Awaken Your Senses
Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of God
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Perhaps you've been missing out. God has given us five senses and a brain with two sides. Yet we often approach God in one way only: through words that are analyzed and processed logically in our left brain. The right brain, however, is the creative, intuitive center--the place that connects most to our seeing, smelling, touching, tasting and hearing, and that roots experiences in our hearts in transforming ways.In Awaken Your Senses, longtime ministers Beth Booram and Brent Bill invite you to engage your right brain in your faith through sensory spiritual practices that position your heart for divine encounter. Readings and a variety of exercises that utilize your whole body lead you to experience God in new ways by
- tasting chocolate, words, matzoh, Scripture, forgiveness
- seeing the moon, wisdom, art, glory, your best self
- touching others, stones, prayers, rubble, Jesus
- hearing silence, music, pain, footsteps, the Spirit, the news
- smelling gardenias, life, salty air, home, healing oil, coffee
Teaching you to pay attention in love to your surroundings, Booram and Bill will help you open your eyes and ears and nose to a sensuous faith--one in which God can be experienced each day as we live and move and have our being.So whether you're weary, stuck, struggling, growing or on information-overload, the exercises and reflections offered here can bring refreshment--a cold drink of water, a gentle breeze--to your soul. Come experience God with all of who you are, and discover more of who he is.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prayer for Awakening the Senses
- Introduction
- Part One: Taste
- Part Two: See
- Part Three: Touch
- Part Four: Hear
- Part Five: Smell
- Conclusion
- Sensory Exercises
- Resources for Awakening Your Senses
- Notes
- Permissions
- Connecting with the Authors
- Formatio
- Endorsements
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