![]() ![]() ![]() In particular, Padraig tells careful stories of welcoming parts of life that are often unwelcome. 'Hello,' he said, welcoming people locked in a room of fear to a place of deep encounter encounter with themselves, with their fear, with each other and with the incarnate one in their midst.Interweaving everyday stories with analysis, gospel reflections with mindfulness and Celtic spirituality with poetry, this book explores the practice of welcoming as a spiritual discipline. He does not chide or admonish instead he says 'Peace be with you', which, in the Aramaic of his day, was simply a greeting. ![]() In this book much-loved poet, storyteller, theologian and speaker Padraig O Tuama applies ideas of shelter and welcome to journeys of life, using poetry, story, biblical reflection and prose to open up gentle ways of living well in a troubled world.The fourth gospel tells of Jesus arriving in the room where the disciples are gathered, full of fear, on Easter Sunday. 'It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.' Drawing on this Irish saying, Tuama relates ideas of shelter and welcome to our journeys of life, using poetry, story, biblical reflection. There's an old Irish proverb: 'It is in the shelter of each other that the people live'. From master storyteller and host of On Being's Poetry Unbound, P draig Tuama, comes an unforgettable memoir of peace and reconciliation, Celtic spirituality, belonging, and sexual identity. ![]()
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