A Testament of Devotion: Five Quaker Essays on Finding Inner Peace Through God's Presence and Simplification

Kelly, Thomas R.

ISBN 10: 0060643617 / ISBN 13: 9780060643614

Editore: HarperOne, 1996

A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteedâ but the story's all there! Codice articolo PKV.0060643617.G

Riassunto:

Since its first publication in 1941, A Testament of Devotion, by the renowned Quaker teacher Thomas Kelly, has been universally embraced as a truly enduring spiritual classic. Plainspoken and deeply inspirational, it gathers together five compelling essays that urge us to center our lives on God's presence, to find quiet and stillness within modern life, and to discover the deeply satisfying and lasting peace of the inner spiritual journey. As relevant today as it was a half-century ago, A Testament of Devotion is the ideal companion to that highest of all human arts-the lifelong conversation between God and his creatures.

I have in mind something deeper than the simplification of our external programs, our absurdly crowded calendars of appointments through which so many pantingly and frantically gasp. These do become simplified in holy obedience, and the poise and peace we have been missing can really be found. But there is a deeper, an internal simplification of the whole of one's personality, stilled, tranquil, in childlike trust listening ever to Eternity's whisper, walking with a smile into the dark."

Informazioni sull'autore: Thomas Kelley is the co-founder, with his brother David, of IDEO, a highly innovative design company with offices worldwide. He has an MBA from Berkley and has also worked for General Electric and as a management consultant.

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Titolo: A Testament of Devotion: Five Quaker Essays ...
Casa editrice: HarperOne
Data di pubblicazione: 1996
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: good