Download or read book Prayerfulness written by Robert J. Wicks and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Prayerfulness,by Robert J. Wicks--therapist, speaker, and bestselling author of Riding the Dragon--examines what it means to live fully in the present moment, with eyes wide open to life and to God. Blending insights from Christian contemplation and Buddhist mindfulness, Robert J. Wicks offers a brilliant guide to cultivating a receptive and reflective attitude to life. A rich array of insights--including seven practical steps, a thirty-day at-home retreat, and a "spiritual mindfulness questionnaire"--helps readers develop a loving, clear, and balanced outlook. Drawing from classic and contemporary spiritual writing, Wicks explores seven steps to growth in prayerfulness, including creating simple rituals, honoring life's fragility, facing difficulties directly, and befriending anger. Thirty days of reflections, quotations, and questions also guide readers to form or strengthen a practice of daily prayer. A special feature is the innovative spiritual mindfulness questionnaire, a set of thirty open-ended questions that lead to a clearer sense of how present one is to daily life. Filled with practical wisdom and rooted in sound psychological principles, Prayerfulness is a clear and simple manual to living fully in the present moment.
Download or read book Prayerfulness written by Robert J. Wicks and published by Sorin Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, "Prayerfulness", by Robert J. Wicks--therapist, speaker, and bestselling author of "Riding the Dragon"-- examines what it means to live fully in the present moment, with eyes wide open to life and to God.Blending insights from Christian contemplation and Buddhist mindfulness, Robert J. Wicks offers a brilliant guide to cultivating a receptive and reflective attitude to life. A rich array of insights--including seven practical steps, a thirty-day at-home retreat, and a "spiritual mindfulness questionnaire"--helps readers develop a loving, clear, and balanced outlook. Drawing from classic and contemporary spiritual writing, Wicks explores seven steps to growth in prayerfulness, including creating simple rituals, honoring life¿s fragility, facing difficulties directly, and befriending anger. Thirty days of reflections, quotations, and questions also guide readers to form or strengthen a practice of daily prayer. A special feature is the innovative spiritual mindfulness questionnaire, a set of thirty open-ended questions that lead to a clearer sense of how present one is to daily life. Filled with practical wisdom and rooted in sound psychological principles, "Prayerfulness" is a clear and simple manual to living fully in the present moment.
Download or read book Illuminata written by Marianne Williamson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From activist, spiritual leader, New York Times-bestselling author, and 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson comes a prayer for healing America Prayer is practical, Williamson tells us. “To look to God is to look to the realm of consciousness that can deliver us from the pain of living.” Illuminata delivers prayer into our daily lives with prayers on topics from releasing anger to finding forgiveness, from finding great love to achieving intimacy. There are prayers for couples, for parents, and for children, prayers to mend broken relationships and prayers to overcome obsessive and compulsive love. There are prayers to heal the soul, prayers to heal the body, and prayers for work and creativity. Williamson also gives us prayers for the healing of America, including a prayer of amends on behalf of European Americans to African Americans and one to Native Americans. How, Williamson asks, can we expect anyone to forgive when we have made no formal apology? “Read my prayers or someone else’s,” Williamson says. “By all means, create your own.” Illuminata brings prayer into practical use, creating a sweeter, more abundant life. “No conventional therapy,” she says, “can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere: a peace that is not of this world.”
Download or read book Gratefulness the Heart of Prayer written by David Steindl-Rast and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A monk reflects on the many aspects of the spiritual life with the basic attitude of gratefulness. "A true delight." --Henri J. M. Nouwen +
Download or read book Manresa written by Saint Ignatius (of Loyola) and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pray Without Ceasing written by Fabio Giardini and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knitting Into the Mystery written by Susan S. Jorgensen and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knitters-there are some 38 million of them in the United States alone-are part of a tradition that's both plainly practical and deeply spiritual. With needles clicking, they weave together not just garments to warm the body but also comfort and companionship to nurture the soul. This tradition is flowering today through knitting ministries, a worldwide ecumenical movement of women's groups, gathering to pray and knit for those in need and those celebrating life's joys. As they create shawls for others, their handiwork becomes an expression of their love-and of the loving care of the God who works through them. Knitting into the Mystery shares the stories of how this ministry has touched lives and hearts around the world. It offers directions for knitting the shawls and for starting a parish or community knitting ministry. It also provides a selection of prayers, written from many faith traditions, to offer with each completed shawl. Book jacket.
Download or read book Growing in Prayer written by Stephen Shead and published by . This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A four-week program of daily reflections for developing the habit of prayerful living. Includes four Bible studies on prayer for individual or group use.
