Addicted to Hurry: Spiritual Strategies for Slowing Down (Book)
Kirk Byron Jones, Author.  Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2003.

Maintaining that our culture's addiction to speed is destructive to the spirit, Dr. Jones diagnoses speed as an idol and prescribes strategies for slowing down to a pace that allows us to savor our days. The first five chapters examine reasons for our addiction to speed – fear, pain, the existential anguish of selfhood, and the mystery of God. The second five chapters offer strategies that can bring release from the addiction through adopting a "savoring pace".

Profoundly moving in its simple, clear prose and personal tone, this book is itself something to savor. Jones has included space at the end of each chapter for readers' reflections on their own pace, the particular reasons each has for living in a hurry, individual experiences of the holy, seeing clearly, listening carefully, and thinking deeply.

This book offers transformation for anyone who finds herself over-committed and out of love with life, for any preacher looking for support as he leads his congregation in slowing down their own lives, and for study groups seeking to deepen their own spirituality.

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