Spirituality and religious experience Books
Penguin Putnam Inc Walking with God through Pain and Suffering
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£17.10
Penguin Putnam Inc On Living
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£999.99
Ave Maria Press Can You Drink the Cup?
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£13.81
Ave Maria Press Heart Speaks to Hearts: Three Gospel Meditations
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£11.06
Ave Maria Press Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons
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£14.50
Ave Maria Press All Will be Well
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£11.89
Ave Maria Press A Sorrow Shared: A Combined Edition of the Nouwen
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£13.25
Ave Maria Press In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Love That Works: Art & Science Of Giving
Book Synopsis This original, highly readable book poses a clear distinction between our customary form of love, which almost guarantees failure, and higher, more generous ways of loving that can succeed and enrich both individuals and society as a whole. Love That Works draws on history, psychology, and the theology and science of love to offer a proposal on how to be successful in love and romance. It starts by showing why love fails to meet expectations, often ending sadly or even tragically.
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Kindness and Joy: Expressing the Gentle Love
Book Synopsis This book includes guidance as well as information and inspiration. There are practical recommendations on how to perform acts of kindness in personal lives and at work, toward friends, colleagues, and family members—even with one's enemies. Suggestions are also offered on ways to encourage others to be kind so they, too, can experience the joy that results.
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Kindness and Joy: Expressing the Gentle Love
Book SynopsisThis book includes guidance as well as information and inspiration. There are practical recommendations on how to perform acts of kindness in personal lives and at work, toward friends, colleagues, and family members—even with one's enemies. Suggestions are also offered on ways to encourage others to be kind so they, too, can experience the joy that results.
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice
Book Synopsis Ever since the first edition of Verna Benner Carson's Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice went out of print, second-hand copies have been highly sought after by practitioners in the field and nursing school faculty who appreciated the comprehensive scope of the seminal work on spirituality and health. In this highly anticipated revised edition, Carson and her co-editor, Harold G. Koenig, have thoroughly revised and updated this classic in the field. The revised edition builds on the foundations laid in the first, providing perspectives on new research in the spiritual dimensions of nursing care, applying nursing theory to spiritual care, and addressing the spiritual needs of both nurses and patients. It also examines ethical issues in nursing and the impact of legal decisions on health care issues. Contributors address issues of spiritual development across the entire lifespan—from the spiritual needs and influences of the very young to the elderly, including those facing chronic illnesses or death. The volume takes a similarly broad approach in addressing spiritual issues from a variety of faith backgrounds—including both theistic and pantheistic religious practices, so that nurses can be prepared to meet the needs of patients from various religious traditions. Second to chaplains, nurses are the major providers of spiritual care, and no other book will serve their needs like Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing Practice.Table of Contents Preface / vii Part I Spirituality and the Nursing Profession / 1 1. Spirituality: Defining the Indefinable and Reviewing Its Place in Nursing / 3 Verna Benner Carson and Ruth Stoll 2. Religion, Spirituality, and Health: Understanding the Mechanisms / 33 Harold G. Koenig Part II Spirituality, Religion, and Health Care: Examining the Relationships / 63 3. Theism and Health Care / 65 Verna Benner Carson 4. Eastern Pantheism and Health Care / 86 Verna Benner Carson 5. The Legal Issues: Religion versus Health Care / 101 Patricia C. McMullen and Nayna D. C. Philipsen Part III Application of Theory to Spiritual Needs: What Does Spiritual Care Look Like? / 123 6. Spirituality: Identifying and Meeting Spiritual Needs / 125 Verna Benner Carson 7. The Psychospiritual Lives of Ill or Suffering Children and Adolescents: What We Should Know, What We Should Do / 154 Pat Fosarelli 8. Adult Spirituality for Persons with Chronic Illness / 193 Patricia E. Murphy, George Fitchett, and Andrea L. Canada 9. Spirituality and Elder Care / 236 Thomas E. DeLoughry 10. Spirituality in Death and Bereavement / 279 Miriam Jacik Part IV The Thread of Spirituality through Community, Ethics Work, and Education / 309 11. Spiritual Care in Communities / 311 Nancy Christine Shoemaker 12. Ethical Decision Making and Spirituality / 330 Gary Batchelor 13. Spirituality within Educational and Work Environments / 372 Elizabeth Arnold Contributors / 405 Index
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Godly Love: A Rose Planted in the Desert of Our
