Renewing The Sacred

Author : April Yamasaki
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780836198263

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Sacred Pauses by April Yamasaki Pdf

In a fast-paced world full of distractions, spiritual practice can help us become more centered-more in touch with ourselves and others, more in touch with the world around us, more in touch with God. Sacred Pauses is an introduction to this more centered way of life. The author, a pastor in British Columbia, begins with her own longing for personal renewal. What would it take to feel renewed every day? Instead of waiting for a vacation to smooth out the tensions of life, instead of waiting until the end of the week to shed our weariness, what if we could take time out every day? Live a renewed life every day? Be refreshed by God every day? Sacred Pauses offers simple ways for readers to do just that. Each chapter explores a different spiritual practice-from the classic disciplines of Scripture reading and prayer to other creative approaches such as paying attention, making music, and having fun. With plenty of stories from real life and ideas to try, this book is personal and practical. Its flexible format is appropriate for personal use or in a group, every day or any time. Free downloadable study guide available here.

Author : William Barnes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1477640762

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Renewing the Sacred by William Barnes Pdf

Our societies are in deep trouble. Many say education can help the situation. Such a view unconsciously assumes that current education is basically alright, though it may need some changes. It is not aright. It is failing our children. Others know that education is not working and put their hopes and dollars in some kind of educational reform. But proposals to reform education come and go, replaced by others; nothing seems to work for long. Why? For the author of Renewing the Sacred, William Barnes, reforms don't work because they do not go deep enough. We are renovating the house, when the ground itself is giving way beneath our feet. Something great and new in education must be attempted. We must find a new foundation for the house of education. Education must be transformed not reformed. That means something he calls spiritual education. Laying out the model of spiritual education is what the book is mainly about, but it's about more than just what can be done in schools. Part One of Renewing the Sacred examines the larger contexts of nation and culture that schools are embedded in and which traditionally they are meant to serve. He argues that nations and cultures are exhausted and disintegrating. The chief reason for this is that our secular civilization is itself falling into chaos and confusion, because its values no longer hold people together in common purpose. In fact, the entire secular, scientific, materialist world-view that defined the modern temper is increasingly discredited as an interpretation of Reality. A discredited view of Reality challenges the purpose of most schools at their deepest level. Some believe that the best response to the crisis of values is a renewal of religion. There is not much to recommend here, for traditional religions are incapable of meeting the complex challenges of today, whatever personal comfort they bring to their followers. So, if everything around it is collapsing, what can education do? The answer is that rather than being passive carriers of tradition, schools can be active laboratories of personal and collective transformation. Part Two presents the basic model of spiritual education: the principles that ground it philosophically; the experience of the sacred that grounds it experientially; the new faculties of the sacred heart and the spiritual mind that are awakened and developed by spiritual education, for every advance into a new form of consciousness must be accompanied by the awakening of some new faculty; the qualities that spiritual education brings forth from students that empower them to change their world. Part Three discusses the changes in curriculum, pedagogy, in emotional environment and in classroom structure that flow from the model of spiritual education. The final chapter lays out some larger questions that need further discussion. We must not be afraid to look deep into the heart of education and society and start the transformation process from there. This takes the spirit of the pioneer, the discoverer, the trailblazer. It is our only real hope. Renewing the Sacred is a pioneering vision of education.

Author : Howard E. Friend
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0817012745

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Recovering the Sacred Center by Howard E. Friend Pdf

In a reflexive approach designed to help readers discover new ways of understanding themselves and the mission of the church, Howard D. Friend, Jr. explores the process of renewing the contemporary church and examines the implications for new models and fresh ideas that the church is seeking.

Author : Ross Anderson,Maximilian Sternberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781350098725

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Modern Architecture and the Sacred by Ross Anderson,Maximilian Sternberg Pdf

This edited volume, Modern Architecture and the Sacred, presents a timely reappraisal of the manifold engagements that modern architecture has had with 'the sacred'. It comprises fourteen individual chapters arranged in three thematic sections – Beginnings and Transformations of the Modern Sacred; Buildings for Modern Worship; and Semi-Sacred Settings in the Cultural Topography of Modernity. The first interprets the intellectual and artistic roots of modern ideas of the sacred in the post-Enlightenment period and tracks the transformation of these in architecture over time. The second studies the ways in which organized religion responded to the challenges of the new modern self-understanding, and then the third investigates the ways that abstract modern notions of the sacred have been embodied in the ersatz sacred contexts of theatres, galleries, memorials and museums. While centring on Western architecture during the decisive period of the first half of the 20th century – a time that takes in the early musings on spirituality by some of the avant-garde in defiance of Sachlichkeit and the machine aesthetic – the volume also considers the many-varied appropriations of sacrality that architects have made up to the present day, and also in social and cultural contexts beyond the West.

