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The Vision
by Kahlil Gibran Juan R. ColeThe Vision: Reflections on the Way of the Soul brings together Kahlil Gibran's Arabic writings concerned with the spiritual life. In twenty-four meditations, essays, and prose poems, Gibran expounds his unique philosophy of life while discussing such perennial themes as Beauty, Nature, Hidden Realities, Human Unity, Tragedy, Pride, Death, and the Immortality of the Soul.Gibran's religious vision is world-embracing and ecumenical. He read widely and was inspired by Buddhism, Vedanta, American Transcendentalists, and Nietzsche, along with his primary influences of Eastern Christianity, Islam, and the folk traditions of his native Near Eastern culture. His fervent belief in humanity's common heritage and shared destiny has made his writings popular the world over and classics of modern religious literature.Juan Cole's stunning and lyric translation revives Gibran's passionate stories of spiritual transcendence through love and suffering.
The Vision: The Final Quest and The Call: Two Bestselling Books in One Volume
by Rick JoynerThe Vision by Rick Joyner Repack. Editor to add description soon.
The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Life
by Joyce SchwarzIn The Vision Board, influential career strategist Joyce Schwartz describes a transformative exercise that offers a simple way to change your life for the better. As featured on the Oprah Winfrey show, vision boards are a practical, effective approach to identifying and achieving your goals. With a foreword from Bob Proctor, featured teacher in The Secret, and an afterword by Jack Canfield, co-creator of the hugely popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series, The Vision Board offers concrete advice and motivation anecdotes designed to help you utilize vision boards in your own daily life.
La Visión de la cruz a través de las Escrituras
by John PhillipsSin Jesús, la Biblia carece de sentido. Sin su muerte expiatoria en la cruz, la Biblia no marca la diferencia. El renombrado comentarista bíblico John Phillips recorre toda la Biblia y demuestra cómo la muerte de Jesús en el monte Calvario es el hilo central en sus diversas secciones, libros y temas. Without Jesus, the Bible makes no sense. And without his atoning death on the cross, the Bible makes no difference. Renowned Bible commentator John Phillips surveys the entire Bible and shows how its many sections, books, and subjects all revolve around the death of Jesus on Mt. Calvary.
Vision, Devotion, and Self-Representation in Late Medieval Art
by Alexa SandThis book investigates the "owner portrait" in the context of late-medieval devotional books primarily from France and England. These mirror-like pictures of praying book owners respond to and help develop a growing concern with visibility and self-scrutiny that characterized the religious life of the laity after the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. The image of the praying book owner translated preexisting representational strategies concerned with the authority and spiritual efficacy of pictures and books, such as the Holy Face and the donor image, into a more intimate and reflexive mode of address in Psalters and Books of Hours created for lay users. Alexa Sand demonstrates how this transformation had profound implications for devotional practices and for the performance of gender and class identity in the striving, aristocratic world of late medieval France and England.
A Vision for the Aging Church: Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors
by Michael Parker James M. HoustonAre we ready for the opportunities and challenges facing the aging church? Now is the time for the church to offer ministry to its increasing numbers of seniors and to benefit from ministry they can offer. In this book James M. Houston and Michael Parker issue an urgent call to reconceive the place and part of the elderly and seniors in the local church congregation. Confronting the idea that the aging are mostly a burden on the church, they boldly address the moral issues related to caring for them, provide examples of successful care-giving programs and challenge the church to restore broken connections across the generations. Cowritten by a noted theologian and an expert in the fields of social work and gerontology, this interdisciplinary book assesses our current cultural context and the challenges and opportunities we face. The authors show us that seniors aren't the problem. They are the solution.
