Attend

"Laura Davis Werezak writes thoughtfully about the difficulties and joys of establishing a spiritual practice amidst the many distractions of contemporary life. She explores her own experience together with reflections on Scripture and the rich literature of Christian spirituality, to create a clear-headed, sweet-tempered invitation into simple daily practices that can open us to the everyday wonder of 'God with Us.' I already have a list of people with whom I want to share this lovely book."

"Laura Davis Werezak's examination of simple practices is an invitation to see the entire world differently. Like the current books on mindfulness, Attend offers to help us to slow our bodies and hearts and 'practice the presence of the present.' But Werezak wants more than enriched lives: the exercises she suggests point us towards worship. Attend is a wise, beautiful, winsome call to sacramental living."

"Attend meets the reader in a safe place, but doesn't let us stay there. Laura gradually brings us out of our conformity to our comfort, and lets us try new experiences that elevate our view of God and allow us to see ourselves in a better light."

"Attend is a book for the distracted and soul-weary. With gentleness and creativity, it invites us to stretch our bodies, our hearts, our minds in ways that open us to the world around us--and to the God who has already stretched toward us in Christ."

"This is one of the few times someone has put into words the character of a relationship with a personal God that I can understand and into which I feel I could enter. Thank you."