Crafting Gratitude Creating and Celebrating Our Blessings with Hand and Heart

by Shannon, Maggie Oman

• ISBN13: 9781632280343
• ISBN10: 1632280345
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-11-15
• Publisher: Viva Editions

Summary

We live in a fast-paced, demanding world. Even if we are aware of the importance of tapping into our gratitude, we can easily be seduced by society’s siren calls of consumerism and envy. And, even if we manage to stay free of that, we all live lives that are buzzing and busy, constantly overstimulated by technological intrusions. It’s very hard to stay grateful in this kind of environment, which is why Crafting Gratitude is filled with reminders to stay grateful. We need to remember, on a daily basis, the incredible, overflowing, abundant richness of life.

If you are artistically inclined, or even if you’re not, these 40 practices resonate with and prompt you to begin, or continue with, exploring gratitude.

Author Biography

Maggie Oman Shannon is an interfaith minister, spiritual director, workshop and retreat facilitator, and author of five books: Prayers for Healing (Conari Press, 1997); The Way We Pray: Prayer Practices from Around the World (Conari Press, 2001); A String and a Prayer: How to Make and Use Prayer Beads (coauthor; Red Wheel/Weiser, 2002); One God, Shared Hope (Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003); and her latest, Prayers for Hope and Comfort (Conari Press, 2008). In 2000 Oman Shannon founded The New Story, a coaching and consulting business focused on helping people create deeper meaning in their lives. The former editor of three national magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Oman Shannon also served as the director of marketing for the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Her writing has appeared in publications including Utne Reader and Beliefnet, and her work has been featured in publications ranging from the Miami Herald to Spirituality & Health. She has taught workshops at venues including California Pacific Medical Center’s Institute for Health and Healing and Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY. In addition to being a certified life coach, Oman Shannon completed the three-year training program of the Spiritual Directors Institute at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. A graduate of Smith College, Oman Shannon also holds an M.A. degree in culture and spirituality from Holy Names University. She is an ordained interfaith minister who graduated from Manhattan’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in 2010. Oman Shannon currently has the honor of serving as Spiritual Director of Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and daughter.