Practice Makes PURPOSE: Six Spiritual Practices that Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community

Product Description

The Six Spiritual Practices are a new formulation of a very old set of teachings and disciplines. If you apply them regularly, you will have more energy and vitality, more focus, more compassion, more clarity, and more joy. And these effects will ripple outward into your marriage and family, your parenting, your workplace, your friendships, your neighborhood and city. These practices will change your life and transform your community. They will connect you and the people around you to Purpose, the experience of belonging to something infinitely greater than ourselves. The book includes the PURPOSE Circles discussion guide. PURPOSE Circles are composed of people who want to make a difference in their neighborhoods and cities. They gather to support each other in the daring and difficult work of personal growth and community transformation. Over the course of six sessions, participants discuss how to apply the Six Spiritual Practices to their relationships and daily lives.

Review

Reader’s Favorite Book Award 2019 Bronze Medal Winner in the “Self Help” CategoryNautilus Book Award 2017 Silver Winner in the “Personal Growth” Category “Schroeder, formerly a Greek Orthodox priest, takes inspiration from ‘the great spiritual masters of the Egyptian desert’ in this cheery formulation of a simple method for compassionate living… Never veering into egotism, this gentle, grateful, and relatable book will serve any readers looking for practical steps toward spiritual fulfillment.”–Publishers Weekly.”Schroeder offers a guide to a spiritually vibrant existence…[His] writing is clear, tight, and comprehensive… An engaging and valuable book about living a more loving and purposeful life.”–Kirkus Reviews”Here is a book that provides practices that will awaken your heart and help us all to ventilate the world with tenderness.”–Gregory Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries, bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart: the Power of Boundless Compassion”The Six Spiritual Practices offer simple, practical tools for people who want to make a positive impact in their neighborhoods and cities.”–Dan O’Neill, Founder of Mercy Corps International, bestselling author of Signatures: the Story of John Michael Talbot”I found Paul’s insights refreshing and thought-provoking, and would recommend this book to people in all walks of life.”–Chris Dussin, Chairman of OSF International.

About the Author

C. Paul Schroeder (M.Div.) is a social entrepreneur, author, and spiritual teacher who has spent over 20 years working at the intersection of spirituality and social change. He served for more than a decade as a Greek Orthodox priest. After a divorce and a period of personal and spiritual crisis, he left the priesthood and founded New City Initiative, a nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to helping people who experience poverty and homelessness achieve their full human potential. During the seven years he directed New City, he and his coworkers trained individuals, nonprofits, and businesses to use the Six Spiritual Practices. He is the translator of St. Basil the Great: On Social Justice. He currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.