Finding Time for the Timeless
Spirituality in the Workweek
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Practice spirituality in a culture where work has become a religion.
This collection of real-life examples offers refreshing stories of everyday spiritual practices people use to free themselves from the work and worry mindset of our culture.
Drawing from the experiences of others, it shows you how you too can refocus and enrich your daily life with spiritual practice, including:
Finding a haven for inspiring reading at a coffeehouse, singing during the morning commute to work, prayerful walking at home and on business trips, mindful eating and other deliberate experiences of God's goodness.
Full of insight and inspiration, Finding Time for the Timeless will help empower you to see how even your busiest workweek can include spiritual habits and routine.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An eloquent reply to the modern mantra "I don't have time for spiritual practices," McQuiston presents in minimalist fashion 42 vignettes describing people who find some way in their ordinary day to spend time with the Divine. Interspersed between stories about how Jack, Alice, Nabil and others live out their faith are McQuiston's own journal-style entries expressing his Christian mysticism. McQuiston, a Memphis attorney and author of Always We Begin Again, includes practices from a wide range of faith traditions. His subjects talk about the spiritual aspects of fishing, singing, meditation, walking and giving away their wealth. They also speak from the heart about prayer. Bhaskar, a Hindu surgeon, couldn't answer McQuiston's question about how his lifelong practice of prayer had shaped him "because there was no way to imagine the kind of person he would have been without prayer." Following the vignettes and personal reflections are two practical chapters a suggested "menu" of practices and McQuiston's recommended reading list. Crystalline in focus and written in a style so straightforward that reading it slowly and meditatively over time could easily become part of one's spiritual practice, this small book is a precious gift that busy people, considering new ways of being with God, will likely want to carry around with them for inspiration.
