The Art of Family Rituals, Imagination, and Everyday Spirituality

by Gina Bria

Combine Care of the Soul with Mary Pipher's The Shelter of Each Other and you'll get a parenting book that focuses on spirituality with a realistic twist.Always focussed on what a family is like today, Bria inspires with stories and suggestions on everyday rituals, how to make pointless play a part of your family life and how to form the foundation that a healthy, rounded child can grow upon."It is not the lack of time that crushes our family lives, it is the lack of presence, stricken as we are with the tasks, anxieties and guilt of being in a family. But in between what we all struggle with: the parenting, spousing, cleaning up, working, and carving out a minute or two for yourself, how do you give yourself to your children in the conditions you find yourself in? This is how: by being present -- not in every moment (we're tired enough!) -- but in key activities such as play, spiritual discussions, tender physical attention and little daily rituals that can see us through the pace of life today to a strong, coherent, lived family life".Gina Bria knows how to talk to families and make them listen and think. With a tone that is at once authoritative and compassionate, she gives us the steps for creating families that withstand the pressures of modern society. The key is to create a personal family culture around the domestic rituals associated with family, such as making your home your true haven from the outside world, really understanding how to play

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