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Listening to Love: Responding to the Startling Voice of God
by Jan MeyersLove Is Calling. How Will You Answer? One of our greatest desires is to know we are loved by our Creator. Yet the depth of our apprehension is often equally strong: If I listen, we wonder, what will God say? If I open myself up to blessings, what will God require in return? As we trace this line of thinking, the God of all goodness becomes, in our minds, the God of our worst fears.Embrace a Love That's Worth the Risk. God is far greater than our most expectant dreams. While he does often ask everything of us, he actually wants everything for us. He doesn't want blind loyalty or bored religious compliance; he longs for nothing less than our entire passionate self-something most of us have yet to glimpse. God's desire is that people lean in, listen, and wrestle with him so that they can respond to him without fear.Can this God be trusted? Absolutely. Will the journey be easy? Not a chance. But once you learn to listen to love, you'll find that there's only one way you can adore this unmanageable, unpredictable, wild, and unruly God: with your whole heart.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Listening to Love: Hearts In Harmony, Listening To Love, A Beautiful Arrangement (An Amish Journey Novel #2)
by Beth WisemanFalling in love can only mean trouble for an Englisch girl and an Amish boy… unless there&’s another way for them to listen to their hearts. Englischer Natalie Collins looks forward to Friday night suppers at Levi and Mary Shetler&’s house every week: delicious food, wonderful conversation with her Amish friends, and, best of all, the presence of Levi&’s older brother Lucas. Natalie and Lucas have become best friends despite their different backgrounds. They share a love of books, and he is teaching her about God in a way that she can understand.But the closer they become, the more opinions everyone seems to have. Levi and Mary, Lucas&’s family, and even Natalie&’s mother—whose own life is a mess at the moment—have concerns about their relationship. Why can&’t everyone understand that it&’s possible to just be friends? Besides, they couldn&’t be together even if they wanted to be. Lucas would never leave the Amish faith, and Natalie is Englisch and pursuing a degree in veterinary medicine.But when a terrifying accident happens, Natalie and Lucas are forced to confront their true feelings and decide if they can stay true to themselves and each other. This sweet Amish story is the second in the Amish Journeys series by bestselling author Beth Wiseman. Includes discussion questions.
Listening to Sexual Minorities: A Study of Faith and Sexual Identity on Christian College Campuses (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books)
by Mark A. Yarhouse Janet B. Dean Stephen P. Stratton Michael LastoriaListening to Sexual Minorities
Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives
by Robert WebberA cross-section of five frontline leaders in the controversial emerging church movement shed informative light on their beliefs and basic message to help us understand whether it's all about new methods or a new message or both.
Listening to the Father’s Heart: Daily Encouragement from the Father to His Sons and Daughters
by Os HillmanWhat if you could eavesdrop on a conversation between God, the Father, and one of His sons on earth? Perhaps you might discover the heart of a Heavenly Father who loves all of His sons and daughters. Perhaps you would learn about His perspective on life. Perhaps something might be said that relates to your own journey to know the Father intimately. Os Hillman decided to go on such a journey. He purposed to listen each morning for that still small voice. As he listened he wrote what he heard. Some days it was personal to him. Other days it was for all His sons and daughters. In either case, you will be encouraged and inspired by these short writings that are filled with glimpses of the Father's heart for His children. "Os Hillman in his book Listening To The Father's Heart helps you to see the Father for who He really is taking you to deeper depths of experiencing the Father's love enabling you to pray to Him boldly without fear. Many speak of us being in the Last Days, but few talk of the last two verses of the Old Testament which says: "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." This book is part of the fulfillment of these verses and is much needed to remove a curse which is plaguing most nations today. It is a must for every believer who wants to know the Father more. This book is helping me grow even more in getting to know my heavenly Father and be able to help others to even more. -Bradley Stuart, Founding Director of YADA Ministries
Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism
by Kittisaro ThanissaraHusband and wife Kittisaro and Thanissara take turns coauthoring chapters in this deeply personal dharma book exploring the inner practice of meditation in support of awakening. Within the context of the lives of the authors, both monastics in their youth, awakening unfolds as a multifaceted process following the archetypal journey of the hero(ine). Traveling from innocence to disillusionment through the fields of trials and despair that lead to maturity, and ultimately to inspiration and a blessed life, Listening to the Heart tells the story of two unconventional individuals who have together embraced spirituality as the keystone of their lives. At the heart of the book, through teachings on the nondual nature of reality, we enter the "intimacy with all things" as revealed in core Buddhist texts. Without ending at the goal of personal freedom, Thanissara and Kittisaro encourage us to go beyond the experience of inner peace to embodying wisdom in acts of service within the world. With a realistic appraisal of our current global crisis in which sustainability is threatened by catastrophic climate change, the authors encourage a preparedness that enables a mindful balance of equanimity and passionate engagement whatever the outcome of our global evolutionary journey. The guiding refuge for this journey is the Buddha, the historical teacher and--most profoundly--that immediate and direct pure awareness, which we all can access. The book also draws on teachings and stories of Buddhist masters who are fearless, funny, and challenging. Eventually we are led into the Mary-like presence of the goddess of mercy, Kuan Yin who, as a great archetype within Buddhist cosmology, reveals the deepest mystery of our own hearts and our capacity for merciful and compassionate response. As the inner process of awakening unfolds, it transforms seekers and their lives, as modeled by the authors. It both heals the personal self in its journey through its wounds and shadows, and yet at the same time dissolves identification with the self. The book then ends by returning to the simplicity of the authors' primary teacher, Ajahn Chah, with his encouragement to "Be the Dharma."From the Trade Paperback edition.
Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture, and Eros
by Derrick JensenDeclaring American culture "the most destructive culture ever to exist," this work presents 29 interviews with a range of activists, theologians, psychologists, and other thinkers who trace a range of themes of related to the relationship between culture and environmental destruction. Among the figures interviewed are Earth First! cofounder Dave Foreman, historian of religion Thomas Berry, technology critic Jerry Mander, Chickasaw poet and novelist Linda Hogan, psychologist Robert Jay Lifton, Native American scholar and activist Ward Churchill, and feminist and peace activists Starhawk. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Listening to the Light: How to Bring Quaker Simplicity and Integrity Into Our Lives
by Jim PymQuakerism has been a source of inspiration for over 300 years. Combining spirituality with the practical life, its insights have a universal appeal that is particularly relevant to today's world. Quakers deeply value inner peace and tranquility and believe that there is "that of God" within us all. They also have a compassionate determination to alleviate suffering and a profound commitment to peace and non-violence. Listening to the Light shows us how to incorporate Quaker ideals and practices into our lives#151;to find our own Light-the Divine-within ourselves, to realize that the everyday is spiritual, to simplify our lives and care for the planet, to bring a sense of commitment and integrity to our actions, and to learn to listen.
Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies #103)
by Jun'ichi IsomaeListening to the Voices of the Dead is an account of the author’s search for the disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku Disaster and his attempt to translate those voices for the living. Isomae Jun’ichi considers the disaster a challenge for outside observers to overcome, especially for practitioners of religion and religious studies. He chronicles the care and devotion for the dead shown by ordinary people, people displaced from their homes and loved ones. Drawing upon religious studies, Japanese history, postcolonial studies, and his own experiences during the disaster, Isomae uncovers historical symptoms brought to the surface by the traumas of disaster. Only by listening to the disquieted voices of the dead, translating them, and responding to them can we regain our true selves as well as offer peace to the spirits of the victims. While Listening to the Voices of the Dead focuses on a specific event in Japanese history and memory, it captures a broadening critique at the heart of many movements responding to how increasing globalization impacts our sense of place and community.
Listening to Your Life
by Frederick BuechnerDaily meditations taken from the works of an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and preacher who has articulated what he sees with a freshness and clarity and energy that hails our stultified imaginations.
Lists to Love By for Busy Husbands: Simple Steps to the Marriage You Want
by Susan Merrill Mark MerrillThe founders of Family First, Mark and Susan Merrill, present a collection of lists created for the busy husband who wants a more intimate, fulfilling union with his wife. Husbands and wives bring different personalities, upbringings, experiences, and expectations into their marriage, which can lead to miscommunication and emotional turmoil. LISTS TO LOVE BY FOR BUSY HUSBANDS presents practical dos and don'ts along with step-by-step advice for husbands who want to bridge the emotional gap and improve their marriage. Mark and Susan Merrill understand that couples crave love, but don't always know how to express it to one another. These thirty lists will carry husbands through an entire month of learning to love their wives more deeply--wisdom they will come back to again and again. These real-life answers from a Christian perspective will help readers evaluate, refresh, and strengthen their own marriage.
