Being Home: Discovering the Spiritual in the Everyday - Softcover

Norris, Gunilla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587680149 ISBN 13: 9781587680144

Publisher: HiddenSpring, 2002

Synopsis

A collection of household prayers that celebrates daily tasks such as making the bed and reading the newspaper while that examining their relationship to the Divine.

About this title

About the Author:

Gunilla Norris lives in Mystic, Connecticut, where she works as a writer, meditation teacher and psychotherapist in private practice. In addition to Being Home, she is the author of three other books on spirituality in everyday life: Becoming Bread, Sharing Silence, and Journeying in Place. She has also written eleven children's books and a collection of poems, Learning from the Angel.

Greta D. Sibley began her career overseas in Seoul, Korea, where she worked as a photographer and publisher. Now located in Northampton, Massachusetts, Greta focuses her attention on the design and production of books for publishing companies. In addition, Greta publishes handmade, limited editions of artists' books with partner Daniel E. Kelm, and co-directs a program of workshops in the book arts.

Review:

A lovely collection of household meditations and reminder of why we should all work toward simplicity--materially, socially, and spiritually. -- Spiritual Book News

Along comes Gunilla Norris to reaffirm the possibility of writing prayers about real life in today's world. -- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

Being Home is a masterpiece, a book that needs to be savored, a book to live with. -- Brother David Steindl-Rast

Both a lovely collection of meditations and a reminder of why we should all work toward simplicity--materially, socially, and spiritually. -- Spiritual Book News

Gunilla Norris brings a new awareness of the sacred nature of all life. -- Anne Bancroft

Gunilla Norris's meditations are beautiful and human and show the glory in the ordinary. -- Madeleine L'Engle

Gunilla Norris's simple precepts for meditating and living have a translucent quality. We can all benefit greatly by observing them. -- Thich Nhat Hanh

I was almost breathless with wonder at the beauty of Gunilla Norris's words-so simple and yet so profound... -- Bishop Desmond M. Tutu

It really nourishes the soul. -- Joanna Macy

About this edition

• Publisher: HiddenSpring
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1587680149
• ISBN 13: 9781587680144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96