On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old

Parker J. Palmer

06.2018 г. · Berrett-Koehler Audio · Чете: Steve Carlson

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From beloved bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak) comes a beautiful book of meditations and reflections on eight decades of life, the process of aging, his own spiritual journey (which has never been confined to a creed), and his vocation as a writer and thinker.

On the Brink of Everything is an exploration of Parker Palmer's experience of living and aging, written in hopes of encouraging readers of every age to explore their life course. It is not a "guide to" or "handbook" for "getting old"--something all of us are doing all the time. Instead it's a set of meditations in prose and poetry that turn the prism on the meaning(s) of one's life--and on the importance of staying meaningfully engaged with life until the end. From beginning to end the book is packed with both humor and gravitas.

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Parker J. Palmer is founder and senior partner emeritus of the Center for Courage&Renewal and the author of ten booksincluding Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, and Healing the Heart of Democracywhich have sold over 1.5 million copies and been translated into ten languages. His work has been recognized with thirteen honorary doctorates and with the William Rainey Harper Award, whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, and Paolo Freire. He holds a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.