{"product_id":"let-your-heartbreak-be-your-adam-bucko-9781626984769","title":"Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide: Lessons in Engaged Contemplation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA moving collection of reflections, stories and practices from the life and experiences of Father Adam Bucko--interreligious pioneer, new monastic leader, priest, spiritual director, and activist. They are designed for every person trying to live at the intersection of contemplation and justice. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten against the backdrop of the COVID 19 pandemic and America's reckoning with growing poverty, injustice and systemic racism, \u003ci\u003eLet Your Heartbreak be your Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is uniquely positioned to accompany readers through the disillusionment and violence of these times. Father Adam writes from the heart, offering practical guidance on how to adopt an \"engaged contemplation,\" a lived spirituality responsive to suffering and injustice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is divided into three parts: Listening to Life, Touching What Frightens Us, and Interrupting Silence. Each chapter offers readers an invitation to pay attention to God who is eager to accompany us through our challenges and hopes. Throughout, Father Adam invites readers to draw from his rich personal experiences, beginning with his youth in Poland where he witnessed courageous priests use nonviolence to fight a totalitarian system, to his work with homeless LGBTQ youth on the streets of NYC, to his interactions with interfaith communities across the globe. Alongside these diverse experiences, Father Adam weaves in wisdom gained from mentors, scripture, and spiritual activists and mystics, such as St. Teresa of Avila, Howard Thurman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Catherine Doherty and Thich Nhat Hanh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book ends with a powerful roadmap for individuals and communities looking to integrate a \"rule of life\" in service of compassion and justice for all. The book also includes an appendix of contemplative practices to help readers develop discernment, courage, and receptivity to God who is always guiding us towards healing and liberation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Bucko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 162698476X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626984769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbis Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Adam Bucko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44067884761343,"sku":"9781626984769","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3115e97c-35ae-4806-a2ad-52256dafb6c4.jpg?v=1685415832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/let-your-heartbreak-be-your-adam-bucko-9781626984769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}