Austin Area Reading Circle
Reader's Guide
May 2008
Everyday Sacred
Sue Bender
The Zen monk's begging bowl is the pervasive image in this author's continuing spiritual journey she began recording in her bestselling Plain and Simple, in which she described her time living among the Amish. Here, she tells how, back home amid the more mundane experience of her daily life, she accepted the challenge of finding meaning by daily proferring the beggar's bowl to be filled with the sacredness of everyday life...
"In Everyday Sacred we follow Bender on her quest to make every moment enough. Cleaning a desk, sipping cappuccino, making computer connections, and appreciating freshly painted walls all become opportunities to satiate one's life with sacred encounters. The end product reads like an Amish quilt—simple vignettes sewn together to create a comfortable lifetime companion." —Amazon.com
- Did reading Sue Bender's book cause you to think differently about any specific parts of your daily life?
- When Sue told a friend about her first book, Plain and Simple, the friend shocked her by asking what number on the list she was. Do you notice any examples in our lives that remind you of this type situation?
- What are some of the lessons or stories that fill Sue Bender's bowl? Do any resonate more than others for you?
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