This unique devotional takes the reader on a spiritual journey through Lent and Holy Week. The focus is on the Spirituals, through which the reader comes to understand the bright sadness of Lent. This title helps readers pave a path of rededicating their lives to God. Meditations and spiritual exercises will enrich and empower your faith as you ......
Place as Gift, Promise, and Challenge in Biblical Faith, 2nd Edition
The land was one of the most vibrant symbols for the people of ancient Israel. In the landgift, promise, and challengewas found the physical source of Israel's fertility and life, and a place for the gathering of the hopes of the covenant people. In this careful treatment, Walter Brueggemann follows the development of his theme through the major ......
The Christian church continues to seek ethical and spiritual models from the period of Israel's monarchy and has avoided the gravity of the Babylonian exile. Against this tradition, the author argues that the period of focus for the canonical construction of biblical thought is precisely the exile. Here the voices of dissent arose and articulated ......
Those dealing with mental illness can be confused or frustrated by a disease that is unpredictable and detrimental. This volume is ideal for those affected by mental illness. Using practical suggestions for encouraging the reader to reconnect spiritually with God, this book helps sufferers resolve issues and find peace.
This volume brings together some of Mowinckel's most important and interesting work on the prophets. He begins by introducing the reader to the method of tradition history and how it is related to form criticism and literary criticism. From this groundwork, he goes on to explore how this method is essential for analyzing the prophetic literature ......
Moe-Lobeda shows how the advent of globalization places a new horizon on the spiritual quest for religious experience. "Healing a Broken World" places spirituality and contemplative experience in relation to today's most-pressing problems.
Accepting and living with a chronic illness is a process that has many facets, from emotional grappling and physical adjustments to spiritual reckoning and hopeful resolution. This volume helps readers in dealing with these issues, when they are facing a chronic illness.
The Spiritual Dimension of Therapy, Second Edition
Increasingly, pastoral counselors feel the need to integrate spirituality into their therapy. A therapist and theologian shows how much richer therapy is when it calls attention to spirituality in addressing human struggles. Written especially for those whose training tends toward the straightforwardly psychological, "Hidden Spring" offers a ......
Miles confronts the issues surrounding family violence, its causes, and possible solutions and discusses how all people are affected and can help address the issue. With an honest and down-to-earth tone, this book provides guidance and information for laypeople as well as for individuals experienced with the complex nature of domestic violence.
