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Grounded: Book One In The Neighborhood Series
by Neta Jackson Dave JacksonCONCEPT APPROACH: Grace's fiancé, bothered by her outspoken stance on purity and her near-constant travel, has broken off their relationship. Exhausted and unwilling to continue her current tour, she books a flight home. Traumatic events result in a paralyzing fear of flying. Stuck at home due to a major snowstorm, Grace begins, for the first time, to connect with the residents of Beecham Street. Will she recover her faith and overcome her fears, or will she give up her career? Grounded is an uplifting, contemporary tale in an urban setting featuring characters courageously wrestling with the real spiritual and practical issues of average people. THE WINDY CITY NEIGHBORS SERIES: It's not often that something genuinely new and exciting comes along in Christian fiction. With "The Windy City Neighbors," Dave and Neta will introduce a new storytelling technique called Parallel Novels--each with its own drama and story arc, but with characters whose lives become intertwined. The Jacksons will also continue to draw on their proven strengths for multi-ethnic, relationally driven stories as they welcome readers to Beecham Street, a typical isolated and distrustful American neighborhood--until a tragic near-death accident.
Grounded in Heaven: Recentering Christian Hope and Life on God
by Michael AllenEschatology and ethics are joined at the hip, says Michael Allen, and both need theocentric reorientation. In Grounded in Heaven Allen retrieves the traditional concept of the beatific vision and seeks to bring Christ back into the heart of our theology and our lives on earth.Responding to the earthly-mindedness of much recent theology, Allen places his focus on God and the heavenly future while also appreciating ways in which the Reformed tradition provides a unique angle on broadly catholic concerns. Reaching back to classical ethics as well as its reformation by Calvin and other Reformed theologians, Grounded in Heaven offers a distinctly Protestant account of the ascetical calling to be heavenly-minded and to deny one&’s self.
Grounded in Heaven: Recentering Christian Hope and Life on God
by Michael AllenEschatology and ethics are joined at the hip, says Michael Allen, and both need theocentric reorientation. In Grounded in Heaven Allen retrieves the traditional concept of the beatific vision and seeks to bring Christ back into the heart of our theology and our lives on earth.Responding to the earthly-mindedness of much recent theology, Allen places his focus on God and the heavenly future while also appreciating ways in which the Reformed tradition provides a unique angle on broadly catholic concerns. Reaching back to classical ethics as well as its reformation by Calvin and other Reformed theologians, Grounded in Heaven offers a distinctly Protestant account of the ascetical calling to be heavenly-minded and to deny one&’s self.
Grounded in the Living Word: The Old Testament and Pastoral Care Practices
by Denise Dombkowski Hopkins Michael S. KoppelGrounded in the Living Word responds to the disconnect between pastoral care and biblical interpretation in a unique — and much-needed — manner. In this cross-disciplinary conversation Denise Dombkowski Hopkins and Michael S. Koppel engage the intersections between biblical stories and human stories in order to assist care practitioners and Bible interpreters in the transformative work of healing pastors, communities, and ultimately, creation.
Grounding God: Religious Responses to the Anthropocene (SUNY series on Religion and the Environment)
by Arianne Françoise ContyNow that we have entered the Anthropocene, the geological age in which humans have altered the natural world to such an extent that nature and culture can no longer be separated, the modern dichotomies of mind versus body and culture versus nature have become implausible and need to be replaced. In Grounding God, Arianne Conty argues that it is in the field of religion where we can find a new ontology better suited for the Anthropocene. Conty calls this new religious ontology the grounding of the sacred, in that it seeks to deconstruct the binaries of modernity and provide in their place a revalorization of the immanent earth and the more-than-human beings that inhabit it. Such a grounding of the sacred is a potent means to overcome the exploitation and desecration of the earth and its nonhuman beings and, to provide in its stead, an inclusive cosmopolitics that extends mind into matter and culture into nature. Tracing such a grounding in the Christian, Buddhist, neopagan, and animist traditions, Conty seeks to elaborate an interdisciplinary ecosophy, one that uses philosophy, anthropology, and religious studies to provide new values for the present age.
Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
by Whitney A. Bauman Richard Bohannon Kevin J. O'BrienHow do religion and the natural world interact with one another? Grounding Religion introduces students to the growing field of religion and ecology, exploring a series of questions about how the religious world influences and is influenced by ecological systems. Grounding Religion examines the central concepts of ‘religion’ and ‘ecology’ using analysis, dialogical exchanges by established scholars in the field, and case studies. The first textbook to encourage critical thinking about the relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices, it also provides an expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past forty years.? The contributors introduce students to new ways of thinking about environmental degradation and the responses of religious people. Each chapter brings a new perspective on key concepts such as sustainability, animals, gender, economics, environmental justice, globalization and place. Discussion questions and contemporary case studies focusing on topics such as Muslim farmers in the US and Appalachian environmental struggles help students apply the perspective to current events, other media, and their own interests.?
Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
by Whitney A. Bauman Richard Bohannon Kevin J. O'BrienNow in its second edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways in which religion shapes human–earth relations, surveying a series of questions about how the religious world influences and is influenced by ecological systems. Case studies, discussion questions, and further reading enrich students’ experience. This second edition features updated content, including revisions of every chapter and new material on natural disasters, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, climate change, food, technology, and hope and despair. An excellent text for undergraduates and graduates alike, it offers an expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past fifty years.
Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology
by Whitney A. Bauman Richard Bohannon Kevin J. O’BrienNow in its third edition, Grounding Religion explores relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways religion shapes and is shaped by human–earth relations, surveying a series of key issues and questions, with particular attention to issues of environmental degradation, social justice, ritual practices, and religious worldviews. Case studies, discussion questions, and further readings enrich students’ experience. This third edition features updated content, including revisions of every chapter and new material on religion and the environmental humanities, sexuality and queer studies, class, ability, privilege and power, environmental justice, extinction, biodiversity, and politics. An excellent text for undergraduates and graduates alike, it offers an expansive overview of the academic field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past fifty years and continues to develop today.
Groundless Paths: The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentari es in the Tibetan Nyingma Tradition
by Karl BrunnholzlThe Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita sutras--the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas--but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras--emptiness--and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood. Groundless Paths contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajñaparamita sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism. Arya Maitreya's Ornament of Clear Realization, with its Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual experience and the journey to enlightenment.
Grounds for Living: Sound Foundations for Sure Footing in Growth and Grace
by Jack W. HayfordThis long synopsis is taken from the back cover of the book: "Grounds for Living is a great resource for every Christian. This teaching provides a rich exposition of God's Word, without losing sight of how these truths may be applied to our lives daily, in a down-to-earth, practical way. With sensitivity, wisdom and insight, Jack Hayford guides the reader through various biblical themes, uncovering truths critical to a steadfast walk with God. Foundational doctrines and principles covered include: The Eternal Godhead; Grace, Repentance and Acceptance The fall of Man; The Baptism with the Holy Spirit; God's Plan of Salvation; and What Will Happen When Jesus Comes? Grounds for Living represents Jack Hayford's vision to disciple and train mature, spiritually vibrant, biblically strong, theologically balanced, Spirit-empowered Christians. His desire is that all followers of Christ would be equipped to serve Him boldly and effectively."
Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics: The Idea of Predeterministic Historicity
by Aribiah David AttoeIt is not far-fetched to say that much of what is termed “African metaphysics” remains a traditional affair, without the sort of critical analysis that sheds away the burden of myths and ethnocentric rigidity. African ideas about the nature of being, God, causality, death, etc., have largely remained the same and unchallenged, mainly due to the hesitancy of some African scholars to question these suppositions or build beyond them. In this book, Aribiah David Attoe presents a unified African metaphysics that first interrogates important notions held by many traditional African thinkers, and then builds upon them to propose a largely materialistic account of African metaphysics. The book re-imagines and reconstructs the idea of God, being, causality and death in African metaphysics, tackling some of the problems associated with these concepts in African thought. It also opens up new vistas of thought, while engaging and encouraging African metaphysicians to explore a previously ignored perspective.
