The Reluctant Journey

Author : Susin Nielsen
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781770496545

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The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen Pdf

Thirteen-year-old Henry's happy, ordinary life comes to an abrupt halt when his older brother, Jesse, picks up their father's hunting rifle and leaves the house one morning. What follows shatters Henry's family, who are forced to resume their lives in a new city, where no one knows their past. When Henry's therapist suggests he keeps a journal, at first he is resistant. But soon he confides in it at all hours of the day and night.

Author : David C. Downing
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0830832718

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The Most Reluctant Convert by David C. Downing Pdf

An ECPA 2003 Gold Medallion Finalist!Listed inBooklist'sBest Adult Religion Books of the Year in 2002!His books have sold millions, including classics likeMere Christianity, The Screwtape LettersandThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.Yet C. S. Lewis was not always a literary giant of Christian faith. How did he leave behind a staunch atheism to become one of the most beloved and renowned Christian authors of our time?Other biographies of Lewis explore his childhood or his dramatic conversion to Christianity. But as David Downing reveals in this fascinating book, the rarely discussed period from Lewis's childhood to his early thirties took him on a tumultuous journey of spiritual and intellectual exploration before he became a "most reluctant convert." It was not despite this journey but precisely because of it that Lewis understood the search for life's ultimate meaning so well and went on to become one of the most compelling authors of the twentieth century. Weaving the people, places and events of Lewis's life together with excerpts from Lewis's own writing, Downing shows how Lewis's spiritual quest can also light the path for other seekers.

Author : Richard Leslie Parrott,Refraction,
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781401680398

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The Reluctant Journey by Richard Leslie Parrott,Refraction, Pdf

Imagine the God of the universe whispering in your ear, “What shall we create out of your life that will serve My purpose?” The path of authenticity is not a solo endeavor but a calling to a partnership with God that requires utter honesty, trust, commitment, and wisdom. God guides your path with a two-fold promise, “You know I love you as you are, but together, we can make of your life what I created you to be.” Following the petitions of our Lord’s Prayer, Dr. Richard Parrott examines a family of authentic partners, the family of Abraham and Sarah, their son Isaac, grandson Jacob, and great-grandson Joseph. This fresh telling of the story reveals practical answers to the question, “How can my partnership with God be genuine, mature, and significant?” The Reluctant Journey is an honest and practical guide for relating to God. As authentic Christians, we can live true in Christ and our love for him each day, choosing His best for us so that together, we advance His kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven.” Features include: Truths from the Lord’s Prayer Stories of the founders of our faith Thought-provoking questions for spiritual conversation or reflection

Author : Corinne Jeffery
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525588341

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The Reluctant Author by Corinne Jeffery Pdf

As a teen growing up in an impoverished dysfunctional home environment, Laurine Schaffer realizes that she must be pragmatic and pursue a sustainable professional career path. At seventeen, she enrols in a traditional three-year Registered Nurse training program, where she quickly realizes that her perceptions of life and people are dramatically different from many of her classmates. Although Laurine ultimately forges a successful vocation as a college professor, at age fifty-seven she admits she is not being true to herself, or to her lifelong aspiration to write the story of her German Lutheran ancestors who fled Russia in 1892. Following an epiphany in an abandoned family cemetery on the original ancestral homestead in western Canada, Laurine begins to write. As one family history book follows another and another and yet another, her writing becomes a catalyst for a personal healing journey. The Reluctant Author is essentially a prequel to her three previous family memoirs and links the past to the present with poignant clarity.

Author : Candice Sanderson
Publisher : Clark Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0999642774

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The Reluctant Messenger-Tales from Beyond Belief by Candice Sanderson Pdf

Author : Don Locke
Publisher : NavPress Publishing Group
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1600061524

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The Reluctant Journey of David Connors by Don Locke Pdf

Family man David Connors is standing on the brink of suicide. Burdened by a fractured marriage and a life disconnected from God and family, he makes a surprising find--an old carpetbag buried under a snowy ledge. As he begins to experience seemingly chance encounters, he discovers the miraculous power of forgiveness.

