Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A 52-week interactive devotional that helps parents and children discover God and grow their faith, featuring activities, reflections, and spiritual nourishment for every season of the church calendar Seasons of Wonder is a plea for families to view and encounter the divine not in terms of certitude but as a vast, unfolding mystery. Focused on the oft-forgotten idea that mystery and marvel are essential components of faith, each week reveals something for families to learn and do--an easy activity centered around the wonder of being alive--as well as something to contemplate in conversation.
This book is filled with meaningful spiritual practices like:
- uncomplicated crafts that honor creation
- simple recipes to make together
- conversation guides to cultivate the gifts of deep listening, mystery, and community
Drawing on the rhythms found in the church calendar, in nature, and in God's word, Seasons of Wonder shows parents and kids alike how to participate in meaningful spiritual practices, nurture their faith, and develop a sense of wonder that brings them closer to God and to one another.
Synopsis
A 52-week interactive devotional that helps families, by blood and choice alike, discover God enfleshed in the world. Seasons of Wonder is a plea for families to view and encounter the divine not in terms of certitude but as a vast, unfolding mystery. Focused on the oft-forgotten idea that mystery and marvel are essential components of faith, each week reveals something for families to learn and do--an easy activity centered around the wonder of being alive--as well as something to contemplate in conversation.
This book is filled with meaningful spiritual practices like:
- uncomplicated crafts that honor creation
- simple recipes to make together
- conversation guides to cultivate the gifts of deep listening, mystery, and community
Drawing on the rhythms found in the church calendar, in nature, and in God's word, Seasons of Wonder shows parents and kids alike how to participate in meaningful spiritual practices, nurture their faith, and develop a sense of wonder that brings them closer to God and to one another.
Synopsis
A 52-week interactive devotional that helps families and friends discover God enfleshed in the world. Seasons of Wonder is designed to allow you to gather together weekly with your loved ones and expand your understanding of divinity, specifically the radical but faithful idea that everything is sacred. This devotional is designed around weekly contemplative activities as well as interactive and transformative practices that connect us to surprise, awe, and wonder, including:
- uncomplicated crafts that honor creation
- simple recipes to make together
- conversation guides to cultivate the gifts of storytelling, deep listening, mystery, and community
- accessible introductions to liturgical observations and rituals
- plus four additional weeks of activities that you can incorporate whenever they're appropriate, such as birthdays, sick days, or when you're traveling together or blessing your home.
In February readers might make a hiking stick to embark on a holy pilgrimage (even if it's just in the neighborhood) and discover the meaning of Ash Wednesday, while in the summer months they can learn how to cherish the Earth's seasons of holy pause by making prayer cards, bath salts, or family time capsules alongside the reading of peaceful liturgies and ancient prayers.
Bonnie Smith Whitehouse invites us all to consider the life-changing idea that small, intentional moments of wonder are charged manifestations of the grand presence of Christ in me, in you, and in this dazzling, vast--and imperiled--blue planet we call our beloved home. By spending a short amount of time together with Seasons of Wonder every week this year, you can transform an ordinary meeting into a sacred gathering.
Synopsis
A 52-week interactive devotional that helps families and friends discover God enfleshed in the world. "A devotional in the most all-encompassing sense, Seasons of Wonder sets readers on a path that leads to a year filled with more hope, more sweetness, more grace, and more love."--Margaret Renkl, author of Late Migrations and PEN Award Winner
Seasons of Wonder is designed to allow you to gather together weekly with your loved ones and expand your understanding of divinity, specifically the radical but faithful idea that everything is sacred. This devotional is designed around weekly contemplative activities as well as interactive and transformative practices that connect us to surprise, awe, and wonder, including:
- uncomplicated crafts that honor creation
- simple recipes to make together
- conversation guides to cultivate the gifts of storytelling, deep listening, mystery, and community
- accessible introductions to liturgical observations and rituals
- plus four additional weeks of activities that you can incorporate whenever they're appropriate, such as birthdays, sick days, or when you're traveling together or blessing your home
In February readers might make a hiking stick to embark on a holy pilgrimage (even if it's just in the neighborhood) and discover the meaning of Ash Wednesday, while in the summer months they can learn how to cherish the Earth's seasons of holy pause by making prayer cards, bath salts, or family time capsules alongside the reading of peaceful liturgies and ancient prayers.
Bonnie Smith Whitehouse invites us all to consider the life-changing idea that small, intentional moments of wonder are charged manifestations of the grand presence of Christ in me, in you, and in this dazzling, vast--and imperiled--blue planet we call our beloved home. By spending a short amount of time together with Seasons of Wonder every week this year, you can transform an ordinary meeting into a sacred gathering.