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This devotional by theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer helps you see that it is possible to impact that world if you allow yourself to be transformed into the likeness of Christ.

These daily readings will transport you from a state of spiritual restlessness and seeking to retreat, renewal, re-evaluation and prayer.

How are we to sustain activism and compassion amidst the never-ending crises of the twenty-first century? While the concern for social justice is deeply biblical, cynicism, burnout, and despair are all too common side effects when action is divorced from contemplation. To effectively serve as the hands and feet of Jesus, the church must attend to the revitalization of its inner life through the spiritual practices which feed, support, and sust...

We are living in challenging times. And it is easy to escape, pine for the "good old days, " or unrealistically dream our way into the future. Instead, we are invited, in this book, to face our troubled world, to identify our inner struggles of faith, and to voice our anxieties and pain. And most importantly we are invited to wrestle with the God who so often seems absent. Living with a fragile hope, we are called by the gospel to nurture an i...

We are living in challenging times. And it is easy to escape, pine for the "good old days, " or unrealistically dream our way into the future. Instead, we are invited, in this book, to face our troubled world, to identify our inner struggles of faith, and to voice our anxieties and pain. And most importantly we are invited to wrestle with the God who so often seems absent. Living with a fragile hope, we are called by the gospel to nurture an i...

When All Else Fails is a book of poetic reflections that taps into the hopes and anxieties of a humanity that is no longer as self-assured as it once was. Marked by a pandemic and loss of faith in our political systems, the workplace, and the faith community, we are all struggling for a surer pathway for our feet. While When All Else Fails is no cheap recipe for recovery, it does provide a deep probe for finding a way forward through new heart...

When All Else Fails is a book of poetic reflections that taps into the hopes and anxieties of a humanity that is no longer as self-assured as it once was. Marked by a pandemic and loss of faith in our political systems, the workplace, and the faith community, we are all struggling for a surer pathway for our feet. While When All Else Fails is no cheap recipe for recovery, it does provide a deep probe for finding a way forward through new heart...

Living in challenging times it is easy for us to become nostalgic or disgruntled. However, we can also become more reflective and empowered. With Your Latte is a small resource to help you move in the direction of hope and human agency. Here is a little wisdom for your engagement to lighten your way.

Living in challenging times it is easy for us to become nostalgic or disgruntled. However, we can also become more reflective and empowered. With Your Latte is a small resource to help you move in the direction of hope and human agency. Here is a little wisdom for your engagement to lighten your way.

The proverb, "chase two horses and you will catch neither, " suggeststhat we have to focus on an important matter at hand and thatwe can't do everything at once. This proverb and the others in thisreflective reader, drawn from many cultures, weave a colourfulwisdom from the past that can inform present-day thinkingand action.Brought up on proverbs in a Dutch familial home, the authorhas selected proverbs that evoke humour, philosophical insigh...

Being left alone to embark on a reflective journey is a great gift-particularly in our age, where remaining connected is such adriving expectation. Charles decided to take a whole six months offand to spend much of this time in a hermitage on friends' property.To enter a space of disconnection is both a scary and an exhilaratingexperience. And to "down" tools and be still without an agenda ofexpectations is wonderfully open and freeing. It is ...

There is a hunger in the modern world for spirituality. One vast resource of spiritual wisdom comes from the pre-Reformation church--from the martyrs of the first centuries of Christianity, through the long tradition of monasticism, to the medieval Christian mystics. These are the deep wells of Christian reflection from persons such as John Chrysostom, Augustine, Benedict, Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Bernard of Clairvaux, Meister Eckhart, ...

Synopsis: There is a hunger in the modern world for spirituality. One vast resource of spiritual wisdom comes from the pre-Reformation church--from the martyrs of the first centuries of Christianity, through the long tradition of monasticism, to the medieval Christian mystics. These are the deep wells of Christian reflection from persons such as John Chrysostom, Augustine, Benedict, Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, Bernard of Clairvaux, Meiste...

The Christian journey is far more complex than an evolutionary upward movement. There are strange contours in the road. Faith has its uncertainties, and our healing is far from complete. This meditational reader seeks to reflect something of this kind of textured picture of the Christian journey.Charles Ringma is Professor of Mission and Evangelism at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has previously done mission work among the ...

In this volume of short reflective pieces, Thomas Merton acts as a conversation partner for the author, who draws on Merton's monastic experience in order to help us reflect on the motivational center out of which we all live, work and serve. Seek the Silences is not a call to a spirituality that pulls us towards God but removes us from the pain, need and challenges of the world. Rather it highlights that it is necessary to be still before Go...

Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) is one of the most beloved spiritual writers of the twentieth century. He composed dozens of books throughout his lifetime, including favorites such as In the Name of Jesus, The Wounded Healer, and The Return of the Prodigal Son. Hear the Heartbeat with Henri Nouwen explores Nouwen's thought in a reflective, topical way by considering his life, work, and writings. Teacher and minister Charles Ringma covers topics such ...

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The Art of Healing Prayer aims to help both clergy and laity to develop a greater understanding of those who come seeking healing, and to become skilled in praying for such people biblically, imaginatively and sensitively. The authors recognize that this is a costly ministry, requiring counsellors to find time in their own often busy lives to guide others, and necessitating that they continue to be open to the gifts of God's grace. However, it...

This devotional by theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer helps you see that it is possible to impact that world if you allow yourself to be transformed into the likeness of Christ.

In a post-Christendom world, young people continue to be vitally interested in matters of spirituality and justice, despite their lack of engagement with the Christian faith and church. This situation calls for new forms of communication and a reconsideration of the claims of the Christian faith.This book for searching minds does just this. A series of letters written by theologian Charles Ringma to his 19-year-old granddaughter, Finding Naasi...