
Beauty's Field
Seeing the world
Laurence Freeman(Author)
Canterbury Press Norwich
Published on 30. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84825-669-9 (ISBN)
Description
As the leader of the World Community for Christian Meditation, Laurence Freeman's calling takes him all over the world to teach and lead groups who want to practice contemplative prayer. In this spiritual travel memoir, he recounts timeless, memorable and moving stories of people, places and events in which he has encountered God 's transformative presence. The title of the book comes from a Shakespeare sonnet and the book explores how the life of God can be found in the most unlikely places, not only in the world's beauty but even in its tragedy.
Slum priests quietly bringing hope to the favelas of Brazil, the gloriously fat stone ladies of Malta which are the world's oldest depictions of God, the different effects of a mountain-top retreat on an investment banker, a tired social worker and a cancer patient, the impact of a child's death on a whole community - these and many more stories movingly reveal how the sacred strains to find expression in every life, every place, every day.
Slum priests quietly bringing hope to the favelas of Brazil, the gloriously fat stone ladies of Malta which are the world's oldest depictions of God, the different effects of a mountain-top retreat on an investment banker, a tired social worker and a cancer patient, the impact of a child's death on a whole community - these and many more stories movingly reveal how the sacred strains to find expression in every life, every place, every day.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
213 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84825-669-9 (9781848256699)
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Person
Laurence Freeman osb is a Benedictine monk and Director of the World Community for Christian Mediation, founded by John Main. He is the author of Jesus the Teacher Within, Light Within, and writes for The Tablet, where this book first appeared as a series of columns.