Simpler Living Compassionate Life

Author : Michael Schut
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819227232

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Simpler Living, Compassionate Life by Michael Schut Pdf

A diverse compilation of essays that explore the complex idea of simplicity in our lives, community, and environment, and how buying less and decluttering creates an enriching and sustainable life. In a rare collection of voices, the authors of Simpler Living, Compassionate Life explore voluntary simplicity as a path to wholeness and abundance. Henri Nouwen, Cecile Andrews, Richard Foster, and 19 other writers encourage you to listen to your own story, and to respond to dialogue about the fundamental issues of life: time, money, food, spirituality, heritage, and community. A diversity of voices and a helpful study guide make this an effective tool for individuals and groups ready to consider alternatives to high-price, high-stress “good life”: the riches of simplicity and compassion. “Simpler Living, Compassionate Life is an excellent resource for anyone wishing to have a comprehensive overview of the myriad ways living more simply has positively affected our culture. It is a delightful and practical guide for creating simplicity in our own lives, our communities, and for the benefit of our culture.”—Elaine James, author of Simplify Your Life and Inner Simplicity

Author : Michael Schut
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819223692

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Simpler Living, Compassionate Life by Michael Schut Pdf

On its ten-year anniversary of publication, we are pleased to re-issue this popular title. Editor Michael Schut presents a rare collection of voices -- Henri Nouwen, Cecile Andrews, Richard Foster and others -- as they explore our use of money, the practice of simplicity, listening to our lives, widening our circle of community, and other topics at the core of how we live out our faith in our homes and workplaces. A study guide is included.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781590520581

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Lists to Live By for Simple Living by Anonim Pdf

In our fast-paced, complex world, we all are looking for stillness, harmony, gentleness, and peace. The beauty of these eighty thoughtfully chosen lists is that they use simplicity to bring you simplicity -- condensing essential information into one-or-two-page lists. The gateway to the path of peaceful living is found in the collection you currently hold! As your life becomes balanced instead of hectic, you will escape the tyranny of the urgent and be able to focus on the things that really matter.

Author : Ezra Bayda
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0834825813

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Zen Heart by Ezra Bayda Pdf

There’s a secret to spiritual practice, and it’s surprisingly simple: learn to be present with attention. Do that, and the whole world becomes your teacher, you wake up to the sacredness of every aspect of existence, and compassion for others arises without even thinking about it. In Zen Heart, Bayda provides a wealth of practical advice for making difficult experiences a valued part of the path and for making mindfulness a daily habit.

Author : Polly Ghazi,Judy Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Quality of life
ISBN : 0340834021

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Downshifting by Polly Ghazi,Judy Jones Pdf

A new edition of this guide to creating a simpler and more balanced life.

Author : Jane Velez-Mitchell
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780757313714

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IWant by Jane Velez-Mitchell Pdf

The author relates how her experiences trying to overcome addictions has helped her be more self-aware, embrace her ethnic identity, and accept her sexual orientation.

Author : Patricia O'Connell Killen,Mark Silk
Publisher : Altamira Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114245223

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Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest by Patricia O'Connell Killen,Mark Silk Pdf

When asked their religious identification, more people answer 'none' in the Pacific Northwest than in any other region of the United States. But this does not mean that the region's religious institutions are without power or that Northwesterners who do attend no place of worship are without spiritual commitments. With no dominant denomination, Evangelicals, Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Jews, adherents of Pacific Rim religious traditions, indigenous groups, spiritual environmentalists, and secularists must vie or sometimes must cooperate with each other to address the regions' pressing economic, environmental, and social issues. One cannot understand this complex region without understanding the fluid religious commitments of its inhabitants. And one cannot understand religion in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska without Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest.

Author : Kathy Gottberg
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-30
Category : Moving, Household
ISBN : 1517467020

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RightSizing * a SMART Living 365 Guide to Reinventing Retirement by Kathy Gottberg Pdf

Most people don't start thinking about retirement until they hit 40, 50 or beyond. But what if making some simple changes in the way we live today gave us the opportunity to retire earlier and more fearlessly than we expect? Even better, what if a way existed to start enjoying life with more peace of mind, happiness and freedom right now? If you're worried about your future and are tired of the rat race that seems to lead nowhere, then rightsizing might be the best way for you to reimagine your life-starting today!What is rightsizing? Rightsizing is the conscious choice to reinvent a lifestyle that more closely fits you and your family in the best possible manner at every stage of life. Rightsizing provides the freedom to let go of the daily grind of just getting by day-in and day-out. So instead of constantly striving toward more and more stuff and trying to keep up with the neighbors, rightsizing avoids unsustainable debt, stress, addiction and competition and allows us to recreate life with meaning and purpose. Rightsizing helps us each design a life that lets us spend our time and resources on whatever is most important to us. And best of all, rightsizing is about discovering what gives our life meaning, makes us smile, and allows us to sleep well and deeply every single night. If you don't have that now, maybe it's time to rightsize your life.Rightsizing-A SMART Living 365 Guide to Reinventing Retirement is a collection of blog posts written by Kathy Gottberg on her blog SMART Living 365.com. These articles address some of her best ideas about the topic and reveal how each of us can discover our own unique version of a life focused on what truly matters.

