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    Abundant Simplicity: Discovering the Unhurried Rhythms of Grace

    By Jan Johnson

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    About this ebook

    Which activities give you energy and connect you with God? Do you know what behaviors are life-draining for you, separating you from God? Simplicity is about choosing the engaging, relational life we were meant to live. It means shedding obligation and pretension. It means spending

    • time
    • energy
    • money

    in ways that help us become clear-headed. It means being intentional about what we do and how we live. These choices allow God's power to move through us and bless others as we have space to do good. In each chapter Jan Johnson provides small experiments with simplicity as well as questions for discussion or reflection to get you started. Come and discover the unhurried rhythms of grace.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateApr 5, 2011
    ISBN9780830868636
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    Abundant Simplicity: Discovering the Unhurried Rhythms of Grace
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    Jan Johnson

    Jan Johnson is the author of over twenty books and more than a thousand magazine articles and Bible studies. A speaker, teacher, and spiritual director, she writes primarily about spiritual formation, social justice, and living with purposeful intentionality. She holds a DMin in Ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction from the Graduate Theological Foundation and lives with her husband in Simi Valley, California. Her books include Meeting God in Scripture, Abundant Simplicity, Hearing God Through the Year (editor), Enjoying the Presence of God, and Spiritual Disciplines Companion. She is also the author of the LifeGuide Bible Studies title Study and Meditation.

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