Six Smooth Stones: An Introduction to Spiritual Practices - Softcover

Brown, Sister Barbara Jean

 
9781595180513: Six Smooth Stones: An Introduction to Spiritual Practices

Synopsis

"Walking on the beaches of some of the Scottish Isles, I have been impressed by the smooth, round rocks, some the size of a pea. These stones have been tumbling in the frigid waves of the northern Atlantic for centuries. In fact, I have been told by a native of Iona, a boatman who loves his homeland, that the rock of Iona is among the oldest in the world… though I am not sure how one knows that." In this book, Sister Barbara Jean offers spiritual practices “that are like those stones, smoothed by the continual tumbling of time and effort. It may be that for someone who has never experienced the keeping of a spiritual practice, it will seem jagged and uncomfortable. However, over time, the routine levels out and becomes less taxing or foreign. In many cases, the various disciplines become as much a part of a person’s spiritual personality and as natural as a breath.”

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