Hospitality--The Sacred Art - (Art of Spiritual Living) by Nanette Sawyer (Paperback)

About the Book

A practical guide to cultivating the spiritual power of invitation and welcome in your life. Discover how the qualities of hospitality can deepen your self-understanding and help you build transforming and lasting relationships with others and with God.

Book Synopsis

A practical guide to cultivating the spiritual power of invitation and welcome in your life. Discover how the qualities of hospitality can deepen your self-understanding and help you build transforming and lasting relationships with others and with God.

Review Quotes

"A lovely book! This wise and wonderful guide is required reading for leaders of any congregation seeking to create a warm ambience of welcoming. Highly recommended."
-Dr. Ron Wolfson, author, The Spirituality of Welcoming: How to Transform Your Congregation into a Sacred Community

"Gently voiced and clear ... adds wonderful thoughtfulness and depth to the practices of a truly spiritual life.... Will help people navigate the complexity of life with love and welcome for [all] living things."
-Rev. Clare Butterfield, director, Faith in Place

"Turns your black-and-white understanding [of hospitality] into a spiritual practice that will transform you, your relationships, and your experience of God.... [Offers an] experience of awareness, acceptance and action that is both profoundly human and divine."
-Thomas Ryan, CSP, author, The Sacred Art of Fasting: Preparing to Practice

"A must-read.... Illustrates how simple gestures [of invitation and welcome] can transform us into spiritual adepts."
-Nancy Corcoran, CSJ, author, Secrets of Prayer: A Multifaith Guide to Creating Personal Prayer in Your Life

"This interfaith meditation on an essential spiritual discipline is written with a wonderfully deft touch."
-Tony Jones, national coordinator, Emergent Village; author, The New Christians