Author : Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1478921684

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Sacred Rest by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith Pdf

Staying busy is easy. Staying well rested-now there's a challenge. How can you keep your energy, happiness, creativity, and relationships fresh and thriving in the midst of never-ending family demands, career pressures, and the stress of everyday life? In SACRED REST, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, a board-certified internal medicine doctor, reveals why rest can no longer remain optional. Dr. Dalton-Smith shares seven types of rest she has found lacking in the lives of those she encounters in her clinical practice and research-physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, sensory, social, creative-and why a deficiency in any one of these types of rest can have unfavorable effects on your health, happiness, relationships, creativity, and productivity. SACRED REST combines the science of rest, the spirituality of rest, the gifts of rest, and the resulting fruit of rest. It shows rest as something sacred, valuable, and worthy of our respect. By combining scientific research with personal stories, spiritual insight, and practical next steps, SACRED REST gives the weary permission to embrace rest, set boundaries, and seek sanctuary without any guilt, shame, or fear.

Author : Ronald Rolheiser
Publisher : Image
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780804139441

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Sacred Fire by Ronald Rolheiser Pdf

When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one question left: How can I be helpful?—TERESA OF ÁVILA Beloved author Ronald Rolheiser continues his search for an accessible and penetrating Christian spirituality in this highly anticipated follow-up to the contemporary classic, The Holy Longing. With his trademark acuity, wit, and thoughtfulness, Rolheiser shows how identifying and embracing discipleship will lead to new heights of spiritual awareness and maturity. In this new book, Rolheiser takes us on a journey through the dark night of the senses and of the spirit. Here, we experience the full gamut of human life, pleasure and fervor, disillusionment and boredom. But, as Rolheiser explains, when we embrace the struggle and yearning to know God we can experience too a profound re-understanding to our daily lives. “What lies beyond the essentials, the basics?” Rolheiser writes. “Where do we go once some of the basic questions in our lives have been answered, or at least brought to enough peace that our focus can shift away from ourselves to others? Where do we go once the basic questions in our lives are no longer the restless questions of youthful insecurity and loneliness? Who am I? Who loves me? How will my life turn out? Where do we go once the basic question in life becomes: How can I give my life away more purely, and more meaningfully? How do I live beyond my own heartaches, headaches, and obsessions so as to help make other peoples’ lives more meaningful? The intent of this book is to try to address exactly those questions: How can we live less self- centered, more mature lives? What constitutes deep maturity and how do we reach that place? And, not unimportantly, what constitutes a more adult, Christian discipleship? What constitutes a truly mature following of Jesus?” As the poet Rainer Maria Rilke suggests, “Live the questions now.” In Sacred Fire, Rolheiser’s deeply affecting prose urges us on in pursuit of the most holy of all passions—a deep and lasting intimacy with God.

Author : April Fiet
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506469096

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The Sacred Pulse by April Fiet Pdf

Contemporary life is leaving us frazzled, overwhelmed, and out of sorts. Our life's rhythm is often borrowed from the pace of life around us. Humans have created such a loud, fast tempo of perfection and production that we often forget--if we ever knew it at all--the rhythms designed for our well-being. In The Sacred Pulse, pastor and author April Fiet invites us to examine the frantic patterns of our lives to reclaim the deeper, sacred pulses that pattern our days. Through stories, scripture, and practical guidance for daily living, she lays out twelve rhythms--including gardening, handcrafts, friendship, and holidays--that are both sustainable and sustaining. Everyday acts like mealtime and shopping, and sporadic rhythms like the occasional snow day: reclaiming these patterns can remind us of the holy movement of God in the world. In a world of hustle and bravado, silencing the noise takes practice. The Sacred Pulse shows us how to strip away all of the competing beats we have settled for so we can tap into the joyful, holy rhythms of life.

