The attentive life
Subtitle: discerning God's presence in all things
By: Leighton Ford.
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill.
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780830835164
Subjects: God -- Omnipresence; Spiritual life -- Christianity; Prayer -- Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ).
Table of contents: title: An introduction : short flights and quick returns; title: One who paid attention : C.S. Lewis looking along a beam; title: Paying attention : the hours of our lives; title: One who paid attention : Simone Weil on a postage stamp; title: The birthing hour : time before time; title: One who paid attention : Vincent Donovan, the Masai chief, the missionary and the lion god; title: Daybreak : the hour of beginnings; title: One who paid attention : the teacher who took off his hat; title: Prime time : our root system; title: One who paid attention : my spiritual director dog; title: Active life : a slower pace in a faster world; title: One who paid attention : Kierkegaard's lanterns, fireworks and stars; title: The noonday demon : our distractible selves; title: One who paid attention : how Mother Teresa kept going; title: Holy stillness : an interlude; title: When shadows come : darkness comes early; title: One who paid attention : Jerry Sittser trying to catch the sun; title: Lighting the lamps : the house with golden windows; title: One who paid attention : Nouwen, a restless prophet; title: Grandfather time : when evening comes; title: One who paid attention : Hwee Hwee Tan, becoming what we look at; title: Epilogue : The journey home; title: Appendix : Observing the hours