Lists to Love By for Busy Wives: Simple Steps to the Marriage You Want
by Susan Merrill Mark MerrillFrom Mark and Susan Merrill, the founders of Family First, comes a collection of lists created for the busy wife who wishes to strengthen her marriage and love her husband well.It's no secret that there is a wide emotional gap between men and women. Couples crave love and attention from one another, but they don't always know how to show it. LISTS TO LOVE BY FOR BUSY WIVES presents creative and practical ways for wives to bridge this gap and improve their relationship. These thirty lists will carry wives through an entire month of learning to love their husbands more deeply with advice they will come back to again and again. From lists addressing a wide range of topics, readers will learn to set better expectations for their marriage, to communicate more effectively with their husband, to build a deeper foundation of love in their marriage, and much more.
Lit
by David EdwardsIn this provocative book, nationally recognized speaker David Edwards delivers thirteen ways to ignite the fire within and learn what it means to live out your faith in a post-modern world.With boldness and cutting-edge insight, David Edwards turns the light on false perceptions of religion and gets down to the truth about the "cosmic" battle between light and dark. Describing the disconnect existing in "Sunday faith" and the rest of the week, Edwards defines character as "the life of God living in us." In this provocative book, nationally recognized speaker David Edwards delivers thirteen ways to ignite the fire within and learn what it means to live out your faith in a post-modern world. After reading just a few pages, you'll discover that Edwards' pen blazes with the same passion, enthusiasm, and humor that have made him a highly sought-after national speaker. Practical "Spotlight" exercises at the end of each chapter are designed to help you transfer the truth of each chapter into your everyday experience, and thought-provoking questions for both groups and individuals will help you ignite the light within your heart and teach you how to live the lit life.
Lit
by David EdwardsWith boldness and cutting-edge insight, David Edwards turns the light on false perceptions of religion and gets down to the truth about the "cosmic" battle between light and dark. Hitting head-on the disconnect that exists in "Sunday faith" and the rest of the week, Edwards defines character as "the life of God living in us." In this provocative book, nationally recognized speaker David Edwards delivers thirteen ways to ignite the fire within and learn what it means to live out your faith in a post-modern world. After reading just a few pages, you'll discover that Edwards' pen blazes with the same passion, enthusiasm, and humor that have made him a highly sought-after national speaker. Practical "Spotlight" exercises at the end of each chapter are designed to help you transfer the truth of each chapter into your everyday experience, and thought-provoking questions for both groups and individuals will help you ignite the light within your heart and teach you how to live the lit life.
Lit From Within
by Victoria MoranBeauty isn't skin deep -- it's soul deep Women's wellness visionary Victoria Moran offers inspiring advice and practical suggestions that will make any woman look and feel more radiant. Each compact essay contains a tip you can put to use today to heighten your awareness of your own inner beauty, illustrating how true sparkle comes from a sense of wholeness. Women of all ages will relate to Victoria's reflections on her journey to a deeper understanding of inner radiance -- beauty that is soul deep. This sane, sensible approach to a strong self-image and loving self-care is firmly grounded in spiritual common sense, the marriage of body and soul. You start by lighting up your life -- and before you know it, you're lighting up the room.
The Literal Sense and the Gospel of John in Late Medieval Commentary and Literature (Studies in Medieval History and Culture #12)
by MArk HazardFirst Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Literarily: How Understanding Bible Genres Transforms Bible Study
by Kristie AnyabwileDon&’t just read the Bible literally—read it Literarily.A lot of times, we treat Scripture like it&’s all the same from Genesis to Revelation. After all, it only has one Author. Isn&’t it just one big book, identical from beginning to end?While it&’s true that the Bible is unified, it is also diverse. The Bible can be grouped according to key categories, called genres, that help us to read and properly interpret the Scriptures. An understanding of these genres, and the literary themes and devices used within them, makes all the difference when encountering God&’s Word.Long-time Bible teacher Kristie Anyabwile discovered as she prepared her lessons that a single inductive approach doesn&’t do justice to the variety of genres that make up the Word of God. Because Scripture is a collection of writings that spans 1,500 years, many literary styles are represented and each must be taken into account for the fullest understanding of God&’s Word. Kristie shows you the immense value of studying the Bible literarily—that is, according to the literary style presented in a particular book, chapter, or passage. In Literarily, Kristie will take you through these eight distinct genres:LawHistoryProphecyPoetryGospelsEpistlesWisdomApocalypticThe Bible is an epic story that God has revealed to us through diverse genres and literary features. Its message and method are both meant to transform our hearts. Our goal as interpreters isn&’t to meld the Scriptures into a bland conglomerate, but to recognize the multiple forms in which God&’s Word comes to us. In so doing, we&’ll encounter the ongoing story of Jesus&’s redemption and learn how He calls His people to live in our complex world today.
