Download or read book Workbook and Celibacy Journal written by April Dawn Agnew and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Workbook and Journal accompanies the Literary Work Entitled: Saved & Celibate - The Christian Singles' Guide to Success. In her book, Saved and Celibate: The Singles' Guide to Success, April offers biblically sound advice and examples, personal testimonies, words of wisdom and prayers of affirmation, to encourage the single man, woman, or teenager to live a celibate or abstinent lifestyle successfully. She encourages singles to live faithful, free, and fulfilled. Through her book, you can learn to deny your flesh, rid yourself of the guilt and shame, and live the abundant life as a successful and celibate single.
Download or read book Celibacy After Sex written by Alexis Jones and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Christian couple dedicates themselves to remain celibate until they are married. Stephan and Alexis walk readers through a difficult transition in their lives with a glimpse into the first 50 days of their Celibacy Journal. This journal is filled with the couple's struggles and triumphs, favorite scriptures, advice, and encouraging words suitable for anyone aspiring to follow God's will, regardless of age or relationship status. The journals are written from a male, female, and sometimes a joint perspective, chronicling each day as the calendar turns on yet another personal victory God has allowed the couple to complete. Various topics are covered throughout the book, including but not limited to: Vision, Focus and Discipline, External Stimuli, and Prayer. The Journals are easy reads to fulfill the couple's God-given purpose to encourage others and ultimately win souls!
Download or read book Celibacy Culture and Society written by Elisa Janine Sobo and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does celibacy mean for individuals and for the people around them? What function does it serve? This is the first cross-cultural inquiry into the practice of celibacy around the world and through the ages, among groups as diverse as Kenyan villagers and U.S. prisoners, Mazatec Shamans and Buddhist nuns and monks, Shaker church members and anorexic women. The examples of celibacy described here illustrate the complex relationship between human sexuality and its particular sociocultural context. Ideas about the body, gender, family, work, religion, health, and other dimensions of life come sharply into focus as the contributors examine the many practices and institutions surrounding sexual abstinence. They show that, though celibacy is certainly sometimes a punishment or a deliberate ritual abstinence, it also serves many other social and material functions and in some cases contributes to kin-group survival and well-being. Celibacy, Culture, and Society represents a significant step toward understanding the functions and meanings of sexuality.
Download or read book The Right Angle written by Stephan Blount and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Christian couple dedicates themselves to remain celibate until they are married. Stephan and Alexis walk readers through a difficult transition in their lives with a glimpse into the first 50 days of their Celibacy Journal. This journal is filled with the couple's struggles and triumphs, favorite scriptures, advice, and encouraging words suitable for anyone aspiring to follow God's will, regardless of age or relationship status. The journals are written from a male, female, and sometimes a joint perspective, chronicling each day as the calendar turns on yet another personal victory God has allowed the couple to complete. Various topics are covered throughout the book, including but not limited to: Vision, Focus and Discipline, External Stimuli, and Prayer. The Journals are easy reads to fulfill the couple's God-given purpose to encourage others and ultimately win souls!
Download or read book Saved Celibate The Christian Singles Guide to Success written by April Dawn Agnew and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subjects of morality, such as FORNICATION, ABORTION, HOMOSEXUALITY, & such like continue to cause controversy when discussed publicly. Most believers find it difficult to express themselves when they have questions about or need to make decisions regarding these moral matters! This should NOT be an issue for believers. The Word of God gives us explicit instruction about every difficulty that we may face in life, including these issues and much more. In her book, Saved and Celibate: The Singles' Guide to Success, April offers biblically sound advice and examples, personal testimonies, words of wisdom and prayers of affirmation, to encourage the single man, woman, or teenager to live a celibate or abstinent lifestyle successfully. She encourages singles to live faithful, free, and fulfilled. Through her book, you can learn to deny your flesh, rid yourself of the guilt and shame, and live the abundant life as a successful and celibate single.
