IPS Alumnus Authors “Busy and Blessed”
Loyola IPS Alumnus, Chuck Thompson, recently published Busy and Blessed: 10 Simple Steps for Parents Seeking Peace, a book that aims to help parents balance the craziness of raising children and the need for spiritual peace.
Between paying the bills, buying groceries, returning emails, getting the kids to their activities, working overtime and updating your Facebook status, who has time for prayer or a moment of meditation?
If you want a deeper relationship with God, and you know God wants a deeper relationship with you, Thompson’s book offers solutions.
Woven within a fictional tale about a deacon in Chicago and a mysterious visitor named Francis, the 10 steps are intended to transform the attitude of parents as spiritual seekers. The mission is for the readers to incorporate each of the steps into their daily lives, where they can find God’s message in every activity and disruption—and live a more peaceful life because of it.
Thompson graduated from IPS with a master’s degree in Religious Education. In addition to being an author, he has served the Archdiocese of Chicago as a deacon since 2011.
Thompson leads retreats, workshops and seminars on a variety of Catholic topics, as well as teaching at Saint Ignatius College Prep. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Amanda Thompson, and their three children.
His wife also aides in ministering to the community by hosting a half hour radio show on Relevant Radio 950AM, entitled Made for Life, which airs the second Thursday of the month from 9:30-10:00am. She interviews people doing good work with marriage and family around the Archdiocese of Chicago and beyond.
A look inside the book:
Simple Steps for Busy Parents Seeking Peace
1. Burn a Boat or Two
2. Judge Not
3. Listen Up!
4. Love Your Imperfections
5. Face the Music and Dance
6. Think Water, Not Rocks
7. Be a Philosopher King
8. Always Click “Like”
9. Become a Bridge
10. Live Each Day As If You Are Going to Live Forever – Because You Are!
Thompson’s book is available on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com in paperback, Kindle and Nook editions. A percentage of royalties from all book sales will be donated to the New Hope Food Pantry in Chicago.
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