Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry: An Eight-Week Program

ISBN-13: 9781138690943 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 128 str.

Joshua J. Knabb; Thomas V. Frederick

Opis

Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry presents an eight-week approach for working with recurrent worry. Each chapter offers an introduction for the week, goals, techniques, and homework. Six free audio recordings are also available to download for use when practicing the guided meditations. Clinicians and their clients will find that the workbook helps them explore ways to lessen daily worries through contemplative prayer. Relying on scriptural support, the contemplative Christian tradition, and psychological science, clients will learn how to sit in silence with God, trusting in him during moments of uncertainty, worry, and anxiety.

Spis treści

Foreword  Acknowledgements  Introduction  1. The Relationship Between Uncertainty and Worry  2. An Introduction to Contemplative Practice  3. Ignatian Prayer  4. The Jesus Prayer  5. An Introduction to Centering Prayer  6. A Continuation of Centering Prayer  7. An Introduction to the Welcoming Prayer  8. Surrendering to Divine Providence in Daily Living  Index