Book Synopsis In this uplifting new book, author Stephen G. Post explores the mysteries and the wonder of Godly love. This all-important love is personal, unconditional, unlimited, generative, and omnipresent. The title alludes to Isaiah 35, how Godly love is said to plant a rose in our hearts precisely when we feel like a desert with no more love to give. Post draws on his life experiences and works at the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love as he intersperses personal anecdotes with spiritual truths and research on human happiness. In the process, he defines the concept of Godly love and illustrates how important it can be in our lives—not only emotionally and spiritually but physically as well. "Godly love," he writes, "is the only foundation in the universe that we can really lean on." We all have deserts in life, so we all need Godly love. Without it, the downward slide to cynicism, hostility, and cool indifference can be too easy. These meditations on the subject will nurture our confidence in the power of a love greater than our own when we need it most. Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Robert H. Schuller / xi Introduction / 3 1. Godly Love and Human Hatreds / 19 2. Godly Love Is … / 31 3. Our Human Significance / 47 4. The Greatest Spiritual Emotion / 55 5. Five Dimensions of Godly Love / 69 6. Godly Love Holism / 85 7. Godly Love and Happiness / 97 8. The Wheel of Love—Ten Ways / 111 9. Self-Sacrifice / 127 10. A Useful Exercise—Godly Love Prayer, Visualization, and Action / 139
£999.99
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena
Book SynopsisWhy is it that the majority of people, from all socio-economic, education, and ethnic backgrounds, ascribe to some sort of faith? What draws us to religion? What pushes us away? And what exactly is religion anyway? Defining religion over the past century has, ironically, led to theories that exclude belief in God, proposing that all systems of thought concerning the meaning of life are religions. Of course, this makes it impossible to distinguish the village priest from the village atheist, or Communism from Catholicism. Worse yet, it makes all religious behavior irrational, presuming that, for example, people knowingly pray to an empty sky. Renowned sociologist of religion Rodney Stark offers a comprehensive, decisive, God-centered theory of religion in his book, Why God: Explaining Religious Phenomena. While his intent is not to insist that God exists, Stark limits religions to systems of thought based on belief in supernatural beings—to Gods. With this God-focused theory, Stark explores the entire range of religious topics, including the rise of monotheism, the discovery of sin, causes of religious hostility and conflict, and the role of revelations. Each chapter of Why God? builds a comprehensive framework, starting with the foundations of human motivations and ending with an explanation of why most people are religious. Stark ultimately settles what religion is, what it does, and why it is a universal feature of human societies.Why God? is a much needed guide for anyone who wants a thorough understanding of religion and our relationship to it, as well as a firm refutation to those who think religion can exist without the divine. Trade Review "Why God? is a dazzling answer to the question of religion’s persistence in the world despite one premature obituary after another. Everyone who wonders what the future holds for Christianity should read this book—and for that matter, every other book by the essential Rodney Stark." –Mary Eberstadt, author of How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization "Stark makes a strong case that the main causal power of religion comes from belief in a conscious supernatural being with whom humans can communicate, and that other conceptions of the supernatural greatly weaken churches and their social effects. The book effectively synthesizes a lifetime of Stark’s religious theory and research." –Randall Collins, author of Interaction Ritual Chains "With his usual combination of insight and brio, Rodney Stark demonstrates why most of the prevailing theories of religion in the social sciences are inadequate—or simply worthless—because they fail to take seriously the role played by the divine. Drawing on a lifetime of work which has shown the centrality of the supernatural in the social scientific study of religion, Stark reveals why the search for explanations and rewards shapes the faith in and guides the exchanges that people seek with supernatural beings." –Steve Pfaff, PhD, professor of sociology, University of Washington – Seattle "Professor Stark returns to theory construction in a domain—the study of religion—that tends to avoid it. He has no patience for the ‘least common denominator’ approach to understanding religious belief. Stark is not afraid of being wrong, and that makes him far more apt than his peers of getting it right." –Mark Regnerus, PhD, associate professor of sociology, University of Texas at Austin "Another milestone publication in the scientific study of religion, Rodney Stark explains the nature and values of religion under modernization and globalization through his exceptional logic and latest data. Readers all over the world will be inspired and deepen their understanding of religion in twenty first century." –Dedong WEI, professor of studies of religion, Renmin University of China “Religion is alive and well across the globe, and Why God? presented an excellent theory as to how and why religious belief is an enduring aspect of human life. In the book, Stark suggested that his ideas are a sociological theory of religion, and he encouraged further research to prove him wrong and develop an even more nuanced understanding of religion. . . . As long as humans