Seeing God Everywhere: Living Your Life As a Prayer

Download or read book Seeing God Everywhere: Living Your Life As a Prayer written by Kevin Ryan and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever needed a little nudge to jump-start your prayer life or some thoughtful reflection to enhance your spiritual awareness, Seeing God Everywhere: Living Your Life as a Prayer may just be the gentle push for which you have been waiting. Seeing God Everywhere: Living Your Life as a Prayer invites the person of faith to explore the dimensions of the spiritual universe that live right inside one's own heart and home, and expand infinitely right outside one's door. Through 366 daily reflections, the reader is encouraged to listen and to see the Spirit already living within as well as its manifestations throughout the activities of one's daily life and in the unfolding grand universe. Each reflection begins with a simple observation of life gleaned from the author's years as a teacher and a coach, a runner and an outdoor enthusiast, a divorcee and a love-learner. A simple human being just trying to live life to the best of his understanding and ability, Kevin offers the insight that he has gained through his years of study within the literal and figurative classrooms of life. Along with a variety of familiar Christian references, the book's daily reflections will help to expand the reader's understanding of God beyond the usual religious perimeters. Included here are numerous insights from and "teachings" about Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism, along with smaller portions concerning Taoism, Jainism and Sikhism, and an ample supply of references to Kevin's own spiritual practices within the Native American tradition. Each daily entry closes with a simple prayer addressing the Creator/God/the Great Mystery in a variety of visages, with the image and the prayer connected to the content and the "lesson" of the day's reflection.Seeing God Everywhere: Living Your Life as a Prayer seeks to be a companion to the faithful's prayer life, an enhancement and an encouragement. Many want to nurture and increase their prayer life, but don't know how or where to begin. This book just may be the desired stepping-stone.