{"product_id":"awaken-your-senses-exercises-for-exploring-the-wonder-of-god-9780830835607","title":"Awaken Your Senses: Exercises for Exploring the Wonder of God","description":"\u003cp\u003ePerhaps you've been missing out. God has given us five senses and a brain with two sides. Yet we often approach God in one way only: through words that are analyzed and processed logically in our left brain. The right brain, however, is the creative, intuitive center--the place that connects most to our seeing, smelling, touching, tasting and hearing, and that roots experiences in our hearts in transforming ways.In \u003ci\u003eAwaken Your Senses, \u003c\/i\u003e longtime ministers Beth Booram and Brent Bill invite you to engage your right brain in your faith through sensory spiritual practices that position your heart for divine encounter. Readings and a variety of exercises that utilize your whole body lead you to experience God in new ways by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003etasting\u003c\/i\u003e chocolate, words, matzoh, Scripture, forgiveness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eseeing\u003c\/i\u003e the moon, wisdom, art, glory, your best self\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003etouching\u003c\/i\u003e others, stones, prayers, rubble, Jesus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ehearing\u003c\/i\u003e silence, music, pain, footsteps, the Spirit, the news\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003esmelling\u003c\/i\u003e gardenias, life, salty air, home, healing oil, coffee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeaching you to pay attention in love to your surroundings, Booram and Bill will help you open your eyes and ears and nose to a sensuous faith--one in which God can be experienced each day as we live and move and have our being.So whether you're weary, stuck, struggling, growing or on information-overload, the exercises and reflections offered here can bring refreshment--a cold drink of water, a gentle breeze--to your soul. Come experience God with all of who you are, and discover more of who he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Brent Bill\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, retreat leader and Quaker minister, as well as the author and coauthor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eSacred Compass\u003c\/i\u003e (Paraclete). He and his wife live on Ploughshares Farm in Indiana. \u003cb\u003eBeth A. Booram\u003c\/b\u003e is a spiritual director, congregational consultant and retreat leader who speaks around the country. She has written several books, including \u003ci\u003eWide Open Spaces of God\u003c\/i\u003e (Abingdon). Beth has been in ministry for more than twenty-five years, spending sixteen years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ and then serving in the local church. Beth and her husband live near Indianapolis, Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeth Booram is the co-founder and director of Sustainable Faith Indy, an urban retreat center in Indianapolis, where she leads The School of Spiritual Direction and offers individual and group spiritual direction. Beth speaks around the country on topics related to spiritual formation and Christian leadership and has been involved for more than thirty years in a variety of ministry roles on the college campus and within the local church. Beth is a deep feeler who loves to think, an extrovert with a penchant for solitude, and an artist who sees the hand of God in even the smallest encounters with creation. She and her husband David live near downtown Indianapolis in their 100-year-old home and retreat center. She has authored several books including \u003ci\u003eAwaken Your Senses, Picturing the Face of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wide Open Spaces of God.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP Formatio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492176630034,"sku":"9780830835607","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc82a021-f2f7-4bdd-80d0-6d4b0000382d.jpg?v=1730574988","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/awaken-your-senses-exercises-for-exploring-the-wonder-of-god-9780830835607","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}