Understanding Difficult Scriptures In A Healing Way

Author : Matthew Linn
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809140299
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Difficult Scriptures in a Healing Way written by Matthew Linn and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource that helps readers of the Bible to read it, difficult passages included, in ways that enhance their sense of loving connection so that they feel closer to God, themselves, others and their world.

Author : Sue Magrath
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718845390
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing the Ravaged Soul written by Sue Magrath and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does God hate me? How can I believe in a God who has allowed my suffering? These are just two of the difficult spiritual questions that survivors of child sexual abuse struggle with. In addition, survivors often have mixed feelings about thechurch because of perceived judgment and indifference, their own shame, or their discomfort with certain aspects of worship. Of the many after-effects of sexual abuse, spiritual wounds are the least talked about, yet they are central to adult survivors who seek to heal and find faith and meaning in their lives. With grace and gentleness, this book seeks to answer survivors' spiritual questions and address some of the common misconceptions that often develop when young victims attempt to understand what has happened to them. Healing the Ravaged Soul explores the origins of their spiritual issues with clear psychological insights and guides survivors on a spiritual journey toward healing, wholeness, and a deeper relationship with God.

Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506420745
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cross Vision written by Gregory A. Boyd and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the BibleÕs biggest dilemma. Ê The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peaceÑitÕs a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century. Now, with the sensitivity of a pastor and the intellect of a theologian, Gregory A. Boyd proposes the Òcruciform hermeneutic,Ó a way to read the Old Testament portraits of God through the lens of JesusÕ crucifixion. Ê In Cross Vision, Boyd follows up on his epic and groundbreaking study, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God. He shows how the death and resurrection of Jesus reframes the troubling violence of the Old Testament, how all of Scripture reveals GodÕs self-sacrificial love, and, most importantly, how we can follow JesusÕ example of peace.

Author : Richard F. Groves
Publisher : Celestial Arts
ISBN 13 : 0399578412
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Book of Living and Dying written by Richard F. Groves and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most people, the thought of dying or caring for a terminally ill friend or family member raises fears and questions as old as humanity: What is a “good death”? What appropriate preparations should be made? How do we best support our loved ones as life draws to its close? In this nondenominational handbook, Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser provide comfort, direction, and hope to the dying and their caregivers through nine archetypal stories that illustrate the most common end-of-life concerns. Drawing from personal experiences, the authors offer invaluable guidance on easing emotional pain and navigating this difficult final passage. With a compelling new preface, this edition also features an overview of the hospice movement; a survey of Celtic, Tibetan, Egyptian, and other historic perspectives on the sacred art of dying; as well as various therapies, techniques, and rituals to alleviate suffering, stimulate reflection, and strengthen interpersonal bonds. The American Book of Living and Dying gives us courage to trust our deepest instincts, and reminds us that by telling the stories of those who have passed, we remember, honor, and continue to learn from them.

Author : Michael E. Landon
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468563572
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grieving Hearts in Worship written by Michael E. Landon and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grieving Hearts in Worship offers an in-depth opportunity to answer challenging questions concerning a growing disconnect between how we grieve and how we worship God. Through the use of stories, poetry, creative worship services and thought-provoking discussions, Landon shares his unique understanding of the nature of our need for rituals in worship as a beneficial part of our journey towards healing. By exploring major thoughts and writings on grief, he identifies common threads, weaving together a living tapestry that expresses the depth of personal and communal experiences of grief. Reading this contemplative approach to discussing grief and its place in worship will open your eyes to a new way of seeing God's love for the grieving. The book's practical suggestions offer church leaders and members a blend of topics, worship services, and reflection questions that include:  Attitudes About Death and Grief  Annual Remembrance Services  Finding Hope in Brokenness  Anger and Vulnerability in Worship  Rediscovering Joy  Walking the Labyrinth  When A Church Dies

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Publisher : Remuda Ranch
ISBN 13 : 9781932124941
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment written by and published by Remuda Ranch. This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Stroble
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611646340
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament written by Paul Stroble and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a seven mile journey from Jerusalem to Emmaus, the resurrected Jesus captivated two travelers with stories from the Old Testament pointing to his life and death. Walking with Jesus through the Old Testament invites readers to embark on this journey with Christ throughout the Lenten season. Stroble imagines what Jesus would have said to his companions and guides readers along the way with forty-six devotions referencing the Old Testament. A prayer and a set of “digging deeper†activities are also included to help readers engage with each reflection on a personal level. Readers will ultimately come to the Easter celebration with a fuller understanding of God's promise fulfilled by Jesus' death and resurrection.

Author : Christopher Bear Beam
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453518371
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Window of Silence written by Christopher Bear Beam and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Window of Silence integrates the use of silence as spiritual discipline and its abusive use by systemic structures. Silence may be used as a lifegiving practice or in a destructive way at all levels of societal systems. One of the contentions of The Golden Window of Silence is that when one uses silence to listen to all levels, one may find the source of all non-violent communication. It is by this means that silence becomes one of the most powerful means of social justice. "Proceeds from book sales go to Sunbear Community Alliance, a Texas Non-Profit Corporation."

Author : Catherine Stewart
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498209203
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Goodness I Cannot Explain written by Catherine Stewart and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We found something." With these words, a Presbyterian minister is thrust into a medical crisis: a tumor is pressing on her brain. Doctors cannot offer a preferred treatment plan: radiation and surgery are equally valid but carry vastly different risks and consequences. She herself must choose. She plunges into a maze of medical research, but the analytical mode of Western culture cannot help her find peace in her decision. Instead, she is unwittingly led along an ancient prayer path called Lectio Divina, and transformed by inexplicable and repeated encounters with goodness. Still a community's shepherd in faith, she shoulders the question they too ask: "Can God be found here?" The maze becomes a labyrinth: a spiritual journey that brings her to a center that holds. Her decision made, she undergoes treatment. "You must have been terrified," a friend says. That is when the author realizes that her experience is unusual: she had not been afraid. How to explain that? This memoir recounts how her ideas of God and self are reshaped as she discovers a place of deep knowing and trust. Humbled and surprised, she experiences in her body the gospel she has preached for years.

Author : Matthew Linn
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809137626
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simple Ways to Pray for Healing written by Matthew Linn and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Linn primer that captures the essence of what they've shared and experienced in their ministry; the universal application of eight ways of praying that have the capacity to heal by virtue of their integrating contemporary spirituality with the wisdom of St. Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises. Full-color illustrations. +