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Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself
Par Angela J. Herrington. 2024
How to heal religious trauma by releasing harmful beliefs Have you experienced #ChurchHurt? Are you frustrated by judgmental church…
people supporting oppressive systems? Do you have doubts about the faith tradition you were raised in but are afraid of losing your community? Angela J. Herrington has been there. And with over a decade of experience as a life coach, she can teach you how to begin healing religious trauma through deconstruction. Lively and empathetic, Angela will gently guide you through deconstructing your faith. This concise and actionable handbook will • give you permission to trust yourself, • show you how to seek new perspectives and information, • teach you how to embrace vulnerable exploration and self-compassion, and • help you release unhealthy beliefs that are harming you and marginalized persons. Deconstructing your long-held beliefs can be isolating and overwhelming. But you don&’t have to do it alone. Begin your healing journey with Deconstructing Your Faith without Losing Yourself.In the Courts of Three Popes: An American Lawyer and Diplomat in the Last Absolute Monarchy of the West
Par Mary Ann Glendon. 2024
A rare firsthand account of the three popes who worked to modernize the Catholic Church—and to evangelize the modern world—from…
a renowned international lawyer, Harvard law professor, and former ambassador to the Vatican&“Mary Ann Glendon&’s book joyfully, and with humility, brings us inside her deft, grace-filled, and brilliant public diplomacy career.&”—Mike Pompeo, former U.S. secretary of stateFor twenty centuries, the Catholic Church has radically shaped world history—and survived it. In the decades following the Second Vatican Council, three popes have carried forward this legacy, striving to lead the Church and its governing body—the last absolute monarchy of the West—into the modern world.With In the Courts of Three Popes, accomplished diplomat, international lawyer, and Harvard professor Mary Ann Glendon gives readers a rare inside look at the papacies of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. She shares her role in key developments in the Church&’s recent history, like the Church entering the third millennium, in Pope John Paul II&’s words, on its knees in penance for failures such as clergy sex abuse, or in leading the way for lay women to hold positions of power in the Church. Glendon illuminates the issues vexing the Church today: the place of faith in secular politics, relating the Church to other religions, clericalism and the power of laypeople, and corruption at the Vatican Bank and within the Roman Curia.Glendon provides a one-of-a-kind analysis of the inner workings of the Holy See, showing readers that, despite its many failings, the Catholic Church is a living, breathing community. Behind the Church&’s doctrines and policies and institutions lie people, personalities, aspirations, and relationships that still promise to transform lives.Divine Lives: The Descending Current of Bhakti
Par Mandala Publishing. 2024
Divine Lives recounts the lives and teachings of the venerated spiritual masters His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati…
Gosvami Thakura, the founder acarya of the entire Gaudiya community, and His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami Thakura, the founding acarya of Sri Gopinatha Gaudiya Matha. The Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition stresses the importance for spiritual seekers to receive transcendental knowledge in a bona-fide current of devotion. Genuine spiritual teachers retain the power and glory of this divine flow in their hearts and manifest it through their unadulterated words and proper conduct. Divine Lives highlights the descriptions of two such sublime personalities, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Thakura, and his disciple, His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvami Thakura. In the time of the Gaudiya revolution led by Srila Prabhupada, Srila B. P. Puri Goswami carried a pen and paper wherever he went. His impeccable notes from that time will surely be of great service for many generations to come. Some of his writings are included within in the form of heart-touching glorifications to his spiritual master that have been organized into separate categories for the reader's benefit. After the biography of Srila Prabhupada and an autobiography of Srila B. P. Puri Goswami, Divine Lives concludes with the words of Srila B. P. Puri Goswami Thakura&’s successor and disciple, Srila B. B. Bodhayan Maharaja. In this last section, we learn specific details about Srila B. P. Puri Goswami&’s first meetings with Srila Prabhupada and how he joined this spiritual movement. Also included within are historical articles from the Gaudiya and Chaitanya Vani that have been translated from the original Bengali into English for the first time, as well as rare photos and artifacts from this transformational time in Gaudiya history.The Routledge Research in Religion and Education series aims at advancing public understanding and dialogue on issues at the intersections…
