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Popular author Ben Campbell Johnson discusses how the will of
God relies on the depths of the human psyche. He addresses in
specific terms how one may use intuition, imagination, and memory
to ascertain the leading of God's will. Johnson claims that once
God's will is sensed, one must trust that God will continue to give
guidance. For each chapter, a series of reflection exercises is
provided along with a brief guide to the process of
discernment.
This is a story of a man who sought the meaning of his life in the
culture in which he was reared, a variety of vocations, alcoholism
and eventually a faith in God. His encounter with God liberated him
from alcoholism, made him open to God's call and to preparation for
his life's work. He attended a theological school and discovered
that he did not wish to be a preaching minister but a pastoral
counselor. This decision led him into hospital chaplaincy,
psychoanalyst, Erickson Ian Hypnosis, Nero Linguistic Programming
plus a dozen other streams of influence that liberated his own life
and provided a foundation for his life long work as a pastoral
counselor. His family has been one of his major teachers. His wife
stood with him through his days of alcoholism and has been for him
a constant source of inspiration and hope. This book sets forth the
numerous influences, which have flowed into this man's life and
have given birth to a kind of therapy that is effective down to
earth and healing. His work is characterized by an emphasis on
inner personal communication, attentive listening, speaking the
truth in love. More than any other comment, people say this man
models what he teaches.
Melinda McKay would meet the devil to become an international prima
ballerina. Brent Lord would defeat the devil to become the Global
Heavyweight Bodybuilding Champion. Together, their talents were the
perfect fit for a Las Vegas extravaganza. Deceit, distrust, greed
and revenge misguided them. Money, anger, suspicion and treachery
drove killers to murder the talented performers. She was a
tormented ballerina, he was a defeated bodybuilder. Together,
Melinda McKay and Brent Lord challenged anyone who got in their
way. Greed and revenge was their worst enemy and dictated them as
targets for murder. You can't kill what isn't real but you can put
the phantom to rest.
Hilarious, provocative and super-smart, Kissing Freud is a
brilliant novel. Behind locked doors where a community of seekers
plot meaning to their lives, extracting buried secrets like time
bombs ticking away at their hearts, a cast of free-form thinkers,
opportunists and sinners bend and twist reality into madness. Brace
yourself for shock. Kissing Freud is luminous, haunting and an
unforgettable debut novel where madness is persistent as nature.
You are forewarned, sexuality and profanity are explicitly
portrayed in KISSINg FREUd.
Because I'd lived and worked in Dubrovnik, Croatia, I'd written my
novel Dubrovnik with a European voice, which adds urgency to
realism and cultural richness to the historical significance to the
people that were so long deprived of the pleasures freedom carries
with it. Trained to eliminate terrorists, with an odd mission to
document drug trafficking ahead of them, Alexander Crown with Ivan
Andric put top-spins on human emotions where friendships clash and
neighbors cultivate hostilities. In this dramatic behind-the-scenes
chronicle, two Special Ops Forces maneuver with heart-stopping
immediacy, to end the feud between two Croatian families and help
extinguish a civil-war using guerrilla warfare tactics. They wanted
to mitigate the anger between the two families, but their
assignment took precedence. Timing, placement and communication
were critical. Crown sought position for his secret mission and
Andric insisted on helping their new friends first. That was when
humility and the killing began.
An Alexander Crown novel, book 3. Crown has discovered a DNA weapon
so devastating that in unethical hands, human life could become
extinct. Alexander Crown must access every killing skill he'd
utilized as a mercenary, and every ounce of cunning he'd
experienced as a philanthropist to out maneuver the Chinese,
Russians and Israelis to keep his medical discovery undisclosed, to
prevent the ruthless and corrupt monsters from stealing his
chilling revelation and turning it into a weapon against humanity.
Regeneration is brutally realistic as it gets. The stakes are
higher as they've ever been as Alexander Crown embarks on a journey
that will turn him into humanity's most deadly asset.
This curious true story about a neglected boy, his uncommon family,
the gushing growth of San Francisco and the haunted house is part
intrigue, part innocence and part discovery. While living in the
haunted house in San Francisco, with social and ethical changes
during 1956, ten year old Benny Campbell strings his personality
around family heritage, community issues and unfortunate racism.
Sizzling, hilarious, fun and hot. Marilyn Monroe comes back for
love. She needed redemption in her life. She sought respect, and
Martin Montage was the perfect dupe for posthumous symbiosis of the
celebrated and always-present Marilyn Monroe. Taking romantic
comedy to a hip, sparkling new urban level, Marilyn's sexual
prowess and tender heart invades a man's body, seductively
transforming him into the legendary bombshell. Exotic, tough,
relentless, poignant, spicy, vital and ingenious, Marilyn: "It's
All Make Believe, Isn't It?" is a delicious romantic comedy.
