The Discerning Heart

Author : Wilkie Au
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Decision making
ISBN : 9781616435387

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The Discerning Heart by Wilkie Au Pdf

Author : Philip M. Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1520760183

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The Discerning Heart: the Developmental Psychology of Robert Kegan by Philip M. Lewis Pdf

This small book is about how, if we are fortunate, we get smarter as we grow older. Smarter not in the sense that our IQ score rises, but smarter in a much more important sense. This book is about the growth of human understanding, a kind of understanding that enables us to see both ourselves and others more clearly and, in the process, leads us to feel more deeply. Its focus is a remarkable new theory of the development of the self by Harvard psychologist Robert Kegan. The ideas contained in this book will enable you to view yourself, others, and the world through new eyes. It will put your experience of living in the world in motion and, I hope, make you both more discerning and thereby more vulnerable to our very human struggle of making sense of our lives.

Author : Suzanne G. Farnham,Joseph P. Gill,R. Taylor McLean,Susan M. Ward
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819224446

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Discerning Call in Community by Suzanne G. Farnham,Joseph P. Gill,R. Taylor McLean,Susan M. Ward Pdf

This 20th anniversary edition introduces the unique approach of Listening Hearts to the spiritual practice of discernment for a new generation. Written to make the often elusive and usally clergy-centered spiritual practice of discernment accessible to all people, Listening Hearts features simple reflections and exercises drawn from scripture and from Quaker and Ignatian traditions. The seminal work in the Listening Hearts Series, this book has been a beloved resource for tens of thousands of individual reaeders, retreat participants, small groups and church leaders, listening for and responding to God's call in their lives.

Author : Debra K. Farrington
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506454702

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Hearing with the Heart by Debra K. Farrington Pdf

Only through learning to hear with our hearts tuned closely to God can we discern how we should find our way through the crowded and confusing thickets of our lives. In Hearing with the Heart, popular writer and retreat leader Debra K. Farrington leads you through a gentle process for discovering how to invite God's presence into every aspect of your daily life. Her story-filled discussions of key practices such as prayer, meditation, reading and reflection, and attentiveness to your body, your studies, and your relationships with your friends and family, help you discover how to be open to discerning God's will. Filled with a wealth of exercises, guidelines, and tools, Hearing with the Heart gives you the practical help you need to bring you closer to God. As you put these suggestions into practice you will find yourself opening more and more to God's infinite possibilities for you.

Author : Wilkie Au,Noreen Cannon Au
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809143720

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The Discerning Heart by Wilkie Au,Noreen Cannon Au Pdf

Integrating the wisdom of Christian tradition and psychological findings on effective decision-making, this book presents a view of Christian discernment that honors the body-spirit unity of the person and the broad and mysterious ways we can be led by the spirit of God in our life-choices. Going beyond discernment skills and concrete practices, this book presents a coherent theoretical understanding of discernment that grounds the many spiritual practices used by Christians today. By providing a broad and inclusive understanding of the multiple ways God can provide guidance to individuals, this book helps individuals to honor the unique and idiosyncratic way that they receive divine guidance, as well as provides guidelines that guard against possible self-deception and personal blind-spots. While including anecdotal accounts and practical elements of Christian discernment, this book provides a conceptual understanding of discernment that will be helpful for those training to be professional ministers, pastors, priests, religious counselors, and spiritual directors. It is unique in applying Christian tradition and contemporary psychological insights to the process of discernment. +

Author : Maureen Conroy
Publisher : Loyola Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Spiritual direction
ISBN : 0829407529

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The Discerning Heart by Maureen Conroy Pdf

Discusses how to apply St. Ignatius' Rules for Discernment to one's everyday life in order to improve one's relationship with God. Includes a question and reflection section at the end of each chapter.

