| Description |
xv, 180 pages ; 17 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Learning to Savor and Finding Wonder -- Slow down and pay attention -- Dwell in the fullness of time -- Wake up to wonder -- Treasure your friendships -- Practices and Ponderings -- Finding Vulnerability through Saying Yes -- Say Yes to being vulnerable to something larger than yourself -- Say Yes to being vulnerable as God is vulnerable -- Say Yes to your humanness -- Practices and Ponderings -- Reaching beyond Suffering and Finding Resilience -- Don't waste your suffering -- Take pride in your strength -- Claim your resilience -- Engage your broken heart -- Practices and Ponderings -- Welcoming the Spirit and Finding Relationship with God -- Let God in -- Trust God more -- Embrace God's mercies -- Practices and Ponderings -- Unearthing Blessing and Finding the Holy in Unexpected Places -- Accept the blessing of your belovedness -- Suspend judgment and look for the blessing -- Bless the limitations-even your own -- Turn blessing into a daily practice -- Practices and Ponderings -- Owning Yourself and Finding What Shapes Your Inimitable Being -- Remember those who encouraged you -- Affirm the truths that have set you free -- Own your essence and your strengths -- Practices and Ponderings -- Overcoming Hindrances to Gratitude and Finding Thankfulness Once Again -- Release the temptation to compare -- Purge your preoccupation with More -- Rise above your insecurity -- Practices and Ponderings -- Valuing What You Have and Finding the Contentment of Enough -- Reflect on happiness that money can't buy -- Be glad when your needs are met -- Glimpse the holy right where you are -- Practices and Ponderings -- How to Use This Book with a Group -- The Practice of Finding Retreat: Leader's Guide. |
| Summary |
Seeking is in vogue these days. Many of us are continually, even obsessively striving and seeking for something or other. But are we ever satisfied? What is enough? Holly Whitcomb presents the spiritual practice of finding as the antidote to chronic seeking and as the doorway to a grateful awareness of having received enough. She reflects on wisdom distilled by the “finders", poets, playwrights, psychologists, and theologians, and derived from her own experience. When we engage in finding, we recognize with humility and wonder that the universe contains possibilities beyond our power to imagine. The Practice of Finding is an inspiring guide to that journey of discovery. |
| Subject(S) |
Contentment -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Spirituality -- Christianity.
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| ISBN |
9780802875303 (paperback) |
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