Download or read book Spiritual Reflections Through Prayers of Poetry written by Jim Severance and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide can help readers take inventory of their spiritual strengths and weaknesses, recognizing the constant pull of society away from God's way. (Motivation)
Download or read book David s Crown written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as the name of a virus, a corona is a crown, the pearly glow around the sun in certain astronomical conditions and a poetic form where interlinking lines connect a sequence. It is the perfect name therefore for this new collection of 150 poems by the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite, each one written in response to the Bible’s 150 psalms as they appear in William Coverdale’s timeless translation. The Psalms express every human emotion with disarming honesty, as anger and thankfulness alike are directed at God. All of life is here with its moments of beauty and its times of despair and shame. Like the Psalms themselves, the poems do not avoid the cursing and glorying over the downfall of your enemies, but wrestle honestly with them as we do when we come to say them.
Download or read book Poems Prayers and Reflections written by Carol Fox and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within these pages, you will journey along the many emotional paths of life. This book is a collection of poems that will touch the hearts of anyone thirsting to know God within. Our challenges are indeed the catalysts that keep us moving toward the sudden indescribable rainbows that so often accompany storms. You are on a journey, whether known or unknown, and that journey begins deep within you. May you stop, wonder, and allow yourself to unfold.
Download or read book Out of the Ordinary written by Joyce Rupp and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This perennial bestseller is now available in a tenth-anniversary edition that showcases Joyce Rupp's poems, a new preface by the author, and a new design. Joyce Rupp's characteristic creativity and reverence for the divine are on full display in this collection of prayer resources for birthdays, holidays, holy days, transitions, and many other occasions, helping readers enter more deeply and reflectively into the liturgical and seasonal celebrations of their lives. Ideal for personal use, or as a gift for loved ones celebrating a landmark occasion, Out of the Ordinary: Prayers, Poems, and Reflections for Every Season is an invaluable resource for ministers, spiritual directors, and lay leaders alike, who turn to its prayers, reflections, and rituals for personal and communal occasions both "ordinary" and profound.
Download or read book Poems as Prayers written by Ginger Grancagnolo, Ed.D. D.Min. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-11-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you pray? Do you say the words already written in a book? Do you stumble over the text hoping to grasp the meaning? And do those words touch your heart in a way that sometimes can be beyond what words can express? I believe the power of prayer is both in the meaning and the emotion that comes from a stirring in the soul. Prayer is the private exchange between God and us. It can happen at any time. Prayer ignites through our desire to connect to Divine Love and Wisdom and is fueled by the Holy Spirit Who lives within us.
Download or read book A Year with George Herbert written by Jim Scott Orrick and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1633, when The Temple was first published, many notable Christians have testified of their love for George Herbert's poetry. The great nineteenth-century preacher C. H. Spurgeon and his wife would sometimes read Herbert's poetry together on Sunday evenings. Richard Baxter wrote, Herbert speaks to God like one that really believeth a God, and whose business in the world is most with God. C. S. Lewis described Herbert as a man who seemed to me to excel all the authors I had ever read in conveying the very quality of life as we actually live it from moment to moment . . . Regrettably, as the years have passed, Herbert's poetry has been increasingly neglected outside the academy. Many who would love Herbert have never even heard of him. Others feel intimidated by his poetry, fearing that they do not have the education necessary to understand what Herbert has written. In this book, Jimmy Scott Orrick has made the poetry of George Herbert accessible even to those who have had no experience reading poetry. In addition to providing thorough notes for each poem, Orrick also gives basic pointers about how to read poetry. Why not follow C. H. Spurgeon's example and have a page or two of good George Herbert on your Sunday evenings? Those who follow this prescription will be deeply enriched for having spent A Year with George Herbert.
Download or read book The Spiritual Mirror for the Soul written by Richard Kamurasi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spiritual Mirror for the soul is the Bible and an open Holy Book of how God truly sees us. For it exposes the error in our thinking and actions and destroys our self righteous fantasies. As Christians, the Spiritual Mirror is a reflection of freedom, peace and joy to have faith in God and lead a righteous path. This inspirational Christian Poetry is biblical to teach, rebuke, correct and train you in righteousness All the poems invoke you to salvation, restoration, hope, encouragement, prosperity and spiritual growth. We are Gods children predestined for the purpose of His will. I pray that out of Gods glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His spirit in your inner being.
Download or read book After Prayer written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new poetry collection from bestselling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than seventy new and previously unpublished works. At the heart of this collection is a sequence of twenty seven sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet 'Prayer', each one describing prayer in an arresting metaphor such as ‘the church's banquet’, ‘reversed thunder’, ‘the Milky Way’, ‘the bird of paradise’ and ‘something understood’. In conversation with each of these, Malcolm’s sonnets offer profound insights into the nature of communion with God in all circumstances and conditions. Recognising that all poetry is a pursuit of prayer, After Prayer also includes forty five more widely ranging new poems, including a sonnet sequence on the seven heavens.
Download or read book Inspiration Point Too written by Judy Hunt and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This follow-up book from my first publication, Inspiration Point, is my continuing writing of poems, prayers, and reflections that have taken me through a time period of loss of elderly parents, moving, financial struggle, disasters, and a worldwide pandemic. As I have gotten older, I see the importance more and more of sharing my love of God, family, friends, and our world with others through my writing. The writings are my connection with God and His connection, through me, to others. By sharing my personal experiences through my writing, I am hoping that others will know that they are not alone in their feelings and struggles and that God is always there to get them through anything.
