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Do you long for a closer, deeper walk with God? Would you like to
know more about what the Bible says about spiritual intimacy? We
say we know about God's love in our heads, but has it really
percolated through to our hearts? The Bible employs the metaphor of
Christ, the Lover, and believers, his beloved. Yet this rich
relationship potential is relatively unexplored in modern popular
books, and we are the poorer for it. Using Song of Songs and other
Bible sources, the author explores the dynamics of our
relationship. We come to understand more fully what it is for
Christ to love us and for us to love him. Contents Desire - You're
the one I want Show me your face Jesus is not my boyfriend, but...
Is the Song of Songs really about me and Jesus? Insecurity Delight
Springtime Belonging Distance Christ finds us beautiful Christ gets
crazy for love Finally, consummation Distant again Spiritual
intimacy betrayed and lost through porn Porn-spoiled lives restored
Reconciled Still beautiful to him Spirals of longing and love
Conclusion: the power of spiritual marriage in the storms This
portrayal of the living dynamics of a believer's relationship with
Christ cannot fail to transform our devotional life profoundly.
The Little Book of Advent is an indispensable collection of
readings from some of the most celebrated modern-day spiritual
writers, with passages specially selected for each day of Advent.
These carefully chosen insights come from men and women, lay and
ordained, across the denominational spectrum, and their wisdom is
combined with both a suggested scripture passage, and a prayer to
make your own. This book can be used either for self-reflection or
to spark discussion in groups during an Advent course. It is a
volume that will become a treasured part of your prayer life during
the run-up to Christmas, and can be used year after year. Canon
Arthur Howells is a retired priest, having served all his ministry
in the Church in Wales.
This beautiful book describes and interprets a series of paintings
for each day of Advent. Artists often address subjects our culture
seeks to avoid, and Jane Williams' brilliant and perceptive
reflections will help you to read these paintings with a more
discerning eye, and discover deeper levels of meaning than may at
first appear.
Art, Truth, and Time is a book which endeavours to show that
artistic creation depends as much upon the body, as it does the
soul, and the soul's intelligent use of the body's way of
understanding. When there occurs a complete disjunction between the
two, as occurs in much of contemporary art, art is stripped of its
inherent beauty, its wholeness. In this book the author considers
the nature of art from its earliest manifestations to the present
day, endeavouring to show that its truth transcends time and place
through the unity of soul and body and man's awareness of this
unity, not a barren unity, but a unity which is profoundly
creative.
You can know undeniably that Jesus is real and fully-present, even when your feelings and circumstances scream the opposite.
Best-selling author and journalist Max Davis had his life turned upside down when he experienced a supernatural encounter with a nine-year-old, nonverbal, autistic boy named Josiah Cullen. This special boy, who lived in Minnesota, had prophetic visions and messages from God about Max, who lived in Louisiana, even though the two had never met or had any contact. These messages, which Josiah typed with one finger, were packed with amazing biblical insight and highly detailed specifics about Max's life--details that Josiah could not possibly have known unless they were revealed to him by the Holy Spirit.
As a skeptical journalist who pursues truth, Max gained undeniable evidence that God is real and knows us personally. Even more compelling is that the prophetic messages centered around Max's personal prayer life. Just like in John 1:48 when Jesus let Nathanael know He saw him praying under the fig tree, through Josiah, God was letting Max know that He sees us when we pray too, even though circumstances often scream the opposite. Life can be brutal, and we tend to equate pain and struggle with the absence of God. Yet nothing could be further from the truth! Regardless of how things may appear, Jesus is real, alive, and fully present, and living in that awareness changes everything.
In Jesus, Josiah, and Me, Max Davis shows you that it is possible to encounter the living Jesus in a richer and more tangible way--that you can cultivate an awareness of His reality and know your prayers are affecting outcomes. More than an amazing account of Max's encounter with an autistic boy that sparks faith and hope, it's a story that unveils the mystery of experiencing God's presence and power like never before!
