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Finding Your Way Back to God Participant's Guide
By Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson. 2015
Take the Next Step Perfect for individual or group studyThe companion Participant's Guide explores the idea that we all want…
to find our way home - and back to God. The participant's guide offers Bible investigation, life application questions, and prayer exercises help you take positive action on your desire to find God.The Soul of All Living Creatures
By Vint Virga. 2013
As profiled in the New York Times Magazine...Based on the author's twenty-five years of experience as a veterinarian and veterinary…
behaviorist, The Soul of All Living Creatures delves into the inner lives of animals - from whales, wolves, and leopards to mice, dogs, and cats - and explores the relationships we forge with them. As an emergency room clinician four years out of veterinary school, Dr. Vint Virga had a life-changing experience: he witnessed the power of simple human contact and compassion to affect the recovery of a dog struggling to survive after being hit by a car. Observing firsthand the remarkably strong connection between humans and animals inspired him to explore the world from the viewpoint of animals and taught him to respect the kinship that connects us.With The Soul of All Living Creatures, Virga draws from his decades in veterinary practice to reveal how, by striving to perceive the world as animals do, we can enrich our own appreciation of life, enhance our character, nurture our relationships, improve our communication with others, reorder our values, and deepen our grasp of spirituality. Virga discerningly illuminates basic traits shared by both humans and animals and makes animal behavior meaningful, relevant, and easy to understand. Insightful and eloquent, The Soul of All Living Creatures offers an intimate journey into the lives of our fellow creatures and a thought-provoking promise of what we can learn from spending time with them.From the Hardcover edition.Writing to Wake the Soul
By Karen Hering. 2013
Through the power of everyday words, find and deepen your connection with faith and self in the spiritual practice of…
writing. Have you ever sought to wake that still, small voice within--the voice that gives expression to your greatest hopes, fears, dreams, and sorrows? Through the intersection of poetry and story, metaphor and mediation, history and culture, you have the power to. Perfect for today's spiritual seeker, Writing to Wake the Soul provides inspiration, practical guidance, and content-rich prompts to help you articulate and explore the difficult questions of our time. Its elegant narrative invites you to use words as a way to journey into a greater intimacy with your faith, your soul, and your relationship to the world. Whether you're a theist or atheist, agnostic or church-goer, accomplished writer or even a non-writer, this guide offers a thoughtful reflection on the enormous transformative power of words in our everyday lives. Featuring exercises for meditation, contemplation, and gentle self-examination, along with writing prompts on a wide spectrum of theological themes and spiritual practices, Writing to Wake the Soul will help you develop a greater connection to that voice, to the inner self, and to the timeless wisdom deep within you.Seeking the Kingdom
By Richard J. Foster. 1995
Millions have embarked on the path to spiritual growth through Richard Foster s acclaimed Celebration of Discipline For the…
many who are inspired to pursue the disciplines in daily life Foster now offers these devotions for the journey of faith Filled with key passages from many of his bestselling books along with thoughtful reflection Seeking the Kingdom presents Foster s wise counsel and direction concerning the challenges and rewards of the Christian life Covering topics such as stillness and worship corporate guidance and what stops us from praying Foster explores the three movements of the spiritual life the movement inward to personal transformation the movement upward to intimacy with God and the movement outward to minister to othersKissing the Limitless: Deep Magic and the Great Work of Transforming Yourself and the World
By T. Thorn Coyle. 2009
This book was written to be used in concert with whatever pagan tradition you are currently involved in. There are…
at least three levels to it: part one will help you strengthen the foundations of your spiritual practice, part two will ensure that you are sound in body, mind, emotion, sex, and spirit, and have developed will and ethics, and part three will lead you further into connection with your Godhood. . . The tools used to do this are breath work, dream work, pendulum work, aura reading, tarot, meditation, spells, and others. The goal of the book is to help guide you through the stages of personal consciousness that will then enable you to step into inclusive consciousness—a consciousness that encompasses the personal, political, environmental, social, mental, and transpersonal. [It is this] inclusive consciousness [that] enables us to reach the limitless, the divine, Goddess or God.Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life
