Awash in the Sacred

Encountering Divinity in Humanity and Sanctity in Everyday Life

Tom Stella

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9798385283354
  9798385283361
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385283378
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Awash in the Sacred is a wake-up call for those afflicted with spiritual amnesia, a not-uncommon condition that causes one to sleepwalk through the day--out of touch with the deepest dimension of oneself and unaware of the richness of daily life. If left unchecked, spiritual amnesia can drain one of joie de vivre, the capacity to experience joy and to find meaning in life. Awash in the Sacred is a reminder that, despite faults and failings, there is a divine dimension to humanity and that, the impermanent and often uneventful nature of life notwithstanding, it is in life's ordinariness that the distinction between secular and sacred, time and eternity, and humanity and divinity is discovered to be a blessed blur.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Also by Tom Stella
• The Divinity of Humanity
• A Blessed Mess
• An Examined Life
• Answer the Ache
• At Home Within
• Chill
• Connecting with Our Soul
• Crazy or Courageous
• Giving In
• Growing Down
• Hitting Bottom
• Holiness Is Wholeness
• Intoxication
• It’s a Blessed Blur
• Kick Ass for the Beloved
• Live Large
• Meet the Heat
• Mysticism
• On Being Alone
• On Being Grounded
• On Just Being Human
• Our Double Duty
• Our Transcendent Spark
• Paradise Is at Hand
• Reaching In
• Real Religion
• Ride That Horse
• Sacred Waiting
• Sitting Still
• Stop, Breathe, Be
• Sweet Solitude
• The Elegance of Imperfection
• The Hero’s Journey
• The Lure of the Marketplace
• The Still Point Within
• The Virtue of Disobedience
• The Wrong Wall
• We Are Not Alone
• We Are Spiritual Beings
• We Are Star-Stuff
• The Sanctity of Everyday Life
• Actions Speak Louder
• Alone Together
• Appreciating Life
• Be More Zen
• Dancing Alone
• Embracing What Is
• Enter Here
• Gratitude, Attention, Prayer
• Here Is Holy
• How Sweet It Is
• Impermanence/Detachment
• Interbeing
• Into the Wilds
• It’s Why We’re Here
• Keeping On
• Learning to Dance
• Learning to Fall
• Living on the Brink
• Mindfulness Is Not Enough
• Our Deepest Desires
• Plunge into Life
• Remember to Laugh
• Resting Is Doing
• Say Yes
• Seize the Day
• Sensual Meditation
• Shelter in Place
• Sometimes We Must Interfere
• Spirituality vs. Spiritualism
• Stuck in Place
• Succumbing to Violence
• The Biggest Change
• The Lofty in the Little
• The Paramount Addiction
• The Power of Powerlessness
• The Prosperity Gospel
• The Spiritual Path
• The Spirituality of Everyday Life
• The Virtue of Being Busy
• The Yin and Yang of Life
• We Are Matter
• Wedded to the Earth
• What Hurts Can Help
• What’s in the Way Is the Way
• Withstanding Tragedy
• Yuck It Up