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Zusatztext "A lovely book! This wise and wonderful guide is required reading for leaders of any congregation seeking to create a warm ambience of welcoming. Highly recommended." - Dr. Ron Wolfson ! author! The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community "Gently voiced and clear ... adds wonderful thoughtfulness and depth to the practices of a truly spiritual life.... Will help people navigate the complexity of life with love and welcome for [all] living things." - Rev. Clare Butterfield ! director! Faith in Place "Turns your black-and-white understanding [of hospitality] into a spiritual practice that will transform you! your relationships! and your experience of God.... [Offers an] experience of awareness! acceptance and action that is both profoundly human and divine." - Thomas Ryan! CSP ! author! The Sacred Art of Fasting: Preparing to Practice "A must-read.... Illustrates how simple gestures [of invitation and welcome] can transform us into spiritual adepts." - Nancy Corcoran! CSJ ! author! Secrets of Prayer: A Multifaith Guide to Creating Personal Prayer in Your Life "This interfaith meditation on an essential spiritual discipline is written with a wonderfully deft touch." - Tony Jones ! national coordinator! Emergent Village; author! The New Christians Informationen zum Autor Rev. Nanette Sawyer is founding pastor of Wicker Park Grace, an innovative Christian community in Chicago that holds hospitality as a core value. An ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church (USA), she serves as a representative on the Interfaith Relations Commission of the National Council of Churches USA. Rev. Dirk Ficca is the executive director of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and moderator of Chicago Presbytery's Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations. Klappentext A practical guide to cultivating the spiritual power of invitation and welcome in your life. Discover how the qualities of hospitality can deepen your self-understanding and help you build transforming and lasting relationships with others and with God. Zusammenfassung A practical guide to cultivating the spiritual power of invitation and welcome in your life. Discover how the qualities of hospitality can deepen your self-understanding and help you build transforming and lasting relationships with others and with God. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction: Hospitality as Transformation 1 Hospitality to God: Welcoming God's Welcome 2 Hospitality to Self: Inviting the Authentic Self 3 Hospitality to Family: Offering Full Presence to Those Closest to Us 4 Hospitality to Neighbors: Becoming the Merciful Neighbor 5 Hospitality to Strangers: Pursuing Kinship Rather than Estrangement 6 Hospitality to Enemies: Extending Generosity through Non-Retaliation 7 Hospitality to Creation: Knowing Creation Relationally Acknowledgments Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index of Exercises and Practices ...
