Download or read book The Joy of Duty written by James Dillon and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A corporate executive is miserable and seeks the help of a psychotherapist. A college student is unhappy in her current major and goes to her academic advisor. A married couple struggles with discord and seeks the help of a licensed counsellor. In each case, the diagnosis and prescription will likely be the same: you are miserable because you are not doing what you want. Your path to happiness thus lies in figuring out what you enjoy doing, coming up with a strategy to satisfy these desires, and then executing your plan. This is the standard approach to happiness used in much of today’s counselling and psychotherapeutic practice. The Socratic, Stoic, and Confucian philosophical traditions tell a different story: you are miserable because you are not doing what you must. Through historical and contemporary case studies, analyses of key novels, reviews of modern psychological research, interviews with struggling people, and close readings of philosophical texts, The Joy of Duty illuminates the intimate connection between human joy and the performance of ethical obligation.
Download or read book The German Lesson written by Siegfried Lenz and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this quiet and devastating novel about the rise of fascism, Siggi Jepsen, incarcerated as a juvenile delinquent, is assigned to write a routine German lesson on the “The Joys of Duty.” Overfamiliar with these joys, Siggi sets down his life since 1943, a decade earlier, when as a boy he watched his father, a constable, doggedly carry out orders from Berlin to stop a well-known Expressionist artist from painting and to seize all his “degenerate” work. Soon Siggi is stealing the paintings to keep them safe from his father. “I was trying to find out,” Lenz says, “where the joys of duty could lead a people.” Translated from the German by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins
Download or read book The Way of Duty written by Joy Day Buel and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's grasp of early America, The Way of Duty draws readers into a vividly evoked world.
Download or read book The Dangerous Duty of Delight written by John Piper and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2001 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthen your relationship with God by enjoying Him and His creation! Discover just how to delight in the Lord in this compact version of Piper's classic Desiring God.
Download or read book Our Duty Our Joy written by Kuan Kim Seng and published by Armour Publishing Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Duty to Delight written by Ron Parrish and published by CrossBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prayer has an important role in the lives of believers. For some, however, prayer has become a chore almost something to be dreaded than eagerly anticipated. Some people get caught up in the "how much/how often" they pray. But it really is not about how many chapters of the Bible you read or how many minutes a day you pray. It is that you read the Bible and you pray. In From Duty to Delight: Finding Greater Joy in Daily Prayer, author Ron Parrish seeks to help you become a person who enjoys spending time in God's presence through prayer someone who finds such joy in devotion that you will lose track of time. From Duty to Delight is written for the average person who struggles to set aside time for meaningful, focused interaction with God. If you feel badly about missing your devotions, if you quickly run out of things to say when you try to pray, if you sometimes find prayer boring, or if you have given up on trying to be a man or woman of prayer, From Duty to Delight can help you find your way to prayer that is fulfilling and that you can look forward to each day.
Download or read book The Joy of Kierkegaard written by Hugh S. Pyper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kierkegaard has often been regarded as a gloomy thinker yet, as an evangelist, his aim was to discover the joy of the truth of Christianity. Both Kierkegaard's belief and his doubt in his own work were the result of his attempt to comprehend the exceptional experiences of biblical characters and to examine what he found most puzzling or offensive. 'The Joy of Kierkegaard' brings together the writings of one of the most influential of Kierkegaard scholars. These essays argue that Kierkegaard's most original thought arises from his struggle with biblical passages and that joy underpins his profound exploration of spiritual alienation.
Download or read book Faith and Character written by Marvin R. Vincent and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Joy of Fearing God written by Jerry Bridges and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Kind of Relationship Can You Have with Someone You Fear? For most of us, fear is something we try to avoid. And fearing God hardly sounds like an occasion for joy. But Jerry Bridges shows how the fear of the Lord is actually the key that opens the door to a life of true knowledge, wisdom, blessing, and joy. We all want a deeper, more intimate relationship with God–one that’s characterized by joy. But how does fearing God lead to joy? After all, aren’t we supposed to love Him and live in intimate relationship with Him? Jerry Bridges explores this paradox as he unpacks the biblical promise that God delights in those who fear Him. Join him as he unveils the awesome greatness of God–His incredible holiness, deep wisdom, and especially His inspiring love. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of who God is that will draw you into a truly biblical, and surprisingly delightful, fear of God–a fear that includes your own genuine, heartfelt delight in God. You’ll make the startling discovery that the fear of the Lord, far from being something to avoid, is the key to joyful, fulfilling, and genuine intimacy with God. It can change your relationship with God and change your life! Discover the surprising Joy of Fearing God!
Download or read book Modern Eloquence written by Ashley Horace Thorndike and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book After dinner Speeches and how to Make Them written by William Allen Wood and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poetry Comedy and Duty written by Charles Carroll Everett and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Joy of Consent written by Manon Garcia and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics of silence and mystery. Manon Garcia rejects both positions, arguing that consent is a faulty legal threshold but essential to the joy of good sex.
Download or read book Homiletical commentary on the Song of Solomon written by Thomas Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Preacher s Complete Homiletical Commentary written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classified Models of Speech Composition written by James Milton O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Expository Times written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