Group Spirituality: A Workshop Approach
by Roger GraingerGroup spirituality is an increasingly popular area of focus, and working in groups raises some very different and valuable consequences which wouldn't necessarily arise in a one-to-one encounter. In Group Spirituality, Roger Grainger, an author already established as an authority on Drama therapy, provides a functional guide to group spirituality and workshops. Derived from the authors' experiences of working with groups of people interested in exploring their own and other people's spirituality, Group Spirituality turns an abstract idea into a practical and recognizable experience. The nature of group work, the embodiment of ideas and feelings, and circumstances aiding personal encounter are discussed. Workshop examples aimed at establishing group identity and the introduction of the idea of the 'safe place' are explained. The symbolism of spiritual awareness is approached, and a firm distinction between spirituality and religion is made. Group Spirituality's approach to spirituality from a workshop focus, successfully attempts to embody spirituality and provide a framework for consciously examining and integrating spirituality within the rest of our life.
Groups: The Life-Giving Power of Community (Pursuing Spiritual Transformation)
by John Ortberg Laurie Pederson Judson PolingCommunity is God’s idea. Only in community can we know and be known, love and be loved, celebrate others and be celebrated by them. And only through close, transparent relationships can we be transformed as individuals.Groups invites you to enjoy the rewards--and embrace the risks--of community. Step by step, this study will challenge and encourage you to explore the amazing potential for growth found in authentic relationships. You’ll study the true nature of friendship. The power of paying attention. The path to intimacy. The encouragement of being for one another. You’ll learn what it means to live out these and other simple but vital truths for being all you are, giving all you’ve got, and receiving all you need as a member of God’s dynamic community, the church.Leader’s guide included!Groups group sessions are:This Is a FriendshipLove Pays AttentionKnowing and Being KnownWhen Community Breaks DownForgivenessBuilding a Passionately Inclusive ChurchBeing "For" One Another
Grow a New Body: How Spirit and Power Plant Nutrients Can Transform Your Health
by Alberto VilloldoThis newly revised edition of the Wall Street Journal bestseller One Spirit Medicine offers an accessible guide to an ancient practice for healing and transformation--including new, cutting-edge science, recipes, and a 7-day Grow a New Body meal plan!Using the principles and practices in this book, you can feel better in a few days, begin to clear your mind and heal your brain in a week, and in six weeks be on your way to growing a new body--one that heals rapidly, retains its youthful vitality, and keeps you connected to Spirit, to the earth, and to a renewed sense of purpose in your life.Our minds, our emotions, our relationships, and our bodies are out of kilter. We know it, but we tend to ignore it until something brings us up short--a worrying diagnosis, a broken relationship, or simply an inability to function harmoniously in everyday life. When things are a little off, we read a self-help book. When they're really bad, we bring in oncologists to address cancer, neurologists to repair the brain, psychologists to help us understand our family of origin.This fragmented approach to health is merely a stopgap. To truly heal, we need to return to the original recipe for wellness discovered by shamans millennia ago.Drawing on more than 25 years of experience as a medical anthropologist--as well as his own journey back from the edge of death--acclaimed shamanic teacher Alberto Villoldo shows you how to detoxify the brain and gut with superfoods; use techniques for working with our luminous energy fields to heal your body; and follow the ancient path of the medicine wheel to shed disempowering stories from the past and pave the way for rebirth.
Grow in Grace: 5-Minute Devotions for Preteen Girls
by Megan GoverGrow in Grace is a collection of devotionals for teen girls to help them stay connected to their faith and find strength in God's word as they face the exciting challenges of becoming a teenager.Middle school comes with its share of big changes and confusing thoughts—but you can help teens and preteens know they're not alone. Let faith guide them through school, friendships, and more with this Christian devotional!This book of devotionals for teen girls offers:The guidance they need—The prompts are not dated or numbered, so teen girls can turn to this devotional whenever they need to and pick the message that feels right—whether it's about making friends, overcoming disappointment, or sharing their strengths with the world.Prayer and reflection—Each 5-minute devotional includes a selection from Scripture, an insightful question, and space to write down personal thoughts.Share and be heard—These devotionals for teen girls will inspire conversation about feelings and faith within the whole family.Help young women grow in their faith and tackle the challenges of growing up with Grow in Grace!
