{"product_id":"in-the-midst-of-chaos-bonnie-j-miller-mclemore-9781506454597","title":"In the Midst of Chaos: Caring for Children as Spiritual Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the daily practices of life with children can shape our faith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Midst of Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e explores parenting as spiritual practice, building on Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore's fresh conceptions of children from her book \u003ci\u003eLet the Children Come\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe questions conventional perceptions that spiritual practices require silence, solitude, and uninterrupted prayer and that assume a life unburdened by care of others. She is both honest about the difficulties and attentive to the blessings present in everyday life and demonstrates that the life of faith encompasses children and the adults who care for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiller-McLemore explores how parents might use seven daily practices, such as play, reading, chores, and saying goodbye or goodnight as rich opportunities to shape both parent and child morally and spiritually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough these experiences, she shows how the very care of children forms and reforms the faith of adults themselves, contrary to the belief that adults must form children. \u003ci\u003eIn the Midst of Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e also goes beyond the typical focus on individual self-fulfillment by tackling difficult questions of social justice and mutuality in the ways families live together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will find in this book an invitation to love those around them in the midst of life's craziness and to live more deeply in grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506454593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506454597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985325326591,"sku":"9781506454597","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8749b447-8d4e-4b07-a9a7-db98050725a5.jpg?v=1683276899","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-midst-of-chaos-bonnie-j-miller-mclemore-9781506454597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}