Lost in Wonder: Rediscovering the Spiritual Art of Attentiveness - Hardcover

Esther De Waal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853115525 ISBN 13: 9781853115523

Publisher: Canterbury Pr Norwich, 2003

Synopsis

In 2003, seven members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, an Anglican order of Christian brothers living a simple and prayerful life and known for their peace work throughout the South Pacific and beyond, were brutally murdered as a result of ethnic conflict in the Solomon Islands. They had been taken hostage five months earlier.

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In Lost in Wonder, Esther de Waal uses the everyday circumstances of our lives?the restrictions and frustrations as well as the gifts and opportunities?as our own way to God. By teaching us how to be attentive to all the seemingly small and insignificant things, she shows how they become windows through which the light of Christ can shine to dispel darkness, illuminate our understanding, and speak to our deepest needs. As we recover the gift of childlike wonder we begin to see that spiritual fruitfulness does not depend on our anxious performance, but is a gift we may receive freely. Quotations from the Psalms and spiritual writers at the end of each chapter encourage prayerful reflection. Chapters are: ?Seeing With the Inner Eye,? ?Silence,? ?Change,? ?Tears,? ?Mystery,? ?Gift,? and ?Epilogue.??Lost in Wonder is a gift of wisdom that we will want to re-visit from time to time, an age-old truth in an ever new invitation: ?Come and see.?? Pastoral Music?Many books about finding the divine in the everyday exist, but not many of them offer the reader such a rich feast as this one does.? Liguorian?Structured as a retreat for some, and for others threads of a tapestry to be visited and pondered when there is time, de Waal explores the strands of seeing with the inner eye; silence; attention; change; dark and light; mystery and gift. Cultivating and growing in each area builds and expands our attentiveness to God and God?s movement in our lives.? St. Placid Priory?This is an incredibly rich book. It introduces us to writers from throughout twenty centuries of Christian writing. It invokes all of our senses. It leads us back to reflecting on our own lives. Give yourself the gift of reading it. And, by all means, read it slowly.? Weavings

About the Author

ESTHER DE WAAL's classic book on Benedictine wisdom, Seeking God brought her international renown. One of today's most widely read spiritual writers, she lives near Hereford on the border between England and Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canterbury Pr Norwich
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853115525
• ISBN 13: 9781853115523
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160