By Paul Wilkes. 1999
With earnest resolve and the vague hope of a deeper spiritual life, Paul Wilkes began his monthly visits to a…
Trappist monastery. His plan was to spend time each month with the monks and take back into his hectic world of family and profession what he had garnered from the cloistered life. But Wilkes naively misjudged how difficult it would be to achieve his seemingly simple good intentions. Monasticism turned out to be far more complex and demanding than he had imagined, calling upon him to look deeply into himself and requiring a bravery he was not sure, at first, that he possessed. A year later, he had not only discovered the simple path of monastic spirituality, but had journeyed to the depths of his soul and realized that the influences on his daily life were truly immense. With the ever-increasing call for access to authentic spiritual traditions, Beyond the Walls breaks new ground. This is a book that points a way for "new monks" to live a rich, challenging life filled with grace and faith. Book jacket. Mr. Wilkes spends a few days each month over a year immersed in the life of Trapist monks in South Carolina. He tells his story offrustrations and failures with a devastating honesty. The chapters are devoted to such themes as detachment, community, prayer, chastity, just to mention a few. His conclusion is that people can live monastic principles in the wold. Perhaps!Everyday Spirituality
By Sara Mackian. 2012
This book puts spirit back at the heart of spirituality. By exploring the everyday impacts of alternative spiritual beliefs and…
practices, the book examines contemporary spirituality and how critical social science can map and understand it.Planetary Brother
By Bartholomew. 1991
You will learn how to work toward global peace global love and global harmony which is the…
absolute destiny of this planet - you are doing God s will Your consciousness moving through your physical body ultimately will change this planetAwakened Instincts: Seven Keys for Enhancing Every Aspect of Your Life
By Maryrose Occhino. 2005
World-renowned psychic medium MaryRose Occhino teams up with her daughter, Jacqueline Sullivan, for this first-of-its-kind guide to provide readers with…
the seven keys for enhancing their lives and, in so doing, to promote inner healing and spiritual development. In a universe where we're all connected, each person has the ability to improve his or her life by following these seven vital keys (FEAR NOT): F -- Fearlessness, E -- Expect the unexpected, A -- Arise to every occasion, R -- Relax your energy, N -- Never Say Never!, O -- Observe, T -- Telepathy. In this remarkable handbook, MaryRose and her daughter prove that it's possible to mentally keep alive that invisible umbilical cord connecting us with the rest of the world. A must-read for anyone looking to reclaim a lost spiritual connection -- whether it's to a friend, parent, or coworker -- Awakened Instincts proves that once a person's inner potential is roused from its slumber, the possibilities for a better life are boundless.Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
By Timothy Keller. 2009
For the faithful and the seeker--the inspiring New York Times bestseller from the author of The Songs of Jesus. Harsh…
economic realities are casting new light on the pursuits of sex, money, and success for happiness: careers, fortunes, marriages, and retirement security have collapsed. Many feel lost, disenchanted, and resentful.In this inspiring new book, Timothy Keller, one of the country's most popular spiritual guides, reveals the unvarnished truth about faith, our hearts' desires, and the pursuit of happiness-and where all of it can ultimately be found.From the Trade Paperback edition.Mantenga la Fe
By Ana Mollinedo Mims. 2007
De una voz clara y poderosa nos llega un libro que le da sentido a la vida laboral, y le…
recuerda a los creyentes que el propósito espiritual lleva al éxito profesional La clave en la realización profesional de Ana Mollinedo Mims ha sido su filosofía basada en la fe que ella cree es lo fundamental para encontrar sentido, y luego éxito, en todo aspecto de su vida profesional. Los principios que Ana desarrolla en este libro-la fe, la integridad, la humildad, la oración, el perdón, la administración y el legado-son conceptos que la han llevado lejos en su muy distinguida carrera profesional. Son los principios que forman la raíz de una carrera basada en lo espiritual, una carrera que ella cree está al alcance de toda persona que quiera darle un propósito a uno de los aspectos de nuestras vidas que ocupa la mayor cantidad de nuestro tiempo: el trabajo. Mantenga la Fe observa algunas de las dificultades comunes que todo el mundo debe enfrentar en diferentes etapas de sus vidas laborales. Utilizando sus propias experiencias y la de otros, Ana nos muestra que cuando los problemas y las dudas se manejan con su pragmatismo espiritual, cada dificultad se transforma en una oportunidad para que crezca el propósito espiritual de cada quien, lo cual, a su vez, nos acerca al éxito profesional. Ana cree que con cada paso las respuestas se aclararán más; serán aun más gratificantes al lograr cambiar la perspectiva y considerar lo que en realidad significa la combinación entre la vida laboral y la vida devotamente espiritual.Diving Deep & Surfacing
