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The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things - eBook
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▼▲Title: The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things - eBook By: Leighton Ford Format: DRM Free ePub Vendor: IVP | Publication Date: 2013 ISBN-13: 9780830896448 Stock No: WW65632EB |
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▼▲That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ.
Distractions and fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey of longing and looking for God. And it started with paying attention.
In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich tradition of praying the hours, Ford will walk with you, helping you pay attention to God's work in you and around you throughout each day and in different seasons of your life.
If you're busy, distracted, rushing through each day, you might be feeling disconnected from God, unable to see how he's working. You might be missing him. But the way toward him starts with a pause and a prayer--with intention and attention--and becomes a way of life, awake and alive to the peaceful, powerful presence of God.
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▼▲This book will take more than one reading to absorb its richness. Personal illustrations, an abundance of thought-provoking quotes, and memorable object lessons make this a book that may become a contemporary classic. -- JZ, Church Libraries, Fall 2008
"A spirit of ecumenism informs Ford's gracefully written guide to thoughtful prayer and attentiveness to God's voice." -- Library Journal, March 1, 2008
. . . A wonderfully compelling invitation to a life of prayer . . . Ford know how to share the "hours" with witful intelligence, charm and winsome conviction. This delightfully well-written book [will] provide any group with a host of insights, provocations, and layered viewpoints for discussion. -- Praying Daily (prayingdaily.blogspot.com), August 11, 2008
This book is special. It stretches the soul and makes "everything a prayer." -- Lamplighter, August 2008
Filled with examples of those who "paid attention," Ford's evangelical bona fides are unquestionable and well worth reading. -- The Christian Courier, August 2008
Using the richt tradition of praying the hours, Ford will walk with you, helping you pay attention to God's work in you and around you throughout each day and in different seasons of your life. -- Alice Brasky on Book Bargains and Previews, June 1008
The Attentive Life chronicles [Ford's] new desire to "be attentive" and more deeply nurture a viable set of practices that facilitate such spiritual intimacy with God. The Attentive Life is a perfect example of the kinds of things the Formatio line is about. We highly recommend it. -- Byron Borger, Hearts Minds Books, April 30, 2008
"Those who appreciate contemplative, gentle, insightful focus into the spiritual life will enjoy this partly autobiographical work." -- Anita Cain, CBA Retailers + Resources, May 2008
"Ford expresses in an almost poetic manner the peace that comes with the continual observation of and attentiveness to the presence of God." -- Heidi L. Ippolito, Christian Retailing, April 21, 2008
"[A] distinctly Protestant addition to the tradition of monastic spirituality." -- Publishers Weekly, March 10, 2008
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