Literarily: How Understanding Bible Genres Transforms Bible Study
by Kristie AnyabwileDon&’t just read the Bible literally—read it Literarily.A lot of times, we treat Scripture like it&’s all the same from Genesis to Revelation. After all, it only has one Author. Isn&’t it just one big book, identical from beginning to end?While it&’s true that the Bible is unified, it is also diverse. The Bible can be grouped according to key categories, called genres, that help us to read and properly interpret the Scriptures. An understanding of these genres, and the literary themes and devices used within them, makes all the difference when encountering God&’s Word.Long-time Bible teacher Kristie Anyabwile discovered as she prepared her lessons that a single inductive approach doesn&’t do justice to the variety of genres that make up the Word of God. Because Scripture is a collection of writings that spans 1,500 years, many literary styles are represented and each must be taken into account for the fullest understanding of God&’s Word. Kristie shows you the immense value of studying the Bible literarily—that is, according to the literary style presented in a particular book, chapter, or passage. In Literarily, Kristie will take you through these eight distinct genres:LawHistoryProphecyPoetryGospelsEpistlesWisdomApocalypticThe Bible is an epic story that God has revealed to us through diverse genres and literary features. Its message and method are both meant to transform our hearts. Our goal as interpreters isn&’t to meld the Scriptures into a bland conglomerate, but to recognize the multiple forms in which God&’s Word comes to us. In so doing, we&’ll encounter the ongoing story of Jesus&’s redemption and learn how He calls His people to live in our complex world today.
Literarische Gestaltung jüdischer Identität bei Maxim Biller und Doron Rabinovici: Vier Romane im Schatten der Shoah und im Widerschein Israels
by Marcel MatthiesDie vorliegende Studie verfolgt das Anliegen, die komplexen und schwierigen Fragen jüdischer Identität und Selbstbeschreibung in der deutsch-jüdischen Gegenwartsliteratur einer fundierten Analyse zu unterziehen. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung stehen Maxim Billers Romane Biografie (2016) und Sechs Koffer (2018) sowie Doron Rabinovicis Roman Andernorts (2010) und der (von ihm in Co-Autorschaft mit Natan Sznaider verfasste) Roman Herzl Relo@ded (2016). Beide viel beachteten Autoren bringen die Fragen innerjüdischen Selbstverständnisses ebenso in den Blick wie sie die Rollen Deutschlands, Österreichs und Israels als Kulissen und Resonanzräume für jüdische Existenz in der Gegenwart thematisieren. Im Zentrum der Interpretationen steht die Fragestellung, wie die jüdische Identitätsthematik in den vier Romanen bearbeitet und literarisch gestaltet wird. Die literaturwissenschaftliche Arbeit sucht die vor allem der Neuheit der Romane geschuldete Forschungslücke mithilfe politischer und soziologischer Theorie, psychoanalytischen und sozialpsychologischen Ansätzen sowie Impulsen aus der Gedächtnis- und Ideengeschichte zu schließen.
The Literary Afterlives of Simone Weil: Feminism, Justice, and the Challenge of Religion (Gender, Theory, and Religion)
by Cynthia R. WallaceThe French philosopher-mystic-activist Simone Weil (1909–1943) has drawn both passionate admiration and scornful dismissal since her early death and the posthumous publication of her writings. She has also provoked an extraordinary range of literary writing focused on not only her ideas but also her person: novels, nonfiction, and especially poetry. Given the challenges of Weil’s ethic of self-emptying attention, what accounts for her appeal, especially among women writers?This book tells the story of some of Weil’s most dedicated—and at points surprising—literary conversation partners, exploring why writers with varied political and religious commitments have found her thought and life so resonant. Cynthia R. Wallace considers authors who have devoted decades of attention to Weil, such as Adrienne Rich, Annie Dillard, and Mary Gordon, and who have written poetic sequences or book-length verse biographies of Weil, including Maggie Helwig, Stephanie Strickland, Kate Daniels, Sarah Klassen, Anne Carson, and Lorri Neilsen Glenn. She illuminates how writing to, of, and in the tradition of Weil has helped these writers grapple with the linked harms and possibilities of religious belief, self-giving attention, and the kind of moral seriousness required by the ethical and political crises of late modernity. The first book to trace Weil’s influence on Anglophone literature, The Literary Afterlives of Simone Weil provides new ways to understand Weil’s legacy and why her provocative wisdom continues to challenge and inspire writers and readers.
