The Spirituality Of Community Life
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The Spirituality Of Community Life
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Author : Ron McDonald
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Spirituality Of Community Life written by Ron McDonald and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Religion categories.
Find out how communities can help people transcend their individual needs to live richer, fuller lives The Spirituality of Community Life is a deeply personal analysis of community life and its importance in helping people develop to their full potential. Dr. Ron McDonald, a pastoral counselor, examines the dynamics of community life from the perspective of the participant in a variety of settings, including the classroom, sports teams, church groups, recreational groups, and the workplace. This unique book presents alternatives to a culture that creates competition, separation, and insecurity, focusing instead on communities that encourage civility, understanding, compromise, and altruism. The Spirituality of Community Life analyzes the need for community life and the obstacles to it found in American culture, where money and power rule and people conform to stay out of trouble. The book presents insights into the importance and manner of building communities instead of efficient organizations that are fueled by crisis. Topics examined include growth and size as mistaken ideals, early Christian community life, the “What Would Jesus Do?” phenomenon, the spiritual disease caused by fighting enemies, the place of art and dance in community life, and leadership. The Spirituality of Community Life looks at a variety of communities, including: hikers on the Appalachian Trail a college track and country team a seminary course on the Gospel of Mark a church health center a traditional Quaker meeting an open education elementary school a championship basketball team an annual meeting of pastoral counselors and much more The Spirituality of Community Life also examines the deeply spiritual nature of community life, including insights into early Christian community history and how community life was crucial in the lives of our greatest spiritual leaders. The book is essential for anyone seeking to be the kind of leader who can build and nurture communities.
Urban Spirituality
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Author : Karina Kreminski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Urban Spirituality written by Karina Kreminski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Cities and towns categories.
Do we have a positive theology of the city so that an urban spirituality can emerge from this place? We have for too long focused on quick fixes, pop up churches, and strategic solutions which have left us malnourished and emaciated, yet bloated from our over-consumption of these unsatisfying approaches. Spiritual formation is something that we need to pay closer attention to today. How do we live this kind of holy life in the city?
Life Together In Christ
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Author : Ruth Haley Barton
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2014-10-30
Life Together In Christ written by Ruth Haley Barton and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with Religion categories.
Best Book of Spiritual Formation, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore Have you joined a church or small group in hopes of experiencing real life change, only to be disappointed? Have you sat through inspiring sermons about what is possible when Christians gather together in mutually edifying relationships, only to recognize how cynical you have become after many failed attempts? Community may be one of the most over-promised, under-delivered aspects of the Christian life today. Individuals remain selfish and stuck in their ways. Communities become spiritually lifeless or even fall apart because we don't know how to experience transformation together. Transforming community does not come primarily from listening to inspiring preaching or adding another church program. It emerges as we embrace a shared commitment to the attitudes, practices and behaviors that open us to Christ in our midst. And that's where Life Together in Christ comes in. Reflecting on the story of the two disciples who meet Christ on the Emmaus Road, Ruth Haley Barton offers this interactive guide for small groups of spiritual companions who are ready to encounter Christ in transforming ways—right where they are on the road of real life.
Queering Spirituality And Community In The Deep South
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Author : Kamden K. Strunk
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2019-04-01
Queering Spirituality And Community In The Deep South written by Kamden K. Strunk and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with Social Science categories.
In this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of spirituality and community as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with explorations of queer spiritualities and LGBTQ people in religious settings. Next, authors investigate and document the rise of the religious right political movement in the South. Finally, the authors of this text document community life for LGBTQ people in the Deep South, including efforts to create affirming queer spaces inside otherwise hostile locales. Through the chapters in this text, the peculiarities of spirituality and community life for LGBTQ people in the Deep South are explored. However, this volume also points to trends, themes, and dynamics at work in the Deep South that are also implicated in the queer experience in other parts of the U.S. The authors of this text push readers to think deeply about these issues, probe the limits of queer potentialities in Southern religious and community contexts, and clearly point to the interweaving of Christian religiousness, communities of practice, the operation of white supremacist heteropatriarchy in oppression of LGBTQ people, and the possibilities of affirming spiritual and community praxis.
Building Community
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Author : Nuns of Luminary International Buddhist Society
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-09-07
Building Community written by Nuns of Luminary International Buddhist Society and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-07 with categories.
With the spread of Buddhism worldwide, Buddhist communities have become established in new lands and continue to adapt to changing circumstances. "Building Community" offers practical perspectives on the Buddha's guidelines on community life in relation to contemporary cultural situations, beginning with fifty discourses by Venerable Bhikshuni Master Wuyin Shih that draw on decades of her experience leading a Buddhist community in Taiwan. The second half of the book shifts to more intimate, personalreflections on Buddhist community life with essays by Venerable Master Wuyin's students on their relationship with their spiritual mentor and monastic training. Together, these essays bring to life the joys and challenges of building, sustaining, and thriving in religious community, celebrating the collective endeavor of practicing the path to full awakening.
