Less is More
Spirituality for Busy Lives
Published on 21. March 2012
176 pages
978-0-7459-5864-4 (ISBN)
Description
Brian Draper was tired of feeling tired; life in its fullness felt like a life crammed full of stuff, and no more. "I don't want to be the kind of father who turns up late and exhausted for his children's school concert and sits at the back fiddling with a Blackberry, distracted, vacant. I want to be THERE, in the front row, fully present." Drawing on the guidance of Christian wisdom, he began to notice opportunities, day to day, to reduce the quantity, and increase the quality of life - to make room for his soul. LESS IS MORE distils a wonderful spiritual principle which is especially significant at this point in history, when time is limited and money is in short supply. Chapters include: Clearing the loft - literally and spiritually; Using your senses to savour what is free; Finding rhythm; Giving freely; Expressing yourself.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
La Vergne
United Kingdom
Publishing group
SPCK Publishing
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-7459-5864-4 (9780745958644)
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Book
03/2012
Lion Books
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Person
Brian Draper runs Echosounder - an enterprise which works with leaders and organisations to nurture their spiritual intelligence. He is the inspirational author of LABYRINTH and SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE - acclaimed by Oliver James and Douglas Coupland.
Content
- Intro
- Praise
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- Prelude: The Snow
- Quest, Quality, and Question
- 1. Leaving Home to Find a Home
- 2. Seeking Direction
- 3. Possession
- 4. The Ordinary Day
- 5. The Appreciation Society
- Silence, Space, and Settling
- 1. Being Present
- 2. What Rents Your Space?
- 3. How to Make Something out of Nothing
- 4. Mind the Gaps
- Rhythms, Renewal, and Reconnection
- 1. Finding Your Rhythm
- 2. Finding a Spiritual Source of Energy and Inspiration
- 3. Reconnecting with What is Good
- Poetic, Poised, and Purposeful
- 1. Distilling Your Essence
- 2. One Thing at a Time
- 3. The Way We Live
- 4. Learning to See Each Other Differently
- Focused, Fighting, and Free
- 1. Walking the Narrow Path
- 2. To Freedom
- 3. Keep Fighting
- Aware, Awake, and Alive
- 1. Tuning Back in
- 2. The Promise of Things to Come
- 3. Back to Life
- Epilogue: The Spanner
- Less is More Manifesto
- Works Mentioned in the Text
- Also by Brian Draper.