have hearts to demand moral goodness and minds to wonder at the universe, they will also have a need for God, Stark suggested. Religion, it seems, is as unavoidable as death and taxes.” – Tyler O’Neil, PJ Media “Sociologist of religion Rodney Stark offers a sympathetic explanation of why people might come to believe in God that is refreshingly free of jargon and a corrective to more hostile accounts of belief, and which will still illuminate much for those of us within the walls of churches.” – Nick Mattiske, Journey “Starks book is worth reading. . . There is plenty of helpful information and food for thought in here.” –Nick Peters, Deep Waters “An informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking guide for anyone who wants a thorough understanding of religion and our relationship to it, as well as a firm refutation to those who think religion can exist without the divine, will find Why God? to be an absorbing read from beginning to end. A masterpiece of seminal scholarship” – Able Greenspan, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments / vii Introduction: Ungodly “Theories” and Scurrilous Metaphors / 1 Chapter 1: The Elements of Faith / 17 Chapter 2: Monotheism and Morality / 49 Chapter 3: Religious Experiences, Miracles, and Revelations / 71 Chapter 4: The Rise and Fall of Religious Movements / 103 Chapter 5: Church and Sect: Religious Group Dynamics / 131 Chapter 6: Ecclesiastical Influences / 161 Chapter 7: Religious Hostility and Civility / 181 Chapter 8: Individual Causes and Consequences of Religiousness / 211 Chapter 9: Meaning and Metaphysics / 231 Appendix: Propositions, Definitions, and Deductions / 237 Notes / 261 Bibliography / 267 Index / 281
£21.59
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. Why God?: Explaining Religious Phenomena
Book SynopsisWhy is it that the majority of people, from all socio-economic, education, and ethnic backgrounds, ascribe to some sort of faith? What draws us to religion? What pushes us away? And what exactly is religion anyway? Defining religion over the past century has, ironically, led to theories that exclude belief in God, proposing that all systems of thought concerning the meaning of life are religions. Of course, this makes it impossible to distinguish the village priest from the village atheist, or Communism from Catholicism. Worse yet, it makes all religious behavior irrational, presuming that, for example, people knowingly pray to an empty sky. Renowned sociologist of religion Rodney Stark offers a comprehensive, decisive, God-centered theory of religion in his book, Why God: Explaining Religious Phenomena. While his intent is not to insist that God exists, Stark limits religions to systems of thought based on belief in supernatural beings—to Gods. With this God-focused theory, Stark explores the entire range of religious topics, including the rise of monotheism, the discovery of sin, causes of religious hostility and conflict, and the role of revelations. Each chapter of Why God? builds a comprehensive framework, starting with the foundations of human motivations and ending with an explanation of why most people are religious. Stark ultimately settles what religion is, what it does, and why it is a universal feature of human societies.Why God? is a much needed guide for anyone who wants a thorough understanding of religion and our relationship to it, as well as a firm refutation to those who think religion can exist without the divine. Trade Review "Why God? is a dazzling answer to the question of religion’s persistence in the world despite one premature obituary after another. Everyone who wonders what the future holds for Christianity should read this book—and for that matter, every other book by the essential Rodney Stark." –Mary Eberstadt, author of How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization "Stark makes a strong case that the main causal power of religion comes from belief in a conscious supernatural being with whom humans can communicate, and that other conceptions of the supernatural greatly weaken churches and their social effects. The book effectively synthesizes a lifetime of Stark’s religious theory and research." –Randall Collins, author of Interaction Ritual Chains "With his usual combination of insight and brio, Rodney Stark demonstrates why most of the prevailing theories of religion in the social sciences are inadequate—or simply worthless—because they fail to take seriously the role played by the divine. Drawing on a lifetime of work which has shown the centrality of the supernatural in the social scientific study of religion, Stark reveals why the search for explanations and rewards shapes the faith in and guides the exchanges that people seek with supernatural beings." –Steve Pfaff, PhD, professor of sociology, University of Washington – Seattle "Professor Stark returns to theory construction in a domain—the study of religion—that tends to avoid it. He has no patience for the ‘least common denominator’ approach to understanding religious belief. Stark is not afraid of being wrong, and that makes him far more apt than his peers of getting it right." –Mark Regnerus, PhD, associate professor of sociology, University of Texas at Austin "Another milestone publication in the scientific study of religion, Rodney Stark explains the nature and values of religion under modernization and globalization through his exceptional logic and latest data. Readers all over the world will be inspired and deepen their understanding of religion in twenty first century." –Dedong WEI, professor of studies of religion, Renmin University of China “Religion is