Greater Community Spirituality
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Author : Marshall Vian Summers
language : en
Publisher: New Knowledge Library
Release Date : 2013-09-28
Greater Community Spirituality written by Marshall Vian Summers and has been published by New Knowledge Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-28 with Social Science categories.
In the Greater Community of Worlds the idea of God is presented differently than it is in this world. In the Greater Community, the idea of God must be translatable from one society to another where the customs and the rituals, the ideas and the areas of specific application will be unique to each world’s spiritual awareness and devotional practices. All that can be translated is the pure experience of Knowledge—the experience of Universal Mind, profound awareness and total relationship. This is the experience which will be presented in this book—an experience of translatable spirituality that is shared between intelligent life everywhere. Its application is universal. Its experience is universal. Its communication is universal. The direction that it establishes for sentient beings everywhere is universal. Greater Community Spirituality encompasses a larger panorama of life and includes all that has been created here and beyond, in all dimensions, in all frameworks. So complete is it that you cannot fathom its Mystery, exhaust its Wisdom or penetrate its Knowledge. But you can be the recipient of these things, and you can translate them into your own experience and apply them here at great benefit to yourself and to others. The world is now emerging into a Greater Community of Worlds. Therefore, it is necessary for Greater Community Spirituality to be presented here to enable humanity to prepare mentally, emotionally and spiritually for the great change that is coming and the great opportunities that this change represents. To learn about the Greater Community, you must learn of its reality. This, then, is a blessing: that you may receive a Greater reality, a Greater religion and a Greater God.
Hope And Resilience The Application Of Spiritual Principles To Community Life
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Author : Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-06
Hope And Resilience The Application Of Spiritual Principles To Community Life written by Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-06 with categories.
This document expands upon research related to the spiritual dimension ofdevelopment endeavors, generating further insights into how communities makeuse of concepts and principles, such as the oneness of humankind and humanity'sinterconnectedness with nature, in their efforts to contribute towards the commongood. This study focuses on the creation of strong networks of social support andthe management of water-related challenges within the context of informalsettlements, which provide a rich setting to illustrate the link between beliefs andinteractions in a shared geographical space.
A Spirituality Of Living
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Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
language : en
Publisher: Upper Room Books
Release Date : 2012-03-01
A Spirituality Of Living written by Henri J. M. Nouwen and has been published by Upper Room Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Religion categories.
What's the secret to living a spiritual life? So much is happening in our world that we often get distracted and listen to voices other than the voice of God. "If we want to be disciples of Jesus, we have to live a disciplined life," Nouwen asserts. In the spiritual life, discipline requires conscious effort to keep every area in life from being filled up. It means creating space in our life for God to act and speak. Nouwen identifies 3 essential disciplines for maintaining a life of discipleship: solitude, community, and ministry. In solitude we learn to listen to God through prayer. We realize that we are beloved sons and daughters of God. In community we learn to celebrate, as well as to practice vulnerability and forgiveness. After we have experienced solitude and community, we feel God's call to minister to a hurting world. God empowers us to do amazing things. This encouraging, insightful book will inspire you to practice solitude, community, and ministry. The result, Nouwen promises, is a fruitful, Spirit-filled life.
Sacred Rhythms
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Author : Ruth Haley Barton
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2009-12-14
Sacred Rhythms written by Ruth Haley Barton and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-14 with Religion categories.
Logos Book Award Do you long for a deep, fundamental change in your life with God? Do you desire a greater intimacy with God? Do you wonder how you might truly live your life as God created you to live it? Spiritual disciplines are activities that open us to God's transforming love and the changes that only God can bring about in our lives. Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of the spiritual disciplines, this book takes you more deeply into understanding seven key disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life. Each chapter includes exercises to help you begin the practices--individually and in a group context. The final chapter puts it all together in a way that will help you arrange your life for spiritual transformation. The choice to establish your own sacred rhythm is the most important choice you can make with your life.
Spirituality A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Philip Sheldrake
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2012-11-29
Spirituality A Very Short Introduction written by Philip Sheldrake and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-29 with Religion categories.
It has been suggested that 'spirituality' has become a word that 'can define an era'. Why? Because paradoxically, alongside a decline in traditional religious affiliations, the growing interest in spirituality and the use of the word in a variety of contexts is a striking aspect of contemporary western cultures. Indeed, spirituality is sometimes contrasted attractively with religion, although this is problematic and implies that religion is essentially dogma, moralism, institutions, buildings, and hierarchies. The notion of spirituality expresses the fact that many people are driven by goals that concern more than material satisfaction. Broadly, it refers to the deepest values and sense of meaning by which people seek to live. Sometimes these values are conventionally religious. Sometimes they are associated with what is understood as 'the sacred' in a broader sense - that is, of ultimate rather than merely instrumental importance. This Very Short Introduction, written by one of the most eminent scholars and writers on spirituality, explores the historical foundations of the thought and considers how it came to have the significance it is developing today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.