Practicing Your Path: A Book of Retreats for an Intentional Life

by Holly W. Whitcomb

An invitation to rebalance your life and regain perspective. Practicing Your Path offers seven one-day retreats on the components of classical Christian spirituality: Sabbath, Hospitality, Prayer and Action, Fasting, Giving Back to God, Living Into Your Call, and Accountability. Each chapter includes a structure for a one-day private retreat with flexible options for groups. Includes thoughtful meditations, journaling or discussion questions, guidelines for use of time, creative ideas for art and ritual, and ideas for longer retreats.

Genres: Spirituality

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Crimson Sparrow · Rating 5 out of 5]

This beautifully written, insightful book takes readers through a variety of topics and practices of retreat. Whitcomb's simple and transparent wisdom is a gift for anyone seeking direction and content for:
* personal or small group devotion and prayer
* personal or group retreat at home or through a formal venue
It also provides valuable context and inspiration for those seeking to lead retreat.

The book's greatest value, however, may be in its penetrating yet gentle conviction that contemplative practices can be integrated as a lifestyle rather than merely relegated to times of retreat. The invitation is to live a more whole, holy, healthy, and honoring life through simple spiritual disciplines integrated into our daily rhythms. These disciplines break into the frenetic intensity of a culture driven by busyness and consumeristic standards of success, allowing us to be more human, to connect, and to live out of our values.

Also worthy of note is Whitcomb's focus in at least one chapter on the development of vocation as an expression of identity and spiritual connectedness. This section alone is worth the price of admission and I highly recommend this book for anyone who is seeking God's direction and focus for their lives and their life-work.