Literary and Non-literary Responses Towards 9/11: South Asia and Beyond
by Nukhbah Taj LangahThis book presents a range of analytical responses towards 9/11 through a critical review of literary, non-literary and cultural representations. The contributors examine the ways in which this event has shaped and complicated the relationship between various national and religious identities in contemporary world history. Unlike earlier studies on the topic, this work reconciles both eclectic and pragmatic approaches by analyzing the stereotypes of nationhood and identities while also questioning theoretical concepts in the context of the latest political developments. The chapters focus on discourses, themes, imagery and symbolism from across fiction and non-fiction, films, art, music, and political, literary and artistic movements. The volume addresses complexities arising within different local contexts (e.g., Hunza and state development); surveys broader frameworks in South Asia (representations of Muslims in Bollywood films); and gauges international impact (U.S. drone attacks in Islamic countries; treatment meted out to Muslims in Europe). It also connects these with relevant theories (e.g., Orientalism) and policy perspectives (e.g., Patriotic Act). The authors further discuss the consequences for minorities and marginalization, cultural relativism vs. ethnocentrism, the clash of civilizations, fundamentalism, Islamization and post-9/11 ‘Islamophobia’. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of South Asian literature, Islamic studies, literary criticism, political sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, those in the media and the general reader.
A Literary Approach to the New Testament
by John Paul PritchardFrom the book: The literary approach views form and content as one and is concerned with what the book is. Just as the literary interpreter of Chaucer requires a wealth of information and insight concerning the times of Chaucer and the influences at work in him, so the literary interpreter of the New Testament requires information about it and insights into it. Knowing what the book is in itself and in its relations frequently clarifies significantly what the book means. General readers will profit from the presentation of this knowledge in developing their own insights into the New Testament. In asserting that the reader of the New Testament will find greater reward and understanding if he is a Christian, there is no intent to belittle the values of the book for non-Christian readers. Such readers should, however, exercise what Coleridge described as "the willing suspension of disbelief for a season" in order to enter, at least temporarily, into the spirit of the work. If we endeavor to read in this spirit, we shall find the work richer and more rewarding. For literary interpretation of the New Testament, the traditional Sunday school presentation has contributed little beyond acquainting children with episodes and agents. In it books are seldom treated as wholes made by an author with specific purpose and artistic designs. Books are to be analyzed upon sound anatomical principles for study of what they are before ideas for moral and religious instruction are drawn from them.
A Literary Bible: An Original Translation
by David RosenbergWhether rendering the Bible as wondrous or as strangely familiar, David Rosenberg's magisterial translation forces us to ask again-and at last in literary terms-why the Bible remains a crucial foundation of our culture.Until today, translators have presented a homogeneous Bible in uniform style-even as the various books within it were written by different authors, in diverse genres and periods, stretching over many centuries. Now, Rosenberg's artful translation restores what has been left aside: the essence of imaginative creation in the Bible.In A Literary Bible, Rosenberg presents for the first time a synthesis of the literary aspects of the Hebrew Bible-restoring a sense of the original authors and providing a literary revelation for the contemporary reader.Rosenberg himself brings a finely tuned ear to the original text. His penetrating scholarship allows the reader to encounter inspired biblical prose and verse, and to experience each book as if it were written for our time.
Literary Forms in the New Testament
by James L. Bailey Lyle D. Vander BroekTwo seminary teachers introduce to incoming students the specific literary forms that appear in the New Testament. Each article defines a common literary form, gives numerous examples, suggests ways in which knowledge of the form is helpful in interpretation, and offers an annotated bibliography for the specific form discussed. There is an exegetical emphasis throughout. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc. , Portland, Or.
The Literary Guide to the Bible
by Robert Alter and Frank KermodeRediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years.