, and ends with an example of the practice working successfully. Although he doesn't probe too deeply into the philosophical underpinnings of his steps, he does ruminate on the universality of his principles particularly clear are the parallels between Christian prayer and Buddhist meditation as forms of heartfelt listening. Never veering into egotism, this gentle, grateful, and relatable book will serve any readers looking for practical steps toward spiritual fulfillment. (BookLife)
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