Download or read book The Serpent and the Dove written by A. W. Richard Sipe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Sipe, himself a former monk and priest, has made a lifelong venture of determining the reality and meaning of religious celibacy. Even an adequate operational definition of religious celibacy, he says, has been avoided by Catholic hierarchy and scholars to preserve the celibate myth. Having spent 25 years conducting a study of celibacy and sexual behavior in Roman Catholic priests, Sipe concluded that at any one time no more than 50 percent of priests were practicing celibacy. To more fully understand what celibacy is, how it is practiced, the affect it has on the humanness of men of women, and the social effects it presents, Sipe says we can use the approach presented in this book. Specifically, we can analyze historic men who presented themselves or were perceived as living examples of celibacy and also focus on the most profound truths of celibacy found in literary accounts. Psychology, religion, and literary criticism interface and are woven together in this book with minimal jargon. The Serpent and the Dove was written in the hope of exciting honest analysis of the essence of religious celibacy and to foster a recrudescence of authentic sexual vigor with all of its evolutionary potential. Human sexuality is not going away; nor is it irrelevant to the wellbeing, progress and happiness of the human community, says Sipe. And the practice of genuine celibacy is not going to disappear either. No question, the Catholic Church needs profound reformation. But in all my work I have chosen not to throw any babies out with the horrendously dirty 'holy water' the church continues to treasure and disseminate. Here, as in all my work, I try to foster dialogue between religion and science, such as literary criticism. The Catholic Church (and religion) is at a Copernican Moment when it has to cede to science the nature of sexuality. The Serpent and the Dove is one more work among Sipe's many books and articles making the need for that clear.
Download or read book A Light From Within Yoga Workbook and Journal written by Latronica J Miguel and published by Miguel James Latronica. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're new to yoga, an on-going student, teacher, or even a yoga training facilitator, A Light From Within will prove to be an indispensable tool in your continued growth and yoga journey forward. ALFW is for anyone interested in wanting to learn more about their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being. Regardless of your age, gender, religion or yoga skill level, ALWF is the first ever self-guided yoga training book and companion designed to work with your physical, spiritual and emotional blueprint. ALFW is methodical, measurable, yet explosively creative. Its storyline is specifically designed to be based on your life's personal circumstances. The book is based on 52. Therefore, you will find 52 different yoga poses, 52 meditations/yoga mudras, 52 affirmations, 52 workbook and journaling exercise spreads. ALFW has been a 10 year design process. And now, within minutes, you'll easily be able to work and interact with its dynamic, yet engaging platform. This book will teach you how to cultivate a safe, yet mindful yoga practice. A Light From Within helps to guide you towards a more harmonious sense of self. It helps you to cross over from everyday ordinary being to extraordinary awareness and vibrant well being! Own your Light today!
Download or read book In Defense of Married Priesthood written by Vivencio O. Ballano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an analysis of the sociological, historical, and cultural factors that lie behind mandatory clerical celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church and examines the negative impact of celibacy on the Catholic priesthood in our contemporary age. Drawing on sociological theory and secondary qualitative data, together with Church documents, it contends that married priesthood has always existed in some form in the Catholic Church and that mandatory universal celibacy is the product of cultural and sociological contingencies, rather than sound doctrine. With attention to a range of problems associated with priestly celibacy, including sexual abuse, clerical shortages, loneliness, and spiritual sloth, In Defense of Married Priesthood argues that the Roman Catholic Church should permit marriage to the priesthood in order to respond to the challenges of our age. Presenting a sociologically informed alternative to the popular theological perspectives on clerical celibacy, this book defends the notion of the married priesthood as legitimate means of living the vocation of Catholic priesthood—one which is eminently fitting for the contemporary world. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of religion, theology, and sociology.
