Follow-along lessons and disk-based practice files provide realistic, useful instruction in setting up and using databases in business, classroom, and home.

Microsoft Access for Windows: Step by Step/Book and Disk

Computers & Technology

McGee, Margaret D.

Boyce, Judy

Software

Microsoft Pr

Sacred Attention: A Spiritual Practice for Finding God in the Moment

Just One Moment of Close Attention Can Be a Prayer to God"Does God communicate through the natural world? Through the slug on the compost pile, the leaf on the lawn, the stone tumbled on the beach, the air that feeds my lungs, the dreams that fill my nights? How will I know unless I pay attention?"―from the IntroductionPaying attention is rarely easy to do. It requires focus, patience and a willingness to slow down―traits that are hard to come by in this hurry-up world. But close attention to even one small piece of creation, one object, person, routine, image, word or scripture, can become a prayer to God, opening a channel of communication between you and the Divine to allow for deep spiritual growth.In this inspiring guide, you will discover ways to develop a practice of attention as a means of talking―and listening―to God. Framed on the Christian liturgical year and paired with images of the seasons of the earth, each chapter includes an insightful and poignant narrative which illustrates the surprising richness to be found in every attention-getting moment. Following each narrative is a prayer, suggested scripture readings and a specific exercise you can use to develop your own practice of attention as a means to better connect with God.Accessible, humorous and meaningful, these words and practices will lead you further along your path toward discovering a deeper awareness of yourself and your relationship to all that is around you―and within you.

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

SkyLight Paths

Haiku―The Sacred Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines (The Art of Spiritual Living)

Have a "haiku moment"―when your mind stops and your heart moves.
“Writing haiku offers the chance to honor, hold, and fully experience a fleeting moment that takes you out of yourself, a moment that hints at the deeper unity that lies beneath the surface of things.” ―from Chapter One
In this encouraging guide for both beginning and experienced haiku writers, Margaret D. McGee shows how writing haiku can be a consciously spiritual practice for seekers of any faith tradition or no tradition.
Drawing from her experience as a spiritual retreat leader and published haiku writer, McGee takes the mystery and intimidation out of beginning to write haiku. For those already on their way, she provides helpful hints and exercises to broaden and deepen both your haiku artistry and your appreciation of haiku as part of your spiritual life. With humor and encouragement, she offers step-by-step exercises for both individuals and writing groups, and shows how haiku can help you:
<ul>
<li>Pay attention to the world around you to connect with sacred moments</li>
<li>Overcome fear and self-doubt to access your innate creativity</li>
<li>Explore and use haiku together with spiritual practices in your own faith tradition</li>
<li>Make haiku a spiritual part of your daily routine</li>
</ul>

Literature & Fiction

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Just One Moment of Close Attention Can Be a Prayer to God
"Does God communicate through the natural world? Through the slug on the compost pile, the leaf on the lawn, the stone tumbled on the beach, the air that feeds my lungs, the dreams that fill my nights? How will I know unless I pay attention?" ―from the Introduction
Paying attention is rarely easy to do. It requires focus, patience and a willingness to slow down―traits that are hard to come by in this hurry-up world. But close attention to even one small piece of creation, one object, person, routine, image, word or scripture, can become a prayer to God, opening a channel of communication between you and the Divine to allow for deep spiritual growth.
In this inspiring guide, you will discover ways to develop a practice of attention as a means of talking―and listening―to God. Framed on the Christian liturgical year and paired with images of the seasons of the earth, each chapter includes an insightful and poignant narrative which illustrates the surprising richness to be found in every attention-getting moment. Following each narrative is a prayer, suggested scripture readings and a specific exercise you can use to develop your own practice of attention as a means to better connect with God.
Accessible, humorous and meaningful, these words and practices will lead you further along your path toward discovering a deeper awareness of yourself and your relationship to all that is around you―and within you.

