Sr. Melanie provides a true reality check to help us determine how we live our faith today. In an engaging style, she defines and describes 20 specific indicators of a healthy spirituality.

My hope is that this book, will be for the reader an opportunity to explore the everyday occurrences in our lives and how even the most perceived insignificant of these can affect our spirit, our emotions, our relationships. You won't find heavy duty theological or psychological concepts or principles in any of these snippets of personal insight to the everyday stuff we encounter.

For those who want to expand the scope of their prayer and want to see more of a connection between daily life and their relationship with God. A simple guide to honest and forthright prayer that isn't afraid of expressing true feelings to God.

Newly Revised! It happens every day. A deep insight at the least likely moment. Melannie Svoboda calls these experiences mini-epiphanies. "We feel we have brushed up against the Holy amid the ordinary events of daily life." This classic collection of Sister Melannie's reflections on everyday moments resonates deeply, helping readers discover God's subtle manifestations in small moments throughout the day.

Contemporary life is leaving us frazzled, overwhelmed, and out of sorts. Our life's rhythm is often borrowed from the pace of life around us. Humans have created such a loud, fast tempo of perfection and production that we often forget--if we ever knew it at all--the rhythms designed for our well-being. In The Sacred Pulse, pastor and author April Fiet invites us to examine the frantic patterns of our lives to reclaim the deeper, sacred pulses that pattern our days. Through stories, scripture, and practical guidance for daily living, she lays out twelve rhythms--including gardening, handcrafts, friendship, and holidays--that are both sustainable and sustaining. Everyday acts like mealtime and shopping, and sporadic rhythms like the occasional snow day: reclaiming these patterns can remind us of the holy movement of God in the world. In a world of hustle and bravado, silencing the noise takes practice. The Sacred Pulse shows us how to strip away all of the competing beats we have settled for so we can tap into the joyful, holy rhythms of life.