Download or read book Celibacy a Love Story written by Mimi Bull and published by Bauhan Pub. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mimi Bull grew up secure in the love of family, friends, and neighbors, never questioning the unusual circumstances that caused her to be adopted by two women in the late 1930s. It was years before she learned the secret truth: that one of the women was her grandmother, the other her biological mother, and that the story of her adoption had been concocted not only to shield her mother's reputation, but to hide the fact that her father was the gregarious young parish priest everyone adored. It has only been very recently that the Catholic Church has begun to acknowledge the existence of other children of priests, and Bull writes candidly of the emotional toll that this policy of secrecy and denial took on her--"I should like to have lived a life with my loving parents, knowing who we all were, knowing my father's family from the beginning, and without the forty years of depression that compromised me and those I loved."
Download or read book The Cult of the Born Again Virgin written by Wendy Keller and published by HCI. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can Change Your Life, Heal Your Heart and ImprovelUl Your Relationships by Harnessing The Power of Your Sexual Energy Want to be the first woman on your block to become celibate? You might be too late! Celibacy is sweeping the nation as the choice for intelligent singles of all ages and both genders who are sick and tired of the games, heartbreak and personal chaos created by having sex with people they don't love! Savvy singles are choosing to be celibate unless or until they fall in love—and they are reaping huge benefits! This book reports on the movement and reveals to you the secrets of how other women just like you have used celibacy to: Attract a great relationship Align their spiritual lives Grow their businesses Return to core values Heal their broken hearts Improve their careers and/or finances Find and achieve their goals Improve their physical or emotional health And hundreds of other great reasons revealed inside this book! If any of this touches your heart, The Cult of the Earn-Again Virgin is a must-read for you! In its pages, you, too, will discover the secret so many now-celibate women know: "Keep Your Knees Together—Change Your Life!" If you have had it with men who don't value love, marriage or monogamy the way you wish they would, or if your heart has been crushed one too many times, or if you just sense that being sexually active simply isn't working in your life, you're holding the right book in your hands. Don't deprive yourself a moment longer of the life gifts that are your birthright! Bet, The Cult of]fhe Earn-Again Virgin show you how to claim them today!
Download or read book Prayer Brides written by Angelique Henderson and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is perfect mate made just for you. A perfect someone that is longing for you too. They long to see you, love you, and be with you, all the days of their life. They welcome you, they make room for you, without fuss, without strife. They are your companion, your soul mate, and even your friend. A special someone to whom you can depend. So indeed, don't believe when some say there can never be such a mate. God will always send a blessing. If indeed you only wait. Angelique HendersonPrayer Brides is a little book of wisdom for the Christian woman who's dating. Christian dating and finding a great relationship can get discouraging at times. Waiting on God can leave many feeling frustrated and losing patience. Preparation is the best advice. It's a straight forward approach and easy read for women that will help you: Discern & Date: You can overcome obstacles in love & relationships Celebrate Celibacy: Take steps towards truly becoming the pure (body and mind) blessing you hope to receive. Pray on Purpose: God promises the desires of our heart. Enjoy the journey and see what God will do!
Download or read book In Defense of Married Priesthood written by Vivencio O. Ballano and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers an analysis of the sociological, historical and cultural factors that lie behind mandatory clerical celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church and examines the negative impact of celibacy on the Catholic priesthood in our contemporary age. Drawing on sociological theory and secondary qualitative data, together with Church documents, it contends that married priesthood has always existed in some form in the Catholic Church and that mandatory universal celibacy is the product of cultural and sociological contingencies, rather than sound doctrine. With attention to a range of problems associated with priestly celibacy, including sexual abuse, clerical shortages, loneliness, and spiritual sloth, In Defense of Married Priesthood argues that the Roman Catholic Church should permit marriage to the priesthood in order to respond to the challenges of our age. Presenting a sociologically informed alternative to the popular theological perspectives on clerical celibacy, this book defends the notion of the married priesthood as legitimate means of living the vocation of Catholic priesthood - one which is eminently fitting for the contemporary world. It will therefore appeal to scholars and students of religion, theology and sociology"--
Download or read book The Wellness Workbook 3rd ed written by John W. Travis and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than thirty years, John W. Travis, M.D., and Regina Sara Ryan have taught hundreds of thousands of people a practical whole-self approach to wellness and healthy living. Each chapter of the comprehensive WELLNESS WORKBOOK explores one of the twelve interconnected forms of energy that contribute to your overall health and vitality: Self-Responsibility and Love, Breathing, Sensing, Eating, Moving, Feeling, Thinking, Playing and Working, Communicating, Sex,Finding Meaning,Transcending From how you breathe to how you view the world, these twelve areas affect all aspects of your life: your disposition toward injury and illness, your relationships, your general level of happiness, and beyond. In an optimal state of wellness, all of your energies are in balance, and you are less prone to disease, stress, and other life-depleting factors. Using a self-assessment tool known as the Wellness Index, you’ll develop a clear picture of what areas in your life need attention. Now in its third edition, the thoroughly updated and streamlined WELLNESS WORKBOOK provides hundreds of exercises and ideas to help you take control of your health and happiness. · A classic text in the wellness field, thoroughly revised and updated, and streamlined for a more simple and practical presentation. · Chapters cover self-responsibility and love, breathing, sensing, eating, moving, feeling, thinking, playing and working, communicating, sex, finding meaning, and transcending. · Previous editions have sold more than 200,000 copies.
