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Synopsis
Most of us living in this complex and time-pressured era have moments when we wish we were living simpler, more meaningful lives. Sometimes these wishes are fleeting desires, but for many today the search for a life of greater simplicity and meaning has developed into a deep longing. There are many routes to simplicity. This book focuses on and provides direction to the gimmick-free spiritual path followed by Quakers. For over three centuries Quakers have been living out of a spiritual center in a way of life they call "plain living." Their accumulated experiences and distilled wisdom have much to offer anyone seeking greater simplicity today. Plain Living is not about sacrifice. It's about choosing the life you really want, a form of inward simplicity that leads us to listen for the "still, small voice" of God. This book goes beyond the merely trendy to make the by now well-worn Quaker path to plain living accessible to everyone.
Author Biography: Whitmire served as the executive director of a health care agency in the late 1970's where she helped diverse groups work together to address issues of teenage pregnancy and motherhood. In 1987, she received a Master's of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. After graduation, Whitmire became a Protestant chaplain and a pastoral counselor on a psychiatric unit of an inner-city hospital in Boston. Whitmire attended the Shalem Institute's program in spiritual direction in 1997 and is currently writing and providing spiritual direction and workshops in Boston and Portland, Maine. The mother of a grown son, she lives with her husband, Tom Ewell, in an old farmhouse in Maine.