The Spirit At Your Back, Spiritual Reflections on This and That

O'Rourke, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1427617139 / ISBN 13: 9781427617132

Published by Caritas Communications, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Spirit At Your Back, Spiritual Reflections on This and That
• Publisher: Caritas Communications
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1427617139
• ISBN 13: 9781427617132
• Binding: Trade Paperbac
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Used: Very good
• Weight: 19 ounces

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Synopsis

About The Book The Spirit at Your Back deals with war and peace, with gratitude and grief, with prejudice and politics; in practical, concrete ways it treats of spirituality and religion. It covers topics as varied as paying taxes and caring for grandchildren. The book is a collection of columns published originally in the Observer in Dunkirk, New York. It is not the kind of book you ll read through like a novel. The book is a reader. Its seventy short chapters are reflective reading. They are meant to make you stop and think. You ll pick this book up and after a chapter set it down to reflect on its message. Then as the spirit moves you, you ll pick it up again. It would be trite to say the book is spiritual but not religious, however the cliche fits. It steers away from institutional religion to offer spiritual insights to us who live in a hectic, materialistic and technological world. Its Table of Contents and Index allow the reader to decide where they choose to dip in and jump out. When asked about his book, Dan said he liked to think about it like Anna Quindlen writing her columns in Newsweek with a clerical stole around her neck. Some clergy have found his concrete writing and practical examples helpful in sermon preparation.

About the Author

I ve been a newspaper columnist for the Observer in Dunkirk, NY since 2000. I started with an occasional column on the clergy page but eventually moved to the editorial page where I now publish a column twice a month. Besides my writing, I m a frequent speaker in western New York churches. I m also a registered healer and trained mediator. My wife Marie and I live in Cassadaga, NY where we garden and grandparent and, when I can, I meditate, think and write. I m retired from State University of New York in Fredonia where I directed Human Resources for twenty-five years. I was ordained a Catholic priest in 1959 and married Marie in 1971. We have three children and six grandchildren who bring us much joy. If you re interested in my academic credentials, here they are. I have graduate degrees in philosophy, theology and counseling from Saint Bonaventure University, Manhattan College and the University of New Hampshire. I ve also been active in my local community with the United Way, the American Red Cross, and the Dunkirk-Fredonia Center for Peace and Justice.