Author : Kristen Grathwol
Publisher : WestBowPress
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490802695

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A Reluctant Journey by Kristen Grathwol Pdf

Where do you turn when pain doesnt diminish, and turns into a constant companion? What does it look like to lean on the Lord for strength when every day is a struggle? In A Reluctant Journey, Kristen Grathwol shares her past and present battles with the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. Weaving personal experience with reflections on Scripture, A Reluctant Journey shows how the cycle of chronic pain can lead to a spiritual cycle of trust and praise. In journal entries that lay bare the doubts and difficulties of chronic pain, along with the joy that comes from surrendering to the One who knows our deepest hurt, A Reluctant Journey explores five facets of this theme: trusting God, surrendering control, praising God in the midst of suffering, learning how to rest and grieve, and seeking community. When we trust God, we are freed from our desire to control, even to the point of embracing our trials. Even when God chooses not to change our circumstances, surrender brings joy and moves us to praise Him for His goodness and His plan in our lives. Yet God also knows our grief and wants us to bring Him our sorrows as well. Seeking God rescues us from the isolating power of pain and restores us to community. Starting this cycle is not a once-and-for-all decision, but a daily choice. An encouragement to those struggling with long-term trials, A Reluctant Journey offers a scriptural message of hope and healing for pain both physical and emotional.

Author : Creighton C. Horton (II),Creighton C Horton II
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 1943190038

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A Reluctant Prosecutor by Creighton C. Horton (II),Creighton C Horton II Pdf

"For nearly three decades, Creighton prosecuted many of Utah's most notorious criminal cases--cases which drew widespread press attention at the time. Now ... he recounts his personal journey through Utah's criminal justice system"--Publisher marketing.

Author : Gerri Almand
Publisher : Brown Posey Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1620061473

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The Reluctant RV Wife by Gerri Almand Pdf

Follow a reluctant wife and her excited husband through two humorously-conflicted years of RV travel. He wanted to go; she wanted to stay. They both learn, grow, and change as a new level of freedom evolves. This book is light-hearted and humorous but at the same time serious. While not a How-To book, it gives lots of basic information about RVing. And while not a travelogue, it touches upon many travel destinations in the United States and Canada. On deeper levels, the book is about marital relationships, retiring and getting old, and finding a new kind of freedom through a minimalistic lifestyle. After reading this book, you'll never again look at one of those huge monstrosities driving down the road in quite the same way. The book answers questions for non-RVers and triggers chuckles of recognition from experienced RVers.

Author : Blake Shipp
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725242654

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Paul the Reluctant Witness by Blake Shipp Pdf

In this stimulating analysis, Shipp provides the reader with an introduction and critique of literary-rhetorical analysis as well as an in-depth treatment of the triple account of Paul's Damascus Road experience in Acts. "Luke used the repetition of the Damascus narrative as a literary device identifying Pauline disobedience and resistance and the transformation of these characteristics. With the first Damascus narrative, Luke provided the reader with a paradigmatic image of resistance transformed. . . . Luke used the Damascus narratives and these themes to bracket the Paulusbild, fashioning the trial narrative into an extended period of transformation of Pauline resistance. Beginning in 19:21, Paul resisted the leading of the Holy Spirit and his appointed location of witness. He was an intentionally forceful actor resisting God. God bound this intentionally forceful actor in chains. In this opening scene of the Paulusbild Luke included the second Damascus narrative (21:33--22:24a). The themes emphasized in the narrative were those of Saul intentionally resisting gospel expansion and God's subsequent overcoming of Saul. Saul was physically restored through Ananias but not fully transformed. He is not yet an empowered and intentionally forceful witness. At the end of the Paulusbild, as Paul is headed to Rome, Luke included the final Damascus narrative (25:23--26:32). Paul was headed to Rome, but not in the freedom intended by God. He remained in chains because of his own actions. Thus, his character was one of tension. The Damascus narrative that Luke included demonstrates Saul's intentionally forceful resistance to the gospel. However, the vacating of power and overcoming of Saul is suppressed, and the theme of the transformation of resistance to empowered witness is emphasized. Nonetheless, the character of Saul in the speech does not match the character of Paul in the narrative. Tension remains, but the projected direction of transformation is evident. Paul is headed to Rome. The 'vision of grace' has effected a transformation in Saul but not yet in Paul. If the trajectory of transformation continues, then Paul should once again be an intentionally forceful, empowered witness for the gospel when he arrives in Rome." --from Chapter 5