By Carol P. Christ. 1995
Diving Deep and Surfacing reveals how the writings of Kate Chopin, Margaret Atwood, Doris Lessing, Adrienne Rich, and Ntozake Shange…
can inform women's search for spiritual renewal. A new afterword testifies to the importance of spiritual autobiography for women.Lights for a Waiting World
By Silas Henderson. 2015
The four-week season of Advent is a time of miracles. These days have the power to transform us, if we…
can be open to the graces of the season. In this book, readers watch and wait for Christ's coming with the saints, whose lives embodied so many of the Advent virtues. Included in this book are reflections and prayers inspired by the passages of Scripture read during the Mass each day of Advent, references for the readings themselves, and a forward by Bishop Robert Morneau.Manual del Guerrero de la Luz
By Paulo Coelho. 1997
Manual del Guerrero de la Luz es uno de los libros m s esperados del autor de El Alquimista, el…
bestseller internacional que ha fascinado a millones de lectores en el mundo entero. Los textos que se re nen en este libro nos recuerdan que en cada uno de nosotros vive un guerrero de la luz, alguien capaz de escuchar el silencio de su coraz n. Nos invitan a vivir nuestros sue os, aceptar la incertidumbre, alzarnos ante nuestro propio destino y seguir el camino del guerrero, el camino de aquel que sabe valorar el milagro de la vida, aceptar las derrotas sin dejarse abatir por ellas y cuya b squeda lo lleva a convertirse en quien quiere ser. Paulo Coelho, con m s de 47 millones de libros vendidos, no es s lo uno de los autores m s le dos del mundo, sino tambi n uno de los escritores con mayor influencia de hoy en d a. Lectores de m s de 150 pa ses, sin distinci n de credos ni culturas, le han convertido en uno de los autores de referencia de nuestro tiempo.Learning To Love
By Thomas Merton. 1997
Having embraced a life of solitude in his own hermitage, Thomas Merton finds his faith tested beyond his imagination when…
a visit to the hospital leads to a clandestine affair of the heart. Jolted out of his comfortable routine, Merton is forced to reassess his need for love and his commitment to celibacy and the monastic vocation. This astonishing volume traces Merton's struggle to reconcile his unexpected love with his sacred vows while continuing to grapple with the burning social issues of the day--including racial conflicts, the war in Vietnam, and the Arab-Israeli conflict--visiting and corresponding with high-profile friends like Thich Nhat Hanh and Joan Baez, and further developing his writing career. Revealing Merton to be 'very human' in his chronicles of the ecstasy and torment of being in love, Learning to Love comes full circle as Merton recommits himself completely and more deeply to his vocation even as he recognizes 'my need for love, my loneliness, my inner division, the struggle in which solitude is at once a problem and a 'solution'. And perhaps not a perfect solution either' (11 May, 1967).Fishers of Men
By Adam Elenbaas. 2010
In the tradition of memoirs like Daniel Pinchbeck's 2012 and Jim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries, Adam Elenbaas's Fishers of Men…
chronicles his journey from intense self-destruction and crippling depression to self-acceptance, inner awareness, and spiritual understanding, through participation in mindexpanding-and healing ayahuasca ceremonies in South America and beyond. From his troubled and rebellious youth as a Methodist minister's son in Minnesota, to his sex and substance abuse-fueled downward spiral in Chicago and New York, culminating in a depressive breakdown, Elenbaas is plagued by a feeling of emptiness and a desperate search for meaning for most of his young life. After hitting rock bottom at his grandfather's house in rural Michigan, a chance experience with psychedelic mushrooms convinces him that he must change his ways to achieve the sense of peace that he has always desired. Several subsequent psychedelic experiences inspire him to embark on a quest to South America and take part in a shamanic ceremony, where he consumes ayahuasca, a jungle vine revered for its spiritual properties. Over the course of nearly forty ayahuasca ceremonies during four years, Elenbaas discovers the truth about his own life and past, and begins to mend himself from the inside out. Fishers of Men is the gripping, heartbreaking, and yet ultimately uplifting story of the power to transcend one's past.Not In Kansas Anymore