The Vision Glorious: Themes And Personalities Of The Catholic Revival In Anglicanism (Clarendon Paperbacks Series)
by Geoffrey RowellThe Vision Glorious Themes and Personalities of the Catholic Revival in Anglicanism
La Visión Impecable
by Dada BhagwanAquellos que buscan llevar una vida espiritual naturalmente se preguntarán cómo progresar en la espiritualidad y cómo vivir los valores espirituales. ¿Debe uno trascender de alguna manera lo bueno y lo malo, lo correcto y lo incorrecto? ¿Cuándo comienza realmente el desarrollo espiritual? Por definición iluminada, el fundamento de una vida espiritual es una cosmovisión impecable; y para lograr tal visión, se requiere la Realización del Ser. En el libro "La Visión Impecable", Gnani Purush (encarnación del Conocimiento del Ser) Dada Bhagwan afirma: "Cuando una persona no tiene la Rrealización del Ser (iluminación espiritual), siempre ve fallas en los demás y nunca puede ver su propio error". Dadashri explica cómo alcanzar el Ser, describiendo que el conocimiento del Ser es el comienzo de la verdadera espiritualidad. Un resultado automático y uno de los signos más destacados del despertar espiritual es la visión impecable del mundo entero. Entre los muchos libros espirituales disponibles en la actualidad de los maestros espirituales, "La Visión Impecable" es único y precioso.
Vision Map: Charting a Step-by-Step Course for Your Biggest Hopes and Dreams
by Joel MalmIs there a gap between you and your dream?A few years back, Joël Malm had the idea to lead people on outdoor expeditions with a spiritual, God-centered focus. Following God&’s lead, he created a vision map, started his organization, and made it happen.This book is a response to the question he often gets: How do you do something like that?Whether you want to start a business, raise a family, run a marathon, plant a church, restore a relationship, or climb a mountain, you can take practical steps to see your vision come to be.Vision Map is not a formula for overnight success, but it is a template to start anyone on the path to envisioning a God-given dream. God often gives us a difficult problem to solve, and we just need a push in the right direction to find the answer.
Vision Map: Charting a Step-by-Step Course for Your Biggest Hopes and Dreams
by Joel MalmIs there a gap between you and your dream?A few years back, Joël Malm had the idea to lead people on outdoor expeditions with a spiritual, God-centered focus. Following God&’s lead, he created a vision map, started his organization, and made it happen.This book is a response to the question he often gets: How do you do something like that?Whether you want to start a business, raise a family, run a marathon, plant a church, restore a relationship, or climb a mountain, you can take practical steps to see your vision come to be.Vision Map is not a formula for overnight success, but it is a template to start anyone on the path to envisioning a God-given dream. God often gives us a difficult problem to solve, and we just need a push in the right direction to find the answer.
Vision, Mental Imagery and the Christian Life: Insights from Science and Scripture (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies)
by Zoltán DörnyeiThis book uniquely explores how the notion of vision is presented in modern science and the Bible, and how it can be applied to contemporary Christian contexts. The word "vision", our ability to see, has been described by an increasing body of scholarship in the social sciences as our capacity for mental imagery and imagination. As such, this unique cognitive capability has been utilised in many fields for a variety of purposes, from arts and psychotherapy to politics and business management, and even for performance enhancement in sports. The current book argues that a better understanding of vision can have far-reaching practical implications for Christian life and ministry by helping people to align themselves with God’s specific purposes. After a theoretical overview that integrates scientific and theological insights, the final chapters present a variety of strategies that can help believers to discern God’s call through the use of mental imagery and then to develop and cultivate the perceived vision. The book examines the scientific and biblical principles of vision in a comprehensive manner, with a special emphasis on the practical implications of the issue. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of Theology, Biblical Studies and Church Growth/Leadership, as well as Organisational Behaviour, Business Management and Psychology.
The Vision of God
by Nicholas Of CusaKnown for his deeply mystical writings about Christianity, Nicholas of Cusa wrote this, his most popular work, against a backdrop of widespread Church corruption. God, he believed, is found in all things, and thus cannot be perceived by man's senses and intellect alone. The path to ultimate knowledge, then, begins in recognizing our own ignorance. Deeply influenced by Saint Augustine, Nicholas mixes the metaphysical with the personal to create a deeply felt work, first published in 1453, designed to restore faith in even the most jaded.
