Longing For Spring

Author : Elaine A Heath,Scott T Kisker
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718842970

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Longing for Spring by Elaine A Heath,Scott T Kisker Pdf

Delving into the widespread, contemporary longing for a more serious and communal experience of Christianity, this book provides important theoretical underpinnings and casts a vision for a new monasticism within the Wesleyan tradition. Elaine Heathand Scott Kisker call for the planting of neo-monastic churches which embody the Wesleyan vision of holiness in postmodern contexts. This book also points toward some vital shifts that are necessary in theological education in order to equip pastorsto lead such communities. Longing for Spring helps Wesleyans of all stripes understand the theory and praxis necessary for planting neo-monastic communities as a new model of the church that is particularly important in the postmodern context. The authors write in an engaging, conversational style that is conversant with postmodern culture, yet thoroughly informed by critical research. Heath and Kisker boldly challenge the imagination of the church, both within and beyond Wesleyan traditions, to consider the possibility of revitalizing the church through the new monasticism.

Author : June Gordon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : New Zealand poetry
ISBN : 1877338125

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Longing for Spring by June Gordon Pdf

Author : Sylvia Sweeney
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781640651432

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Winged with Longing for Better Things by Sylvia Sweeney Pdf

A Lenten devotional written from an eco-feminist perspective Rather than classical penitence, this book emphasizes intercession, solidarity, and preparation. Its aim is to help readers learn to view the world incarnationally and sacramentally. In rejecting one’s own embodiment and the natural world, the earth is being irreparably harmed by our destructive actions. The book invites readers to move beyond sympathy for those in strife into action and advocacy on the behalf of the earth and its less powerful inhabitants. Photographs and poetry enhance the daily devotional readings.

Author : Ruth Wills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : English poetry
ISBN : BL:A0018609587

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Lays of Lowly Life by Ruth Wills Pdf

Author : Nyanasobhano
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780861713387

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Longing for Certainty by Nyanasobhano Pdf

This book confronts readers' inner hopes and fears and shows them the way to the sense of confident well-being that only a hearty spiritual practice can afford.

Author : Sarah Mae
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496400574

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Longing for Paris by Sarah Mae Pdf

For anyone who has ever daydreamed of another life . . . Most days, you wouldn’t trade what you have for the world. You love your husband and your kids, and you are grateful to God for your life. But there are days when you feel as though life is rolling over you in waves and you are just going through the motions. You find yourself aching for something more, something that is calling to depths of who you are, maybe for something you can’t even name. For Sarah Mae, it was Paris, a place that is known for breathtaking beauty, inspiring art, and exquisite food. But as she searched her heart, she found there was more to her longings than she anticipated. Join Sarah Mae in Longing for Paris, a soul-searching, light-filled journey for the woman who knows she can’t uproot her life to discover herself and her longings, but who desperately wants to uncover them so she can get unstuck and choose a life that is filled with beauty, adventure, and deep joy . . . right where she is.

Author : Richard J. Foster,Gayle D. Beebe
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830846153

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Longing for God by Richard J. Foster,Gayle D. Beebe Pdf

Do you long for the closeness with God that you've tasted in fleeting moments? You can begin to fill that longing by developing your capacity to receive and respond to God's love. In this rich resource Richard Foster and Gayle Beebe introduce you to people from the past who have known God deeply and model the seven paths to intimacy with God from Christian history.

Author : Kyle Chayka
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781635572117

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The Longing for Less by Kyle Chayka Pdf

The New Yorker staff writer and Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the deep roots-and untapped possibilities-of our newfound, all-consuming drive to reduce. “Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence-and airy, Instagrammable spaces in which to enjoy it. The popular term for this brand of upscale austerity, “minimalism,” has mostly come to stand for things to buy and consume. But minimalism has richer, deeper, and altogether more valuable gifts to offer. In The Longing for Less, one of our sharpest cultural critics delves beneath the glossy surface of minimalist trends, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. Kyle Chayka's search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism, and to the stories of artists such as Agnes Martin and Donald Judd; composers such as John Cage and Julius Eastman; architects and designers; visionaries and misfits. As Chayka looks anew at their extraordinary lives and explores the places where they worked-from Manhattan lofts to the Texas high desert and the back alleys of Kyoto-he reminds us that what we most require is presence, not absence. The result is an elegant synthesis of our minimalist desires and our profound emotional needs. With a new afterword by the author.

Author : S. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Canadian poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015059412661

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Poems by S. Moore Pdf

Author : Mykola Soroka
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773587670

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Faces of Displacement by Mykola Soroka Pdf

"Whom do our people read? Vynnychenko. Whom do people talk about if it concerns literature? Vynnychenko. Whom do they buy? Again, Vynnychenko." So wrote Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky about the young Volodymyr Vynnychenko. An innovative and provocative writer, Vynnychenko was also a charismatic revolutionary and politician who responded to the dramatic upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century by challenging old values and bringing forward new ideas about human relationships. Despite his inseparable association with Ukraine, what is often overlooked is the fact that Vynnychenko wrote the majority of his works outside his native land following his flight from Tsarist and Soviet tyranny. In this ground-breaking study, Mykola Soroka draws on contemporary theories of displacement to show how Vynnychenko's expatriate status determined his worldview, his choice of literary devices, and his attitudes toward his homeland and hostlands. Soroka considers concepts of identity to study the intertwined experiences of the writer - as an exile, émigré, expatriate, traveler, and nomad - and to demonstrate how these experiences invigorated his art and left a lasting impact on his work. The first book-length study in English on Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Faces of Displacement is an insightful examination of an exiled writer that sheds new light on the challenges faced by the displaced.

