Beguiled by Beauty: Cultivating a Life of Contemplation and Compassion

by Wendy Farley

Contemplative disciplines, such as centering prayer and meditation, have been part of Christian life for centuries. They seem hard to practice now, not simply because our distracted and hyperstimulated age makes them difficult but also because they can appear irrelevant to the needs of a fractured and ugly historical moment. Yet these practices are more essential now than ever, claims Wendy Farley. These practices essentially awaken and attune...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664266819
• ISBN13: 9780664266813
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"