Practicing Your Path: A Book of Retreats for an Intentional Life [Paperback]

Holly W. Whitcomb (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1880913534 | ISBN-13: 978-1880913536 | Publication Date: February 2002

For seekers on a spiritual path, this book provides 7 complete retreats, each exploring a pivotal component of classical spirituality. Designed for use by individuals going on private retreat, or by leaders of church retreats, each retreat provides thoughtful meditations, discussion questions, guidelines for use of time, and stimulating ideas for art, movement, ritual, journaling and creation of sacred space. Each retreat is a day-long format with ideas for extensions for a weekend retreat.

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About the Author

Holly Whitcomb is graduate of Yale Divinity School and has been a clergywoman in the United Church of Christ since 1978. She has published Feasting with God: Adventures in Table Spirituality with Pilgrim Press, as well as over 50 articles in major religious periodicals. Whitcomb is founder/director of Kettlewood Retreats, providing retreats for an ecumenical audience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Innisfree Pr (February 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880913534
• ISBN-13: 978-1880913536
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,387,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For those who wish to engage in a spiritual retreat, April 11, 2002

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This review is from: Practicing Your Path: A Book of Retreats for an Intentional Life (Paperback)

Practicing Your Path: A Book Of Retreats For An Intentional Life by Holly W. Whitcomb (pastor and clergy woman, United Church of Christ) is a deeply spiritual book filled with contemplative methods for opening oneself to deeper thoughts and making room in one's life for God. Designed as a companion and guidebook for those who wish to engage in a spiritual retreat, either by themselves or with a group, Practicing Your Path is a direct and meaningful guidebook filled with step-by-step suggestions and meditations. Practicing Your Path is very highly recommended for anyone with a serious interest in experiencing and benefiting from an intensely personal and meaningful spiritual retreat.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a handful guide to a personal/group retreat, August 13, 2008

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This review is from: Practicing Your Path: A Book of Retreats for an Intentional Life (Paperback)

Even though I am still working with the book, and will take a while to finish it, I find it extremely helpful in organizing a personal retreat, even though I think it would work wonderfully with a group retreat also. I like the structural disciplines, the prayers, questions, and stories that guide my spiritual journey. I highly recommend it to anyone who is a beginner in the art of prayer, or to a more experienced believer who needs the disciplines of withdrawing for a while and spending time apart with God, and this delightful book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, practical help, November 25, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Practicing Your Path: A Book of Retreats for an Intentional Life (Paperback)

I bought this book to help plan retreats at church. It has many different ideas and many themes. I imagine it will be helpful for more than one retreat. I used it myself for an at home individual retreat, and found it very useable, very relevant for my life. I recommend this book.