of religion and education. These issues emerge in various venues and proposals are invited from work in any such arena: public or private education at elementary, secondary, or higher education institutions; non-school or community organizations and settings; and formal or informal organizations or groups with religion or spirituality as an integral part of their work. Book proposals are invited from diverse methodological approaches and theoretical and ideological perspectives. This series does not address the work of formal religious institutions including churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples. Rather, it focuses on the beliefs and values arising from all traditions as they come into contact with educational work in the public square. Please send proposals to Mike Waggoner (mike.waggoner@uni.edu) and Alice Salt (alice.salt@tandf.co.uk).Liturgies for Wholeness: 60 Prayers to Encounter the Depth, Creativity, and Friendship of God in Ordinary Moments
Par Audrey Elledge, Elizabeth Moore. 2024
Sixty modern and inspiring liturgies that offer compassionate insight to nurture your soul, from the bestselling authors of Liturgies for…
Hope.&“A voice of reassurance and a much needed reminder of the hope we have.&”—Joshua Luke Smith, performing artist, pastor, and authorWhat if my current life is preparing me for something I can&’t see? Oh God, when I feel overlooked and forgotten,when I ache to be important,redirect my heart to You who remembers me. When your spirit is restless and you can&’t find the words, these modern-day liturgies help you articulate your brokenness to the God who calls you beloved.The lyrical prayers in Liturgies for Wholeness name our longings—the ache for physical rest, the grief over something we never had, the desire for healing in a relationship—even as they call us to notice the blessing of washing our face and watching nightfall and sink deep into an awareness of God&’s presence.Divided into eight sections—including Mind, Senses, Body, Home, and Community—these liturgies can be read communally or individually to bring you into greater intimacy with God. Each prayer includes related Scripture references to offer you further opportunity for meditation and reflection.With each liturgy in Liturgies for Wholeness, may you sense God&’s deep desire for you and may you delight in the only One who can make you whole.Entendiendo el Poder del Espíritu Santo
Par Kelvin Armstrong. 2018
Entendiendo el Poder del Espíritu Santo provee una enseñanza profunda sobre el poder del Espíritu Santo y cada uno de los…
dones espirituales que Dios le da a los creyentes hoy en día para poder ser testigos de Él. El libro incluye versículos bíblicos claves para equipar a los creyentes sobre lo que constituye el Bautismo, los dones, y el fruto del Espíritu Santo. Además da un entendimiento sobre el pecado o la blasfemia en contra del Espíritu Santo. ¿Qieres experimentar el poderl del Espíritu Santo en tu vida diaria? Nos sorprendemos con los milagros que Jesús realizó en la biblia y muchas veces nos preguntamos si podemos adquiririr estos dones sobrenaturales. Esto es posible lograr hoy en día si tomamos el reto de equiparnos a nosotros mismos con el entendimiento del Espíritu Santo que opera dentro de nosotros los creyentes.Vivir en el ahora en pasos fáciles
Par A. J. Parr. 2018
7 LECCIONES CON EJERCICIOS PARA DETENER EL PARLOTEO MENTAL Y EMPEZAR A VIVIR EN EL AHORA (LIBRO DE EJERCICIOS PARA…
PRINCIPIANTES) ESTAS PÁGINAS CONTIENEN siete lecciones con ejercicios básicos que puedes utilizar AHORA para ralentizar y detener el parloteo mental y empezar a experimentar “el Ahora”; una práctica que puede proporcionarte paz interior y alegría A PARTIR DE HOY. Presenta los principios, conceptos y métodos básicos de las enseñanzas espirituales de Eckhart Tolle, el Dalai Lama, Krishnamurti y el Maestro Eckhart, entre otros muchos, basados en la premisas de que “En esencia hay y ha habido siempre sólo una enseñanza espiritual, aunque viene en muchas formas”. Se trata realmente de un libro de ejercicios para principiantes recomendado para quienes buscan la Verdad, desean escapar de la ilusión y experimentar la alegría de la paz interior que solo trae Vivir en “El Ahora”. Las siete lecciones espirituales con ejercicios que encontrarás en este libro están basadas en las antiguas premisas: *El sufrimiento humano y la infelicidad son producto de nuestra “mente parlante”, la cual produce continuamente un diálogo o parloteo interno que nos impide experimentar el Ahora. *Existe una manera de reducir y detener ese parloteo mental. Cuando aprendas cómo hacerlo podrás reducirlo y detenerlo según lo necesites (sobre todo cuando realmente necesites detener la ansiedad y el sufrimiento auto-infligido). *No podrás detener por completo los pensamientos ni tampoco se trata de eso. Incluso los seres iluminados necesitan vivir e interactuar en sociedad, como todos los seres humanos. *Al reducir el parloteo mental, conseguirás que los pensamientos pierdan poder. Los reconocerás simplemente como “ilusiones”, es decir, como productos de un fenómeno psicológico común entre los humanos y supuestamente conocido en la India desde tiempos prehistóricos: el fenómeno de la ilusiónL’empio cammino di un avventuriero riluttante