Download or read book Out of the Ordinary written by Joyce Rupp and published by St. Francis of Assisi Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How often have you searched in vain for just the right prayer or ritual for a small group or parish gathering or a brief reflection for your faith sharing group or pastoral team? Search no further. Whether it's Advent or Pentecost, a birthday or Valentine's Day, Joyce Rupp has just what you are looking for.Out of the Ordinary contains over 125 thoughtful compositions drawn from the author's never before published work.Includes resources for both groups and individuals, these prayers, reflections, and poems can be used to open or close meetings, or as the centerpiece of prayer sessions.
Download or read book Twenty Poems to Pray written by Gary M. Bouchard and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from the poetry of generations of esteemed writers Gary Bouchard shows how poems often express the longings of the human heart as a kind of prayer. Emily Dickinson, Rev. Rowan Williams, Pope John Paul II, Christina Rossetti, Robert Frost, and Fr. Kilian McDonnell, OSB, among others, offer readers an inspiring path to reflect upon and pray with poetic verse. Arranged under six engaging themes, each selection uses the words of poets as vehicles to prompt “heaven in ordinary” or to praise like “exalted manna”; to find the right “paraphrase” for your own soul or maybe sense your “soul’s blood”; to muster up from your grief or anger “reversed thunder” or dare to articulate from your own personal anguish “Christ-side-piercing spear.”
Download or read book Word in the Wilderness written by Malcolm Guite and published by Canterbury Press. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favourite poem from across the Christian spiritual and English literary traditions and offers incisive reflections on it. A scholar of poetry and a renowned poet himself, his knowledge is deep and wide and he offers readers a soul-food feast for Lent.
Download or read book Prayer Seeds written by Joyce Rupp and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the 50 best spiritual books of 2017 by Spirituality & Practice. Winner of a 2018 Catholic Press Association Award: Prayer Collections (First Place). and a 2018 Association of Catholic Publishers Award: Prayer & Spirituality (First Place). Some of Sr. Joyce Rupp’s most perennially popular books have been collections of her original prayers, blessings, poems, and reflections. In Prayer Seeds, the bestselling author and retreat leader offers almost a hundred new selections on a variety of themes such as the feasts and seasons of the liturgical year, compassion, ministry, difficult times, and important events—all suitable for personal or group prayer. People who attend Rupp’s retreats or workshops often approach her to ask for a copy of a prayer that she composed for the event. In 2000, she collected her prayers in the book Out of the Ordinary. In Prayer Seeds, Rupp follows up with about a hundred never-before-published prayers written since the publication of the first collection. The prayers are organized thematically. Rupp’s warmth and closeness to God along with her sensitivity to the joy and sadness of life make her an ideal prayer companion. Her prayers are like seed planted in your soul. Tended and watered by love, they will grow and bear a rich harvest in your life.
Download or read book Morning Reflections written by Karen Jean Matsko Hood and published by Whispering Pine Press International, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morning is a time to embrace renewed opportunity, fresh perspective, and an overall sense of rejuvenation. Morning Reflections is a collection of powerful and inspirational reading that is dedicated to helping you begin each new day in a positive way. Christian and inspirational author and poet Karen Jean Matsko Hood has woven together poems, prayers, and Biblical verses to fill your soul and spirit with peace and understanding. Just like a hearty morning meal strengthens your physical body, it is equally important to center your emotions and nourish your spirit with the sure footing that can only come from a personal connection with the Creator. Morning Reflections offers enlightenment and wisdom through blending encouraging prose and Scripture passages. This truly insightful new book of reflections makes for a perfect bedside companion or as a topic of conversation over the coffee table. This book is a wonderful gift to friends and family for daily morning prayer and appreciation of Christ’s teachings. It is also for those with whom we are given the opportunity to share and experience it.
Download or read book Just Thinking written by Dr. Charles A. Guilford, III and published by Bublish, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What started as a daily email blog to close friends and family, grew to a sharing of the messages nationwide. Life soon overwhelmed me, and my blogging decreased. Recently, I came across these thoughts and was inspired to share with others. Life, successes, setbacks, and any other topics that came to mind are included. This collection of thoughts and poetry are just my thoughts and ponderings. Some were inspired by and others supported by scripture. I share with the belief that “Just Thinking Vol. 1” will be of benefit to someone’s spiritual or life journey.
Download or read book Army of God written by Kevin Brady and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army of God is a compilation of 87 original poems that reflect on the nature of Spiritual Warfare as Christians make their pilgrim journey through life. Each soldier of Christ is called to defend the faith in our daily lives by putting on the Armor of God, and wielding Weapons of Righteousness to protect the Kingdom of God. Spiritual Warriors from the past and present unite in the Army of God to confront the devil and the forces of evil through faith, prayers, devotions, hymns, and practiced virtues. In union with Archangel Michael and the Saints in the Kingdom of Heaven, the Army of God marches on to claim our victory in Christ Jesus.
Download or read book Religious Poems written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious Poems is a lyrical collection by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe was an American poet, author and abolitionist who actively sought the end of slavery. Excerpt: "O restless sea! thou seemest all enchanted By that sweet vision of celestial rest; Where are the winds and tides thy peace that haunted, — So still thou seemest, so glorified and blest!"