alive and well across the globe, and Why God? presented an excellent theory as to how and why religious belief is an enduring aspect of human life. In the book, Stark suggested that his ideas are a sociological theory of religion, and he encouraged further research to prove him wrong and develop an even more nuanced understanding of religion. . . . As long as humans have hearts to demand moral goodness and minds to wonder at the universe, they will also have a need for God, Stark suggested. Religion, it seems, is as unavoidable as death and taxes.” – Tyler O’Neil, PJ Media “Sociologist of religion Rodney Stark offers a sympathetic explanation of why people might come to believe in God that is refreshingly free of jargon and a corrective to more hostile accounts of belief, and which will still illuminate much for those of us within the walls of churches.” – Nick Mattiske, Journey “Starks book is worth reading. . . There is plenty of helpful information and food for thought in here.” –Nick Peters, Deep Waters “An informed and informative, thoughtful and thought-provoking guide for anyone who wants a thorough understanding of religion and our relationship to it, as well as a firm refutation to those who think religion can exist without the divine, will find Why God? to be an absorbing read from beginning to end. A masterpiece of seminal scholarship” – Able Greenspan, Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments / vii Introduction: Ungodly “Theories” and Scurrilous Metaphors / 1 Chapter 1: The Elements of Faith / 17 Chapter 2: Monotheism and Morality / 49 Chapter 3: Religious Experiences, Miracles, and Revelations / 71 Chapter 4: The Rise and Fall of Religious Movements / 103 Chapter 5: Church and Sect: Religious Group Dynamics / 131 Chapter 6: Ecclesiastical Influences / 161 Chapter 7: Religious Hostility and Civility / 181 Chapter 8: Individual Causes and Consequences of Religiousness / 211 Chapter 9: Meaning and Metaphysics / 231 Appendix: Propositions, Definitions, and Deductions / 237 Notes / 261 Bibliography / 267 Index / 281
£999.99
Multnomah Press The God Pocket: He Owns It. You Carry It.
Book SynopsisGod wants to put a face on giving--and the face he has in mind is not yours, but his. What if you could take something out of your pocket today that would make God wonderfully personal and absolutely real to someone who, only minutes earlier, had been secretly calling out to God for help, for an answer, for any shred of evidence that He cares? Discover the incredible resource that’s small enough to fit in your wallet or purse, yet big enough to change someone’s life--starting with yours. In The God Pocket, Bruce Wilkinson tells you what that little something is, explains how to deliver God’s provision to someone in need, and shares how God is ready to reveal Himself through you. The God Pocket Prayer Dear God,Today I ask to be sent to show Your love and deliver Your funds to the person You choose. I carry Your provision in my God Pocket, and I am ready and willing. I am Your servant, Lord. Whenever You nudge me, I will respond! Here am I – please send me!
£11.39
Multnomah Press Life with a Capital L
Book Synopsis“Matt Heard writes winsomely and compellingly, answering that quiet aching so many people – yes, even Christians – have that there must be more to life…. I highly recommend Life With a Capital L!” - Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni and Friends International Disability Center What is it that you long for? Dream about? Hunger after? We all desire more than just the endurance of our daily routines. But often we feel limited and stuck — like we’re merely existing instead of living. That’s not the way it was meant to be. God intends the humanity in each of us to be deeply experienced, lavishly enjoyed, and exuberantly celebrated. In fact this is what the gospel is all about. Yes, the gospel. Contrary to conventional thinking — inside and outside the church — following Jesus is not about denying our humanness but embracing it. Rather than acting more spiritual or being more religious, we’re called and enabled to become more fully human… and alive. Matt Heard escorts us on a journey of discovery: that Jesus didn’t come to save us from our humanity — Christ instead yearns to restore it to what God originally intended. Matt then explores ten key areas where everyday life can become extraordinary Life. Christ promised we could “live life to the full.” He didn’t just mean eventually. Life with a Capital L is the Life you are longing for. Now.
£12.34
Multnomah Press Crash the Chatterbox: Hearing God's Voice Above
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Crashing the chatterbox = Overpowering the lies of insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement with the promises of God. “These four confessions will free you to embrace the life God has called you to live.”—Andy Stanley, senior pastor, North Point Church; author of Enemies of the Heart In Crash the Chatterbox, Pastor Steven Furtick focuses on four key areas in which negative thoughts are most debilitating: insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement. He asks, “What great deeds are in danger of remaining undone in your life because of lies that were planted in your past or fears that are looming in your future?” With personal stories, inspiring examples, and practical strategies, Pastor Furtick will show you how to silence the lies and embrace the freeing affirmation of God. Learn how to live out God’s truth no matter what is going on in your life or thoughts. Learn how to crash the chatterbox . . . and hear God’s voice above all others.