An Alexander Crown novel, book 2 This is Alexander Crown's most
intricate and emotional passage, weaving through intense challenges
when he unravels a renaissance secret that will get him killed, yet
he moves forward in neither a safe nor clear future filled with
lies and truths. His heist at the Cannes Film Festival exposed a
Renaissance discovery so profound the French Secret Service wants
Alexander Crown dead. Iktar Stanktar intends to kill him. Isabella
Borghini seeks redemption. Euro Wodehouse craves his love. The
philanthropist only cares about the children in his orphanage.
"Vitruvian Man"; the measure of all things.
Before Theodor Seuss Geisel passed away on September 24, 1991, he
had published over 6o books and sold more than 222 million copies
using the pen name Dr. Seuss. Twenty years have passed since his
demise, and the rumor that he had written and hid an undiscovered
story in a house in San Francisco during the 1950s was still being
passed around. If ten year old Reggie Rocketship wasn't an
aerospace engineering protege, if his family didn't purchase their
house in San Francisco, Reggie would not have discovered the Dr.
Seuss story taped underneath a dresser drawer in his attic. Reggie
Rocketship is the luckiest boy in San Francisco until two thieves
show up to steal the exquisitely handwritten tale. They break into
his home, hack into Reggie's laptop, threaten his parents and
attempt to kidnap Reggie. That was when the luckiest boy becomes a
Cat in the Hat investigator.
About This Book This book is an invitation to Christians and
Muslims to engage in dialogue in order to build relationships of
understanding and trust. In a trusting environment all issues can
be constructively discussed and resolved. The author first appeals
to Christians, who constitute the dominant religion in American
culture, to learn about Islam. In order to appreciate Muslims and
engage in productive projects with them, Christians must take the
initiative in creating trusting relationships. The dominant faith
because it comes from a position of strength must make the first
move to get the conversation started. The inspiration for this book
came from several sources. First, many Christians know nothing
about Islam and most Muslims have not seriously studied
Christianity except what is said in the Holy Koran. Second,
globalization has forced all of us to deal with people from
different cultures and religious traditions. Third, the shock of
9/11 caused both Muslims and Christians to realize the importance
of understanding each other. If we are to live together in this
world, we must learn to relate to the other. Fourth, the radical
social and economic changes in our world could be interpreted as a
signal that God is bringing the peoples of earth together. The
possibility of God's moving the faiths closer together provides
enormous motivation for people to participate in this Divine
Initiative This book is divided into five sections: a personal
story, a brief sketch of Islam, a brief sketch of Christianity,
four interviews, and a guide for healthy dialogue between different
faiths. Chapter One relates the author's own awakening. Chapter Two
sets forth the essential aspects of Islam with which Christians
should become acquainted. Chapter Three presents the essentials of
Christianity that Muslims need to understand. Chapter Four reports
four interviews - two men and two women, two Muslims and two
Christians, two lifelong believers and two persons converted to the
other faith. Chapter Five offers guidelines for productive
conversations between Muslims and Christians. This book may be used
in a variety of ways to enlarge the interfaith dialogue. At the
most basic level it can inform the reader about the basics of Islam
and Christianity and the importance of dialogue between the two
religions in the 21st Century. Just one person understanding the
other's faith can drive away the fear and suspicion that possesses
so many Americans. Individuals can use this text to initiate
informed conversations with Muslims or Christians. Further, the
text may be used successfully by a group of Muslims or a group of
Christians for an informed discussion among themselves. A single
faith conversation can prepare a group of believers for an
interfaith dialogue. The material in this text provides appropriate
content for conducting a seminar on Understanding Islam or
Understanding Christianity. The book describes the success that
these seminars have had in creating understanding between persons
of the two faiths. Acting on the information in this book will
enable us to have a better world in which to live and rear our
children. Many persons contributed to the subject matter and the
spirit of this book. The writings of Karen Armstrong, John
Esposito, and Ezra Reza offer rich insights concerning Islam. The
author credits a number of Muslim and Christian friends for the
tone given to the book. Among these are women and men who showed
him the spirit of Islam through their conversations and support.
Other leaders in the interfaith movement offered suggestions which
have made this a better book. No book is timelier on
Christian/Muslim relations than this one. It is written in simple,
easy to understand language and it suggests practical ways that
persons committed to the two faiths can encounter each other. This
information comes at a time when the world is rapidly changing and
needs help in making the neces
Companions in Contemplation invites you to join the author on the
pathway into a deeper union with God. This book offers the
spiritual seeker four things: what is meant by contemplation, what
we experience in contemplation, biblical texts that describe images
of contemplation and reflections on ideas that push the boundaries
of our relationship with God. If you are seeking a deeper
relationship with God, the guidance in this book will not give you
the path but it will point the way for you to find it. Once you
have begun to follow your own path, you will find that the
meditations and reflections contained in the various sections will
inform and challenge you. This is not a book to read like an
academic treatise; it is a book to be practiced, to test its
suggestions in your own experience. As you make your way through
the pages you will find that you share many of the author's
experiences, but you will find the courage to persevere on your own
path that you are discovering day by day.
