Practicing Presence: The Spirituality of Caring in Everyday Life

by Kerry Walters

Overview

Genuine, life-giving spirituality calls us to be our best selves and to bring out the best in others, each and every day. It calls us to care—for God, others, and ourselves. In Practicing Presence, popular spiritual writer Kerry Walters shows us how to integrate care into our daily lives on the road to happiness and holiness. As Walters reveals, we do not need to be professional caregivers to nurture a creative, intimate, and meaningful openness to our deepest selves, to others, and to God. We simply need to be “present” to who God is and who we are as images of God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580510981
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 8.64(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Kerry Walters holds the William Bittinger Chair of Philosophy at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. A popular lecturer and writer, he is the author of numerous essays and twelve books.

Table of Contents

	Introduction
	Becoming Saints	ix
	Uncommon Humans	ix
	Holy Caring	xiii
	Learning to Care	xviii
Chapter 1	Simeon's Riddle	1
	A Mysterious Encounter	1
	The Sword in the Heart	4
	Presence	12
	Care as Presencing	20
	Three Stages of Caring	26
Chapter 2	Caring for Self	29
	Attending to Cor	29
	Spiritual Hypochondria	23
	Decisive Moments	41
	Spiritual Nobility	44
	Self-Care and Courage	52
Chapter 3	Caring for Others	57
	Awakening to Kara	57
	Samaritrophia	61
	Christ on the Sidewalk	70
	Presencing to Christ-Selves	73
	Creative Attention for Christs	75
	From Kara to Community	81
Chapter 4	Caring for God	85
	Attuning to Khora	85
	Habitual Piety	90
	Agnostic Courage	94
	Caring for Khora	100
	Chopping Wood, Drawing Water	112
	Endnotes	115