Author : Thomas Dubay
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681492254

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Happy are You Poor by Thomas Dubay Pdf

To the modern mind, the concept of poverty is often confused with destitution. But destitution emphatically is not the Gospel ideal. A love-filled sharing frugality is the message, and Happy Are You Poor explains the meaning of this beatitude lived and taught by Jesus himself. But isn't simplicity in lifestyle meant only for nuns and priests? Are not all of us to enjoy the goodness and beauties of our magnificent creation? Are parents to be frugal with the children they love so much? The renowned spiritual writer Dubay gives surprising replies to these questions. He explains how material things are like extensions of our persons and thus of our love. If everyone lived this love there would be no destitution. After presenting the richness of the Gospel message, more beautiful than any other world view, he explains how Gospel frugality is lived in each state of life.

Author : Fritz Guy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015047560191

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Thinking Theologically by Fritz Guy Pdf

"Religious commitment is a motivation, not a substitute, for careful thinking." So writes Fritz Guy in Thinking Theologically: Adventist Christianity and the Interpretation of Faith, a new release from Andrews University Press and a work long awaited by his colleagues and students. Guy offers his philosophy of how North American Seventh-day Adventists ought to go about the business of "doing theology." The work is addressed to theological students, pastors, and serious general readers who are interested in what theological thinking is, why it is important, who needs to be doing it, and how it should be done. - Preface -- What Theological Thinking Actually Is; Basic vocabulary; Basic characteristics; More vocabulary -- Why Everyone Should Think Theologically; An essential task; An inclusive task; A parable -- How Theological Thinking Should Begin; Audiences and motivations; Moral principles; Methodological principles -- Why Theological Thinking is Open-Ended; Limitations and change; Continuing discovery; Kinds of development -- How to Think with Intellectual Integrity; Criteria; Application; Theological fallacies -- Examining the ingredients -- How Scripture Should Function; Priority over subsequent theological tradition; Ellen White as an agent of scripture; Scripture as a whole; Theological Christocentricity; Existential perspective -- What Else Is Involved; Relation to scripture; Varieties of ingredients -- How Culture Makes a Difference; Secularity and secularism; Underlying intuitions; Theological implications -- Envisioning the work -- What Logical Presuppositions Need to Be Identified; Meaning and validity; Belief and trust; Evidence and demonstration -- What Forms Theological Thinking Can Take; Traditional systematic form; Bibliographical excursus:twentieth-century systematic theology; Other ways of organizing theology; Components and dangers -- Why Tripolar Thinking is Essential; Christian gospel; Cultural context; Adventist heritage; The challenge of tripolarity

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Ecology
ISBN : IND:30000120035468

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Talking Leaves by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Schut
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819227355

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Food & Faith by Michael Schut Pdf

From the creator of the bestseller Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective comes Food & Faith. Food is itself a joyful gift – recall how the gift of food so often mediates the sanctity and preciousness of life. This collection of reflections by Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Johnson, Alan Durning and others helps you start thinking about the moral, spiritual and economic implications of eating. Readings focus on the enjoyment and spirituality of good food, ways in which eating connects us to the land and to each other, and on the economic, environmental and cultural impacts of daily food choices. Food & Faith includes an eight-week study guide for groups or individuals, which leads to action: setting a table that is healthy, joyful and just.

Author : Polly Ghazi,Judy Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Quality of life
ISBN : 0340707461

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Downshifting by Polly Ghazi,Judy Jones Pdf

For many people, work has become too demanding and time consuming, families are suffering and leisure time is almost non-existent. More and more are choosing to opt out or trade down and live a simpler but happier life

Author : Russell L. Kolts,Thubten Chodron
Publisher : Constable
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 1780335423

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Living with an Open Heart by Russell L. Kolts,Thubten Chodron Pdf

Contains brief readings which blend Buddhist and western psychology. This book presents ideas and techniques drawn from Buddhism, western psychological approaches, as well as the authors' personal experiences in working to develop compassion in their own lives and in their work with others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Anglican Communion
ISBN : WISC:89076717958

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The Witness by Anonim Pdf