The Vision of His Glory
by Anne Graham LotzWith an inspiring sense of wonder and a focus on Jesus Christ, Anne Graham Lotz brings clarity and understanding to the book of Revelation. Lotz takes the reader step-by-step through John's eyewitness account of God's plan for our future, emphasizing our hope in Jesus rather than our fear of end times.
A Vision of Jesus: The Awesome Jesus of Revelation
by R.T. KendallWhat if Genesis through Revelation is just the beginning of knowing who God is? This book will guide you into a deeper understanding and intimacy with God as you study who He is as the resurrected King. You will have a better grasp of the book of Revelation and who Jesus is revealed in this powerful part of Scripture. The image we have of Jesus is one that affects the way we act as Christians and the way we take the gospel to the world. That image has sometimes been reflected badly because we do not have a fully rounded image of the Jesus we love and worship. Indeed, some modern concepts of Jesus in the church would be difficult to worship. In Revelation 1, Jesus appears in a vision given to the apostle John. It is an awesome, majestic vision. The Bible, perhaps intentionally, doesn&’t give us much information about what Jesus looked like in human form. Yet here in John&’s apocalyptic book, God gives us an image that transcends the incarnation, an image of Jesus we can really focus on. In A Vision of Jesus, respected Bible teacher R.T. Kendall mines Revelation 1 to show readers: The unique promise of the Book of Revelation What Revelation teaches us about how to handle guilt, jealousy, and the unexpected Who God is and how Jesus is the fulfilment of the Old Testament pictures, as well as our great High Priest, the King, and more In these pages, Kendall guides readers toward a faith enriched by a more complete image of the Savior. Engaging and enlightening, this book will inspire Christians to renew their devotion to Jesus and share His transformative love with the world.
A Vision of Lucy (A Rocky Creek Romance #3)
by Margaret BrownleyTrouble follows Lucy wherever she goes. So does a vision of second chances . . . and love.Lucy Fairbanks dreams of working as a photographer at the Rocky Creek newspaper. Her deepest hope is that her father will see her as an artist, the way he thought of her deceased mother, whose paintings still hang on their walls.But disaster follows Lucy on every photo assignment: a mess of petticoats and ribbons, an accidental shooting, even a fire.When Lucy meets David Wolf--a rugged, reclusive man who lives on the outskirts of town--she thinks she can catch the attention of the town with his photograph. She doesn't count on her feelings stirring whenever she's near him.Two things happen next that forever change the course of Lucy's life. But will these events draw her closer to God or push her further away? And how will David accept this new vision of Lucy?
The Vision of the Nazarene
by Cyril ScottThe author of the Initiate Trilogy reveals Jesus of Nazareth in a new light and gives the key to many of his “dark sayings” and teachings.Who was Jesus? The Indians say He was a great yogi, the occultists and Theosophists say He was a great initiate of the arcane science, while Spiritualists regard Him as a great medium or a very high guide. In this remarkable book, Cyril Scott reveals Jesus of Nazareth in a light unknown and unsuspected by many, providing the key to the “dark sayings” and subtle teachings of Jesus that have been misinterpreted and misunderstood by Christianity throughout the ages. While many people have interpreted the exoteric teachings of the bible over the years, Scott reveals some of the more esoteric teachings in his The Vision of the Nazarene.
A Vision of the Possible: Pioneer Church Planting in Teams
by Daniel SinclairWe have long been aware of the challenge of reaching the unreached peoples of the world. For many this seemed a daunting and almost impossible task. However, with a clear biblical model of church planting, which works in divergent cultural settings, it seems that this may in fact be possible. In A Vision of the Possible, Daniel Sinclair thoroughly covers practical whys and how-to's concerning pioneer church planting among unreached people groups, with applicable discussions from Scripture along the way. Its emphases include resistant environments and church planting in teams. It also includes the newly revised seven "Pioneer Church Planting Phases," which is widely used by mission agencies working among unreached peoples. Those on the field, and those in preparation, including those in Bible schools and seminaries, will find this book immensely practical. Senders on the homefront will also find it invaluable, as they seek to understand the biblical and concrete issues the friends they support grapple with on a daily basis.
