Embracing the Mystery: The Sacred Unfolding in Ordinary People and Everyday Lives [Hardcover]

Meredith Jordan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004

"Embracing the Mystery" is a collection of spiritually compelling stories and inspirational reflections about those numinous moments when the spirit of mystery is revealed in ordinary life and brings with it an extraordinary grace. Chapter by chapter, story by story, the book describes the challenges of real people striving to be awake for these brief glimpses into the mystery and willing to be irrevocably changed by them. This essential book provides questions and meditations at the end of each chapter that encourage each reader to examine his or her own encounters with the sacred in everyday life.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A collection of short inspiring stories with one thing in common: they exhort the reader to live authentically. -- Taj Starr, bookreviewcafe.com

As much about failure as the times we shine, this book teaches "there is no place where God is not." -- Deborah Pfeffer, Kripalu yoga teacher

Challenging, delightful stories with enlightened solutions! -- The Mindquest Review

Jordan walks seekers through issues we all encounter. Her stories have one common plea: they exhort readers to live authentically. -- Book Review Cafe

Meredith Jordan lifts the sacred out of everyday moments and presents it to us in small gifts. -- Christina Baldwin, author of "Calling the Circle" and "The Seven Whispers"

Meredith Jordan lifts the sacred out of everyday moments and presents them to us in small gifts! -- Christina Baldwin, author of

From the Publisher

The simple, heartfelt gift of this lovely book is that---unlike so many spiritual books---the author does not tell us how to have a spirit-filled life. She quietly, carefully , simply calls out the spirit-filled life that is already alive in each of us.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 323 pages
• Publisher: Rogers McKay Publishing (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974953512
• ISBN-13: 978-0974953519
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,125,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trustworthy spiritual guide, March 11, 2005

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Marvin M. Ellison (Portland, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Embracing the Mystery: The Sacred Unfolding in Ordinary People and Everyday Lives (Paperback)

If you're seeking dialogue with someone who is genuinely wise and trustworthy about matters of Spirit, you will likely rejoice, perhaps weep, and even at times laugh out loud while reading Meredith Jordan's fine new book, Embracing the Mystery. Written in a wonderfully intelligent and accessible style, this collection of brief reflections on "living a spirited life" gently invites the reader into a process of self-reflection and deepening conversation about spirituality, personal integrity, and hope for transformation. "I'm grateful to have been given the gift of noticing," Jordan writes. "Even in the most painful of times, I attempt to notice where the Mystery is at work, and I discover-not a surprise!-it's always at work, in all situations, and in all places." With insight and compassion, she candidly shares what she has come to know, value, and trust about the Sacred in the midst of everyday life. While showing respect for where others may be on their journey, she also nudges the reader to be equally attentive to, moved by, and responsive to things that truly matter. Knowing (and being known by) the Mystery is a gift but also a task, so what will one come away with after all this probing, pondering, and prayerful openness? Perhaps you'll risk finding the richest blessing of all: a more heart-felt "yes" to life and renewed energy to go forth and make a real difference in and for a world that's groaning for renewal.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Opens our eyes!, December 20, 2004

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New York poet (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embracing the Mystery: The Sacred Unfolding in Ordinary People and Everyday Lives (Paperback)

Meredith Jordan does three extraordinary things: she opens our eyes to the numinous that daily surrounds us in our earthly existence; she encourages us, by example, to accept the mystery in our ordinary story; she shows a way to share it, in words or in silence, with others. It's worthwhile following her!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food For The Soul..., August 5, 2004

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Douglas G Babkirk "Associate Dean" (Cumberland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Embracing the Mystery: The Sacred Unfolding in Ordinary People and Everyday Lives (Hardcover)

Meredith's book has arrived in my life at a time when I am exploring what it means to live an undivided life, to move out of Thomas Merton's 'hidden wholeness'. Each chapter is a portal through which my body, mind and spirit pass only to discover new meanings, insights and questions as a man seeking to live in alignment with who I am in the world. Reading a chapter before bedtime is food for the dreams of my soul, and I am grateful for Meredith's shared wisdom.