This book will encourage your faith by showing you that you can encounter the living Jesus in a richer and more tangible way. It will unveil the mystery of experiencing God's presence and power like never before.
'Vincent van Gogh's last words: La tristesse durea--the sadness
will never go away. It will not go away. But it will change.'
Sometimes grief can be overwhelming --especially over the holidays.
The world is moving forward and celebrating life, but for grievers
darkness pervades the holiday.This special gift book edition of
bestseller A Decembered Grief is designed to guide you on a journey
beyond that darkness and get out on the other side. You will learn
that the holidays aren t about presents or cookies or church
services-- they are about relationships. Harold Ivan Smith will
teach you how to alter traditions instead of abandoning them,
appreciate the grief styles of others, and befriend your grief
instead of dread it. The holidays can be tough. This book can help.
Have the Church of England lectionary calendar at your fingertips
with Common Worship Lectionary 2022. Featuring readings and Bible
passage for the whole of the liturgical year, this little book is
an essential resource for church readers. With clear, streamlined
presentation, laid out a week to view with both the Common Worship
and the Book of Common prayer calendars on facing pages, makes it
incredibly easy to use. Covering Sunday and major festival as well
as weekday services, the Common Worship Lectionary 2022 is a simple
and thorough resource for anyone following the Anglican church
calendar. It also features the Additional Weekday Lectionary,
making it the most complete lectionary available. A5 sized, this
paperback edition of the lectionary is light and portable, ideal
for carrying on the go, while featuring plenty of space for any
notes you want to make. There is no better way of following the
Church of England calendar than with the Common Worship Lectionary
2022.
Beloved and bestselling author Bob Goff provides you with a year's worth of inspiring, unexpected, thought-provoking teaching that will prepare you for the day ahead.
Bob Goff’s first two books, Love Does and Everybody, Always, spent dozens of weeks each as New York Times bestsellers with their unique combination of entertaining, witty storytelling, and challenging, surprising perspectives. Now Bob is back with a year-long devotional made up of his distinctive, entertaining, deceptively profound reflections on what it means to live every day in light of the grace of God.
Built on Bob's trademark storytelling and unique way of helping us to see things in a new way, Live in Grace, Walk in Love takes us through an entire calendar year of meditations on how we can step out in love and confidence in every aspect of our lives. More than a tweet, less than a blog post, these devotional readings--accompanied by Scripture--will inspire and galvanize you live a more liberated, love- and life-giving existence than you ever thought possible.
Improve your mental health by discovering God's promise of comfort
for the most common sources of daily anxiety, including loneliness,
anger, fear, relationships, and finances. God never meant for us to
feel so alone in facing our emotions. Though they often steal our
peace and cause us restless nights, too often we just try to press
through. In forty days of readings from the world's most popular
Christian meditation app, Abide, you can journey through their most
popular content on attaining the timeless peace found throughout
Scripture, and renew your heart with God's abiding love. Through
simply practicing slowing down to reflect on God's Word and release
one care each day, you'll find rest for your soul and a deeper
appreciation of Jesus's parting gift to his followers: peace of
mind and heart (John 14:27) in even the most trying circumstances
of life. Begin a new daily habit of self-care and experience a
renewed outlook through: Reflections on biblical passages Engaging
journal prompts Explorations of common sources of anxiety And
suggested prayers You don't have to shoulder the burden of life's
worries alone. Cast your cares on God one day at a time and
discover the reassurance available to all believers at any time.
