Beholding

by Strahan Coleman

Overview

Prayer isn't meant to be just another transaction in the busy and consumer-saturated world we live in, but a place of deeply satisfying communication of receiving and returning the loving gaze of our Maker, of a holy union, Beholding is an invitation to that life. Not only praying to God, or working for Him, but living in and with Him in our everyday ordinary moments, enchanting our entire lives. Discover the beauty, wonder, and stillness of a life of friendship and unceasing prayer with God, and see how learning to behold and be beheld by Him may just spark the transformational movement these times are crying out for.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830785186
Publisher:	David C Cook
Publication date:	02/07/2023
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	176,826
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Strahan Coleman is an award-winning musician, poet, writer, and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is the founder of Commoners Communion, a space that engages in conversations in Christian spirituality through writing, podcasts, spiritual retreats, devotions, and prayers. Strahan also teaches online prayer schools that engage students around the world in a journey to go deeper with God.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Introduction: An Invitation 13

Chapter 1 Discovering Beholding 21

Chapter 2 Relearning to Breathe 33

Chapter 3 A Love that Changes Things 55

Chapter 4 The Divine Hongi 75

Chapter 5 The Art of Other Seeing 97

Chapter 6 The Importance of Eating God 113

Chapter 7 Sharing the Table 131

Chapter 8 On Devotion 141

Chapter 9 Silence, It's God's Language 161

Chapter 10 Learning to Watch & Listen 179

Chapter 11 Praying with Our Bodies 199

Chapter 12 Becoming Beholders 217

Acknowledgements 223

Notes 227

About the Author 233

Bible Credits 235