The author tells his story in the form of a confession. He
confesses to God the emptiness of being without faith, the joy of
finding light in darkness, the pain of a marriage breaking apart,
the manifold ways that God has spoken to him and guided his life.
His story offers a patter for anyone who wishes to write a
spiritual autobiography. Commended by clergy and laity alike.
Over the Past few decades mainline Protestant congregations have
not easily embraced the notion of spirituality. As much as any
aspect of church life, spirituality has been misunderstood,
misused, and resisted by both clergy and laity. Yet times are
changing. Today many people feel a deep spiritual hunger and are
out looking for fulfillment in a wide variety of settings. In this
new context, mainline congregations need to awaken to the presence
of the Spirit in their midst and equip leaders to nurture both the
personal and corporate spirituality of their congregations. Beyond
the Ordinary is explicitly written to help church leaders who have
had no formal training in spiritual formation. Drawing from years
of experience teaching Christian spirituality, Ben Campbell Johnson
and Andrew Dreitcer explore the spiritual dimensions of leadership,
looking in depth at the meaning of spirituality as it relates to
the tasks of ministry. This friendly, inspiring book will enable
readers to erase the negative stereotypes of spirituality and
develop vital models and practices for the church today. The book
introduces a faithful understanding and practice of the spiritual
life to those who have not yet dipped into the well that is
Christian spirituality. For those who have already tasted this
water and still thirst, it offers a way to dip even more deeply.
Chapters discuss the issues surrounding a meaningful spirituality
for our changing times, the importance of holding prayer and
mission in tension, and the crucial role of Scripture in the
formation of our lives. The authors also underscore the importance
of vision, myth, and discernment in the spiritual life of the
church. And they discuss the power of spiritual practices like
discernment and visioning for enhancing the spirituality of
congregations and helping them become agents of social
transformation. Intended for personal and group use by pastors,
elders, other church leaders, and those preparing for service in
the church, the book includes questions for reflection and
discussion as well as journaling exercises to encourage learning
and growth.
In this introduction to the heart of the gospel, readers are
invited to discover for themselves what Jesus has done for the
world and continues to do in the world today. The invitation is
offered in the form of daily readings from the four gospel accounts
of Jesus' story. The story itself is preceded by suggestions for
reading and background aids for understanding the world in which
Jesus carried out his earthly ministry. This is followed by brief
accounts of how others responded to Jesus, along with the authors'
answers to commonly-asked questions about the Christian faith.
This book seeks to help individuals live constantly in God's
presence. Writing in the tradition of Brother Lawrence and those
authors concerned with the realization of God's presence amid the
daily round, Ben Campbell Johnson offers a collection of
traditional spiritual practices that Christians have found helpful
in fostering a more consistent relationship with God. Following
introductory discussion of the reality and nature of spiritual
awareness, including a fascinating excursus on the "art of
wondering," each chapter of this book describes a spiritual posture
that can aid people in recognizing and nurturing God's presence in
their lives. Johnson explores ways of being with God, listening to
God, and attending the divine presence. Each chapter concludes with
suggestions for journaling designed to let readers experience each
specific posture in a concrete way.
The greatest problem facing mainline churches today is not
declining numbers, shifting social allegiances, or confused
leadership. It is loss of vision. This bold yet constructive book
urges pastors to again see their congregations as real expressions
of "the body of Christ" and suggests ways to revise - and energize
- their ministries based on this vision.. "Complete with discussion
questions that make it ideal for use in a wide variety of
educational settings, Imagining a Church in the Spirit will help
church leaders successfully meet the cultural challenges that await
us in the twenty-first century.
Many mainline churches today have members (both laity and
clergy) who find it a problem to speak face-to-face about God. This
creative book offers a theological foundation, practical
suggestions, and a positive model for sharing faith. Ben Campbell
Johnson combines evangelism and spiritual guidance in order to
provide a fresh image and a new style of faith sharing. He gives a
model of spiritual direction that offers a positive, attractive way
of doing face-to-face evangelical work.
Popular author Ben Campbell Johnson views Christian life as a
journey toward God and himself as one of the travelers. He
describes how the spiritual life develops in relation to the
events, perceptions, and interpretations of every day. Enriched by
stories as well as biblical and personal examples, this clearly
written book can guide Christians on their most important
journey.
Here are fresh, enlightening, practical, and logical strategies for
"doing" evangelism in the local church. Johnson's "Organismic
Evangelism" is a new approach that is based on the utilization of
the entire "organism" of the church. Johnson shows how to use these
human resources to capture the spirit of Christian love,
encouragement, and acceptance. More than a book, this is a source
of information for church members, a study resource for church
officers, a guide for church committees, and a text for workshops
on evangelism (features an outline for workshops). Its concise
organization and straightforward writing offer proven methods for
accomplishing the job set before us by our Lord -- "Go, ye, into
all the world!"
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