Description: In the 1930s, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer anticipated the restoration of the church after the coming second world war through a new kind of monasticism, a way of life of uncompromising adherence to the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of Christ. Since then, the renewal of Christian monasticism has become a great spiritual movement. Imbued with a love for God and neighbor, and with a healthy self-love, people are going to monasteries to deepen their relationship with God, to pray, and to find peace. While some monastic institutions are suffering a decline in traditional...
Description: In the 1930s, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer anticipated the restoration of the church after the coming second world war through a...
From Joanna Seibert, a recovering alcholic, physician and a deacon in the Episcopal church, comes this extraordinary book of daily readings and meditations inspired by small sections of each of the 150 Psalms. Specifically written for people in recover, The Call of the Psalms: A Spiritual Companion for People in Recovery is full of honesty, self-reflection, and illumination by Seibert, which then teaches us to slow down to hear the natural rhythms of nature and a higher power. Seibert unflinchingly bares her own faults and flaws, and then shows how to soothe the pain in the minds and hearts...
From Joanna Seibert, a recovering alcholic, physician and a deacon in the Episcopal church, comes this extraordinary book of daily readings and medita...
From the writer of "Healing Presence" comes this extraordinary book of daily readings and meditations based on small sections of each of the 150 Psalms.
From the writer of "Healing Presence" comes this extraordinary book of daily readings and meditations based on small sections of each of the 150 Psalm...
Synopsis: "As it is written, Our God is a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29); so we also must kindle the divine fire in ourselves through tears and hard work." -Amma Syncletica, fourth century.
What could be more natural and timely than ...
Spiritual wisdom drawn from a womans world; word paintings expressed in the poetry of mother-daughter dialogue?
Home and hearth lessons in eternal truth, firmly grounded in day-to-day experience?
Small scenarios of inquiry and response, deep questioning and fledgling faith, that reverberate with quiet insight?
Dialogues that reflect modern levels of...
Synopsis: "As it is written, Our God is a consuming fire (Heb. 12:29); so we also must kindle the divine fire in ourselves through tears and hard ...
Why have certain spiritual disciplines been in use for centuries, and why are they so important?
It is questionable if one can ever be exactly the same person waking up on two consecutive days. How are spiritual sojourners to cope with the constant change? Many are beginning to explore the ancient Christian spiritual practices, such as fixed-hour prayer, fasting and sincere observance of the Sabbath. What is causing this hunger for deeper spirituality?
Brian McLaren guides us on this quest for an explanation of these spiritual practices, many of which go all...
Why have certain spiritual disciplines been in use for centuries, and why are they so important?
What does it mean to pray without ceasing? Is it really that important to pray as the early Church did?
In this installment of The Ancient Practices series, Robert Benson presents a structure for our lives where we can live in continued awareness of God's presence and reality. A pattern for worship and prayer that is offered to God at specific times throughout the day, the daily office is meant to be prayed by all the faithful so the Church may be continuous and God's work in this world may be sustained. Yet it is highly personal too--an anchor between the daily and the...
What does it mean to pray without ceasing? Is it really that important to pray as the early Church did?
What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy?
Dan Allender's lyrical book about the Sabbath expels the myriad myths about this -day of rest, - starting with the one that paints the Sabbath as a day of forced quiet, spiritual exercises, and religious devotion and attendance. This, he says, is at odds with the ancient tradition of Sabbath as a day of delight for both body and soul. Instead, the only way we can make use of the Sabbath is to see God's original intent for the day with new eyes. In Sabbath, Allender...
What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy?
-Fasting is the body talking what the spirit yearns, what the soul longs for, and what the mind knows to be true.-
-- Scot McKnight
Christianity has traditionally been at odds with the human body. At times in the history of the church, Christians have viewed the body and physical desires as the enemy. Now, Scot McKnight, best-selling author of The Jesus Creed, reconnects the spiritual and the physical in the ancient discipline of fasting.
Inside You'll Find:
In-depth biblical precedents for the practice of fasting;
How to...
-Fasting is the body talking what the spirit yearns, what the soul longs for, and what the mind knows to be true.-
The sacred meal that is part of our faith does more than connect us to the holy, it connects us to each other.
"I think Jesus wanted his disciples and everyone who came after him to remember what they had together. What they made together. What it meant to be together. How the things he did could not have been done without them."
In her inimitable style of memoir and personal reflection, Nora Gallagher explores the beauty and mystery of this most fascinating of topics. Whether exploring the history of Christian communion, taking us inside the workings of a soup...
The sacred meal that is part of our faith does more than connect us to the holy, it connects us to each other.
A journey of the soul through the map of Christian time.
The liturgical year, beginning on the first Sunday of Advent and carrying through the following November, is the year that sets out to attune the life of the Christian to the life of Jesus, the Christ.
What may at first seem to be simply an arbitrary arrangement of ancient holy days, or liturgical seasons, this book explains their essential relationship to one another and their ongoing meaning to us today. It is an excursion into life from the Christian perspective, from the viewpoint of those who set out not only...
A journey of the soul through the map of Christian time.
The liturgical year, beginning on the first Sunday of Advent and carrying thr...
