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Holy Envy

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786220790

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The renowned Christian preacher and New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching world religions to undergraduates in Baptist-saturated rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations. Christians are taught that God is everywhere--a tenet that is central to Barbara Brown Taylor's life and faith. In Holy Envy, she continues her spiritual journey, contemplating the myriad ways she encountered God while exploring other faiths with her students in the classroom, and on field trips to diverse places of worship. Both she and her students ponder how the knowledge and insights they have gained raise important questions about belief, and explore how different practices relate to their own faith. Inspired by this intellectual and spiritual quest, Barbara turns once again to the Bible for guidance, to see what secrets lay buried there. Throughout Holy Envy, Barbara weaves together stories from her classroom with reflections on how her own spiritual journey has been challenged and renewed by connecting with people of other traditions--and by meeting God in them. At the heart of her odyssey is her trust that it is God who pushes her beyond her comfortable boundaries and calls us to "disown" our privatised versions of the divine--a change that ultimately deepens her relationship with both the world and with God, and ours.

Leaving Church

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848253575

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Tells how a renowned preacher left her ministry to rediscover the authentic heart of her faith. A moving reflection on keeping faith amidst the relentless demands of modern life.

Always A Guest

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781646980093

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From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace, and hope. Taylor, author of the best-selling books Holy Envy and An Altar in the World, among others, finds that when you are the invited guest speaking of faith to people you don't know, one must seek common ground: exploring the central human experience. Full of Taylor's astute observations on the Spirit and the state of the world along with her gentle wit, this collection will inspire Taylor’s fans and preachers alike as she explores faith in all its beauty and complexity.

Learning from Other Religious Traditions

Author : Hans Gustafson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783319761084

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This book brings together academic scholars from across various religious traditions to reflect on the beauty they find in traditions other than their own. They examine these aspects and reflect on how they inform and constructively assist with rethinking their own religious worldviews and practices. Each scholar investigates the various implications, questions, insights, and challenges that are generated in the process of doing so. Traditions discussed include Ásatrú Heathenism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Evangelical Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, LDS Mormon Christianity, Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Sikhism, Sufism, Western Buddhism, and Zen Mahāyāna Buddhism. Instead of focusing only or primarily on the theory and practice of interreligious dialogue, this book presents living examples of learning from other religious traditions, identities, and persons.

Learning to Walk in the Dark

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848256170

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In this long awaited follow-up to the best-selling An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor explores ‘the treasures of darkness’ that the Bible speaks about. What can we learn about the ways of God when we cannot see the way ahead, are lost, alone, frightened, not in control or when the world around us seems to have descended into darkness?

Out of Many Faiths

Author : Eboo Patel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691196817

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Out of Many Faiths by Eboo Patel Pdf

The former faith adviser to Barack Obama draws on his personal experience as a Muslim in America to examine the importance of religious diversity in the nation's cultural, political, and economic life. He explores how religious language has given the United States some of its most enduring symbols and inspired its most vital civic institutions.

Native

Author : Kaitlin B. Curtice
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493422029

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Native by Kaitlin B. Curtice Pdf

Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith. Curtice draws on her personal journey, poetry, imagery, and stories of the Potawatomi people to address themes at the forefront of today's discussions of faith and culture in a positive and constructive way. She encourages us to embrace our own origins and to share and listen to each other's stories so we can build a more inclusive and diverse future. Each of our stories matters for the church to be truly whole. As Curtice shares what it means to experience her faith through the lens of her Indigenous heritage, she reveals that a vibrant spirituality has its origins in identity, belonging, and a sense of place.

Learning to Speak God from Scratch

Author : Jonathan Merritt
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601429315

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Learning to Speak God from Scratch by Jonathan Merritt Pdf

In a rapidly changing culture, many of us struggle to talk about faith. We can no longer assume our friends understand words such as grace or gospel. Others, like lost and sin, have become so negative they are nearly conversation-enders. Jonathan Merritt knows this frustration well. After moving from the Bible Belt to New York City, he discovered that the sacred terms he used to describe his spiritual life didn’t connect as they had in the past. This launched him into an exploration of an increasing American reluctance to talk about faith—and the data he uncovered revealed a quiet crisis of affecting millions. In this groundbreaking book, Jonathan revives ancient expressions through incisive cultural commentary, vulnerable personal narratives, and surprising biblical insights. Both provocative and liberating, Learning to Speak God from Scratch will breathe new life into your spiritual conversations and invite you into the embrace of the God who inhabits them.

