“The point of the spiritual journey is freedom.” So begins a guide that offers profound insight on the human experience and the search for spiritual peace. In a world filled with stress, Vessel of Peace offers an ancient but seldom-followed path toward a peaceful life of deep meaning in the spirit. In this guide, we discover how to empty ourselves of cultural myths that cause us anxiety and to fill ourselves with spiritual truths that enable us to live an authentic and fulfilling life.
“Vessel of Peace, more than any other, is a book that asks life’s largest questions and then answers them with all the wisdom of which we humans are capable.” –M. Scott Peck, M.D., best-selling author of The Road Less Traveled
“Simple without being simplistic, Vessel of Peace is a guide-book for pilgrims of the spirit which promises nothing but a probing clarity…. This gracious book is a celebration of life as a gift, reminding us that this is not a rehearsal and that the goal and gift of life is communion in freedom.” –Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.
Doug Shadel is an award-winning consumer advocate who has authored three previous books, including Schemes & Scams (Foreword by Walter Cronkite) and The Power of Acceptance (Foreword by M. Scott Peck.) He has a doctorate in education and is a director of the Foundation for Community Encouragement.
Ellen Stephen (ES) is an anglican nun who has spent the past 20 years acting as a spiritual advisor to some of the major writers and thinkers of our time. She is currently the President of Corporation of the Convent of St. Helena in New York and is a graduate of Stanford University. She has published several books of poetry.