Hospitality—The Sacred Art: Discovering the Hidden Spiritual Power of Invitation and Welcome
Learn how this ancient spiritual practice can transform your relationship with yourself, with others and with God.
"The practice of deep hospitality can help us step into a more vital, vibrant embrace of this great adventure we call life—which includes our relationship with God, however you might define God.... It is an invitation to walk through life with a liberating posture of receptivity, reverence, and generosity."
—from the Introduction
We may think of hospitality as merely being polite to guests, but the ancients understood the profound potential hospitality holds for building and transforming lasting relationships—for binding families together, making strangers into friends, even turning enemies into neighbors.
This practical book provides you with the tools you need to cultivate the spiritual power of invitation and welcome in your life. Guided by Rev. Nanette Sawyer, you will discover the qualities of hospitality—receptivity, reverence and generosity—and how these qualities can significantly deepen your self-understanding as well as your relationships with others and with God. Drawing from sacred texts and spiritual practitioners from all faiths, this book also addresses the major stumbling blocks that prevent you from becoming truly hospitable.
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Book details
- Author
- Nanette Sawyer
- Imprint
- SkyLight Paths, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Spirituality
- ISBN-13
- 9781594732287 (Paperback)9781683361169 (Hardcover)
About the author
REV. NANETTE SAWYER is an ordained minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the author of Hospitality—The Sacred Art.
Sawyer holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, feminist studies, and creative writing from Hampshire College, a Master of Theological Studies in comparative world religions from Harvard Divinity School, and a Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary. She has contributed articles and chapters to publications including The Christian Century.
When she’s not writing, Sawyer serves as Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Small Group Ministry at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was ordained in 2002 and represented the PC(USA) on the Interfaith Relations Commission of the National Council of Churches from 2008 to 2012.
Nanette lives in Chicago.