Par Dr Rosie Kuhn. 2023
Neanche in un milione di anni avrei sognato una vita simile per me. Da bambina immaginavo solo di sposarmi il…
prima possibile, avere dei figli e vivere per sempre felice e contenta. Fine della storia. Qualcuno, non so chi, deve avermi lanciato una maledizione, quella che dice: "Che tu possa avere una vita interessante". Per quale altro motivo una brava ragazza cattolica dovrebbe finire per avere una vita come questa? Cosa avrebbe spinto la figlia di un medico del Midwest a fare il tipo di scelte che ho fatto io? Scegliere una vita come madre non affidataria di bambini, attraversare l'Oceano Atlantico su una goletta di ventotto metri, acquisire tre lauree magistrali e un dottorato e scrivere un libro sull'autoimprenditorialità... Cosa è successo al mio sogno di essere una mamma felice che gioca con i suoi figli? Sono abbastanza sicura che sia stata una maledizione. Raramente siamo in grado di comprendere lo svolgersi della nostra storia finché non cogliamo l'opportunità di guardarci indietro e di esserne testimoni.Laïcité et humanisme (Philosophica)
Par Charles Le Blanc. 2015
Laïcité et humanisme : un titre et deux mots de grande actualité tant au Québec qu’ailleurs dans le monde. Cet ouvrage, avec…
des contributions d’acteurs clés qui alimentent le débat sur le sens et la définition de la laïcité dans le Québec du xxie siècle, arrive à point nommé. Les textes de Thomas De Koninck, Jacques Dufresne, Georges Leroux, Guillaume Rousseau, Mathieu Bock-Côté, Normand Baillargeon, Mohamed Lotfi et Charles Le Blanc ne défendent pas une thèse particulière à propos de la laïcité. Ils forment plutôt un ensemble de réflexions polyphoniques qui se présentent comme une contribution philosophique, juridique, politique et sociologique à la question de la neutralité religieuse de l’État. À la fin du recueil figure un texte de Voltaire sur la tolérance, qui vient à la fois inscrire les questions abordées dans une perspective historique et illustrer le caractère continu d’un débat dont cet ouvrage se veut l’un des nombreux échos.Tous les chemins mènent à Rome: Arts de vivre et de réussir à la cour pontificale au XVIe siècle
Par Pierre Hurtubise. 2009
Cet ouvrage propose une incursion dans le monde de la cour pontificale et des cours cardinalices au XVIe siècle. En…
quoi consistait ce monde, qui en faisait partie, comment y entrait-on, quels avantages pouvait-on espérer en tirer et pourquoi était-on à ce point attiré par lui? Autant de questions auxquelles l'ouvrage cherche à répondre à partir de nombreux documents d'époque, documents souvent peu connus ou peu exploités : des rôles de cour, des livres de comptes, des registres de salaires, des cérémonials, des correspondances inédites et des traités qui leur sont contemporains. Ces multiples regards sur un monde encore mal connu, sur les personnages, grands et petits, qui en font partie, y trouvant pour la plupart profit et intérêt pour eux-mêmes et leur famille, permettent de comprendre pourquoi la cour pontificale faisait l'admiration, puis surtout l'envie de tant de contemporains qui étaient prêts à tout pour y accéder.Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us
Par Kim Haines-Eitzen. 2022
Enduring lessons from the desert soundscapes that shaped the Christian monastic traditionFor the hermits and communal monks of antiquity, the…
desert was a place to flee the cacophony of ordinary life in order to hear and contemplate the voice of God. But these monks discovered something surprising in their harsh desert surroundings: far from empty and silent, the desert is richly reverberant. Sonorous Desert shares the stories and sayings of these ancient spiritual seekers, tracing how the ambient sounds of wind, thunder, water, and animals shaped the emergence and development of early Christian monasticism.Kim Haines-Eitzen draws on ancient monastic texts from Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine to explore how noise offered desert monks an opportunity to cultivate inner quietude, and shows how the desert quests of ancient monastics offer profound lessons for us about what it means to search for silence. Drawing on her own experiences making field recordings in the deserts of North America and Israel, she reveals how mountains, canyons, caves, rocky escarpments, and lush oases are deeply resonant places. Haines-Eitzen discusses how the desert is a place of paradoxes, both silent and noisy, pulling us toward contemplative isolation yet giving rise to vibrant collectives of fellow seekers.Accompanied by Haines-Eitzen&’s evocative audio recordings of desert environments, Sonorous Desert reveals how desert sounds taught ancient monks about solitude, silence, and the life of community, and how they can help us understand ourselves if we slow down and listen.Jesus, the Light of the World: Christmas Devotional