Author : Tim Muldoon,Sue Muldoon
Publisher : Ave Maria Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594716904

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The Discerning Parent by Tim Muldoon,Sue Muldoon Pdf

Blending personal experience and practical advice with wisdom they’ve learned from Ignatian spirituality, Tim and Sue Muldoon, authors of Six Sacred Rules for Families, offer guidance for Catholic parents raising teens and tweens. You’ll gain confidence to help your teen make better decisions, deepen the roots for your parenting, and relate to your teen in a way that reflects the tenacious love of God. The Muldoons draw from their professional experience working with teens and their parents in high schools and colleges—Sue as a counselor and religious educator, Tim as a theologian and professor—to explain how the Ignatian practice of discernment is an excellent tool for the healthy parenting of teens and pre-teens. They share their hard-won wisdom as parents of three to offer you encouragement and practical guidance to: Let your teens know you love them Appreciate their gifts while accepting their limits Put them in touch with those less fortunate Guide them in choosing friends who will care about what’s best for them Appreciate the value of their faith and going to Mass Respect their bodies and make good choices about sex, alcohol, and drugs Think about what really makes them happy Tim and Sue describe discernment as slowing down, listening, being receptive, praying, examining our lives, and sifting the conflicting forces at play around us. In this wise and personal book, they share how Ignatian spirituality and discernment can help us keep a clear-eyed, prayerful perspective on the difficult decisions you and your teens face. The key is to open yourself to God’s presence and discover what he calls you to do. This thoughtful approach shows you how to talk with your children openly about freedom vs. limits, friendships, family time, sexuality, the use and abuse of technology, faith and Catholic practice, recognizing the needs of others, and getting through hard times together. You’ll discover when to be tough and when to be forgiving, when to control and when to give freedom, when to give feedback and when to wait. You will learn the importance of praying for your teens, and the important of praying together as a family. Daily and weekly prayers, devotions, and meditations will guide you as the Muldoons show how this is a time of discernment for you as well as your teens—and create a way for you to move through these challenging years together. The Discerning Parent offers you an opportunity to pause and consider your life and your teen’s in the light of faith.

Author : Debra K. Farrington
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0787967165

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Learning to Hear with the Heart by Debra K. Farrington Pdf

As faithful Christians, it is important we hear, see, feel, and think with the heart, for it is through the heart that we attune ourselves to the Spirit and to what God wishes for each of us. Learning to Hear with the Heart—written as a companion for your discernment journey—invites you to spend thirty days listening for God's guidance not only for the big questions of your life but for everyday matters as well. Drawing on a wealth of stories, Scripture, prayer, and questions for reflection, author Debra Farrington encourages readers to be fuller and more joyful participants in discerning the shape and direction of their lives and in learning to live closer to God. Individuals and groups can use Learning to Hear with the Heart as a companion book to the author's earlier work Hearing with the Heart or as an individual, inspirational guide to the discernment process.

Author : Saint Teresa (of Avila)
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019398620

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The Book Of The Foundations by Saint Teresa (of Avila) Pdf

Drawing on her own experiences founding convents and reforming the Carmelite order, St. Teresa of Avila shares practical advice and spiritual insights in this influential religious text. 'The Book of the Foundations' is a timeless guide for anyone seeking to build a spiritual community or deepen their own faith. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Lauren F. Winner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Baptism
ISBN : 9780300215823

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The Dangers of Christian Practice by Lauren F. Winner Pdf

Challenging the central place that "practices" have recently held in Christian theology, Lauren Winner explores the damages these practices have inflicted over the centuries Sometimes, beloved and treasured Christian practices go horrifyingly wrong, extending violence rather than promoting its healing. In this bracing book, Lauren Winner provocatively challenges the assumption that the church possesses a set of immaculate practices that will definitionally train Christians in virtue and that can't be answerable to their histories. Is there, for instance, an account of prayer that has anything useful to say about a slave-owning woman's praying for her slaves' obedience? Is there a robustly theological account of the Eucharist that connects the Eucharist's goods to the sacrament's central role in medieval Christian murder of Jews? Arguing that practices are deformed in ways that are characteristic of and intrinsic to the practices themselves, Winner proposes that the register in which Christians might best think about the Eucharist, prayer, and baptism is that of "damaged gift." Christians go on with these practices because, though blighted by sin, they remain gifts from God.

