The Shape of Living: Spiritual Directions for Everyday Life - Hardcover

Ford, David F.

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9780786245208: The Shape of Living: Spiritual Directions for Everyday Life

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ISBN 10: 0786245204 ISBN 13: 9780786245208

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2002

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In an overwhelming world, how can our lives be shaped to their greatest potential? David F. Ford describes the 'overwhelmings' we face in the whirl of life today--the endless images and information that inundate us and pervade our lives. Examining the people and forces that influence us, the rhythm of work and leisure, and the intense experiences, both good and bad, that make up reality, Ford serves up practical wisdom for coping creatively with challenge and change. Above all, Ford helps us discover a dynamic pattern that can respond to the 'overwhelmings' and shape our desires, relationships, responsibilities, and celebrations. Here is a vision of genuine Christian life that can face both the living God and the best and worst of today's world.

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What does it mean to live as a Christian in the busy, secular world? How is it possible not to be overwhelmed by the pace and rush of modern life? These are the central themes explored in the Archbishop's Lent Book for 1998. From the starting point of overwhelming images, information and emotions which bombard believers on their spiritual quest, David Ford takes the ancient Christian notion of "Vocation"--the life that one should lead in order to be most fulfilled and closest to God--and considers what relevance it has at the end of the 20th century. He looks at the people who shape us, life-changing desires and relationships, the rhythm and necessity of work and domestic time and the extreme good and bad experiences which must challenge the chosen path. Throughout he offers practical Christian wisdom.

About the Author:

David F. Ford is Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, and a well-known author and theologian.

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