Download or read book How to Keep a Spiritual Journal written by Ron Klug and published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of a thorough guide offers steps for anyone interested in keeping a spiritual journal, from recommendations for notebooks to ways to work through common frustrations and writer's block. Ron Klug relies on his experience as a workshop leader, journal keeper, and author to create a book that is both helpful and wise.
Download or read book Journal of Self Discovery written by Stacey-Ann Steele and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-18 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This journal is for anyone who wishes to learn more about themselves, their passion and purpose through the Bible. The P.V.A.T and P.R.I.S.M method is explained by doing. It is for this reason the JOURNAL OF SELF DISCOVERY was created with the intention of being an interactive spiritual workbook allowing each person to track the progress of their spiritual journey on a daily basis. Crack open your Journal, follow the instructions and let your JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY begin!
Download or read book Chastened written by Hephzibah Anderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking love in an age obsessed with sex, a journalist chronicles her year without On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Hephzibah Anderson glimpsed her college boyfriend going into a jewelry store with a smiling blonde-and in that moment realized it had been years since a man told her he loved her. This discovery led her to question a decade of emotionally frustrating relationships with commitment phobes. As she examined her past, she recognized that most of these relationships went off course at the precise moment sex was involved. Anderson decided it was time to spend a full year without sex to rediscover its meaning and purpose in her life. In this confessional account, Anderson shares the results of that year, narrating each month as she flirts, dates, and swoons but doesn't have sex. The results-her feelings about femininity, her body, and romance-are illuminating. Told with Elizabeth Gilbertesque candor, Chastened reveals much about our contradictory cultural attitudes towards sex and the ways intercourse has been used as a shortcut to deeper intimacies. An antidote to the growing genre of another-notch-in-the-bedpost memoirs, Chastened is a refreshing look at what's to be gained by going without.
Download or read book Learning To Love written by Thomas Merton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having embraced a life of solitude in his own hermitage, Thomas Merton finds his faith tested beyond his imagination when a visit to the hospital leads to a clandestine affair of the heart. Jolted out of his comfortable routine, Merton is forced to reassess his need for love and his commitment to celibacy and the monastic vocation. This astonishing volume traces Merton's struggle to reconcile his unexpected love with his sacred vows while continuing to grapple with the burning social issues of the day—including racial conflicts, the war in Vietnam, and the Arab-Israeli conflict—visiting and corresponding with high-profile friends like Thich Nhat Hanh and Joan Baez, and further developing his writing career. Revealing Merton to be 'very human' in his chronicles of the ecstasy and torment of being in love, Learning to Love comes full circle as Merton recommits himself completely and more deeply to his vocation even as he recognizes 'my need for love, my loneliness, my inner division, the struggle in which solitude is at once a problem and a 'solution'. And perhaps not a perfect solution either' (11 May, 1967).
