The Way of Gratitude, Galen Guengerich
The Way of Gratitude, Galen Guengerich
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The Way of Gratitude
A New Spirituality for Today

Author: Galen Guengerich

Narrator: Galen Guengerich

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/26/2020

Synopsis

A leading minister offers an inspiring guide to living a meaningful life by embracing the power of gratitude.

“Galen Guengerich’s wise and tender words about belonging, connection, and gratitudeare like keys to unlock our hearts, give us courage, and call us into the kind ofrelationships and community we are all longing for.”—Elizabeth Lesser, bestselling author of Broken Open

Galen Guengerich, the charismatic, brilliant leader of one of the nation’s most prominent Unitarian Universalist congregations, All Souls in New York City, shares with readers his wisdom on how to lead a purposeful and joyful life through the practice of gratitude. When Guengerich was in his midtwenties, he left the Conservative Mennonite Church, the faith of his upbringing. The prospect of venturing out on his own was daunting, but he needed to find the way of life that was right for him.

For Guengerich, transcendence is not limited to experiences of the divine; it can also be reached through gratitude’s ability to take us beyond ourselves and create connection to others and the universe. Through his personal story, poems that resonate with his spiritual message, and guided spiritual practice, including “gratitude goals,” this book helps readers discover how the way of gratitude can make them happier and healthier, and provide a new sense of belonging, not only to the universe as a whole but also to themselves.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim

I downloaded this as a e-book because I receive his First Light Meditations (available from All Souls Unitarian Church, NY, NY). It is an interesting read about how we can look at life and how we can act with gratitude for what we have. The book includes an appendix that has a selection of those Fir......more

Goodreads review by Pamela

I absolutely adored reading this book. First it is the perfect size and fit in my hand so well. I guess that’s a weird thing to say — and I’ve never commented on the size or feel of a book before — but this one was really special. I also loved the cover — beautiful! But even more special was what wa......more

Goodreads review by Erika

I don't read a lot of spiritual/self-help books but I chose this one because the author, Galen, is a wonderful minister in NYC and his church services give me life. I bought a copy for my dad for Father's day and read it before I gave it to him. I plan on getting my own copy since I know I'll refer......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia

While Dr. Guengerich and I don't see eye to eye on everything, I appreciate what he is trying to accomplish with this book. I am not sure that I learned that much more about gratitude, as the author defines gratitude in a way that I am still grappling with but there was plenty here for me to think a......more

Quotes

“What a timely book for our disconnected times! Galen Guengerich’s wise and tender words about belonging, connection, and gratitude are like keys to unlock our hearts, give us courage, and call us into the kind of relationships and community we are all longing for.”—Elizabeth Lesser, co-founder, Omega Institute, and bestselling author of Broken Open, Marrow, and Cassandra Speaks

“Galen Guengerich’s own journey of faith, from Conservative Mennonite to a leading voice of America's most open-minded religion, is fascinating, and the wisdom he shares in this wonderful book is essential for anyone searching for a deeper sense of meaning and purpose. Follow these simple gratitude principles and practices and you will find yourself feeling a little more connected, alive, and joyful every day.”—Elisabeth Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters

“A lovely, wise, heartfelt book, with stories like prayers.”—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

“Guengerich has written an enthralling book. He braids and brings to life two usually ephemeral spiritual emotions: joy and gratitude. Like a good shepherd, he teaches us to appreciate these two emotions, to savor them, and to make joy and gratitude integral to our unfolding lives.”—George E. Vaillant, M.D., professor of psychiatry at Harvard and author of Aging Well, Spiritual Evolution, and Triumphs of Experience
 
“In this delightful book, Guengerich provides the reader with a deep sense of purpose and joy in a way that brings hope to the everyday. This is a fundamental read that inspires awareness and humility, recognizes the resilience found in gratitude, and lays out a path to meaning.”—Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and CEO of Acumen and author of Manifesto for a Moral Revolution

“Guengerich (God Revised), senior minister at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York, speaks to ‘spiritual but not religious’ readers seeking meaning, joy, and transcendence, in this well-reasoned manifesto for a spirituality based on gratitude. . . . For Guengerich, ‘the longing for a comprehensive sense of meaning and a deep sense of purpose . . . remains unmet by secularism.’ To fill this gap, he proposes that gratitude can provide connections, create beauty, and maximize human dignity. . . . At the end, he follows his more abstract considerations with concrete suggestions for meditation and fasting. This deceptively simple work will appeal to spiritual explorers of any stripe.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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