When God is Silent

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Cowley Publications
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781561013258

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“Reading of God's silence in the Bible gives me courage to explore the practice of restraint in preaching—not as a deliberate withholding of God's word nor, I hope, as a rationale for my own reticence, but as a sober reaching for more reverence in the act of public speaking about God.” In these 1997 Lyman Beecher Lectures in Preaching delivered at Yale Divinity School, Barbara Brown Taylor focuses on the task of those who preach and those who hear sermons in a world where people thirst for a word from God. How may we approach this seemingly silent God with due respect, proclaiming the Word without violating the silence, by speaking with restraint? Her first chapter examines the late twentieth-century language with which we talk about God in theology and speak to God in prayer. The second chapter addresses the question of God's communication in Scripture and how the “voice of God” was heard less and less in the land as the centuries progressed. Finally, Taylor explores what the silence of God means for Christians and how we may exercise “homiletical restraint” in speaking of the divine.

The Holy Wild

Author : Mark Buchanan
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307563620

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Our perception of God makes a difference in every crevice of our character, from our inner anxieties to our public conversations. It determines whether we're trusting or suspicious, whether we're happy or discontent - and whether or not we can rely on God matters mightily on the day of our death. Mark Buchanan's third book continues his penetrating exploration of the God we worship. Bravely and honestly, he poses the direst question of human existence: Can God be trusted? It's life drunk deeply, lived to the hilt—where we walk with the God who is surprising, dangerous, and mysterious. It's the terrain where God doesn't make sense out of our disasters and our boredom, but keeps meeting us in the thick of them. But unless we trust in His character, we'll never venture in. We will sit at the stream all day, dying of thirst, but not daring to drink. To follow God is to drink and drink from the stream, even if it means—especially if it means—getting swallowed up. Let Mark Buchanan show you the entrance to the Holy Wild, where you can live face-to-face with the beautiful, dangerous God of creation.

Participating in God's Mission

Author : Craig Van Gelder,Dwight Zscheile
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467449670

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Participating in God's Mission by Craig Van Gelder,Dwight Zscheile Pdf

Explores how the church has engaged—and should engage—the American context What might faithful and meaningful Christian witness look like within our changing contemporary American context? After analyzing contemporary challenges and developing a missiological approach for the US church, Craig Van Gelder and Dwight Zscheile reflect on the long, complex, and contested history of Christian mission in America. Five distinct historical periods from the beginning of the colonial era to the dawn of the third millennium are reviewed and critiqued. They then bring the story forward to the present day, discussing current realities confronting the church, discerning possibilities of where and how the Spirit of God might be at work today, and imagining what participating in the triune God’s mission may look like in an uncertain tomorrow.

Finding Holy in the Suburbs

Author : Ashley Hales
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830873975

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Suburban life—including tract homes, strip malls, commuter culture—shapes our desires. More than half of Americans live in the suburbs. Ashley Hales writes that for many Christians, however: "The suburbs are ignored ('Your place doesn't matter, we're all going to heaven anyway'), denigrated and demeaned ('You're selfish if you live in a suburb; you only care about your own safety and advancement'), or seen as a cop-out from a faithful Christian life ('If you really loved God, you'd move to Africa or work in an impoverished area'). In everything from books to Hollywood jokes, the suburbs aren't supposed to be good for our souls." What does it look like to live a full Christian life in the suburbs? Suburbs reflect our good, God-given desire for a place to call home. And suburbs also reflect our own brokenness. This book is an invitation to look deeply into your soul as a suburbanite and discover what it means to live holy there.

An Altar in the World

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061971297

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In the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World, acclaimed author Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey by building upon where she left off in Leaving Church. With the honesty of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) and the spiritual depth of Anne Lamott (Grace, Eventually), Taylor shares how she learned to find God beyond the church walls by embracing the sacred as a natural part of everyday life. In An Altar in the World, Taylor shows us how to discover altars everywhere we go and in nearly everything we do as we learn to live with purpose, pay attention, slow down, and revere the world we live in. The eBook includes a special excerpt from Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark.

Boob Envy

Author : Shelly Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Breast
ISBN : 0615741282

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"Shelly is a typical small town Mom overwhelmed with laundry, kids, work, bills and a household to run while trying to just make it through each week. Sane. When her and her husbands' lives finally start looking up-a nightmare occurs. Now, not only do they have to live in a house riddled with autism, celiac disease and ADHD-Shelly has advanced Cancer. Knowing that age 35 she wouldn't have many others to confide in, she turned on her laptop and started blogging ... When her small Wisconsin community rallies together to support her family (and her blog!) she realizes she was never fighting this demon alone. Gathering strength and love from them-she pushes through and then past the 'cancer mom' stigma to become a small business owner, author, and survivor."--Amazon.com.

The Seeds of Heaven

Author : Barbara B. Taylor
Publisher : Forward Movement
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1990-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0880281111

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"The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor is widely considered one of the best preachers in the United States. This slender volume contains twelve of her sermons based on the Gospel of Matthew that were first heard on the radio during the Episcopal Series of the Protestant Hour. As you read them, you will walk with the preacher into ""the spacious land of God's abiding presence with us all."""