By Christine Wicker. 2005
Magic has stepped out of the movies, morphed from the pages of fairy tales, and is more present in America…
today than you might expect. Soccer moms get voodoo head washings in their backyards, young American soldiers send chants toward pagan gods of war, and a seemingly normal family determines that they are in fact elves. National bestselling author and award-winning religion reporter Christine Wicker leaves no talisman unturned in her hunt to find what's authentic and what's not in America's burgeoning magical reality. From the voodoo temples of New Orleans to the witches' covens of Salem to a graveyard in north Florida, Wicker probes the secrets of an underground society and teaches lessons she never dreamed could be taught. What she learns repels her, challenges her, and changes her in ways she never could have imagined. And if you let it, it might change you, too.Messages: Signs, Visits, and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11
By Bonnie Mceneaney. 2010
When Bonnie McEneaney's husband, Eamon, died in the attacks on the World Trade Center, she thought she had lost him…
forever. And then something unexpected happened that would shake her to the core and reassure her that her husband was still with her. As Bonnie reveals in this groundbreaking book, she began to have experiences that convinced her that her husband, in spirit, was sending her signs, indeed messages, that he was still present and watching over his family. A mother and former business executive, Bonnie was always the rational one, and quite skeptical of the spiritual world and all that it represents, but after talking to a number of other families and friends of loved ones lost on 9/11, she realized she was not alone. Numerous others connected to the tragedy-from financial executives to stay-at-home moms-described their own experiences: premonitions, signs, dreams, visitations, and communications through mediums and psychics. Bonnie began recording their compelling stories in a groundbreaking four-year-long project, illuminating the power of love and the unbreakable bond love creates. Now, in Messages, she shares these miraculous spiritual stories while weaving in her own heartfelt message of comfort and hope for all those who are searching for their own deeper connections, proving that love and relationships can continue after death.The 유란시아 책
By Urantia Foundation. 2012
You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about God, life in the inhabited universe, the history…
and future of this world, and the life of Jesus. The Urantia Book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new meaning and hope into your life. If you are searching for answers, read The Urantia Book! The world needs new spiritual truth that provides modern men and women with an intellectual pathway into a personal relationship with God. Building on the world's religious heritage, The Urantia Book describes an endless destiny for humankind, teaching that living faith is the key to personal spiritual progress and eternal survival. These teachings provide new truths powerful enough to uplift and advance human thinking and believing for the next 1000 years. A third of The Urantia Book is the inspiring story of Jesus' entire life and a revelation of his original teachings. This panoramic narrative includes his birth, childhood, teenage years, adult travels and adventures, public ministry, crucifixion, and 19 resurrection appearances. This inspiring story recasts Jesus from the leading figure of Christianity into the guide for seekers of all faiths and all walks of life. This book is a revelation.Urantijos Knyga
By Urantia Foundation. 2004
You have just discovered the literary masterpiece that answers your questions about God, life in the inhabited universe, the history…
and future of this world, and the life of Jesus. The Urantia Book harmonizes history, science, and religion into a philosophy of living that brings new meaning and hope into your life. If you are searching for answers, read The Urantia Book! The world needs new spiritual truth that provides modern men and women with an intellectual pathway into a personal relationship with God. Building on the world's religious heritage, The Urantia Book describes an endless destiny for humankind, teaching that living faith is the key to personal spiritual progress and eternal survival. These teachings provide new truths powerful enough to uplift and advance human thinking and believing for the next 1000 years. A third of The Urantia Book is the inspiring story of Jesus' entire life and a revelation of his original teachings. This panoramic narrative includes his birth, childhood, teenage years, adult travels and adventures, public ministry, crucifixion, and 19 resurrection appearances. This inspiring story recasts Jesus from the leading figure of Christianity into the guide for seekers of all faiths and all walks of life. This book is a revelation.