Sacred In the City: Seeing the Spiritual In the Everyday

The Cathedral of St. Philip is pleased to announce that international bestselling spiritual author Margaret Silf will be the speaker for the Cathedral's 2015 Spirituality Conference, November 14, 2015. Margaret is passionate about making Christian spirituality accessible to people across and beyond denominational divides by drawing on her own experiential approach and by making connections between the eternal truths of the Christian vision and the moment-by-moment events and choices of everyday living. Her own faith journey has helped her to find real, living connections with the Gospel of Christ as a power for transformation in present times. She has written many books including Inner Compass, Close to the Heart, Wayfaring, Sacred Spaces and The Gift of Prayer. Her latest titles include Wise Choices and Roots and Wings: The Human Journey from a Speck of Stardust to a Spark of God. If you’re not on our contact list already, let Jeannie Mahood know to add your email so we can keep you posted on this conference. Purchase tickets at www.sacredinthecity.eventbrite.com Book details: A guide to finding the spiritual in the urban, meeting people where they live, and helping them to discover God in the middle of the humdrum and every day Prayer is often perceived as a difficult, "place-less" exercise in which we close our eyes and seek God beyond our everyday experience in an invisible realm. It does not have to be this way. Prayer can have its own sense of place in landscapes which we can inhabit and explore, and we can meet God as tangibly as we might meet a fellow travel er. In this beautifully illustrated book, Margaret Silf takes the reader through seven cityscapes, and shows how we can encounter the spiritual wherever we are--on a city street, on a train, in a library, in the workplace, in cafes, in shops, and in parks. All are fruitful areas for self-discovery, inviting us to connect with the mystery of God in our lives. This inspirational volume will be returned to time and again as readers discover the divine in the bustle of the city streets.