Heart to Heart—The Journey Outward

Heart to Heart—The Journey Outward

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  • Author: Robert P. Vande Kappelle
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1666768103
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 165

Whether religiously theists, atheists, agnostics, or simply seekers, each of us is on a journey of faith, spiraling through stages, seasons, or phases of spirituality. On this journey, we discover that spirituality is more caught than taught, and that faith, enriched more by subtraction than by addition, is more about unlearning than learning. At the center of Jesus' life and message stands the exhortation to receive and share divine love. The two volumes of Heart to Heart, excerpted from Dr. Vande Kappelle's published writings, examine the meaning and implications of the biblical Great Commandment to love God and others as oneself. Whereas the first volume examines the spiritual journey inward, this companion volume examines the journey outward. Ultimately there is only one spiritual journey--the journey Godward--and there is only one commandment. Divine love is the key to everything. Unloved people misbehave, fail to love, or fail to change. Loved people aren't concerned with rules, regulations, or beliefs. Rather, because they are loved, they take proper care of themselves, and in so doing, care for nature and others as extensions of themselves. Heart to Heart is written for those who affirm the value of lifelong spiritual growth, realize the limits of logic, and embrace the paradoxes in life. If you are willing to commit less than ten minutes a day over a seven-month period, you will undertake a spiritual journey of epic proportions, guaranteed to transform you morally and spiritually. In addition, you will come to embrace Christianity as the transformative movement envisioned by Jesus for humanity, a way of life grounded in compassion, justice, service, humility, and love of others.


Our Exodus Story

Our Exodus Story

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  • Author: Robert P. Vande Kappelle
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1666782793
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 153

Every person has an exodus story, a vast, complex, multilayered spiritual journey. On the one hand, it is a biological journey from birth to death, and a social journey from infancy to adulthood. In this regard, it is a story of growing up, of leaving home and taking risks, of making mistakes and learning from them, of reaching goals and surpassing them. Our Exodus Story speaks of human life as a gossamer bridge that binds us as people with God, others, and with our inner being. This journey of faith is described as a “holy balancing act” between the three sources of authority for people of faith—experience, Scripture, and tradition. Bonded umbilically to one another and to God, each of us bears exodus-like and cross-like experiences. Personality and spirituality are deeply interrelated, so much that neither function adequately apart from the other. Though not identical, they strive to be in sync, balancing one another in profound and intimate ways. Personality takes the lead, and where personality goes, spirituality follows, though not blindly or passively. Spirituality has its own voice, and when its desires are addressed and heeded, personality thrives. This book is unique in that each of its four protagonists exhibits distinct dominant personality characteristics, their experiences bearing archetypal relevance and universal appeal. Their stories, individual and combined, are epic, the protagonists and families as complex as their biblical patriarchal and matriarchal counterparts, yet as current as today’s top stories. As you read, you are invited on your own inner journey to peace, wholeness, and well-being.


Humans Being

Humans Being

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  • Author: Lou Ann Daly
  • Publisher: AuthorHouse
  • ISBN: 1438965966
  • Category : Health & Fitness
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 162

Like asking the eagle to lumber or bear to fly, you will never find your own graceful state of being by looking outward for direction. Grace appears when you step inward to your unique essence and walk your own path. Humans Being is a book dedicated to all who long to find their voice, pursue their passion, and live more fulfilling, creative, and healthier lives. It offers a simple framework in the form of the Universal Soul Grid for reconnecting with unique purpose and voice and for recognizing unconscious choices that block creativity, insight, and lives of ease. The exercises are designed tp provide practice fields for readers to engage at their own pace and to reinforce what it means to live in grace, listen to the heart, and lead a life of clarity and courage. The path to lives of ease and grace is available to all, and yet, not all of us have been engaging all aspects of this path. But its influence and prompting in your life become clear when you look squarely at who you are becoming, the results of your choices, and the relative ease or difficulty of your life. The simple truth in your heart, in whatever form you recognize it, serves your own unique journey. As long as you remember that point, faith and courage more easily follow. The desire to open your eyes and see where you invest your energy to hold yourself back, for whatever reason, becomes a curiosity, rather than a failure. And the possibility of greatness and living your dreams emerges much more clearly.