Author : Gilbert Andres Archuleta
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781467049177

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Reluctant Journey by Gilbert Andres Archuleta Pdf

Author : Roger L. Welsch
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780803274259

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The Reluctant Pilgrim by Roger L. Welsch Pdf

Forty years ago, while paging through a book sent as an unexpected gift from a friend, Roger Welsch came across a curious reference to stones that were round, “like the sun and moon.” According to Tatonka-ohitka, Brave Buffalo (Sioux), these stones were sacred. “I make my request of the stones and they are my intercessors,” Brave Buffalo explained. Moments later, another friend appeared at Welsch’s door bearing yet another unusual gift: a perfectly round white stone found on top of a mesa in Colorado. So began Welsch’s lesson from stones, gifts that always presented themselves unexpectedly: during a walk, set aside in an antique store, and in the mail from complete strangers. The Reluctant Pilgrim shares a skeptic’s spiritual journey from his Lutheran upbringing to the Native sensibilities of his adoptive families in both the Omaha and Pawnee tribes. Beginning with those round stones, increasing encounters during his life prompted Welsch to confront a new way of learning and teaching as he was drawn inexorably into another world. Confronting mainstream contemporary culture’s tendency to dismiss the magical, mystical, and unexplained, Welsch shares his personal experiences and celebrates the fact that even in our scientific world, “Something Is Going On,” just beyond our ken.

Author : Rodney Aist
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725255265

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Jerusalem Bound by Rodney Aist Pdf

A pilgrim spirituality for Holy Land travel, Jerusalem Bound resources the Christian traveler with biblical, historical, and contemporary images of the pilgrim life. Integrating historical sources, on-the-ground experience, and the voices of global pilgrims, Jerusalem Bound presents a fresh approach to pilgrimage, explores pilgrim identity and the Holy Land experience, offers ideas for Holy Land travel, and encourages pilgrims to focus upon the Other as much as themselves. Unique among Holy Land resources, Jerusalem Bound discusses material that is seldom addressed on a Holy Land journey: the motives of Holy Land pilgrims, the history of the Christian Holy Land, understanding the holy sites, pilgrim practices, material objects, and the challenges of Holy Land pilgrimage. Emphasizing the incarnational nature of lived experience, the book encourages pilgrims to derive meaning in both the highs and lows of religious travel. Attentive to the transformational nature of pilgrimage, Jerusalem Bound is ultimately interested in Christian formation and the aftermath of the Holy Land journey.

Author : Lee Strobel,Mark Mittelberg
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310283928

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The Unexpected Adventure by Lee Strobel,Mark Mittelberg Pdf

Bestselling authors Strobel and Mittelberg use compelling and humorous stories from their own lives in a devotional-style work that paints an irresistible picture of what personal evangelism can be--the fulfilling adventure of a lifetime.

Author : Ron Davis
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483647807

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The Reluctant Prophet by Ron Davis Pdf

Twelve carefully selected individuals venture from their Southern U.S. location to a predestined site to serve as witness to the return of the Son of God. That witness will then allow them to authenticate and spread the message of this momentous event to a corrupt and violent world. Guiding the groups members to their objective is divine inspiration emanating from an enigmatic figure named Paolo. His choice to lead the group on the mission is a man named is Timothy, an individual who is relentlessly beset by self-doubt and uncertainty. The journey takes the group through hazardous terrain. As they make their way, they are constantly under attack from the forces of evil. Their primary opponent is Satan, who becomes aware of the mission, hopes to thwart the groups effort, and employs the creatures of iniquity to confront and destroy all twelve group members. The reader is introduced to each individual comprising the venture. The nine male members and the three female members relate in first-person narrative their personal feelings, fears, and expectations that they experience along the way. A climactic battle determines whether the group members are successful in their mission.