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Using Latter-day Saint vernacular and examples, The Power of Stillness explores ways in which mindfulness can help deepen our conversion to the gospel. Infusing our homes with more stillness, silence, and space can reinvigorate the joy inherent in our fai Read more..
Latter-day Saints are great at getting things done. But sometimes an excessive focus on "doing more" can take us to a place where we're mostly going through the motions—and missing the deep, rich spiritual power that can come from being still. Using Latter-day Saint vernacular and examples, The Power of Stillness explores ways in which mindfulness can help deepen our conversion to the gospel. Infusing our homes with more stillness, silence, and space can reinvigorate the joy inherent in our faith and help us feel calmer, more present and engaged in our lives, and more spiritually connected to our Savior.
Praise for The Power of Stillness
There seems to be a lot of buzz about stillness these days—an interesting paradox. Sadly, our world has pitted religion against spirituality as we strive to live more mindfully. This book reminds us we need both! We don't leave the Church in search of stillness. We find it within our covenant relationship with Christ. Take a break from the crazy business of life and read this book. You will be glad you did.
—Brad Wilcox, BYU professor and author of The Continuous Atonement and Changed through His Grace
Historically, contemplation (or meditation) has played a crucial role in Christian life and faith. This book represents an important step toward bringing this vitalizing spiritual practice back into view in the restored gospel.
—Thomas McConkie, Founder, Lower Lights School of Wisdom
The Power of Stillness is changing how I relate to my physical and emotional suffering, my work and my weakness, my most loving and my most troubling relationships, and my deepest spiritual struggles and longings. That's a lot to ask of one book. This one delivers. The book helps us build a crucial spiritual skill most of us don't even know we lack: the ability to be resiliently, compassionately present—with ourselves, with others, and with God.
—Wendy Ulrich, PhD, author of Live Up to Our Privileges: Women, Power, and Priesthood
I was first drawn to this book because in recent years I had been trying to create more stillness and space in my life. This book greatly helped me to to that but also taught me so much more!
It's not very often I re-read a book, but after reading this earlier in the year, I'm now reading it again. This book is phenomenal. Every chapter is so engaging. Each starts and concludes with a story about an experience; the story at the beginning of the chapter is told with such honesty, addressing real experiences and issues that we as Latter-Day Saints directly face or can relate to. The story at the end is the same but after having applied the principles and mindset discussed in the chapter. I have applied something to my life from every chapter of this book. It has changed me and has been the antidote I have needed in this trying year. I regularly discussed things I'd read with my husband and then a short time later would discover that he had applied the amazing principles highlighted and discussed in this book to his day, or his mindset when facing a challenge. I'd recommend this as a must read to everyone.
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