Coming Alive

<b>A spiritual practice for serious-minded (but busy) people.</b> Everyone needs renewal even the most committed among us. The spiritual life requires regular practice and a bit of time. <i>Coming Alive: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Renewal </i>offers five brief meditations each week for focused reading reflection and prayer. Each entry centers on a passage of scripture or spiritual writing. The meditations are deep insightful and beautifully simple as readers have come to expect from Steve Harper's writing. This timeless book offers a gently challenging daily habit which leads to renewal of spirit and mind. <i>Coming Alive </i>features - Brief readings about 10 minutes per day - Undated readings so readers can determine their own pattern of practice - Spiritual depth and wisdom from ancient and contemporary sources - Foreword by Brian McLaren From the Foreword: Steve Harper's new book beautifully focuses in on the real core of the spiritual life: Not dogma not rules and regulations not duties or guilt not pressure or obligation ... but life life to the full what I like to call <i>aliveness.</i> --Brian McLaren