Author : Mona Hassan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691183374

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Longing for the Lost Caliphate by Mona Hassan Pdf

In the United States and Europe, the word "caliphate" has conjured historically romantic and increasingly pernicious associations. Yet the caliphate's significance in Islamic history and Muslim culture remains poorly understood. This book explores the myriad meanings of the caliphate for Muslims around the world through the analytical lens of two key moments of loss in the thirteenth and twentieth centuries. Through extensive primary-source research, Mona Hassan explores the rich constellation of interpretations created by religious scholars, historians, musicians, statesmen, poets, and intellectuals. Hassan fills a scholarly gap regarding Muslim reactions to the destruction of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad in 1258 and challenges the notion that the Mongol onslaught signaled an end to the critical engagement of Muslim jurists and intellectuals with the idea of an Islamic caliphate. She also situates Muslim responses to the dramatic abolition of the Ottoman caliphate in 1924 as part of a longer trajectory of transregional cultural memory, revealing commonalities and differences in how modern Muslims have creatively interpreted and reinterpreted their heritage. Hassan examines how poignant memories of the lost caliphate have been evoked in Muslim culture, law, and politics, similar to the losses and repercussions experienced by other religious communities, including the destruction of the Second Temple for Jews and the fall of Rome for Christians. A global history, Longing for the Lost Caliphate delves into why the caliphate has been so important to Muslims in vastly different eras and places.

Author : George S. Williamson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 885 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226899459

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The Longing for Myth in Germany by George S. Williamson Pdf

Since the dawn of Romanticism, artists and intellectuals in Germany have maintained an abiding interest in the gods and myths of antiquity while calling for a new mythology suitable to the modern age. In this study, George S. Williamson examines the factors that gave rise to this distinct and profound longing for myth. In doing so, he demonstrates the entanglement of aesthetic and philosophical ambitions in Germany with some of the major religious conflicts of the nineteenth century. Through readings of key intellectuals ranging from Herder and Schelling to Wagner and Nietzsche, Williamson highlights three crucial factors in the emergence of the German engagement with myth: the tradition of Philhellenist neohumanism, a critique of contemporary aesthetic and public life as dominated by private interests, and a rejection of the Bible by many Protestant scholars as the product of a foreign, "Oriental" culture. According to Williamson, the discourse on myth in Germany remained bound up with problems of Protestant theology and confessional conflict through the nineteenth century and beyond. A compelling adventure in intellectual history, this study uncovers the foundations of Germany's fascination with myth and its enduring cultural legacy.

Author : Dr. Paul L. Escamilla
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426723216

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Longing for Enough in a Culture of More by Dr. Paul L. Escamilla Pdf

These 25 brief, thoughtful meditations by Paul Escamilla are organized in five topics: The Good Book, The Good Life, the Good Work, The Good Society, and The Good Earth. Whether read privately or with a group, these probing essays invite rather than indict the reader - making the "life of enough" seem not only possible but a natural next step in our lives as Christians. A gifted writer, Escamilla leads the reader to anticipate both physical and spiritual relief from saturation and excess. Together the author and the reader search for the secret of escaping the lifestyle and attitudes of "a weighed-down world." A study guide includes questions for reflection or discussion. An excerpt from the Circuit Rider review: "This is a helpful little book. Clergy and laity will find in it much to consider. In a highly consumerist culture, there is a great deal to examine as persons ask questions about what constitutes having 'enough': How much is enough? How do we find rest and peace for anxious hearts? How do we discover a depth of being in a society always bent on 'doing' and 'having' more? For persons who are searching and exploring what the next step in the journey of faith is, this book will provide an instructive pathway to growth by someone who has also "been there and done that." And what they will receive is not an indicting finger but a gentle and persuasive hand."

Author : Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780231527873

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Revelry, Rivalry, and Longing for the Goddesses of Bengal by Rachel Fell McDermott Pdf

Annually during the months of autumn, Bengal hosts three interlinked festivals to honor its most important goddesses: Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri. While each of these deities possesses a distinct iconography, myth, and character, they are all martial. Durga, Kali, and Jagaddhatri often demand blood sacrifice as part of their worship and offer material and spiritual benefits to their votaries. Richly represented in straw, clay, paint, and decoration, they are similarly displayed in elaborately festooned temples, thronged by thousands of admirers. The first book to recount the history of these festivals and their revelry, rivalry, and nostalgic power, this volume marks an unprecedented achievement in the mapping of a major public event. Rachel Fell McDermott describes the festivals' origins and growth under British rule. She identifies their iconographic conventions and carnivalesque qualities and their relationship to the fierce, Tantric sides of ritual practice. McDermott confronts controversies over the tradition of blood sacrifice and the status-seekers who compete for symbolic capital. Expanding her narrative, she takes readers beyond Bengal's borders to trace the transformation of the goddesses and their festivals across the world. McDermott's work underscores the role of holidays in cultural memory, specifically the Bengali evocation of an ideal, culturally rich past. Under the thrall of the goddess, the social, political, economic, and religious identity of Bengalis takes shape.

Author : Joel Stein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:83842403

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Longing for Spring by Joel Stein Pdf