{"product_id":"dipping-into-life-9781788123471","title":"Dipping Into Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eForeword by Dr Tony Bates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the format of his earlier books \u003ci\u003eDipping into Lent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDipping into Advent\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Hilliard again opens up a space for us to engage with our emotional and spiritual response to what life throws at us. The loss, fear, isolation, and fragmentation of 2020 causes us all to pause and take stock of what really matters in our lives, so \u003ci\u003eDipping into Life\u003c\/i\u003e comes at the perfect time to help us do this. All of life is in these pages - absence and presence, loss, grief, laughter, believing, forgiveness, enchantment, distraction, gratitude, cousins, freedom, pints and play.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan has the rare gift of opening out our everyday lives and considering these in light of the wisdom of the religions, of literature, poetry, music, sociology and common sense. As we dip into this book, opening a page at random, Alan helps us to find the deeply religious in the everyday and take time to 'cultivate reverence and recognition for what is already present'. There is an honesty in these pages that this is not always easy to do. \u003ci\u003eDipping into Life\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to be enchanted by the complexity and beauty of our own lives as it is here that we encounter God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Messenger Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788123471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120","brand":"Alan Hilliard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40240025338037,"sku":"9781788123471","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d819a159-a858-4aca-a8df-964088b148f6.jpg?v=1623727567","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dipping-into-life-9781788123471","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}