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Seasons of a Family's Life: Cultivating the Contemplative Spirit at Home [Hardcover]

Wendy M. Wright (Author)
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J-B Families and Faith Series January 22, 2003
In Seasons of a Family's Life, Wendy M. Wright-- parent, Church historian, and follower of the contemplative tradition-- offers a reflective, story-filled, and inspirational examination of the spiritual fabric of domestic life. This practical and insightful book explores family life as a context for nurturing contemplative practices in the home. Rooted in an appreciation of our deep and wise spiritual traditions that probe the sacred alongside everyday human experience, Seasons of a Family's Life challenges us to wrestle with the great religious questions that shape our lives and offers parents a model for integrating family life and spiritual awareness.

Every chapter in Wendy M. Wright's thoughtful book is a lesson in gaining an awareness of the joy in our experience as families and letting the sacred be more present in our frantically paced daily lives. Wright shows us how to pay attention to the silence that underlies our lives and encourages us to be sensitive to the ordinary moments that connect us. She reveals a family life replete with sacred spaces, rituals that enrich our time together, shared family stories, and much more. Interwoven throughout the book is a wealth of inspiring, personal stories.



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“…the author’s gift for use of language and imagery makes this work a pleasure to read…” (INTAMS Review, Vol 10(1), 2004)

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"For those of us who seek the contemplative life in the midst of ordinary life, Wendy Wright is a treasure."
— from the Foreword by Robert Benson

"Wendy Wright has written a revelatory book about family life. So often taken for granted, so often discounted as drudgery, in her gentle but skilled hands, the life of the family is transformed into spiritual reality. As she probes the dish-washing, carpooling, diaper-changing, curfew-setting reality of everyday life, she guides us to sacred ground."
— James P. Wind, president, the Alban Institute

"A must-read for family life ministers and parents who struggle to find spiritual meaning in everyday family experiences. Wendy Wright explores the contemplative dimension of family life and transforms it from ordinary to awesome. Beautifully written, with a wealth of personal stories, this gem sparkles with wisdom and insight."
— Sheila Garcia, secretariat, Family, Laity, Women and Youth, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (January 22, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0787955795
  • ISBN-13: 978-0787955793
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty, Grace, and Poetry, April 18, 2003
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Wendy M. Wright has done it once again. A fitting sequel to her memorable, Sacred Dwelling, Seasons of a Family's Life is a prodigious accomplishment. No other writer in spirituality today writes with the insight, beauty, grace, and poetry of Wendy Wright. She makes the ordinary, extroadinary, and the seemingly mundane, numinous. Wendy has the extraordinary gift of using her well-honed language to give meaning to life events we might otherwise pass by. She is self-revelatory and vulneralbe in this book, using her and her family's experience as a gateway to revelation of God and the Spirit all around us. One cannot help but go back and re-read her prose with the hope that some of its lyricism and beauty might linger in the soul. This is a book not to miss. It will give you a deeper appreciation of your own lived experience of family, and cause you to see things there you have never seen before. One can only wait with bated breath to see where this extraordinary author will lead us next.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Realistic spirituality for families, March 12, 2007
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Wendy Wright blends sophisticated theology with the practicalities of daily family life to encourage all to develop their spirituality in ways that are realistic and accessible. Excellent resource for spiritual directors, retreat leaders and general readers desirous of deepening their faith.
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