Download or read book Holy Is the Day written by Carolyn Weber and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English professor and mother Carolyn Weber tells how her desire to control the events of her life came into contact with God's desire to give her each day as a gift from himself. Join her on a winding path through literature, history and daily life—leading finally to the still, quiet place of the present moment.
Download or read book Holy Days written by Lis Harris and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beloved contemporary classic, Holy Days is a personal account of New York's Hasidic community, its beliefs, its mysteries, and its encounter with secularism in the present age. Combining a historical understanding of the Hasidic movement with a journalist's discerning eye, Harris captures in rich detail the day-to-day life of this traditional and often misunderstood community. Harris chronicles the personal transformation she experienced as she grew closer to the largely hidden men and women of the Hasidic world.
Download or read book Every Day Holy Day written by Alan Morinis and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The myriad events and interactions that make up our everyday life provide a rich opportunity for us to examine our impulses and actions and grow spiritually, according to the Jewish practice of Mussar. Mussar is an eminently wise, practical, and effective way to cultivate awareness, gratitude, personal growth, and ethical action on a daily basis. The path has its origins in Orthodox Judaism but it has become popular with Jews of all affiliations who are interested in a practice that can infuse daily life with more purpose and meaning. This daybook will be an essential companion to anyone who wants to experience this life-changing contemplative practice. Using a "soul trait" such as honesty, courage, enthusiasm, honor, and equanimity as a starting point, each practice page includes: • a teaching that illuminates the trait of the day • an affirmation phrase focused on that trait • a practical exercise to expand our experience of the trait • a space for journaling about experiences with the trait To learn more, visit www.mussarinstitute.org.
Download or read book Holy Day Holiday written by Alexis McCrossen and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass protests that greeted attempts to open the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on a Sunday seem almost comical today in an era of seven-day convenience and twenty-four-hour shopping. But the issue of the meaning of Sunday is one that has historically given rise to a wide range of strong emotions and pitted a surprising variety of social, religious, and class interests against one another. Whether observed as a day for rest, or time-and-a-half, Sunday has always been a day apart in the American week.Supplementing wide-ranging historical research with the reflections and experiences of ordinary individuals, Alexis McCrossen traces conflicts over the meaning of Sunday that have shaped the day in the United States since 1800. She investigates cultural phenomena such as blue laws and the Sunday newspaper, alongside representations of Sunday in the popular arts. Holy Day, Holiday attends to the history of religion, as well as the histories of labor, leisure, and domesticity.
Download or read book Holy Conversation written by Richard Peace and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Peace teaches you how to engage in easy and comfortable conversation about the good news of Jesus. Explaining the gospel in plain language and offering practical suggestions for sharing your faith with friends, neighbors and colleagues, he provides twelve study and discussion sessions perfect for small groups to work through--and try out--together.
Download or read book Everyday Holy written by Melanie Shankle and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s easy to feel disheartened when you’re facing dreams that haven’t come true, heartbreak that never seems to end, or financial strains that weigh you down. Maybe you’re wondering if God can still use you with all your imperfections. In the 100 devotions in Everyday Holy, New York Times bestselling author and creator of The Big Mama Blog Melanie Shankle says absolutely yes. If you’re looking for the line that connects the dots, Everyday Holy is for you! Inside, Melanie reminds readers: God uses unlikely, ordinary people to accomplish His divine purposes. God specializes in using everyday acts of faithfulness to change the world around us. God has incomparable spiritual riches for us when we trust in Him. This keepsake devotional includes: 100 devotions, each with a Scripture and inspirational story. Everyday Holy makes a beautiful gift for any friend or loved one for birthdays, Mother’s Day, or the holidays. Or, curl up with it yourself when you want a reminder that the hope you’ve been called to is much greater, deeper, and more powerful than anything we can fathom when we trust in Him.
Download or read book Every Moment Holy Volume Two written by Douglas Kaine McKelvey and published by Every Moment Holy. This book was released on 2021-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EVERY MOMENT HOLY, Vol. 2: DEATH, GRIEF, & HOPE, is a book of liturgies for seasons of dying and grieving--liturgies such as "A Liturgy for the Scattering of Ashes" or "A Liturgy for the Loss of a Spouse" or "A Liturgy for the Wake of a National Tragedy" or "A Liturgy for the Weighing of Last-Stage Medical Options." These are ways of reminding us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose and eternal hopes even when, especially when, suffering and pain threaten to overwhelm us. -over 100 liturgies for seasons of dying and grieving -beautiful leather-bound hardcover -over 20 illustrations by Ned Bustard -silk bookmark -gilded edges
Download or read book Surprised by Oxford written by Carolyn Weber and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Carolyn Weber set out to study Romantic literature at Oxford University, she didn't give much thought to God or spiritual matters—but over the course of her studies she encountered the Jesus of the Bible and her world turned upside down. Surprised by Oxford chronicles her conversion experience with wit, humor, and insight into how becoming a Christian changed her. Carolyn Weber arrives at Oxford a feminist from a loving but broken family, suspicious of men and intellectually hostile to all things religious. As she grapples with her God-shaped void alongside the friends, classmates, and professors she meets, she tackles big questions in search of truth, love, and a life that matters. From issues of fatherhood, feminism, doubt, doctrine, and love, Weber explores the intricacies of coming to faith with an aching honesty and insight echoing that of the poets and writers she studied. Surprised by Oxford is: The witty memoir of a skeptical agnostic who comes to a dynamic personal faith in God Rich with illustration and literary references Gritty, humorous, and spiritually perceptive An inside look at Oxford University Weber eloquently describes a journey many of us have embarked upon, grappling with tough questions and doubts about the meaning of faith—and ultimately finding it in the most unlikely of places.
