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The grace of enough : pursuing less and living more in a throwaway culture / Haley Stewart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Notre Dame : Ave Maria Press, 2018Description: 166 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781594718175
  • 1594718172
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Contents:
Throwaway culture and its revolutionary gospel antidote -- Return to our roots -- No turning back: trading security for togetherness -- Simplicity, the path to authentic freedom -- Nurturing a wondrous love for the land -- Rediscovering beauty by attending to the transcendent -- Making home a priority, a school of love -- Reconnecting with what makes us human -- The five-hour dinner: redeeming the table with slow food -- Holy hospitality: welcoming Christ in the stranger -- Rebuilding our broken communities -- The Internet: isolator or community builder? -- Centering our disconnected lives at home -- Generous love: discovering authentic intimacy -- Living the gospel, Molly Weasley style -- Choosing hope in a dark world -- Beyond the shire.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 248.482 S849 Available Dirt on edges of paper. (12/22/18); Scribbling inside front cover (6/6/19) 33111009250180
Total holds: 0

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Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (first place, backlist beauty).





Do you ever feel caught in an endless cycle of working harder and longer to get more while enjoying life less? The Stewart family did--and they decided to make a radical change. Popular Catholic blogger and podcaster Haley Stewart explains how a year-long internship on a sustainable farm changed her family's life for the better, allowing them to live gospel values more intentionally.

When Haley Stewart married her bee-keeping sweetheart, Daniel, they dreamed of a life centered on home and family. But as the children arrived and Daniel was forced to work longer hours at a job he liked less and less, they dared to break free from the unending cycle of getting more yet feeling unfufilled. They sold their Florida home and retreated to Texas to live on a farm with a compost toilet and 650 square feet of space for a family of five. Surprisingly, they found that they had never been happier.

In The Grace of Enough , Stewart shares essential elements of intentional Christian living that her family discovered during that extraordinary year on the farm and that they continue to practice today. You, too, will be inspired to:

live simply offer hospitality revive food culture and the family table reconnect with the land nurture community prioritize beauty develop a sense of wonder be intentional about technology seek authentic intimacy center life around home, family, and relationships

Drawing from Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si', Stewart identifies elements of Catholic social teaching that will enhance your life and create a ripple effect of grace to help you overcome the effects of today's "throwaway" culture and experience a deeper satisfaction and stronger faith.

Includes bibliographical references.

Throwaway culture and its revolutionary gospel antidote -- Return to our roots -- No turning back: trading security for togetherness -- Simplicity, the path to authentic freedom -- Nurturing a wondrous love for the land -- Rediscovering beauty by attending to the transcendent -- Making home a priority, a school of love -- Reconnecting with what makes us human -- The five-hour dinner: redeeming the table with slow food -- Holy hospitality: welcoming Christ in the stranger -- Rebuilding our broken communities -- The Internet: isolator or community builder? -- Centering our disconnected lives at home -- Generous love: discovering authentic intimacy -- Living the gospel, Molly Weasley style -- Choosing hope in a dark world -- Beyond the shire.

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