The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in the Western Tradition
by James Matthew WilsonStory-telling is foundational to the forms of the fine arts, but it is no less foundational to human reason. Human life in turn constitutes a specific kind of form―a story form. The ancient conception of human life as a pilgrimage to beauty itself is one that we can fully embrace only if we see the essential correlation between reason and story and the essential convertibility of truth, goodness and beauty in beauty. By turns a study in fundamental ontology, aesthetics, and political philosophy, Wilson's book invites its readers to a renewal of the West's intellectual tradition.
The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition
by James Matthew Wilson&“For those for whom conservatism means something more than anti-liberalism . . . who wish to dive deep into the conservative tradition in search of pearls&” (The American Conservative). Ours is an age full of desires but impoverished in its understanding of where those desires lead—an age that asserts mastery over the world but also claims to find the world as a whole absurd or unintelligible. In The Vision of the Soul, James Matthew Wilson seeks to conserve the great insights of the western tradition by giving us a new account of them responsive to modern discontents. The western- or Christian Platonist–tradition, he argues, tells us that man is an intellectual animal, born to pursue the good, to know the true, and to contemplate all things in beauty. By turns a study in fundamental ontology, aesthetics, and political philosophy, Wilson&’s book invites its readers to a renewal of the West&’s intellectual tradition. &“Conservatism needs a new prophet. James Matthew Wilson is the man for the job, and The Vision of the Soul is his calling card . . . A new classic. For it we give thanks to God, and to Plato.&” —Covenant &“James Wilson&’s important book returns to a conservatism in the tradition of Burke, Eliot, and Russell Kirk. . . . He wants us to focus on beauty and its place in Western culture. The book is a strong defense of that culture, but not an unthinking one.&” —Crisis Magazine &“A stirring and timely account and defense of the West&’s traditional way of understanding the universe and our place in it.&” —Matthew M. Robare, The Kirk Center
A Vision with Wings: The Story of Missionary Aviation
by Paul F. Robinson James VincentTake off with the pioneers in missionary aviation and learn about the vision and impact of fifty years of flying around the world. Learn how Nate Saint helped usher in modern mission flying as he brought the gospel to the Auca tribe of Ecuador. Meet Betty Greene, the first pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship. Follow the dream of Paul Robinson, the pastor-pilot who founded Moody Aviation, the aviation program that trains one-half of the world's missionary pilots.
A Vision with Wings: The Story of Missionary Aviation
by Paul F. Robinson James VincentTake off with the pioneers in missionary aviation and learn about the vision and impact of fifty years of flying around the world. Learn how Nate Saint helped usher in modern mission flying as he brought the gospel to the Auca tribe of Ecuador. Meet Betty Greene, the first pilot for Mission Aviation Fellowship. Follow the dream of Paul Robinson, the pastor-pilot who founded Moody Aviation, the aviation program that trains one-half of the world's missionary pilots.
The Visionary Art of Nicholas Roerich: A Messenger of Beauty
by Jacqueline DecterA fully illustrated biography of mystic, artist, and explorer Nicholas Roerich• Includes 88 color plates showcasing the variety of Roerich&’s artistic talent, from breathtaking Himalayan landscapes to set and costume designs, most notably for Stravinsky&’s The Rite of Spring• Examines Roerich&’s profound love for folk traditions of Russia, India, and Tibet and his spiritual quests across the Himalayan Mountains in search of beauty and the lost paradise of Shambala• Reveals how Roerich&’s life and work significantly influenced the development of modern art and cultureNicholas Roerich (1874–1947) was a Russian artist, writer, archaeologist, explorer, mystic, theosophist, and peacemaker who left a rich legacy of nearly 7,000 visionary paintings and 30 books on the mystic East. Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize due to the Roerich Peace Pact—a remarkable treaty signed by President Roosevelt that sought to preserve cultural monuments during times of war—Roerich had a profound love for folk traditions of Russia, India, and Tibet, especially legends of lost cities and paradise. Together with his wife and two sons, from the 1890s into the 1930s, Roerich embarked on a number of spiritual quests through India, the Gobi Desert, the Altai and Kunlun Mountains, Mongolia, and Tibet, crisscrossing the Himalayan Mountains many times before settling in Kulu, India, in the shadows of the great mountain range. Through his explorations throughout the world and the immersive art he created during those travels, he was seeking the grains of spiritual truth behind the legends of paradise lost, including during his pilgrimages in search of Shambala. Revealing the mystical world of Nicholas Roerich in stunning full color, Jacqueline Decter invites us to witness Roerich&’s far-reaching vision and dedication to beauty across the full scope of his inspiring life and artistic career. This new hardcover edition features Decter&’s translations of many Russian texts into English as well as 88 color plates showcasing the variety of Roerich&’s artistic talent, from breathtaking Himalayan landscapes and spiritual themes to set and costume designs, most notably for Stravinsky&’s The Rite of Spring. A celebration of Roerich as both visionary artist and visionary explorer, this fully illustrated biography illuminates a man whose life and work significantly influenced the development of modern art and culture.