£13.23
Multnomah Press Seven-Mile Miracle DVD with Participant's Guide:
Book SynopsisExperience the power and meaning of the last words of Christ with your family, your small group, or in your personal devotions Filmed in the Holy Land!In this seven-session, video-based study, pastor Steven Furtick explores the last words of Christ from the very Holy Land locations at which they were spoken. Standing on the Mount of Olives, in the Garden of Gethsemane, at Golgotha, Furtick unpacks the drama, power, and deeper meaning of Jesus’ final hours before his Crucifixion. Not only a Bible study, Seven-Mile Miracle provides an experience of worship at the end of every session, designed to make for an extraordinary experience. Perfect for families, small groups, churches, and individuals. The participant’s guide includes discussion questions, quote highlights from the video, note sections, a bonus personal reflection section and a time for worship in every session. Session Titles Include: Mile 1: Forgiveness Mile 2: Salvation Mile 3: Relationship Mile 4: Abandonment Mile 5: Distress Mile 6: Triumph Mile 7: Reunion DVD Approx. 79 total minutes
£23.46
Random House USA Inc Unlearning God: How Unbelieving Helped Me Believe
Book SynopsisAmerica''s favorite Quaker storyteller explores the terrain of faith and doubt as shaped by family, church, and young love, finding his way to a less convenient but fully formed adult spirituality.Most of us grow up taking in whole belief systems with our mother''s milk, only to discover later that what we received as being certain is actually nothing like it. And then we''re faced with a choice--retreat to spiritual security and the community that comes with it, or strike out into the unknown. With his trademark humor and down-home wisdom, Philip Gulley serves as just the spiritual director a wayward pilgrim could warm to, inviting readers into his own sometimes rollicking, sometimes daunting journey of spiritual discovery. He writes about being raised by a Catholic mother and a Baptist father across the street from a family of Jehovah''s Witnesses--all three camps convinced the others are doomed. To nearly everyone''s consternation, Philip grows up to be a Quaker and a pastor. In Unlearning God, Gulley showcases his well-loved gift as a storyteller and his acute sensibilities as a public theologian in conversations that will charm, provoke, encourage, and inspire.
£19.19
Random House USA Inc The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World's
Book SynopsisThe Christian story, from Genesis until now, is fundamentally about people on the move—outgrowing old, broken religious systems and embracing new, more redemptive ways of life. It’s time to move again. Brian McLaren, a leading voice in contemporary religion, argues that— notwithstanding the dire headlines about the demise of faith and drop in church attendance—Christian faith is not dying. Rather, it is embarking on a once-in-an-era spiritual shift. For millions, the journey has already begun. Drawing from his work as global activist, pastor, and public theologian, McLaren challenges readers to stop worrying, waiting, and indulging in nostalgia, and instead, to embrace the powerful new understandings that are reshaping the church. In The Great Spiritual Migration, he explores three profound shifts that define the change: ∙ Spiritually, growing numbers of Christians are moving away from defining themselves by lists of beliefs and toward a way of life defined by love∙ Theologically, believers are increasingly rejecting the image of God as a violent Supreme Being and embracing the image of God as the renewing Spirit at work in our world for the common good ∙ Missionally, the faithful are identifying less with organized religion and more with organizing religion—spiritual activists dedicated to healing the planet, building peace, overcoming poverty and injustice, and collaborating with other faiths to ensure a better future for all of us With his trademark brilliance and compassion, McLaren invites readers to seize the moment and set out on the most significant spiritual pilgrimage of our time: to help Christianity become more Christian.
£15.30
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Meet the New You: A 21-Day Plan for Embracing
Book SynopsisChange is possible. As women, we are constantly evaluating ourselves. Am I enough? Why can’t I change this certain thing about myself? Should I be doing more? We long for real, deep, lasting change—but we don’t know how to begin. In Meet the New You, Elisa Pulliam empowers women to take charge of their own life transformation by engaging in a meaningful relationship with God and His Word. Each chapter gives practical and interactive ways to address some of the biggest obstacles that stand in the way of permanent change. Through stories, biblical application, personality assessments, thought-provoking questions, and life-coaching principles, Meet the New You helps women: · understand who they are · cultivate a vision for who they want to become · recognize what holds them back · determine the steps necessary to put new, practical habits into action It’s time to discover who you really are and how you can live life differently. It’s time to meet the new you!
