Sacred Companions
Title | Sacred Companions PDF eBook |
Author | David G. Benner |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2009-08-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830876804 |
We need companions on our spiritual journey. In this inviting guide, David G. Benner introduces readers to the riches of spiritual friendship and direction, explaining what they are and how they are practiced. Through prayerful, guided attunement to God's activity, sacred companions provide care for the soul, and Benner models the kind of traveling companion who can move us toward deeper intimacy with God.
Sacred Companions Sacred Community
Title | Sacred Companions Sacred Community PDF eBook |
Author | Megan Don |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2008-04-27 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 9780595913503 |
Sacred Companions Sacred Community is a practical and sacred journey into holy companionship. It speaks to the longing inside each of us as we traverse this earth in search of love. Bringing to light the long hidden teachings of Clare of Assisi, the companion, and oft-times, teacher of Francis of Assisi, this book reveals the wisdom of a woman and spiritual leader who followed the callings of her heart with courage and with love. Meditations throughout the book will allow you to enter your own journey of contemplation and companionship, as a single person, in relationship, or as a community. This book is a great companion in itself. It is timely, as we all seek the wisdom in bringing ourselves together as a greater community on this earth, learning how to live and love together in the name of the sacred. "A book like this can-and-will move beyond any 'birdbath Franciscanism' into a spirituality that is for women and men, for celibates and partnered, for extroverts and introverts, for people with souls and bodies, and even people both Christian and non Christian."-Fr. Richard Rohr
Sacred Companions Sacred Community
Title | Sacred Companions Sacred Community PDF eBook |
Author | Megan Don |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 190 |
Release | 2008-04 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0595470688 |
Sacred Companions Sacred Community is a practical and sacred journey into holy companionship. It speaks to the longing inside each of us as we traverse this earth in search of love.
Hungry Souls, Holy Companions
Title | Hungry Souls, Holy Companions PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Hendricks |
Publisher | Church Publishing, Inc. |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780819221964 |
Based on interviews with youth and youth ministers, this book allows young people to articulate their struggles, beliefs and fears and helps older people to better understand their spiritual needs. It provides useful ideas on how to companion youth in a variety of settings.
Companions of Christ
Title | Companions of Christ PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret Silf |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2005-05-16 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802829429 |
Are you bogged down in your spiritual journey? Does church seem to hinder more than it helps? Here is a welcoming and realistic guide for all who may be feeling spiritually jaded. Whatever your circumstances, Companions of Christ will show you how to embark on a journey of the heart, starting wherever you happen to be and no matter how unfit for the journey you may feel. In Companions of Christ popular British writer Margaret Silf unearths the gold mine of spiritual wisdom to be found in the legacy of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits. Ignatian spirituality sets out an engagingly down-to-earth vision of connecting with God in everyday life. Neither a recipe for a privatized spiritual life nor an agenda imposed by someone else, the Ignatian vision is centered on companionship, which means literally to "share bread" with another. It latches onto God's presence in stories, in other people, in the created universe, and even in God's apparent absence. Perfect for those whose faith in God or patience with the church is flagging, Companions of Christ contains very practical teaching on great Ignatian themes -- imaginative scriptural meditation, spiritual discernment, and honest prayer. Incorporating helpful spiritual exercises throughout, Silf shows both tentative and seasoned believers how to keep faith despite the odds.
Walking the Sacred Path
Title | Walking the Sacred Path PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Schutte |
Publisher | Twenty-Third Publications |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781585957354 |
Those familiar with the music of Dan Schutte are in for a great treat here. As in his music, he deals with themes of longing and desire for God, the hungers of the human heart, unfulfilled human hopes and dreams, and the profound happiness of finding ones home in God. The exercises here are loosely based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the goal is the same for both: to draw readers into a personal, living, growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Meditations with Teresa of Avila
Title | Meditations with Teresa of Avila PDF eBook |
Author | Megan Don |
Publisher | New World Library |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1608680126 |
Born into Spanish nobility in 1515, Teresa entered the monastic life at age 20 and was eventually guided to reform the Carmelite Order, where she introduced the practice of meditation. This edition makes her timeless wisdom fully contemporary through translations of Teresa's words followed by a practical interpretation and a brief, inviting meditation.