Grow Your Business Using Biblical Principles
by Gilbert PaganThis is a success guide for anyone who is considering starting a business or anyone who already has an existing business. By using Biblical Principles, both groups will benefit from learning how to grow their business, whether for profit or as a non-profit organization. It includes passages quoted from the Bible as illustrations, core business concepts and tips to help business owners and managers use Christian thinking in their work.
Growing a Spiritually Strong Family (Family First #1)
by Barbara Rainey Dennis RaineyDoes God have plans for your family beyond accumulating stuff in a large house in a nice suburb? How can moms and dads establish a home where God's presence blesses each relationship and biblical principles shape the future? Brief chapters written by popular radio personalities Dennis and Barbara Rainey -- such as "Pray with Your Mate," "Train Your Disciples," "Sink Your Roots," and "Give Your Children You" -- set out a clear, workable master plan for a dynamic, God-pleasing family. This and future titles in the series will deliver down-to-earth advice, encouraging stories, timely insights, and life-changing truths for leaving a godly family legacy.
Growing All the Wiser: Wisdom Tips from the Book of Proverbs
by Kyna WilliamsIf experience is the best teacher, why are we often left wounded and discouraged by experiences? If you have been a victim of your experiences then it is time to part ways with this inadequate teacher and join forces with a Life Coach that guarantees positive results, Wisdom!The Wisdom found in the book of Proverbs are time tested life truths with a winning track record of consistently transforming fools into gurus. Wisdom exists to help you master your money, your relationships, your mouth, your temperament, and even your career path. Regardless the subject matter, Wisdom is available to guide your daily decisions toward wise life choices.Growing All the Wiser has digested the book of Proverbs into current, relevant, and relatable Wisdom Tips designed for practical application to everyday life situations. You will walk away each day with a new wisdom tool to apply to your decision-making repertoire until you find yourself moving out of the gray area of foolishness to the green pastures of safety that exist when Wisdom is the stabilizing force behind the decisions you make.Whosoever lacks wisdom and seeks to gain the wisdom necessary to guarantee the result of your life experiences, this book is for you. From teen to mature adults the Wisdom Tips found within this book will serve as an essential guide toward living your best and wisest life today.
Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again
by Albert L. WinsemanGrowing an Engaged Church offers unique, research-based, often counterintuitive solutions to the challenges facing churches today, including declining congregant participation, decreasing contributions, and slumping membership. Ministers, priests, and church boards will find the evidence and answers in this book provocative, eye-opening, and, most importantly, actionable.What if members of your congregation . . . • were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to participate in your church in the past month? • were three times as satisfied with their lives? • spent more than two hours per week serving and helping others in their community? • tripled their giving to your church? What would your church — your parish — look like? And how would you go about creating this kind of change? One thing is certain: Church leaders are never going to inspire more people to be actively and passionately involved in their congregations by doing the same things over and over again. Pastors and lay leaders need something fresh. Something new. The last thing they need is “just another program” or to set up a laundry list of new activities for members. Based on solid research by The Gallup Organization, Growing an Engaged Church will appeal to both Protestant and Catholic clergy and lay leaders who are looking for a way to be the Church instead of just “doing church.”
Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love
by Emily LeyFrom bestselling author and founder of the Simplified® brand of organizational tools for busy women comes Growing Boldly, a how-to book that inspires us to imagine big, plan well, and then gather the equipment and the courage to go out and do.In Growing Boldly, Emily will help you:Believe in who you are and Whose you are . . . and move past the lies and fears holding you backFigure out what makes you tick and own it confidentlyGather all your grit, learned lessons, and tools because it's all valuableImagine the life you dream of and decide how to make it happenLove your people well so that you create a lasting legacyClear the clutter and cultivate clarity so you can do what matters mostDo the hard work without forgetting to feed your soulBeautiful photography and a presentation page make Growing Boldly:A thoughtful gift for a friend or family memberPerfect for Mother's Day, birthdays, or holidaysA let's-get-rolling encouragement incentive for yourselfEmily Ley has shown us how to give ourselves grace in Grace, Not Perfection, how to simplify our lives in A Simplified Life, and how to replace busyness with true connection in When Less Becomes More. Now for the first time, Emily draws on her own story of creating a highly successful business--and loving the process--as she teaches us how to move forward in our own vocations and serve others at the same time. This is the start of something good. Get ready to build a life you love.
The Growing Edge
by Howard ThurmanThe Growing Edge is a book of Howard Thurman's sermons. For Thurman, the sermon is an act of worship in which the preacher exposes his spirit and mind as they seek to reveal the spirit of the Living God upon them. Thurman presents his sermons in six sections: Concerning Enemies, Concerning Prayer, Concerning God, Concerning Peace, Concerning Festivals, and Concerning Christian Character.
Growing God’s Family: The Global Orphan Care Movement and the Limits of Evangelical Activism (Alternative Criminology)
by Samuel L PerryIllustrates the hidden challenges embedded within the evangelical adoption movement. For over a decade, prominent leaders and organizations among American Evangelicals have spent a substantial amount of time and money in an effort to address what they believe to be the “Orphan Crisis” of the United States. Yet, despite an expansive commitment of resources, there is no reliable evidence that these efforts have been successful. Adoptions are declining across the board, and both foster parenting and foster-adoptions remain steady. Why have evangelical mobilization efforts been so ineffective? To answer this question, Samuel L. Perry draws on interviews with over 220 movement leaders and grassroots families, as well as national data on adoption and fostering, to show that the problem goes beyond orphan care. Perry argues that evangelical social engagement is fundamentally self-limiting and difficult to sustain because their subcultural commitments lock them into an approach that does not work on a practical level. Growing God’s Family ultimately reveals this peculiar irony within American evangelicalism by exposing how certain aspects of the evangelical subculture may stimulate activism to address social problems, even while these same subcultural characteristics undermine their own strategic effectiveness. It provides the most recent analysis of dominant elements within the evangelical subculture and how that subculture shapes the engagement strategies of evangelicals as a group.
Growing Grateful: Live Happy, Peaceful, and Contented
by Mary A. KassianIn Growing Grateful, you'll find 101 entries on the joy of being grateful even in the hardest times. Each entry in this beautiful book contains a meaningful Bible verse, a short entry that helps you reflect on your own attitude of gratitude, and a meditation with questions to consider or to write about in your journal. Learn how to be:grateful for God's friendshipgrateful despite your circumstancesgrateful that God delights in youThe secret to peace and contentment can be found in developing a habit of gratitude. Thankfulness changes our perspective and reprograms our mood, fostering a rich happiness whatever the day holds--the kind of happy that blooms in every season of life's ups and downs. This beautiful full-color book, complete with a ribbon marker, is for anyone who wants to:get back to the basics of being gratefulcultivate a closer relationship with Godpursue a joyful lifeGrowing Grateful makes a lovely gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, or any time you want to gift a friend with something special. Or perhaps you're giving yourself the gift of gratitude!Discover that, in good times and bad, being a grateful person can lead you to a lasting contentment.
Growing Grateful Kids: Teaching Them to Appreciate an Extraordinary God in Ordinary Places
by Susie LarsonEven when economic times are tight, our children enjoy an abundance of material possessions. Yet amidst all this wealth, discontentment and competition seem to be on the rise. Instead of teaching children virtues such as gratefulness and patience, many parents are bending over backwards to get their children the latest and greatest item - or feeling guilty when they can't. With the currents of materialism and entitlement flowing so strong, how do we raise kids who are simply thankful?With simple language, interesting anecdotes, and biblical applications, Susie Larson helps readers understand that although teaching perspective and gratitude to our children is critical, it is not difficult.