£12.34
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) Hope Unfolding: Grace-Filled Truth for the
Book SynopsisGod’s love, plans, and promises for you are forever unfolding. I get it, Momma. I totally get it.Every day you wake up and try your very best. You love, give, and pour out your life for the ones who call you Momma. But no matter how much you offer, there are still days you feel as though you come up short. You worry, Am I loving these babies enough? Is this ever going to get easier? Why does it seem like I am the only one who cannot balance it all? Sometimes, we just need hope (and maybe a long uninterrupted nap). We need someone to help tune our hearts to the voice of the Father and to remind us that He has not forgotten about us. In Hope Unfolding, Becky Thompson is a friend who reminds you that you aren’t alone, and that God is still writing your story. She guides you to encounter the Truth of God’s presence that not only fuels you with strength, but also a fresh confidence. And beyond gaining faith that tomorrow could be different, you find hope and purpose where you are standing today.
£13.29
Multnomah Press Follow the Cloud: Hearing God's Voice One Next
Book Synopsis"Stickl explains how hearing the still small voice of God and obeying his call will lead us into a deeper, more passionate relationship with him.”—Robert Morris, founding senior pastor, Gateway Church, Dallas/Fort WorthThere is a big difference between being set free and living free. How do I know what to do with my life? How do I hear God’s voice? Maybe the answer is easier than we think. When God led the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, He gave them a cloud to follow. He led them in an intimately personal, ever-present way one next step at a time. He led them without revealing the whole picture because he wanted them to follow by faith. In Follow the Cloud, Pastor John Stickl uses this image to ask, “What if we stopped letting obligation drive us and instead let grace lead us? What if instead of focusing on our faithfulness toward God, we focus on God’s faithfulness toward us?” The cloud of God’s presence is moving in your life right now. Maybe God is inviting you to follow him to a new career or relationship. Maybe he is inviting you to extend forgiveness, share your story, or give up your addiction. Whatever your next step is, God is leading you to discover who you are, who he is, and what you were created to do. He is inviting you to a life of freedom. Inviting you home - one step at a time.
£13.29
Red Wheel/Weiser The Autism Prophecies: How an Evolution of
Book SynopsisIt is estimated that every 20 minutes a child is diagnosed with autism. No one knows why cases of autism are increasing worldwide. In THE AUTISM PROPHECIES, award-winning author William Stillman, who is someone on the autism spectrum himself, completes his spiritual trilogy by revealing the truth about autism and its purpose.In this fascinating book, you will learn:How "impossible" gifts such as mind control and speaking unknown languages could be occurring in some people with autism.How parents can distinguish their child''s spiritual interactions from behaviour that might be mislabelled as hallucinatory-and unduly medicated.How the wisdom of many people with autism may help us to prepare for future hardships and an impending renaissance of civility, respect and compassion."From his unique personal perspective and research...William Stillman presents a provocative case for autistic individuals often possessing special ways of knowing that border on the psychic and spiritual."-Sally Rhine Feather, PhD, executive director, Rhine Research Center
£11.39
Red Wheel/Weiser A New Way to be Human: 7 Spiritual Pathways to
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£11.39
Reformation Heritage Books Drawing Near to the Heart of God
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£25.17
Energy Psychology Press EFT for Christians
Book SynopsisSherrie Rice Smith, RN (retired), EFT-EXP, devoted over four decades to her nursing career, which included hospice, ER, medical/surgical, and pediatric care. Her foundation in science informs her knowledge of EFT's effectiveness. EFT has been a source of deep healing and renewal in her life. Her own recovery from a traumatic childhood has given her great appreciation for how EFT relieves both physical and emotional suffering. An expert EFT practitioner and trainer, Sherrie is also a Christian EFT coach who taps with clients of all faith bases, or no faith base, using Clinical EFT.
£19.20
Hay House Love Is a Secret the Mystic Quest for Divine Love
Book SynopsisOver the last 5,000 years, inspired leaders and saints of all the great spiritual traditions have produced a rich collection of writings describing the transcendent states they have experienced. They have used poetry, prose, and sacred art to illuminate their experiences. This book draws on all the great traditions, from Taoism to Christianity, from Sufism to Judaism, to describe the psychology of humankind's deepest spiritual encounters. It identifies ten distinct psychological states common to all religious experience. A study of the specific characteristics of each state reveals that sages from widely different theologies, times and cultures have experienced God's love in remarkably similar ways. Their words show us what intimate encounters with the Great Beloved feel like, and how we can cultivate these mystical unions in our own lives. The compassionate wisdom in the pages of this book are a moving testament to the majesty, variety, and splendor of the direct experience of God's love.