Product Description STUMBLING TOWARD GOD traces a woman's spiritual search with an unusual twist - from an "atheist who prays" to unorthodox membership in two contrasting churches: Unitarian and Episcopal. In the second edition of her forthright memoir, McGee shares new adventures on her spiritual quest, culminating in personal encounters with a God of love. An honest, satisfying read for anyone questioning or seeking a spiritual path. Includes Reading Group Guide. Review "An offbeat, engagingly written, appealingly uncertain spiritual memoir." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (May) © 2002 Cahners Business Information. "This book is the real stuff. Read it carefully--carefully because the fine writing will repay your attention, and carefully because it's the kind of quietly dangerous material that just might change you." --Bill McKibben, author of THE END OF NATURE"With a mystic's heart and a scientist's precision, Margaret McGee traces the path of her journey away from religion, back again, and onward to a pilgrimage of transformation by love. This book rewards those willing to venture past comfortable boundaries into unexplored terrain. --Rev. Dr. Marlene Kropf, Professor Emerita of Spiritual Formation and Worship, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana"Honest, elegant, and smart--this book is essential reading for anyone grappling with life's big questions, inside and outside what we call church." --Christine Hemp, author of WILD RIDE HOME: LOVE, LOSS, AND A LITTLE WHITE HORSE - A FAMILY MEMOIR and THAT FALL (poems)"STUMBLING TOWARD GOD chronicles the journey of a thinking person's inexplicable pull toward the mystery of Faith. But mostly, this is a story about love. Love of creation, of human fellowship, and the deep abiding love of God which resides at the core of all that is." --Sarah Stockton, spiritual director, poet, and author of A PEN AND A PATH: WRITING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE (Church Publishing 2005) From the Author "I left the Protestant church in my late teens, shaking the dust of what I saw as a tired old faith from my heels. For the next twenty years, I lived as a rational atheist and selective sinner. STUMBLING TOWARD GOD is the story of how I came back, not because my battles with Christianity are resolved, but because they engage me too deeply to leave the battlefield" -- Margaret D. McGee About the Author Margaret McGee's parents were both preacher's kids, and her father pursued a successful career in public education. These two themes, applied faith and applied intellect, returned in her middle years when she joined the Episcopal parish and Unitarian Universalist fellowship in her small town. She says, "Going back and forth, week on, week off, between the "prayer-book" Episcopalians and the free-thinking Unitarians provided an essential bridge in my spiritual path, a bridge that led me to a new place." McGee has had a varied career, including a time at the Microsoft Corporation, where she was employed as a master writer. She now lives in the Olympic Peninsula with her husband, David. Her books include SACRED ATTENTION and HAIKU - THE SACRED ART, both published by Skylight Paths Publishing. She is a licensed lay preacher and worship leader in the Diocese of Olympia. Her liturgical prayers and skits have been used by faith communities across the United States, and can be found at her website, InTheCourtyard.com.

Stumbling Toward God: A Prodigal's Return

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Margaret D. McGee

Have a "haiku moment"--when your mind stops and your heart moves. "Writing haiku offers the chance to honor, hold, and fully experience a fleeting moment that takes you out of yourself, a moment that hints at the deeper unity that lies beneath the surface of things." --from Chapter One In this encouraging guide for both beginning and experienced haiku writers, Margaret D. McGee shows how writing haiku can be a consciously spiritual practice for seekers of any faith tradition or no tradition. Drawing from her experience as a spiritual retreat leader and published haiku writer, McGee takes the mystery and intimidation out of beginning to write haiku. For those already on their way, she provides helpful hints and exercises to broaden and deepen both your haiku artistry and your appreciation of haiku as part of your spiritual life. With humor and encouragement, she offers step-by-step exercises for both individuals and writing groups, and shows how haiku can help you: <ul> <li>Pay attention to the world around you to connect with sacred moments</li> <li>Overcome fear and self-doubt to access your innate creativity</li> <li>Explore and use haiku together with spiritual practices in your own faith tradition</li> <li>Make haiku a spiritual part of your daily routine</li> </ul>

Poetry

Stumbling Toward God traces a woman's spiritual search with an unusual twist-from a self-proclaimed atheist who prays, to unorthodox membership in two radically different churches, the Unitarian and Episcopal. This book is an honest, satisfying read for anyone questioning or seeking a spiritual path. A reading group guide is also included.

Inner Ocean/Innisfree Press

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Microsoft Access for Windows: Step by Step/Book and Disk

Sacred Attention: A Spiritual Practice for Finding God in the Moment

Haiku―The Sacred Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines (The Art of Spiritual Living)

Sacred Attention: A Spiritual Practice for Finding God in the Moment

Stumbling Toward God: A Prodigal's Return

Haiku―The Sacred Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines (The Art of Spiritual Living)

Stumbling Toward God: A Prodigal's Return