Author : Suzanne G. Farnham,Joseph P. Gill,R. Taylor McLean,Susan M. Ward
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781640654136

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Listening Hearts by Suzanne G. Farnham,Joseph P. Gill,R. Taylor McLean,Susan M. Ward Pdf

This 30th anniversary edition presents the unique approach of Listening Hearts to the spiritual practice of discernment for a new generation. Written to make the often elusive and usually clergy-centered spiritual practice of discernment accessible to all people, Listening Hearts features simple reflections and exercises drawn from scripture and from Quaker and Ignatian traditions. The seminal work in the Listening Hearts Series, this book has been a beloved resource for tens of thousands of individual readers, retreat participants, small groups, and church leaders listening for and responding to God’s call in their lives. “With updated language, revised appendices, and added stories, Listening Hearts can impart the deep wisdom embedded in its pages to new generations of those who seek to answer the call of Jesus to ‘follow me’.” –The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

Author : David Torkington
Publisher : Saint Pauls/Alba House
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0818909218

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How to Pray by David Torkington Pdf

From the time Jesus first taught his disciples how to pray to the present day, the Church has pointed out a variety of ways in which a person can fruitfully communicate with God and grow in the spiritual life. Lectio divina, meditation, contemplation, the recitation of the rosary and prayer in action are all covered in these forty brief reflections which encourage us to pray as you can, not as you can't. Taking a quote from the Gospels or a thought from a saintly expert in the art of prayer as a springboard for the suggestions made in these pages the author draws on his own experience as a spiritual director and retreat master to show how the advice given can be put into practice in one's daily life. He concludes with a series of brief prayers with which one can begin and end each day in the presence of God in whose Spirit we are called to pray.

Author : Dane C. Ortlund
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433566165

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Gentle and Lowly by Dane C. Ortlund Pdf

Christians know that God loves them, but can easily feel that he is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. As a result, they focus a lot—and rightly so—on what Jesus has done to appease God’s wrath for sin. But how does Jesus Christ actually feel about his people amid all their sins and failures? This book draws us to Matthew 11, where Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart,” longing for his people to find rest in him. The gospel flows from God’s deepest heart for his people, a heart of tender love for the sinful and suffering. These chapters take readers into the depths of Christ’s very heart for sinners, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of who Christ is and encouraging readers with the affections of Christ for his people. His longing heart for sinners comforts and sustains readers in their up-and-down lives.

Author : Timothy M. Gallagher
Publisher : Crossroad
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0824549856

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The Discernment of Spirits by Timothy M. Gallagher Pdf

This handy, easy-to-use workbook is chock full of probing questions, real-life stories, and practical tips on how to apply the profound spiritual insights from the Ignatian tradition of patient, prayerful self-examination. Acclaimed interpreter of Saint Ignatius, author Father Gallagher provides clear explanations of the centuries-old Jesuit method of discerning God's will in one's life--and avoiding evil. A practical guide and journaling tool, it includes ample space on every page for notes, reflections, and journaling, all to help readers track their progress toward a closer, more loving union with God.

Author : Priscilla C. Shirer
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781575679518

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Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla C. Shirer Pdf

Do you feel that the ability to hear God's voice is for other people and not for you? Is it only for people who lived in Biblical times? Not at all! The God who loved you enough to die for you loves you enough to talk to you. And wherever you are in your spiritual walk, God will find a way to speak to you in a way you will understand. Become acquainted with the Voice that has spoken from a fire and a cloud; with visible signs and an invisible Spirit; through a burning bush and burning hearts. Hear from some of the most well-known Christians in history about how God speaks to them—and discover for yourself how you can discern the voice of God.