The Active Life: A Spirituality of Work Creativity and Caring

About this book

The Active Life is Parker J. Palmers deep and graceful exploration of a spirituality for the busy sometimes frenetic lives many of us lead. Telling evocative stories from a variety of religious traditions including Taoist Jewish and Christian Palmer shows that the spiritual life does not mean abandoning the world but engaging it more deeply through life-giving action. He celebrates both the problems and potentials of the active life revealing how much they have to teach us about ourselves the world and God.