Journey with Jesus Part 1: At The Teacher's Feet

Journey with Jesus Part 1: At The Teacher's Feet

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  • Author: Tammy Feil
  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • ISBN: 1300134739
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 190


Meditation in a New York Minute

Meditation in a New York Minute

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  • Author: Mark Thornton
  • Publisher: Sounds True
  • ISBN: 1591798337
  • Category : Self-Help
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 159

Executive meditation coach Mark Thornton writes about a revolution—finding your deepest heart in everyday moments. In Meditation in a New York Minute, Thornton demystifies meditation and makes it accessible to all. He presents his complete program for enjoying the many benefits of meditation—stress reduction, energy, intense mental clarity—in a New York minute. "If your life is moving at warp speed," begins Thornton, "more than ever you need to create calm quickly and profoundly." Meditation in a New York Minute will teach even the busiest readers: How to get an hour of refreshing meditation into your day—without adding a thing to your scheduleNineteen powerful techniques from the world's wisdom traditions, distilled into "micro-doses" you can use between meetings, while commuting, in the shower—whenever you have a free momentThe Eight Laws of Super Calm and the Eight Golden Keys for flipping on compassion and insight in any situationThe 11 Thieves along the path of meditation, and how to dodge them "You can be super busy, super successful, and super calm at the same time, " assures Mark Thornton. With Meditation in a New York Minute, the rewards of this centuries-old inner art are finally available to everyone on the go.


Cairn-Space

Cairn-Space

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  • Author: N. Thomas Johnson-Medland
  • Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • ISBN: 1608996832
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 134

This volume deals with the varied forms of shame reflected in biblical, theological, psychological and anthropological sources. Although traditional theology and church practice concentrate on providing forgiveness for shameful behavior, recent scholarship has discovered the crucial relevance of social shame evoked by mental status, adversity, slavery, abuse, illness, grief and defeat. Anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists have discovered that unresolved social shame is related to racial and social prejudice, to bullying, crime, genocide, narcissism, post-traumatic stress and other forms of toxic behavior. Eleven leaders in this research participated in a conference on The Shame Factor, sponsored by St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln, NE in October 2010. Their essays explore the impact and the transformation of shame in a variety of arenas, comprising in this volume a unique and innovative resource for contemporary religion, therapy, ethics, and social analysis.


Reformer's Pledge

Reformer's Pledge

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  • Author: Bill Johnson
  • Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
  • ISBN: 0768490960
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 279

Too often Christian leaders trying to reform society are perceived as intolerant, right-wing conservatives without an ounce of compassion. The truth is, many people trying to bring about positive societal reformation are very compassionate and loving people. The selected writers who contributed to this book are compassionate reformers. I am privileged to know each author and consider all of them dear friends. – Ché Ahn The Reformer’s Pledge is an exciting collection of ten essays by the following respected and dedicated Church leaders: Bill Johnson James W. Goll Lance Wallnau John Arnott Chuck Pierce Cindy Jacobs Heidi Baker Lou Engle C. Peter Wagner Jim Garlow With insight and anointing, each author presents a clear picture of reforms that need to be made and the kind of actions required by believers to be in step with God’s plan. Poignant topics include racism, love, prayer, defending the sanctity of marriage, and other fundamental issues facing the Church today. Each important topic is addressed thoroughly and sensitively in Spirit-inspired chapters sure to stir your soul, ignite your calling, and fulfill your God-given destiny.


Journey Inward, Journey Outward

Journey Inward, Journey Outward

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  • Author: Elizabeth O'Connor
  • Publisher:
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
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Into the Heart of God

Into the Heart of God

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  • Author: Augustin Belisle
  • Publisher: St Bede's Publications
  • ISBN: 9780932506580
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 100

Into the Heart of God offers warm, personal reflections for daily devotion on the spiritual journey that all of us, in some way or other, must travel to seek God.


Contending for the Faith

Contending for the Faith

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  • Author: Ralph C. Wood
  • Publisher: Baylor University Press
  • ISBN: 091895486X
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 226

In this book Ralph Wood calls for churches to offer a sustained an unapologetically Christian witness to a postmodern world. Wood carefully chronicles how the church is watching the complete destruction of post-Christian institutions and practices that once shaped human character toward fulfillment in goods larger than humanity's own self-interest - the chief of these being the worship and service of God. Wood contends that Christian existence can never be taken for granted, and so the church itself must seek to create a Christian culture that offers the world a drastic alternative to its own cultureless existence.