|  Living Faith Day by Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Tradition Can Help You Live Spiritually in the Modern World
A full spiritual life goes beyond Sunday mornings and bedtime prayers, encompassing the way we work and play, eat and breathe, love and learn. Since ancient times, monastic communities have recognized this and used guidelines to focus on the sacred in all aspects of life and to strengthen their love of God. Today many people continue to find inspiration—and clear guidance—in these “rules.” This book is designed to help you discover your own spiritual path by drawing on the traditions of a wide variety of ancient and contemporary religious orders to form your own personal rule of life. It includes fascinating historical detail and modern-day examples, and shows us how to develop and express our spirituality through prayer, work, study, spiritual community, care of our bodies, service, and hospitality.
God lives in the small details and the seemingly mundane tasks, in the rhythm of our feet upon the earth as well as in the gaze we focus on the heavens. With this book you can discover the rhythms that millions before you have heard—and follow your own unique steps on the path.
Reviews
“Farrington…formulates a practical and thoughtful guide for developing an individual, God-centered ‘rule for life,’…Along the way she offers some memorable insights…Farrington brings the lofty vision of monastic life down to earth…”—Publishers Weekl, August 14, 2000 “Farrington…offers welcome assistance for the integration of worship and the spiritual life into daily practice using the rules of a variety of monastic traditions…She is not the first to attempt to apply the lessons to modern life, but her interpretation is winningly experiential rather than theological, and should be welcome reading…”—Library Journal, July 2000 “This book [Living Faith Day by Day] promises a great deal, considering the richness of those monastic traditions. That promise is fulfilled.”—The Episcopal New Yorker, December 2000 “This book offers with gentle grace the practical guidelines needed for taking seriously spiritual disciplines. Farrington’s honesty, humor, and inviting writing style are contagious, gently drawing the reader into deeper reflection and committed action.”—Dr. Joseph D. Driskill, author of Protestant Spiritual Exercises “In this expansive guidebook to maintaining a daily relationship with God, Debra Farrington’s book is packed with interesting information on those who have traveled the path before us and concrete suggestions for following their example in our prayer, work, body care, service, and other areas of contemporary life. Best of all, this way of living a rule is eminently doable!”—Mary Ann Brussat, author of Spiritual Literacy |
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