Robert Sibley is an award-winning senior writer for the Ottawa Citizen. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Carleton University and is the author of Northern Spirits, a ground-breaking study of Canadian political thought.
A Rumour of God is a collection of essays by award-winning writer and journalist Robert Sibley that explores a variety of routine experiences – home, place, solitude, wonder, walking, and “everyday epiphanies” – to show us the possibility of restoring the spiritual side of our lives.
In an accessible yet thoughtful way, Robert Sibley recounts “moments of being” – his and others – that demonstrate how individuals might better respond emotionally and intellectually to the soul-sapping incoherence and disenchantment of the post-modern world. Drawing on the experiences of philosophers and theologians, writers and artists, explorers and spiritual adepts, he finds a source of ideas and practices – everything from meditation and monastic retreat to a Sunday walk or an afternoon in the back yard – that can restore a sense of equilibrium to our lives.
Just as C.S Lewis once said, we acquire faith by acting as believers, Sibley argues that we re-enchant the world by “paying attention” to our daily experiences.