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What do you need in order to become a truly spiritual person? Many people believe the answer is that you need to have some accomplishments, or an especially spiritual nature, or perhaps theological training. Ron Higdon believes that you don't need all those exciting things that lift you about the ordinary realm of this world. He believes you can be truly grounded and yet spiritual, and that the spiritual life starts with understanding the gosp...

The relationship between faith and action has troubled Christians since there have been any Christians to be troubled! Is there such a thing as faith without works? Can faith be grown, and if so, how? Ron Higdon, drawing on a lifetime of ministry, experience, and study, sets out to help with these questions. He teaches that faith is a risky business, it is always connected to action, it doesn't protect us from life's difficulties and tragedies...

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Just the facts." "The numbers don't lie." "Get your beliefs right!" Can you have everything clearly laid out, knowing you are right, and still be missing out?Ron Higdon takes a look at what drives awe and wonder in our lives and what we might be missing if we get lost in the data, or in the troubles of our time, or even in the tremendous variety of entertainment that is available. Overwhelmingly so! He treats the keeping of wonder in our lives...

What should you do when everything seems to be shifting and you can't find solid ground? Some try to pretend the shifting things are truly solid. Some cling to things that cannot provide security.In this practical book, author and pastor Ronald Higdon suggests we find the really stable things and learn to handle and grow from the things that must change. He brings to this process a lifetime of experience and deep theological reflection. The re...

What should you do when everything seems to be shifting and you can't find solid ground? Some try to pretend the shifting things are truly solid. Some cling to things that cannot provide security.In this practical book, author and pastor Ronald Higdon suggests we find the really stable things and learn to handle and grow from the things that must change. He brings to this process a lifetime of experience and deep theological reflection. The re...

In a youth oriented culture where old age is almost regarded as the unpardonable sin, there is not much space in our daily lives for the discussion of the one reality that is inescapable - aging.This book brings the good news that discussions about aging can bring new purpose, meaning, and hope to all of life - regardless of your present age. It is a book filled with perspectives and suggestions that can make the advancing years truly golden i...

Through the course of over fifty-five years of pastoral ministry, many have come to me with aching hearts and burning questions. It had nothing to do with abandoning their faith, but everything to do with finding a place in that faith for the kinds of questions that would not go away.With the gentleness of a pastor and the unblinking look of a theologian, Dr. Ron Higdon takes the reader through the questions we all want and need to ask and giv...

Those who have lived eight decades in this world often feel the need to write about their life experiences or life philosophies. If that person has lived a varied, experiential life and shows good spiritual fruit in that life, it might be wise of those who are coming after them to read and listen to them and thus, learn! Ron Higdon has lived such a life and has now written such a book. So fix yourself a "hot cuppa, " pull up a chair, clean you...

As the years increase, so does my gratitude and appreciation for the many congregations where I have been privileged to pitch my tent on my sojourn of faith and ministry. I only wish that the resources I have found through family systems, the Center for Congregational Health, and the Alban Institute had been mine to share with the earlier congregations. I am not the same person or minister I was when I first assumed pastoral responsibilities. ...

What was anticipated to be "the Christian Century" certainly did not live up to that lofty expectation. To the contrary, it has led us into a new century with more uncertainties, questions, doubts, and anxieties than we ever could have imagined. Whatever happened to "Don't worry, be happy"? Simply put: there are now many more reasons to worry than to be happy (however one defines happiness). Stress, anxiety, apprehension, worry, fear - whateve...

This book contains many reflections from my experiences with various congregations with whom I have worked over the past fifty-plus years. As the years have increased so has my appreciation for the significant contribution all of these congregations have made to my life and my ministry. I list all of them with gratitude and appreciation - perhaps especially for the difficult times that I often found a way to make more difficult. These times us...

Grief may be the most difficult "work" that we as human beings must do. When a loved one, especially a child, dies through suicide, the tasks involved in that journey require a different perspective. Ronald Higdon shares with us his experience in Surviving A Son's Suicide. With loving but unapologetic candor, Pastor Higdon shares the questions and thoughts that often will continuously circle in our minds. He brings notes, book resources and...

This is volume 2 in the Guides to Practical Ministry series edited by a team from the Academy of Parish Clergy and published by Energion Publications. Being in ministry means dealing with change. In fact, living itself means dealing with change. Church leadership, however organized, will have to deal with change. This book looks at the types of change that might occur in ministry and the difficulties involved and presents practical approach...