Batterson “will teach you how to pray in a new way by drawing prayer circles around your dreams…God Honors Bold Prayers; Bold Prayers Honor God…pray like it depends on God and work like it depends on you.”
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A Book Recommendation – The Circle Maker
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A Book Recommendation – On Job
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, books, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A great commentary on the Book of Job by Gustavo Gutierrez that “addresses the eternal questions of the relationship of good and evil, linking the story of Job to the lives of the poor and oppressed of our world.”
A Book Recommendation – The Theology of the Beyond
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, books, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A great book on the eschatology by Candido Pozo.
A Book Recommendation
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, books, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is an excellent book on prayer and lectio, “Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer,” by David Benner. I highly recommend this one.
A Book Recommendation – Humility Matters, for Practicing the Spiritual Life
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, books, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the third volume of a trilogy by Mary Margaret Funk that began with Thoughts Matter: The Practice of the Spiritual Life and continued with Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life. Thoughts Matter was an update of the teaching of the fourth-century desert father John Cassian on the eight ‘afflictive thoughts’ that impede the spiritual life (thoughts [...]
A Book Recommendation
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Ilia Delio makes fascinating sense of the universe, beginning with the story of cosmic evolution, coursing through the meaning of God in evolution and the emergence of Christ, and concluding with new ways of seeing Christ in all things. As Teilhard de Chardin did in The Divine Milieu, Ilia Delio reveals the sacrament of [...]
A Book Recommendation
Posted in book recommendations, tagged books, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on June 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent book and resource for those involved in a visitation ministry as well as those that are in medicine.
A Book Recommendation
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A wonderful book, Contemplative Ethics, by Fr. Billy.
A Book Recommendation
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, spirituality, theology on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture by Jaroslav Pelikan is a great read for Lent.
A Book Recommendation – The Rite
Posted in book recommendations, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, spirituality, theology on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is the book that the movie of the same name is based on, a compelling look into the world of exorcism.