Author : William Barnes
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-29
Category : Educational change
ISBN : 1480205567

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Renewing the Sacred by William Barnes Pdf

Our societies are in deep trouble. Many say education can help the situation. Such a view unconsciously assumes that current education is basically alright, though it may need some changes. It is not aright. It is failing our children. Others know that education is not working, and put their hopes and dollars in education reform. But proposals to reform education come and go, replaced by others; nothing seems to work for long. Why? For the author of Renewing the Sacred, William Barnes, reforms don't work because they do not go deep enough. We are renovating the house, when the ground itself is giving way beneath our feet. Something great and new in education must be attempted. We must find a new foundation for the house of education. Education must be transformed not reformed. That means something he calls spiritual education. Laying out the model of spiritual education what the book is mainly about, but it's about more than just what can be done in schools. Part One of Renewing the Sacred examines the larger contexts of nation and culture that schools are embedded in and which traditionally are meant to serve. He argues that nations and cultures are exhausted and disintegrating. The chief reason for this is that our secular civilization is itself falling into chaos and confusion, because its values no longer hold people together in common purpose. In fact, the entire secular, scientific, materialist world-view that defines the modern temper is increasingly discredited as an interpretation of Reality. A discredited view of Reality challenges the purpose of most schools at their deepest level. Some believe that the best response to the crisis of values is a renewal of religion. There is not much to recommend here, for traditional religions are incapable of meeting the complex challenges of today, whatever personal comfort they bring their followers. So if everything around it is collapsing, what can education do? The answer is that rather than being passive carriers of tradition, schools can be active laboratories of personal and collective transformation. Part Two presents the basic model of spiritual education: the principles that ground it philosophically; the experience of the sacred that grounds it experientially; the new faculties of the sacred heart and the spiritual mind that are awakened and developed by spiritual education, for every advance into a new form of consciousness must be accompanied by the awakening of some new faculty; the qualities that spiritual education brings forth from students that empower them to change their world. Part Three discusses the changes in curriculum, pedagogy, in emotional environment and in classroom structure that flow from the model of spiritual education. The final chapter lays out some larger questions that need further discussion. We must not be afraid to look deep into the heart of education and society and work out from there. This takes the spirit of the pioneer, the discoverer, the trailblazer. It is our only real hope. Renewing the Sacred is a pioneering vision of education.

Author : Francis Weller
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781583949764

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The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller Pdf

The work of the mature person is to carry grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and be stretched large by them. As seen on All There Is with Anderson Cooper Noted psychotherapist Francis Weller provides an essential guide for navigating the deep waters of sorrow and loss in this lyrical yet practical handbook for mastering the art of grieving. Describing how Western patterns of amnesia and anesthesia affect our capacity to cope with personal and collective sorrows, Weller reveals the new vitality we may encounter when we welcome, rather than fear, the pain of loss. Through moving personal stories, poetry, and insightful reflections he leads us into the central energy of sorrow, and to the profound healing and heightened communion with each other and our planet that reside alongside it. The Wild Edge of Sorrow explains that grief has always been communal and illustrates how we need the healing touch of others, an atmosphere of compassion, and the comfort of ritual in order to fully metabolize our grief. Weller describes how we often hide our pain from the world, wrapping it in a secret mantle of shame. This causes sorrow to linger unexpressed in our bodies, weighing us down and pulling us into the territory of depression and death. We have come to fear grief and feel too alone to face an encounter with the powerful energies of sorrow. Those who work with people in grief, who have experienced the loss of a loved one, who mourn the ongoing destruction of our planet, or who suffer the accumulated traumas of a lifetime will appreciate the discussion of obstacles to successful grief work such as privatized pain, lack of communal rituals, a pervasive feeling of fear, and a culturally restrictive range of emotion. Weller highlights the intimate bond between grief and gratitude, sorrow and intimacy. In addition to showing us that the greatest gifts are often hidden in the things we avoid, he offers powerful tools and rituals and a list of resources to help us transform grief into a force that allows us to live and love more fully.

Author : Catholic Church. Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Holy Week
ISBN : IND:39000018114426

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On Renewing the Holy Week Liturgy by Catholic Church. Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum Pdf

Author : Mary C. Grey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Sacraments
ISBN : 0856500658

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In Search of the Sacred by Mary C. Grey Pdf

Author : Alejandra Warden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1953220207

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Remembrance by Alejandra Warden Pdf

Author : Christine Jurisich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692409424

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Retreat, Reflect, Renew by Christine Jurisich Pdf

A personal and spiritual growth journal that walks you through a welcoming process of slowing down and reflecting on how to live a more Christ-centered, balanced life that values relationships and community.

Author : Austin Phelps (Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Homiletics in Andover Seminary.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000656585

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Man's Renewal; Or, The Work of the Holy Spirit by Austin Phelps (Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Homiletics in Andover Seminary.) Pdf

Author : Mark Hanby
Publisher : Destiny Image Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1991-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1560430311

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The Renewing of the Holy Ghost by Mark Hanby Pdf

Do you need renewal? Everything in the natural, from birds to blood cells, must either undergo a process of renewal or enter into death. Our spiritual life is no different. With this book, your renewal can begin today!