Par Max Lucado, Billy Graham, Anne Graham Lotz, Eugene Peterson. 2009
This devotional is the perfect way to focus on the Reason for the season.On each day leading up to and…
through Christmas, best-selling authors Max Lucado, Billy Graham, and Anne Graham Lotz come together to help believers focus on Jesus and His gift of life as well as lead non-believers to the Savior who came. This trim size is perfect as a gift for church members, families, or individuals who want to experience a deeper meaning as they celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Light of the World.Note: Must be ordered in multiples of 50. Self-shipping box can be used as counter display (4" x 6" x 5").The Terrible Speed of Mercy: A Spiritual Biography of Flannery O'Connor
Par Jonathan Rogers. 2012
&“Many of my ardent admirers would be roundly shocked and disturbed if they realized that everything I believe is thoroughly…
moral, thoroughly Catholic, and that it is these beliefs that give my work its chief characteristics.&”—Flannery O&’ConnorFlannery O&’Connor&’s work has been described as &“profane, blasphemous, and outrageous.&” Her stories are peopled by a sordid caravan of murderers and thieves, prostitutes and bigots whose lives are punctuated by horror and sudden violence. But perhaps the most shocking thing about Flannery O&’Connor&’s fiction is the fact that it is shaped by a thoroughly Christian vision. If the world she depicts is dark and terrifying, it is also the place where grace makes itself known. Her world—our world—is the stage whereon the divine comedy plays out; the freakishness and violence in O&’Connor&’s stories, so often mistaken for a kind of misanthropy or even nihilism, turn out to be a call to mercy.In this biography, Jonathan Rogers gets at the heart of O&’Connor&’s work. He follows the roots of her fervent Catholicism and traces the outlines of a life marked by illness and suffering, but ultimately defined by an irrepressible joy and even hilarity. In her stories, and in her life story, Flannery O&’Connor extends a hand in the dark, warning and reassuring us of the terrible speed of mercy.Revere life, and give yours away for the sake of serving others.As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for…
greatness. His immense talent and fortitude propelled him to a place as one of Europe’s most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians in the early twentieth century. Yet Schweitzer shocked his contemporaries by forsaking worldly success and embarking on an epic journey into the wilds of French Equatorial Africa, vowing to serve as a lifelong physician to “the least of these” in a mysterious land rife with famine, sickness, and superstition.Enduring hardship, conflict, and personal struggles, he and his beloved wife, Hélène, became French prisoners of war during WWI, and Hélène later battled persistent illnesses. Ken Gire’s page-turning, novelesque narrative sheds new light on Schweitzer’s faith-in-action ethic and his commitment to honor God by celebrating the sacredness of all life.The legacy of this 1952 Nobel Prize honoree endures in the thriving African hospital community that began in a humble chicken coop, in the millions who have drawn inspiration from his example, and in the challenge that emanates from his life story into our day. Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness—and he achieved it by making his life his greatest sermon to a world in desperate need of hope and healing.The View from Goose Ridge: Watching Nature, Seeing Life
Par Cheryl Bostrom. 2001
What do barn cats, manure in a field, a pygmy goat, a lonely horse, a muddy pond, and pruning have…
in common? They offer lessons of grace from the life of Cheryl Bostrom, columnist for the Women of Faith Web site (which gets more than 1 million page views a month). The View from Goose Ridge offers a refreshing look at the changing seasons in a woman's life-and a wise perspective on living a life of faith with grace and gentleness. Original observations and often unexpected applications to God's Word have made this column a word-of-mouth favorite. Women across the country are discovering the humor, hope, courage, and faith that can be found at Goose Ridge-and enjoyed by urban and rural women alike. Now readers everywhere can own a collection of the best of Cheryl's devotionals in The View from Goose Ridge. It's a fresh perspective for women of faith who need to be reminded of organic spirituality and God's down-to-earth ways with us as believers.Risky Gospel: Abandon Fear and Build Something Awesome