Download or read book Day by Day for the Holy Souls in Purgatory written by Susan Tassone and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If we, by our prayers and sacrifices, freed a soul from purgatory, we would then have another intercessor for us in heaven." - Venerable Solanus Casey Every day we have another opportunity to pray for the holy souls in purgatory - author, speaker, and purgatory expert Susan Tassone gives you a unique tool to do just that. Day by Day for the Holy Souls includes prayers, teachings about purgatory, real-life stories, Susan's own wisdom, meditations, quotes from the saints, and more. You can use this book however you like - as a daily devotional, as a year round novena, to follow the liturgical seasons - or, just pick it up and read as the Spirit leads you. God has given us the duty, power and privilege of praying for the release of the holy souls. Now Susan Tassone has given you a powerful way to accomplish that mission.
Download or read book A Book of Days written by Patti Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith’s singular aesthetic—inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Variety, Pitchfork, PopSugar In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith’s world, photographs of her daily coffee, the books she’s reading, the graves of beloved heroes—William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape, and more than a million followers responded to Smith’s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are photos from Smith’s archives of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure cafés, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world. With over 365 photographs taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and performer. Hopeful, elegiac, playful—and complete with an introduction by Smith that explores her documentary process—A Book of Days is a timeless offering for deeply uncertain times, an inspirational map of an artist’s life.
Download or read book Holy Adventure written by Bruce Epperly and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce Epperly's Holy Adventure brings to the task of lay Christian formation a balance of spiritual depth and intellectual honesty that is, quite frankly, difficult to find among today's Christian Education resources.
Download or read book Preparing Your Heart for the High Holy Days written by Kerry M. Olitzky and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Moments Days written by Michelle Van Loon and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michelle Van Loon helps us treasure our time as a gift and a spiritual responsibility, and God as faithfully present in all our moments and days. People rarely slow down to experience their days, and so they feel rushed through life even as they begin to suspect that life lacks significance. By introducing (and reintroducing) us to the feasts and festivals of the Bible, as well as the special celebrations of the Christian calendar, Moments and Days restores a sacred sense of time throughout our year, enriching our experience of each “holy day” and enlivening our experience of even the most “ordinary time.”
Download or read book 40 Days with the Holy Spirit written by Jack Levison and published by Paraclete Press (MA). This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 40 Days with the Holy Spirit will inspire you to encounter God in fresh and surprising ways, with 40 insightful, well-planned 20-30 minute daily exercises original prayers that capture each day's insight into the deep, spiritual work of the Holy Spirit.
Download or read book The High Holy Days written by Hayyim Herman Kieval and published by Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. This book was released on 2004 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Commentary on the Prayerbook of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Download or read book Tozer on the Holy Spirit written by A. W. Tozer and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join A. W. Tozer as He Encounters the Holy Spirit Spend a year unearthing the wonder of the Holy Spirit alongside A. W. Tozer. Tozer was a man who thirsted for the Spirit of God, who prayed often and shunned distraction so that he might drink Him in more steadily. In these daily meditations on Scripture, Tozer will inspire you to do the same. According to Tozer, the Spirit is neglected by the modern church. But when believers know the Spirit—intimately and accurately—they experience freedom from stagnancy. They know power and life. This devotional explores many of the defining characteristics of the Holy Spirit. Each day stokes the believer's internal desire to hunger and thirst after the Spirit of God. Encounter Tozer’s heart and wisdom like never before in this newly revised edition. Continue worshiping alongside Tozer with the rest of his Trinitarian devotions: Tozer on the Son of God and Tozer on the Almighty God. With each page, may your heart be filled and your worship increased.
Download or read book The Wheel of Time written by D. W. Kreger and published by . This book was released on 2020-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an over-arching theory about Neolithic celebrations, called the Wheel of Time, which managed to eventually shape our modern holidays. This concept explains why we celebrate Christmas at midnight, Easter at sunrise, and Halloween in the evening. It explains why the Chinese and Jewish New Years are at different times of the year, yet they both fall on a new moon. It explains why we celebrate Christmas with evergreens, Easter with rabbits, Halloween with Ghosts, and May Day with a May-pole. It explains why St. Patrick's Day is celebrated with drinking, even in the middle of Lent, and why there is such a thing as Groundhog Day, and much, much more. All these stem from ancient pagan celebrations, which laid the foundation for all of our modern holidays and religious traditions. It goes on to explain how they erected elaborate monuments, such as Stonehenge, to mark these days. After describing 30 such monuments in detail from around the world, it then describes how these pagan sabbaths evolved into the holidays and religious traditions that we have today. Finally, it shows that all the holidays of the year, throughout the world and throughout history, can be grouped into just 8 basic themes that originated as Neolithic celebrations, and this concept is called the Wheel of Time.
