Fully Awake and Truly Alive Spiritual Practices to Nurture Your Soul
Fully Awake and Truly Alive: Spiritual Practices to Nurture Your Soul by Jane E. Vennard, published by LongHill Partners, Incorporated in February 2013, is a 208-page exploration of spiritual practices aimed at enhancing personal growth and well-being. This book addresses the desire to slow down and engage with the present moment, offering insights for individuals from various faith traditions or those without a specific belief system.
Readers will find guidance through personal stories from Vennard’s experiences as a spiritual seeker and retreat leader. The book presents a variety of spiritual practices, including caring for the body, embracing silence, and fostering community, alongside step-by-step exercises and meditations. It aims to help individuals navigate the complexities of modern life while nurturing their spiritual selves, ultimately encouraging a deeper connection to the essence of being fully alive.
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Fulfill the reality that the glory of God is the human fully alive.
“Reverend Vennard is fearlessly awake to the wild dance of life. Rather than sleeping through life, she awakens to it. Rather than escaping from reality, she embraces it. Rather than distracting herself with a life to come, she dares to live the life that is. And she wants you to do all this as well. Read this book. Live this book. Wake up.”
–from the Foreword
In a culture enthralled with technology, striving and speed, people of many faith traditions and no faith tradition long to slow down, pay attention and wake up to the present moment. They want help in realizing their hope that they can become more truly alive.
This engaging and highly readable book offers you guidance for the journey. Sharing stories from her personal life as a spiritual seeker and from her professional career as a retreat leader, spiritual director and teacher, Reverend Jane Vennard illustrates the joys and frustrations of spiritual practice, offers insights from various religious traditions, and provides step-by-step exercises and meditations to practice:
Caring for the body – Rest – Silence Solitude – Letting go – Community – Hospitality – Service – Living gratefully
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