Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation (Transforming Resources) - Hardcover

Barton, Ruth Haley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830833331 ISBN 13: 9780830833337

Publisher: IVP, 2006

Synopsis

• Winner of a 2006 Logos Book Award

Do you long for a deep, fundamental change in your life with God? Do you desire a greater intimacy with God? Do you wonder how you might truly live your life as God created you to live it? Spiritual disciplines are activities that open us to God's transforming love and the changes that only God can bring about in our lives. Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of the spiritual disciplines, this book takes you more deeply into understanding seven key disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life. Each chapter includes exercises to help you begin the practices--individually and in a group context. The final chapter puts it all together in a way that will help you arrange your life for spiritual transformation. The choice to establish your own sacred rhythm is the most important choice you can make with your life.

About this title

Review:

"[Barton] describes the practices with the gentle touch of an understanding and knowing mystic."--Publishers Weekly, January 29, 2006

About the Author:

Ruth Haley Barton is a spiritual director, retreat leader and teacher trained through the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation and the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership. She is cofounder of the Transforming Center and author of spiritual formation books and resources, including Invitation to Solitude and Silence (IVP), An Ordinary Day with Jesus (Willow Creek Resources) and The Truths That Free Us (Waterbrook/Shaw).
Educated at Wheaton College and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Barton has served on the pastoral staff at several different churches, including Willow Creek Community Church. Ruth, her husband, Chris, and their family live in the Chicago area.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0830833331
• ISBN 13: 9780830833337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192