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Zusatztext "While I don't like long books! this one could have been 500 pages longer with no complaints from me." Informationen zum Autor Barbara Brown Taylor is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World and Leaving Church , which received an Author of the Year award from the Georgia Writers Association. Taylor is the Butman Professor of Religion at Piedmont College, where she has taught since 1998. She lives on a working farm in rural northeast Georgia with her husband, Ed. Klappentext In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church ("a beautiful, absorbing memoir"— The Dallas Morning News ), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about her experience leaving full-time ministryto become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her faith. Now, in her stunning follow-up, An Altar in the World , she shares how she learned to encounter God far beyond the walls of the church. Taylor reveals meaningful ways to discover the sacred in the small things we do and see, from simple practices such as walking, working, and prayer. Something as ordinary as hanging clothes on a clothesline becomes an act of meditation if we pay attention to what we're doing and take time to notice the sights, smells, and sounds around us. Making eye contact with the cashier at the grocery store becomes a moment of true human connection. Allowing yourself to get lost leads to new discoveries. As we incorporate these practices into our daily lives, we begin to discover altars everywhere we go, in nearly everything we do. Through Taylor's expert guidance and delicate, thought-provoking prose, we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and revere the world we live in. Zusammenfassung In the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World! acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey by building upon where she left off in Leaving Church . With the honesty of Elizabeth Gilbert ( Eat! Pray! Love ) and the spiritual depth of Anne Lamott ( Grace! Eventually )! Taylor shares how she learned to find God beyond the church walls by embracing the sacred as a natural part of everyday life. In An Altar in the World ! Taylor shows us how to discover altars everywhere we go and in nearly everything we do as we learn to live with purpose! pay attention! slow down! and revere the world we live in. ...