£14.22
Savas Beatie The Other “Hermit” of Thoreau’s Walden Pond: The
Book Synopsis“I didn’t realize there was another ‘hermit’ of Walden Pond!” is the usual response author-historian Terry Barkley receives when he tells someone the subject of his new book. Henry David Thoreau’s experiment there from 1845-1847 is widely known and immortalized in his classic Walden; or, Life in the Woods (1854). However, stresses Barkley, “Neither the world nor even most avid Thoreauvians know about Edmond Hotham’s six-months at Walden Pond during the winter of 1868-1869,” the fascinating story of which is detailed in The Other “Hermit” of Thoreau’s Walden Pond: The Sojourn of Edmond Stuart Hotham. A generation later and nearly seven years after Henry Thoreau died in 1862 of tuberculosis in Concord, Massachusetts, a young theological student from New York City arrived in Concord in November 1868. Edmond Hotham had never been there, but he immediately began preparations to pursue the “wild life.” He met transcendentalist poet (William) Ellery Channing, a former close friend of Thoreau’s who had suggested to Thoreau that he build his cabin at Walden Pond. It was Channing who likely introduced Hotham to transcendentalist leader Ralph Waldo Emerson (the “Sage of Concord”), and Emerson who gave Hotham permission, like Thoreau before him, to build his “Earth-cabin” on the poet’s property at Walden Pond. Edmond Hotham’s sojourn at Walden Pond was the first and only time someone traveled to Walden Pond to emulate Thoreau’s experiment in simplicity. Hotham made his way to Walden Pond to pursue some “private business” while he was preparing for Christian ministry and stateside missionary work. He built his shanty on the pond’s shore about 100 yards in front of Thoreau’s, where he attempted to out-economize and out-simplify Thoreau. Hotham’s sojourn as the second “hermit” at Walden Pond exemplified the growing adulation of Henry David Thoreau and his literary work. Author Terry Barkley has gleaned archival sources, vital records, period newspaper accounts, and census rolls for everything that is known about Edmond Hotham.The Other “Hermit” of Thoreau’s Walden Pond is the first book-length treatise on Hotham, half of which is wholly new material. It far supersedes the late Kenneth Walter Cameron’s 1962 article on Hotham, which until now was the most complete study of the man. Barkley’s groundbreaking study book is an important addition to the Concord-Walden Pond story and a fascinating read. To quote Thoreau, “What is once well done is done forever.”
£14.24
University Press of New England Walking towards Walden
Book SynopsisOn a fifteen-mile bushwhack, exploring the whole idea of place
£999.99
Shambhala Publications Inc The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra, Volume
Book SynopsisHis Holiness the Dalai Lama illuminates the highly practical and compassionate use of Tantra for spiritual development in this important classic work.This is the first book in a series presenting The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra. The other two books are Deity Yoga and Yoga Tantra. Tantra in Tibet consists of three parts published under the auspices of the Dalai Lama. "Essence of Tantra" by the Dalai Lama discusses tantra for practice, refuge, the three paths, greatness of mantra, clear light, and initiation. "The Great Exposition of Secret Mantra--Part 1" by Tsongkhapa is one of the principal classic texts on tantra. It presents the main features common to all the Buddhist tantra systems as well as the differences between sutra and tantra. In this volume Tsongkhapa covers paths to Buddhahood, vajra vehicle, deity yoga, and method in the four tantras. "Supplement" by Jeffrey Hopkins discusses the meaning of emptiness, transformation, and the purpose of the four tantras.
