The Irrational Season

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504041270

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The Irrational Season by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time contemplates the true meaning of faith in the third installment of her series of memoirs. Upon her death, the New York Times hailed Madeleine L’Engle as “an author whose childhood fables, religious meditations and fanciful science fiction transcended both genre and generation.” L’Engle has long captivated and provoked readers by exploring the intersection of science and religion in her work. In this intimate memoir, the award-winning author uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday. The Irrational Season follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L’Engle reflecting on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Unafraid to discuss controversial topics and address challenging questions, L’Engle writes from the heart in this compelling chronicle of her spiritual quest to renew and refresh her faith in an ever-changing world and her ever-changing personhood. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L’Engle including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781524759315

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Madeleine L'Engle Herself by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The author of over fifty books, including Newbery Award winner A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle is internationally acclaimed for her literary skills and her ability to translate intangible things of the spirit-- both human and divine--into tangible concepts through story. In Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life, you'll find hundreds of this celebrated author's most insightful, illuminating, and transforming statements about writing, creativity, and truth. INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED MATERIAL FROM L'ENGLE'S WORKSHOPS AND SPEECHES.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780804189293

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Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What does it mean to be a Christian artist? What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of an artist: to listen, to remain aware, and to respond to creation through one's own art.

Author : Luci Shaw
Publisher : Shaw Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307781802

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The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L'Engle by Luci Shaw Pdf

In honor of Madeleine L'Engle's 80th birthday, a host of prominent writers and academics gather to create this unique collection. Madeleine's circle of friends and peers (writers, poets, scholars, theologians) here provide an intimate portrait of L'Engle and respond to her writings and mentoring influence. Ranging from the personal to the academic, these essays illuminate the many worlds of Madeleine's writings: the private, the reflective, the theological, the scientific, the mythic, and the literary.

Author : David Kerrigan Fly
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781543427899

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Faces of Faith by David Kerrigan Fly Pdf

In Faces of Faith: Reflections in a Rearview Mirror, David Fly writes, A few years ago, I noticed that automakers had come up with the line Ive looked for all my life. They put it on the rearview mirror on the passenger side. Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. Thats the way it is with my family. They are the faces in my rearview mirror. Telling stories about them has brought them closer, has taught me who I am and where I belong, and has revealed the Spirit of God. If I didnt tell those stories again, I would miss them terribly. Thats what this book is all about.

Author : George Thomas Kurian,James D. Smith
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780810872837

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The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature by George Thomas Kurian,James D. Smith Pdf

The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience. As vigorous in the 1st century as it is in the 21st, Christian literature has had a significant function in history, and teachers and students need to be reminded of this powerful literary legacy. Covering 2,000 years, The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature is the first encyclopedia devoted to Christian writers and books. In addition to an overview of the Christian literature, this two-volume set also includes 40 essays on the principal genres of Christian literature and more than 400 bio-bibliographical essays describing the principal writers and their works. These essays examine the evolution of Christian thought as reflected in the literature of every age. The companion volume also features bibliographies, an index, a timeline of Christian Literature, and a list of the greatest Christian authors. The encyclopedia will appeal not only to scholars and Christian evangelicals, but students and teachers in seminaries and theological schools, as well as to the growing body of Christian readers and bibliophiles.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504041256

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A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in this memoir, the first of her Crosswicks Journals. Every so often I need OUT. . . . My special place is a small brook in a green glade, a circle of quiet from which there is no visible sign of human beings. . . . I sit there, dangling my legs and looking through the foliage at the sky reflected in the water, and things slowly come back into perspective. Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, her family’s farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this deeply personal memoir details Madeleine L’Engle’s journey to find balance between her career as a Newbery Medal–winning author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian. As she considers the roles that creativity, family, citizenship, and faith play in her life, L’Engle reveals the complexities behind the author whose works—honored with the National Book Award, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and countless other prizes—have long been cherished by children and adults alike. Written in simple, profound, and often humorous prose, A Circle of Quiet is an insightful woman’s elegant search for the meaning and purpose of her life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L’Engle including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Robert Wuthnow
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520239166

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Creative Spirituality by Robert Wuthnow Pdf

"Creative Spirituality is a fascinating, brilliant, and suggestive book, to be read and appreciated both for its spiritual insights and for the author's astute observations on artistic creativity and spiritual practice. Robert Wuthnow explores the intimate engagements of art and spirituality in their common quests for meaning. This volume represents a substantial contribution to the growing literature on art and religion in the United States and an intelligent appeal to the artist and the truth-seeker in each of us."—Sally M. Promey is author of Painting Religion in Public and coauthor of The Visual Culture of American Religions "Wuthnow's careful listening to the voices of working artists speaking of their work, and his analysis of the rich variety of their experiences, show the universally human, transforming power of creativity. Creative practice reveals itself here as a primary spiritual practice. While some of these artists follow a traditional religious path and make fascinating connections between their working experience and their religious faith others speak directly of spirituality as a discovering of the power of Spirit. Whether religious or not, their voices are witness to the holy power of human creativity and to the mystery in which it leads."—Reverend Donald Schell, St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco "Robert Wuthnow has written a brilliant, insightful exploration of how contemporary artists struggle to express their deepest spiritual yearnings. At a time when the notion of spirituality seems inchoate, artists, writers and musicians can often eloquently articulate the mysterious otherness of our lives. Especially powerful are the personal testimonials which reveal the empowerment of transcendence over alienation and disbelief."—Marci Whitney-Schenck, Publisher and Editor, Christianity and the Arts "Here one finds wonderful stories about artists and of the creative spirituality arising out of their work. Wuthnow goes beyond telling us simply that these are people living at the edges of our culture, suggesting that they are spiritual models for our time—people who cultivate spiritual depth through sustained practice, or doing something that is fresh, expressive, and worthwhile. The book addresses the serious, many-sided aspects of their search—indeed, of our search—for 'moments of transcendence' today."—Wade Clark Roof, J. F. Rowny Professor of Religion and Society, University of California at Santa Barbara and author of Spiritual Marketplace

