This book has brought me so much closer to God than I thought possible. It has done so much for me, and I think all women should have a copy of this in their homes. I highly recomend this book to any women who is seeking the greatness of a personal relationship with God.
Even if you are not a Christian, and even if you are not facing severe pain, this book is worth reading. It's worth reading because it will give you fascinating insights into the human body. It's worth reading because it will broaden your perspective after reading about people who have faced tremendous pain. And if for no other reason, it's worth reading because Philip Yancey is a great writer. His writing style is pithy, yet never brusque. He skillful balances journalistic fact, personal narrative, and theology in a way that few others can.
The entirety of the book is informative and inspiring, but its greatest richness lies in the author's gift for expressing spiritual concepts; example, "We pray not to acquire a relationship with God as if acquiring something that did not previously exist. Rather, we pray to disclose the image of God in which we are created, the God within us, that is, the one in whom we are created and in whom lies the seed of our identity.... We pray not to `ascend' to Go but to `give birth to God' to allow the image in which we are created to become visible."
This book was written early in Nouwen's career, before he was so famous as a writer and teacher. In it, he struggles with the life and legacy of Thomas Merton, the bestselling Catholic monk and mystic. Each of the main chapters is divided into two parts. The first part offers an overview of a major theme in Merton's life and work, including the people who influenced Merton the most and Merton's encounters with other religious traditions. The second part gives excerpts from Merton's writing, which are intended for meditation and private reflection.
Ellsberg delivers much more than the title would suggest. Not just another 'happiness is' book, it is a profound though understandable description of holiness as lived by many saints but available to any modern seeker. One meets many saints - some well-known, some not - learns something about their lives in a very human way, then gleans some wisdom useful in the 21st century. The sub-title, Practical Lessons in the Life of the Spirit, probably tells more about the book but wouldn't get the attention of "The Saints' Guide to Happiness." Here's a real gem that makes growth in holiness a real possibility
The love dare is a short, very readable guide to helping couples reconnect thru daily love ideas. It helps you build your love on a Christian and totally
open agape love. It reminds you to do the little things that make loving and living together more rewarding even in the tough times.
The love dare is a short, very readable guide to helping couples reconnect thru daily love ideas. It helps you build your love on a Christian and totally
open agape love. It reminds you to do the little things that make loving and living together more rewarding even in the tough times.
The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know *what* it is - what it was intended to do and how it was meant to be used. After that has been discovered the temperance reformer may decide that the corkscrew was made for a bad purpose, and the communist may think the same about the cathedral. But such questions come later. The first thing is to understand the object before you: as long as you think the corkscrew was meant for opening tins or the cathedral for entertaining tourists you can say nothing to purpose about them." This is a splendid piece of writing, but the idea presented is no way an original one - Plato and Aristotle said the same, said it clearly, and said it over two thousand years before Lewis did. If you had been able to confront Lewis with this fact, he might have said "Exactly
This is the final book in the four part Christ Mind series. Book 1 focused on learning unconditional love for yourself and others, Book 2 offered a recipe for spiritual healing, Book 3 discussed how to stay connected to love in the face of challenges, and the final book reviews all of the previous concepts and explains how they clarify and further the information Jesus sought to teach us during his lifetime.
Here are more resouces that will be used:
PRAYING W/ SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES BY THOMAS DAILEY, THOMAS 'A KEMPIS ON THE LOVE OF GOD, ,SAINT MEINRAD PRAYER BOOK, LOVE W/O CONDITIONS BY PAUL FERRINI, JESUS PLAN FOR A NEW WORLD BY RICHARD ROHR, GOD,I HAVE ISSUES, 50 WAYS TO PRAY NO MATTER HOW YOU FEEL BY MARK THIBODEAUX,THY WILL BE DONE BY FRANCIS DE SALES,ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS COMES OF AGE, THE WISDOM OF ST. FRANCIS AND HIS COMPANIONS BY STEPHEN CLISSOLD, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE FOR PEOPLE ON THE THE RUN(THE RUNNER'S BIBLE) BY NORA HOLM,EVERYTHING BELONGS BY RICHARD ROHR. Please note that the "God, i have issues,50 ways to pray no matter how you feel is one title in itself.