Download or read book The Way of the Bodyprayerpath written by Barnaby B. Barratt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-08-27 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Way of Conflict written by Deidre Combs and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Way of Conflict" teaches strategies for using time-tested knowledge and modern techniques to confidently engage in any dispute and reach a balanced resolution. The book integrates the wealth of conflict skills found throughout the world's major religious and indigenous traditions with the latest scientific systems and conflict resolution theory.
Download or read book The Reflective Disciple written by Roger Walton and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much time and attention is currently devoted by Christian writers to the notion of discipleship. Many of the courses and local church programmes are, however, focused on the gathered church or on gathering. Roger Walton challenges the church to 'train and release' reflective and creative disciples by giving attention to the presence of God in the life of the world and engaging with the divine in the ordinary. This is a challenging resource for all involved in church leadership and training new Christians.
Download or read book A Simple Way to Pray written by Martin Luther and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When asked by his barber and good friend, Peter Beskendorf, for some practical guidance on how to prepare oneself for prayer, Luther responded by writing this brief treatise, first published in the spring of 1535. After 500 years, his instruction continues to offer words of spiritual nurture for us today.
Download or read book First Fridays written by Dick Hattan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wished you had written a book about your conversations with a colleague or close friend? Did you ever want to share your dreams or deeply held beliefs? In "First Fridays", you are invited to listen to the engaging and thought-provoking conversations between two gentlemen in their later years. Hear the emotion in their voices, the vulnerability in their ideas, and the other-worldly connections that they have experienced. Go deeply with them into your own inner psyche and tap into your own beliefs and feelings.
Download or read book Healing Thoughts written by Marjorie Daun Timberlake-Linton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Misfortune has no color, shape or form. Life happens and tragedies abound; relationships fail; people lose their fortunes; and people get sick and die. No matter who you are, as long as you are physically alive you will experience challenges, but the presence of God is within us as a mighty healing force and perfection in all things. The I within cannot be sick, limited, or afraid. The I within us cannot die. It is eternal. It is the living Spirit of God. In Healing Thoughts, author Marjorie Daun Timberlake-Linton shares that when there is a conscious realization of the presence and power of God within, we can handle any situation that confronts us. It is the answer to every need, every desire, and all heartache. In moments of sickness and disease, doubts and anxiety, God is the answer. There is therefore nothing to heal or demonstrate, only the presence of God to be revealed. Timberlake Linton, an ordained minister, presents advice and suggests ways of embracing Gods healing including faith, rest, prayer, surrender and thanksgiving. Using a variety of personal anecdotes she covers such subjects as dealing with health challenges, stress and fear. At the end of each chapter, she offers a call to action and lists steps you can take to facilitate healing. Filled with encouragement and inspiration Healing Thoughts urges you to maintain a meaningful relationship with God, step out in faith, trust Gods promises that all things are possible, do what you can humanly do, and leave the rest to God.
Download or read book Advances in ABC Relaxation written by Jonathan C. Smith, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001-05-16 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers original studies on relaxation and stress management. Practitioners will find a wealth of specific, ready-to-use, evidence-based suggestions for incorporating relaxation techniques into their clinical work. Part I summarizes practical advances in the theory, research, and assessment of relaxation. Part II is an anthology of 25 studies on relaxation focusing on individual differences; stress, coping and relaxation; factor analyses and correlations; and practice techniques. An appendix offers a complete relaxation inventory of scales for those interested in developing their own studies.
Download or read book Praying with Saint Benedict written by Stephen Isaacson and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rule of St. Benedict offers a rich opportunity to explore a grounded devotional practice, and this book’s fresh perspective will bring the Rule into your daily life. Praying with Saint Benedict was written for the thousands of lay Christians who are drawn to the Rule of St. Benedict and desire to incorporate it into their daily devotional practice. Those who study the Rule aspire to apply the Benedictine values of community, hospitality, humility, simplicity, and prayer in their daily lives. This unique book incorporates the passage of scripture that Benedict cites, three contemplation questions that facilitate lectio divina, and a concluding prayer. Unlike other commentaries on the Rule, the reflections here tend not to be historical or theological, but rather present personal, relatable thoughts and applications.
Download or read book Sacred Search for Sanity Spiritual Psychotherapy written by Linda Bearer Tuttle and published by Pathways of Lights. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacred Search for Sanity sets forth the importance of the spiritual energy present in the therapeutic encounter and encourages its recognition and utilization as the primary source of healing power. * A bedside companion to sooth the healer's soul after a day of soothing others. * Nurtures the spiritual part of oneself and unleashes the mystical power of the "golden thread" present in all healing work. * Invites passion back into your theapeutic work.