Par Owen Strachan. 2013
How do you access a real, thriving, vibrant faith? You trust a big God, and you start living like he’s…
real. It’s time to put our comfort and ease and false security on the line. If we know God is real, let’s pray as if he’s actually listening. If we know he’s good, let’s reflect that goodness in the world. When our problems feel big, let’s lean on the One who is bigger. Is that risky? “Sure,” says Owen Strachan. “Embrace it anyway. It’s literally the only way to live.”Fyodor Dostoevsky (Christian Encounters)
Par Peter J. Leithart. 2011
In his twenties, Fydor Dostoevsky, son of a Moscow doctor, graduate of a military academy, and rising star of Russian…
literature, found himself standing in front of a firing squad, accused of subversive activities against the Russian Tsar. Then the drums rolled, signaling that instead he was to be exiled to the living death of Siberia. Siberia was so cold the mercury froze in the thermometer. In prison, Dostoevsky was surrounded by murderers, thieves, parricides, and brigands who drank heavily, quarreled incessantly, and fought with horrible brutality. However, while "prisoners were piled on top of each other in the barracks, and the floor was matted with an inch of filth," Dostoevsky learned a great deal about the human condition that was to impact his writing as nothing had before. To absorb Dostoevsky's remarkable life in these pages is to encounter a man who not only examined the quest of God, the problem of evil, and the suffering of innocents in his writing but also drew inspiration from his own deep Christian faith in giving voice to the common people of his nation... and ultimately the world.Galileo (Christian Encounters)
Par Mitch Stokes. 2011
We learn about life through the lives of others. Their experiences, their trials, their adventures become our schools, our chapels, our…
playgrounds. Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church through prose as accessible and concise as it is personal and engaging. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. Whether the person is Galileo, William F. Buckley, John Bunyan, or Isaac Newton, we are now living in the world that they created and understand both it and ourselves better in the light of their lives. Their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires uniquely illuminate our shared experience.HERO OR HERETIC? GENIUS OR BLASPHEMER?It's no mystery how profound a role Galileo played in the Scientific Revolution. Less explored is the Italian innovator's sincere, guiding faith in God. In this exhaustively researched biography that reads like a page-turning novel, Mitch Stokes draws on his expertise in philosophy, logic, math, and science to attune modern ears with Galileo's controversial genius.Emerging from the same Florentine milieu that produced Dante, da Vinci, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Amerigo Vespuci, Galileo questioned with a persistence that spurred his world toward an unabating era of discovery. Stokes confronts the myth that Galileo's stance on heliocentricity stood astride a church vs. science divide and explores his calculations for the dimensions of Dante's hell, his understanding of motion, and his invention of the pendulum clock.To read this volume is to journey through Galileo's remarkable life: from his inquisitive childhood to his dying days, when, although blind and decrepit, he soldiered on, dictating mathematical thoughts and mentoring young proteges.The Loving Kitchen is a collection of comforting recipes straight from the kitchen of popular food blogger LeAnn Rice.You know the…
feeling you get when you&’re an overnight guest in someone&’s home and awaken to a hot breakfast? Or when a coworker brings in a pan of her famous brownies to celebrate your recent promotion? Doesn&’t it feel great when dinner at the neighbors&’ house includes multiple courses and conversation that lingers beyond dessert?LeAnn Rice has a heart for welcoming the neighbor, nurturing the family, and feeding the community. To her, cooking is so much more than food but instead about inviting others to share your table.For many of us, these are the moments in which we feel most loved. That&’s the idea behind The Loving Kitchen. It is an invitation for you to pull up a chair at LeAnn&’s table.In The Loving Kitchen, you&’ll find scrumptious recipes including: Pumpkin Spice PancakesAlmond Coconut Granola and yogurtHot Sausage and Spinach DipGrilled Chicken and Berry SaladStuffed Pork Tenderloin with Orange Cranberry Glaze and more! The Loving Kitchen is filled with meal ideas that are perfect to celebrate any milestone. It also features seasonal dishes and recipes you can serve on holidays and other special occasions.LeAnn&’s sunny narrative and ideas for bringing people together will remind you that the best meal you&’ll ever cook is the one you prepare as an act of love.