Book Study: The Attentive Life

Guiding Thoughts - Chapter 3, Daybreak: The Hour of Beginnings, p. 64-80

“Introduction” p. 64-65

-Consider a time in your journey of faith when you had an “a-ha” moment knowing that “the light of God” was present. What do you remember?

“My Personal Daybreak” p. 65-67

-What is your image of God and how did you form that image?

“Learning to be Inattentive” p. 67-71

-Is there a part of the author’s learning to be attentive that you can identify with? If your answer is yes consider sharing your experience.

“Beginning to Pay Attention” p. 71-74

-Has there been a time in your life when you experienced a “genuine awakening in your soul, ‘seeing God in all things, and all things in God’”? (p. 74)

If your answer is yes consider sharing your experience.

“Awakenings” p. 74-76

-Write down the time(s) you experienced glimmers of God’s awakening the seed God planted in you. Consider sharing your experience.

“Practicing Attentiveness: First Thoughts” p.76-78

-Leighton Ford writes, “Often in the morning I will sit in a favorite chair in my study with a cup of coffee, with classical music playing, trying to form a

prayer with words but waiting, listening, until perhaps I sense the Spirit bringing to the surface a word from God.” (p. 77) Thoughts…

-C.S. Lewis writes, “The prayer preceding all prayers is this, May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.” (p. 78)  Thoughts…

“One Who Paid Attention: The Teacher Who Took Off His Hat”

-“… something very important had happened.” (80)

Blessings,

Joanne