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NavPress Publishing Group Beside Bethesda
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Charisma House Bait Of Satan (Book With Dvd), The
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Bahai Publishing Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah
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Charisma House Powerful Prayers for Supernatural Results: How to
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Ignatius Press Evangelical Exodus: Evangelical Seminarians and
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Sounds True Inc Resurrecting Jesus: Embodying the Spirit of a
Book SynopsisRediscover the Transformational Power of the Life and Teachings of Jesus The life of Jesus offers each one of us a map to the direct realization of our eternal and divine nature. On Resurrecting Jesus, Adyashanti excavates the deep, mythic underpinnings of the Gospels to show how we can all find in the story of Jesus the spark for our own spiritual unfolding. The Perennial Mystic Revelation: At One with the Divine Jesus crossed all of the boundary lines that separated the people of his time because he viewed the world from the perspective of what unites us, not what divides us. In these intimate sessions, Adya invites us to consider the man known as Jesus as a model of enlightened engagement with the world. He examines the story of Jesus from his birth to the Resurrection to reveal how the central events in Jesus' life parallel the stages of spiritual awakening that we may be called to experience ourselves. Adya concludes by illuminating five central archetypes of the Jesus story—Peter, John, Mary Magdalene, Judas, and Pontius Pilate—and the key insights they hold about the way we might relate to the spiritual impulse within. "Jesus symbolizes the spiritual mystery of each one of us," explains Adya, "and points us toward the radiance available right now—the grace through which we realize that we are each sons and daughters of a living God." Resurrecting Jesus will inspire you to pour yourself fully into "the transmission of infinite love" that he represents—to discover how that love revolutionizes our lives and our world. Highlights Jesus as spiritual revolutionary • Discovering your essence as divine being • Listening with the ears of myth and metaphor • Meeting your trials and tribulations as a gateway to realization • Moving beyond temptations to spiritual alignment • Repentance as a change of heart • The deeper motive for Jesus' healing ministry • The wise use of power • Forgiveness and spiritual clarity • Breaking through the structures of ignorance and separation • Faith as the entryway to the Kingdom of Heaven • The parable of the mustard seed • The parable of the sower • Opening our eyes to the miracles all around us • "Quiet, be still"—the most potent spiritual practice • Moving from relationship to God to identity as God • The heart of spirituality: connecting to the transcendent mystery of existence • The mystical body of Christ we all share • The Crucifixion and the death of the ego self • The mystery of the resurrection • "What is truth?" The fundamental question of our lives • Eleven hours of teachings on the life of Jesus as a template for spiritual awakening
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Sounds True Inc Resurrecting Jesus: Embodying the Spirit of a
Book SynopsisFor almost two millennia, the story of Jesus has shaped the lives of countless people. Yet today, even though the majority of us grew up in a culture suffused by the mythos of Jesus, many of us feel disconnected from the essence of his teachings. With Resurrecting Jesus, Adyashanti invites us to rediscover the life and words of Jesus as a direct path to the most radical of transformations: spiritual awakening. Jesus crossed all of the boundaries that separated the people of his time because he viewed the world from the perspective of what unites us, not what divides us. In Resurrecting Jesus, Adya embarks on a fascinating reconsideration of the man known as Jesus, examining his life from birth to Resurrection to reveal a timeless model of awakening and enlightened engagement with the world. Through close consideration of the archetypal figures and events of the Gospels, Adya issues a call to "live the Christ" in a way that is unique to each of us. "When the eternal and the human meet," writes Adya, "that’s where love is born—not through escaping our humanity or trying to disappear into transcendence, but through finding that place where they come into union." Resurrecting Jesus is a book for realizing this union in your own life, with heart and mind wide open to the mystery inside us all. With an all-new foreword by Episcopalian priest and scholar Cynthia Bourgeault.
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Sophia Institute Press Mornings with Saint Therese
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Sophia Institute Press The Cries of Jesus from the Cross: A Fulton Sheen
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. A New Republic of the Heart: Awakening into
Book SynopsisA vision to address our environment, economy, politics, culture, and to catalyze the radical whole-system change we need nowRecasting current problems as emergent opportunities, Terry Patten offers creative responses, practices, and conscious conversations for tackling the profound inner and outer work we must do to build an integral future. In practical and personal terms, he discusses how we can all become active agents of a transformation of human civilization and why that is necessary to our continued survival. Patten''s narrative focuses on two aspects of existence--our dynamic but fractured and threatened world, and our underlying wholeness and unity. Only by honoring both of these realities simultaneously can we make sustainable changes in ourselves, our communities, our body politic, and our planetary life-support system. A New Republic of the Heart provides a comprehensive understanding and inspiring vision for "being the change" in a way that can address the most intractable problems of our time. Patten shows how we can come together in our communities for conversations that matter and describes new communities, enterprises, and forms of dialogue that integrate both inner personal growth work with outer awareness, activism, and service.
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Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc How They Linger
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Orbis Books (USA) For Everything a Season
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Orbis Books (USA) Walk with Jesus: Stations of the Cross
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Orbis Books (USA) A Sense of Wonder: The World's Best Writers on
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Orbis Books (USA) The Way of Gratitude: Readings for a Joyful Life
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Orbis Books (USA) The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then
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