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Edward Hays has been a Catholic priest since 1958. After thirteen years in the parish ministry, including seven years as pastor to Native Americans, he made an extended prayer pilgrimage to the Near East, Israel, and India. He served as director of Shantivanam, a contemplative center in the Midwest, and as the priest chaplain at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. A co-founder and moving spirit of Forest of Peace Publishing, he is the author of more than 30 bestselling books on contemporary spirituality.

Over his long and illustrious career, Hays has been a pioneer manifesting a daring mystical sensibility and an unbridled imagination that makes his vision consistently fresh and invigorating. He creatively uses parables and stories to discern God's presence within the precincts of everyday life. He often presents startling images for believers; tears are "prayer beads," a question mark is a "holy symbol," sleep is " a sacrament as God's Good Night News," and a smile is "an outward sign of a laughing soul." His prayers, original psalms, and daily rituals provide a framework a fresh and wide-ranging devotional life.

Edward Hays is above all a master of everyday spirituality. This is a tradition that goes back to Celtic Christians who sought the presence of God in household duties, and even farther back to Jesus, who framed his teachings around common activities. Hays encourages us to read and interpret what shows up in our lives, to find places of meditation and silence where we live and work, to keep an open house in our heart for all things, to sustain the art of long looking, and to cultivate a sense of wonder.

Take this e-course and sample the writings and practices of this master teacher who shows us new ways to connect with the Divine in the midst of our hectic and hurried lives. You will receive 40 emails in all, each with a short passage from one of Edward Hays's books and a suggestion for how you can practice that thought during the day.

6 CEHs for Chaplains available.

This e-course is available on-demand. Once you click on the "subscribe" button, you will be taken through a sign-up process during which you can choose to pay the $24.95 fee by credit card or check. You'll be emailed a receipt with a link to your "account page" where you can choose when you'd like the e-course to begin and how frequently (daily, three times a week, twice a week, or weekly) you would like to receive it.