Play-Full Life, A: Slowing Down and Seeking Peace

by Jaco J. Hamman

Overview

Finding balance for your personal, spiritual, and professional life can seem daunting. A Play-full Life: Slowing Down and Seeking Peace explores the life-giving power of play.

Through practices of solitude and hospitality, creativity and quiet, author Jaco J. Hamman empowers Christians to sense the fullness of life and to seek peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829818208
Publisher:	Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press
Publication date:	05/28/2011
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jaco J. Hamman is the associate professor of pastoral care and counseling at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. Hamman is the author of Becoming a Pastor: Forming Self and Soul for Ministry and When Steeples Cry: Leading Congregations through Loss and Change, both published by The Pilgrim Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 3

1 The Enemies of Becoming Play-Full 21

2 Play-fullness Practicing (Part 1) Realness, Creativity, and Boundlessness 59

3 Play-fullness Practicing (Part 2) Slowness, Hospitality, and Transcendence 85

4 Being Play-Full When Alone 110

5 Being Play-Full with Others 141

6 Being Play-Full with God 175

Conclusion 205

Resources 213