Author : Carole F. Chase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015043786642

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Suncatcher by Carole F. Chase Pdf

In celebration of Madeleine L'Engle's 80th birthday and the 35th anniversary of her Newbery Medal for "A Wrinkle in Time" comes this newly revised, updated overview of L'Engle's work, especially highlighting her spiritual vision that is integral to all of her writing. Features excerpts from over 30 of her books, plus charts showing L'Engles publications, major life events, and character interrelations.

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 749 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504046220

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The Crosswicks Journals by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in these four memoirs. Set against the lush backdrop of Crosswicks, Madeleine L’Engle’s family farmhouse in rural Connecticut, this series of memoirs reveals the complexity behind the beloved author whose works have long been cherished by children and adults alike. A Circle of Quiet: In a deeply personal account, L’Engle shares her journey to find balance between her career as an author and her responsibilities as a wife, mother, teacher, and Christian. The Summer of the Great-Grandmother: Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks to care for L’Engle’s ninety-year-old mother, whose health is rapidly declining and whose once astute mind is slipping into senility. L’Engle takes an unflinching look at diminishment and death, all the while celebrating the wonder of life and the bonds between mothers and daughters. The Irrational Season: Exploring the intersection of science and religion, L’Engle uncovers how her spiritual convictions inform and enrich the everyday. The memoir follows the liturgical year from one Advent to the next, with L’Engle’s reflections on the changing seasons in her own life as a writer, wife, mother, and global citizen. Two-Part Invention: L’Engle beautifully evokes the life she and her husband, actor Hugh Franklin, built and the family they cherished. Beginning with their very different childhoods, their life in New York City in the 1940s, and their years spent raising their children at Crosswicks, this is L’Engle’s most personal work yet. Offering a new perspective into her writing and life and how the two inform each other, the National Book Award–winning author explores the meanings behind motherhood, marriage, and faith.

Author : Gary D. Schmidt,Susan M. Felch
Publisher : SkyLight Paths Publishing
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781893361539

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Winter by Gary D. Schmidt,Susan M. Felch Pdf

Contributors include: Basho, Will Campbell, Rachel Carson, Annie Dillard, Donald Hall, Ron Hansen, Jane Kenyon, Jamaica Kincaid, Barry Lopez, Kathleen Norris, Henry David Thoreau, John Updike, E.B. White and many others.

Author : Brook A. Thelander
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666773651

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It's About Time by Brook A. Thelander Pdf

This book explores common challenges and joys in the life of faith by means of a guided tour through the seasons of the church year. Issues such as complacency, despair, unanswered prayer, evil, suffering, discerning God’s will, adversity, achieving inner peace, and more are explored from the pastoral perspective of a shepherd’s heart. Those new to the church year will discover its blessings and benefits, while those more familiar with its rhythms will gain a deeper appreciation of its formative power. Readers are invited on a journey of discovery where following Christ assumes a concrete shape in the midst of life’s practical concerns, all within a thoroughly biblical framework.

Author : Robert Mudie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590703081

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Winter; or, The causes, appearances, and effects of the great seasonal repose of nature by Robert Mudie Pdf

Author : Madeleine L'Engle
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504041263

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The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle Pdf

A poignant meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters—and the inescapable effects of time—from the author of A Wrinkle in Time. In the second memoir of her Crosswicks Journals, Madeleine L’Engle chronicles a season of extremes. Four generations of family have gathered at Crosswicks, her Connecticut farmhouse, to care for L’Engle’s ninety-year-old mother. As summer days fade to sleepless nights, her mother’s health rapidly declines and her once astute mind slips into senility. With poignant honesty, L’Engle describes the gifts and graces, as well as the painful emotional cost, of caring for the one who once cared for you. As she spends her days with a mother who barely resembles the competent and vigorous woman who bore and raised her, L’Engle delves into her memories, reflecting on the lives of the strong women in her family’s history. Evoking both personal experiences and universal themes, The Summer of the Great-Grandmother takes an unflinching look at diminishment and death, all the while celebrating the wonder of life. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Madeleine L’Engle including rare images from the author’s estate.

Author : Robert P. Vande Kappelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725240513

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Love Never Fails by Robert P. Vande Kappelle Pdf

Love Never Fails is Dr. Robert P. Vande Kappelle’s biographical tribute to Jacob and Bertha Vande Kappelle, career missionaries to Latin America. The book introduces the reader to two contrasting nations, placid Costa Rica and turbulent Colombia. During Jake and Bert’s seven terms as missionaries, democracy and Marxism contended for the soul of Latin America. Against this backdrop, Catholic and Protestant traditions clashed, and then cooperated, in their struggle against poverty and disbelief. The book narrates the spiritual conflict while highlighting the opportunities created when individuals of faith contend against forces of superstition and despair. Love Never Fails will cause all readers to evaluate the meaning of faith and look for renewal of heart and mind.