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Amazon.com Review
When Sue Bender proudly announced to a friend that her first book, Plain and Simple had made it to the New York Times bestseller list, her friend immediately shot back, "But what number on the list are you?" Bender was shocked, realizing that nothing we accomplish seems like enough in our overly pressured world. In Everyday Sacred we follow Bender on her quest to make every moment enough. Cleaning a desk, sipping cappuccino, making computer connections, and appreciating freshly painted walls all become opportunities to satiate one's life with sacred encounters. The end product reads like an Amish quilt--simple vignettes sewn together to create a comfortable lifetime companion.

Product Description
Her struggle is one keenly felt in today's intensely pressured and time-starved world: how can we experience our lives fully in whatever we are doing at the moment - whether cleaning the kitchen, faced with a situation that frustrates us, or momentarily exhilarated by some new fortune that's befallen us. Inspired by the image of the empty `begging bowl' that Zen monks would start each day with to solicit enough food to nourish and sustain them, Bender discovers for herself - and shows us in the process - how to find that which is `just enough' to fill our lives each day. The lessons along Bender's path of `doubt and hope' reveal that each step is a place to learn and that `we can seek the sacred everywhere - in our homes, in our daily activities, and hardest to see, in ourselves'.

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5 out of 5 stars

A Positive Psychologist says, I'll Never Forget "Everyday Sacred" November 20, 2008
The Truth: I'm a Girl, I'm Smart and I Know EverythingWhen 'Everyday Sacred' was a new book a client of mine lent it to me. I was incredibly moved. This was before the 'NOW' movement of living in the present, or at least trying to. It was in the 90's when everyone was frantically rushing around and barely realizing that we were creating distress in the universe and a lack of harmony within ourselves. Now more of us at least realize that we need to connect and be able to absorb the time we are in. But back then, her book was such an existential treat for me. She helped me to put into words the malaise my clients and I talked about and since I was just at the beginning of my journey as a positive psychologist, about to publish my first book, The Enchanted Self, A Positive Therapy, her book became a true companion for my soul. I could imagine being with her in the Amish country and being able to appreciate the simplest task, be it just sweeping a room. I hugged her in my mind for giving me this freedom to relook at my own life. As a positive psychologist I have never forgotten this book. I'm sure that bits of it have infused my newest book, The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I know everything). It is my first positive psychology fiction and I notice that my character is so able to take the time to just enjoy being alive and appreciating herself and her world. Thank you Susan Bender! There is a spark of you in my latest work and I'm sure in thousands of other people's works and the way they live their lives. Dr. Barbar Becker Holstein, [...]

4 out of 5 stars

Rediscovered May 23, 2008
I read this book years ago and forgot about it. At a recent book club meeting, I noticed a similar picture on the book of a friend. I went in search to find it. It's second only to her first book, Plain & Simple, which I've enjoyed immensely and purchased several copies as books. A good book for our times.

5 out of 5 stars

Everyday Sacred: A Woman's Journey Home January 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I was given a copy of this book many years ago..it sat on a shelf for a number of years before one day I picked it up and started to read it. It is one book both men and women should read. I have given it as gifts at least 60 times and just recently purchased 3 more for gifts. It truly hits the soul...if you want to do something for "yourself"...read it!! You won't be sorry.

5 out of 5 stars

A Spiritual Journey May 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

"Everyday Sacred; A Woman's Journey Home" by Sue Bender is a book about the author's spiritual journey while living amidst the Amish. Bender highlights that each day, and the 'everyday' within each day is sacred. There are many opportunities to experience sacred encounters in one's life, by focusing on appreciation of simplicity and the little things in life such as enjoying a warm cup of tea or noticing the beauty of flowers in your garden. All in all 'Everyday Sacred' offers clarity, optimism and hope amidst our modern world that is all too often hectic and stressful. What I enjoyed most about 'Everyday Sacred' is that reading the book really did take me on an experiental journey into the sacred; most remarkable! Congratulations Sue Bender on writing such an inspiring and successful book.

If you like 'Everyday Sacred' then you'll love NEXUS by Deborah Morrison and Arvind Singh, a successful, new age debut novel, an absorbing guide to the dazzling universe of spirituality in terms of life's joys and sorrows. NEXUS enriches our understanding of heart-centered, soulful living, enlightenment and compassion. All over the planet people of all faiths and backgrounds are suddenly experiencing an intense attraction for the wisdom and knowledge of NEXUS, a book that has already achieved top 100 status on several bestsellers lists! Nexus: A Neo Novel

5 out of 5 stars

A spell-binding read! October 6, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

After witnessing the recent horror (school massacre) inflicted upon the Amish community, "Everyday Sacred" is a timely reminder that they and the human spirit will endure.

It reminds us to ask not what we lack, but to appreciate, daily, what we already have. My favorite quote from the book is: "Don't try for perfection. Trying to be good enough will be plenty."

I am giving it my highest recommendation because it is more than good enough - it is a spell-binding read!

Reginald V. Johnson, Author, "How To Be Happy, Successful And Rich"

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