Contemplation Nation: How Ancient Practices Are Changing the Way We Live (on Amazon.com)

Explore ways that contemplative practices including prayer, meditation, mindfulness, and spiritual direction are transforming personal lives and society at large. Spiritual Directors International Executive Director, Liz Budd Ellmann, MDiv contributed a chapter titled,  Contemplative Practice and the Enrichment, Formation, and Training of Spiritual Directors.

You will discover several familiar Spiritual Directors International members and past educational events presenters in this book of essays including

• Mary Ann Brussat (Contemplative Practice and Online Communities);
• Rachel Cowan (The Growth of Contemplative Practice in Contemporary Jewish Life);
• Andrew Dreitcer (Contemplative Practice in Seminaries and with Clergy);
• Zia Inayat-Khan (Islamic and Islamicate Contemplative Practice in the United States);
• Richard Rohr, OFM (Action and Contemplation: A Christian Perspective);
• Donald Rothberg (Socially Engaged Buddhist Contemplative Practices: Past and Potential Future Contributions at a Time of Cultural Transition and Crisis).

For a complete list of the topics covered in the book, including the authors, follow this link.

Kudos and blessings of gratefulness to the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan for publishing the book. Fetzer sponsored an exceptional gathering of contemplative leaders in June 2010 to collaboratively learn about how contemplative practices are shaping the future. This exciting book is a compilation of the white papers presented at the gathering.