The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things - Paperback

by Leighton Ford (Author)

Your attention, please.That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ.Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey oflonging and looking for God. And it started with paying attention.In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition of praying the hours, Ford will walk with you, helping you pay attention to God's work in you andaround you throughout each day and in different seasons of your life.If you're busy, distracted, rushing through each day, you might be feeling disconnected from God, unable to see how he's working. You might be missing him. But the way toward him starts with a pause and a prayer--with intention and attention--and becomes a way of life, awake and alive to the peaceful, powerful presence of God.

Author Biography

Leighton Ford is president of Leighton Ford Ministries. He served for many years as an evangelist with Billy Graham and was featured as the alternate speaker to Billy Graham on the Hour of Decision broadcast. He also served for nearly twentyyears as chairman of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, an international body of Christian leaders. The author of numerous books, including Transforming Leadership and The Attentive Life, Ford lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.