Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works

How can faith speak directly to people's real lives?

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The Classic Work on Helping People Become Closer to GodFathers Barry and Connolly see the work of spiritual direction as helping people to develop their relationship with God.

Fasting for Christ during the Great Lent season gives us as Christian believers the opportunity to come into closer communion with God.

When Craig Cooper and Walker Hayes met, Walker was an alcoholic atheist reeling from the backlash of a failed music career.

The Courage to Walk in the Darkness offers a series of gentle yet firm messages from Pastor Sung Kun Park.

In 1924, an Australian minister observed that while the world may be getting better off, the world is not getting better.

It is not a changing culture, reduced resources, or a rescinding Christian memory that creates the greatest challenges for the church in the West.

Laypeople have a special mission in the church the way they have a special mission in society.

"e;Every generation puts 'clothes' onto God to help their understanding, but the underlying reality of God still lies beneath those garments.

Are we Methodists ready for the work of God to be unleashed?

Spiritually there is a great hunger today for contemplative and more satisfying experiences with God.

Letters from Abu Ghraib, a collection of email messages sent by Joshua Casteel to his friends and family during his service as a US Army interrogator and Arabic linguist in the 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, is the raw and intimate record of a solider in moral conflict with his duties.

The prophet Jeremiah, mourning his people in the city of Zion, spoke of the balm that could heal them.

A Roman centurion asks Jesus to heal his dying servant.

Mulled Psalms is a book of poetry.

Transforming Faith Communities argues for a model of being church that combines congregationalism with a constructive approach to church-state relationships.

Reflect and be inspired by this beautiful collection of illustrations, accompanied by prompts and quotes from the Qur'an Life is full of highs and lows, but every journey begins with a single step.

Called for Life reflects on our calling to serve God and neighbor in the context of retirement.

America stands in the throes of an anxiety epidemic, yet Americans live in one of the most religious countries in the world?

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers.

Seeking God is a Platonic dialogue on the nature of the religious experience and the conditions under which this experience is possible.

Drawn from three decades of parish ministry experience, Steward of Stories opens the delightfully complex and nuanced world of the congregation to a wider audience beyond, but including, local parish pastors.

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Everyday Holiness presents the spiritual journey to and with Christ as possible, noble, challenging, and rewarding.

Sunday Thoughts is a year of weekly devotions.

I've found a new Lover,"e; she declared.

Contrary to popular culture, the goal of life is not happiness, but meaning.

Transformational experiences are as unique as they are profound, yet each portrays universal truths of human nature.

The poems in Things Not Seen are by turns playful, witty, and serious.

In einer Folge von Briefen, die unter dem Eindruck des Lockdowns im Frühjahr 2020 entstanden sind, stellt Ilse Wellershoff-Schuur dar, was man tun kann, um innere Widerstandskräfte zu steigern und verloren gegangene Balance zurückzugewinnen.

"e;Few are agnostic about atheism and agnosticism; this eloquent, wide-ranging volume should appeal to many, as well as supporting recent academic interest in its subject.

Experience the orgasmic rapture of Sacred Union with your Twin Soul and the Divine *; Includes practices in sacred sexuality, emotional intimacy, and soul awareness to awaken the Love, Power, and Wisdom of your soul, attract your Twin Soul, and satisfy your soul's longing to reunite with God *; Draws on teachings from Gnosticism, Sufi mysticism, the Kabbalah, Kundalini yoga, sexual shamanism, the Egyptian Mystery schools, and Christ Consciousness *; Offers examples of Sacred Union, including Jesus and Mary Magdalene and Rumi and Shams as well as experiences of modern couples Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Rumi and Shams, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Isis and Osiris--in these sacred unions we recognize the merging not only of Twin Souls but also of these lovers with the Divine.

In Journeying in the Wilderness, author Terri Martinson Elton observes that faith formation in the church setting is contextual, and multiple forces are coming together today to create seismic contextual changes at record speed.

Since his existence the human being has explored various ways in his quest for God.

How should we positively interact with others from all types of backgrounds in ways that acknowledge God's diversity in the world?

In a day when our churches look like country clubs with slick marketing campaigns, Jeremy McKim urges us away from a democratized kingdom of self and toward the kingdom of God.

Following the death of her best friend since high school, a religion professor re-examines her own personal beliefs about god.

Im Herzen der japanischen Samurai-Kultur liegt das Bushidō – der Weg des Kriegers.

Visionary artist andNew York Timesbestselling author ofThe Wild UnknownKim Krans returns with a decadently illustrated and incredibly raw graphic memoir that chronicles her multi-layered search for truth and recovery from an eating disorder and infertility in the throes of a health and wellness-obsessed culture, touching on the healing potentials of creativity and spirituality.

The times in which we live are often described as "e;unprecedented.

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This book uses the metaphor of walking to gain insight into the spiritual life.