Flunking sainthood a year of breaking the Sabbath, forgetting to pray, and still loving my neighbor
"... Jana Riess shares a year-long quest to become more saintly by tackling twelve spiritual practices, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, the Jesus Prayer, and generosity. Although she begins with great plans for success, she finds to her growing humiliation that she...
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Brewster, Mass. :
Paraclete Press,
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Flunking sainthood : |b a year of breaking the Sabbath, forgetting to pray, and still loving my neighbor / |c Jana Riess. |
| 260 | |a Brewster, Mass. : |b Paraclete Press, |c c2011. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 179 p. ; |c 21 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-179). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Choosing practices -- Fasting in the desert -- Meeting Jesus in the kitchen, or not -- Lectio divination -- Nixing shoppertainment -- Centering prayer, er, the Jesus prayer ... Look! A squirrel! -- Unorthodox Sabbath -- Thanksgiving every day -- Benedictine hospitality -- What would Jesus eat? -- Seven ... five ... three times a day will I praise you -- Generosity -- Practice makes imperfect. | |
| 520 | |a "... Jana Riess shares a year-long quest to become more saintly by tackling twelve spiritual practices, including fasting, fixed-hour prayer, gratitude, Sabbath-keeping, the Jesus Prayer, and generosity. Although she begins with great plans for success, she finds to her growing humiliation that she is failing--not just at some practices, but at every single one. What emerges is a vulnerable story of the quest for perfection and the reality of failure, which turns out to be a valuable spirtual practice in and of itself"--From publisher description. | ||
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