Visionary Ayahuasca: A Manual for Therapeutic and Spiritual Journeys
by Alejandro Jodorowsky Jan KounenA “what to expect” guide for first-time ayahuasca users paired with accounts from the author’s extensive shamanic experiences in the Amazon • Describes how to prepare for the first ceremony, what to do in the days afterward, and how to maintain a shamanic healing diet • Details some of the author’s own ayahuasca experiences, including an intensive trip in 2009 when he underwent 17 ceremonies • Explores the many other plants that are part of the ayahuasca healer’s medicine cabinet as well as the icaros, healing songs, of the ayahuasca shaman Since 1999 Jan Kounen has regularly traveled to the Peruvian Amazon to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies. At first only a curious filmmaker, over multiple trips he transformed from explorer to apprentice to ayahuasquero and often found himself surrounded by other foreigners coming to the jungle for their first taste of ayahuasca medicine. Knowing how little guidance is available on how to prepare or what to expect, he naturally offered them advice. Part visionary ayahuasca memoir and part practical guide, this book contains the same step-by-step advice that Kounen provides first-time ayahuasca users in the jungle. He describes how to prepare for the first ceremony and what to do in the days afterward. He explores how to deal with the nausea and details the special preparatory diets an ayahuasca shaman will put you on, often lasting for months but necessary for life-transforming results and teachings from the plant spirits. He also explains how it is far easier to maintain these restrictions in the jungle than in the city. Detailing his own ayahuasca experiences over hundreds of sessions, including a trip in 2009 when he underwent 17 ceremonies in 25 days, Kounen describes how ayahuasca transformed him. He tells of his meetings with Shipibo healers, including Kestenbetsa, who opened the doors of this world for him, and Panshin Beka, the shaman to whom Kounen became an apprentice. He details the many other plants and foods that are part of the ayahuasca healer’s medicine cabinet, such as toé and tobacco, as well as their icaros, or healing songs. A veritable “what to expect” guide, this book should be your first step prior to committing to ayahuasca.
The Visionary Queen: Justice, Reform, and the Labyrinth in Marguerite de Navarre (EARLY MODERN FEMINISMS)
by Theresa BrockThe Visionary Queen affirms Marguerite de Navarre’s status not only as a political figure, author, or proponent of nonschismatic reform but also as a visionary. In her life and writings, the queen of Navarre dissected the injustices that her society and its institutions perpetuated against women. We also see evidence that she used her literary texts, especially the Heptaméron, as an exploratory space in which to generate a creative vision for institutional reform. The Heptaméron’s approach to reform emerges from statistical analysis of the text’s seventy-two tales, which reveals new insights into trends within the work, including the different categories of wrongdoing by male, institutional representatives from the Church and aristocracy, as well as the varying responses to injustice that characters in the tales employ as they pursue reform. Throughout its chapters, The Visionary Queen foregrounds the trope of the labyrinth, a potent symbol in early modern Europe that encapsulated both the fallen world and redemption, two themes that underlie Marguerite's project of reform.