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The Spirit At Your Back, Spiritual Reflections on This and That
The Spirit At Your Back Spiritual Reflections on This and That Author:Daniel O'Rourke About The Book The Spirit at Your Back deals with war and peace, with gratitude and grief, with prejudice and politics; in practical, concrete ways it treats of spirituality and religion. It covers topics as varied as paying taxes and caring for grandchildren. The book is a collection of columns published originally in the Observer in Dunkirk, N... more »ew York. It is not the kind of book you ll read through like a novel. The book is a reader. Its seventy short chapters are reflective reading. They are meant to make you stop and think. You ll pick this book up and after a chapter set it down to reflect on its message. Then as the spirit moves you, you ll pick it up again. It would be trite to say the book is spiritual but not religious, however the cliche fits. It steers away from institutional religion to offer spiritual insights to us who live in a hectic, materialistic and technological world. Its Table of Contents and Index allow the reader to decide where they choose to dip in and jump out. When asked about his book, Dan said he liked to think about it like Anna Quindlen writing her columns in Newsweek with a clerical stole around her neck. Some clergy have found his concrete writing and practical examples helpful in sermon preparation.« less