There is a simplicity about this book which belies its
profundity. It is a practical guide to greater spirituality, based on the
life and teaching of Jesus. It recognises the immense power of thought and
the benefit of meditative stillness. It also recognises our need for
continual appraisal of self, of faith and of acceptance, whereby we
acquire new values and increased sensitivity. Still within the Christian framework, it moves back from dogma to the
simple words of Jesus, and without abstruse argument, restates His basic
teaching for today's reader. For all of us there is one objective - our
growth in being - and this is our raison d'ętre.
About the author
Margaret Holmes has a wealth of experience in dealing with
people - professionally as a lecturer in English for foreign students and
voluntarily as a social worker and marriage counsellor.
As a minister's daughter her upbringing fostered an early awareness of
people's needs and frustrations. Then for many years she held discussion
groups regularly in her home for students from all over the world, and was
privileged to listen to their views on a variety of subjects. Most
particularly she was impressed by the sincerity and unselfconsciousness of
their religious beliefs. Their faith was their life. Such contacts have further expanded her horizon and convinced her that
today, in this strife-torn world, Christians need to recapture the
original joy and dynamism of their early church; to witness, by their
individual lives, the indwelling love of Christ.