Outreach 2022 Recommended Resource (Spiritual Growth) All fruitful
doing must begin with being. For many Christians, it's easy to be
swept up into the fast pace of modern life, desiring to do much for
God. But we struggle to slow down and be with God. According to
pastor, Enneagram teacher, and author AJ Sherrill, being with God
is what empowers doing for God. Sherrill shares his own journey
from "busy" Christianity to the ancient paths of contemplative
practices. He equips readers to integrate rhythms of stillness,
silence, and solitude, offering step-by-step guidance and examples
of finding solitude both personally and on retreats. Sherrill warns
that making these changes appears absurd in a society where time is
money, productivity is central, and hurry is a way of life. He
guides readers gently through the beginning and often confusing
stages of contemplative practice. Citing timely insights from the
world of neurology and mental health, he shows that solitude is
crucial not only for Christian growth but also for holistic
flourishing. Foreword by Rich Villodas. Readers will emerge,
centered in Christ, well on their way to this goal: slow down, pay
attention, be still, and be loved.
Holy Habits is an initiative to nurture Christian discipleship. It
explores Luke's model of church found in Acts 2:42-47, identifies
ten habits and encourages the development of a way of life formed
by them. These resources, which include an introductory guide, have
been developed to help churches explore the habits in a range of
contexts and live them out in whole-life, missional discipleship.
Mary Colwell makes a 500-mile solo pilgrimage along the Camino
Frances, winding through forests, mountains, farmland, industrial
sprawls and places of worship, weaving her experiences of the
Camino with natural history, spirituality and modern
environmentalism. Ancient pathways through the modern world are
gathering places for contemplation and touch-points for unexpected
kindness, intense spirituality, demon-slaying, strange goings-on
and magical tales. Pilgrims pitch themselves against heat, cold,
wet, dry, hunger, thirst, and sometimes pain as the nature around
them offers succour, medicine and, at times, warnings. Pilgrimages
are physical journeys through space as well as metaphysical
journeys through time. The same tracks follow the same routes
through a planet always in flux, providing still points in a
turning world. Our ancestors trod them before us and left their
fretful or hopeful dreams in monuments scattered across the
landscape. These ornate cathedrals, standing stones, mysterious
caves and secret hermitages speak of a hunger for pardon,
immortality, beauty and a release from fear. Yet, undertaking a
pilgrimage is acknowledging that while the world may change,
humanity does not. Pilgrims have always walked in times of
upheaval. In Gathering Places, author, nature campaigner and
veteran solo walker Mary Colwell relates her pilgrimage along the
Camino Frances in a time of global pandemic when the focus of
political power in the western world was shifting. The 500 miles of
pathways of the Camino wind through mountains, forests, farmland,
plains, cities, villages and industrial sprawl, as well as places
of worship. In a typical year, 100,000 people walk this route or
part of it. Mary walked the entire path virtually alone, nature her
only fellow traveller. In this delightful book, she weaves her
experiences of the Camino with natural history, history, spiritual
stories and modern environmentalism.
From Tom Wright's meditation on Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on
the Mount: 'Prayer is one of life's great mysteries. Most people
pray at least sometimes; some people, in many very different
religious traditions, pray a great deal. At its lowest, prayer is
shouting into a void on the off-chance there may be someone out
there listening. At its highest, prayer merges into love, as the
presence of God becomes so real that we pass beyond words and into
a sense of his reality, generosity, delight and grace. For most
Christians, most of the time, it takes place somewhere in between
those two extremes. To be frank, for many people it is not just a
mystery but a puzzle. They know they ought to do it but they aren't
quite sure how'.
Reproducible Sheets for Home and School Few Easter activity books
focus on more than bunnies and candy. Even fewer focus on the
season through a specifically Catholic viewpoint. This imaginative
new book takes kids on a journey from Ash Wednesday through
Pentecost, engaging them at every point through fun activities
while introducing and reinforcing the richness of their heritage.
This lively new work- * uses such proven favorites as word finds,
word scrambles, dot-to-dot pictures, matching, crosswords, code
breakers, and more. * challenges and satisfies kids from second
through fifth grade. * includes over two dozen activities plus an
answer key. * offers the best-loved prayers and devotions of the
season. * provides busy parents, teachers, and home-schoolers with
a moment of quiet time while their children are fully involved,
learning. * can be reproduced for a variety of home, school, and
church uses.
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