Worship and Spirituality

Worship and Spirituality
Author: Don E. Saliers
Publisher: O S L Publications
Total Pages: 93
Release: 1996
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781878009272

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As more people come to define and live into their relationship with God, they turn to the Bible as their major source of inspiration and knowledge. In the search they travel with other members of a praying, worshiping community of believers. Moving forward, the individual and the community move to the core of the Christian experience -- life in the Spirit. The author, professor of Theology and Worship at Candler School of Theology, says that too often we have lost our identity as worshiping people and have hidden ourselves from God's self-giving in the sacraments. Saliers speaks to all who "gather around the font, the book and the table" to recover their center. "Without living remembrance of the whole biblical story there would be no authentic worship, nor could there be any such thing as becoming a living reminder of Jesus Christ for others." While this book serves as a textbook for seminaries and the Academy for Spiritual Formation, it is written in a style which invites readers from every walk of the church's life to drink deeply of the fresh insights it offers. Book jacket.

Becoming

Becoming
Author: Kayla Parker
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1558967451

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This elegant volume offers itself as a spiritual companion for young adults and all who live amid transitions and tensions. Dozens of carefully selected readings address themes that are prominent for people in their twenties and early thirties. The topics include: Passion and purpose Identity Community Losing and finding Justice and creation Each section features reflections from Unitarian Universalist young adults, as well as poems, prayers, and opening and closing words from contemporary and ancient peoples. This treasury of uplifting and thought-provoking meditations can serve as a guide and provide comfort on our never-ending journey of becoming.

Listening Spirituality Vol II

Listening Spirituality Vol II
Author: Patricia Loring
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0578032864

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The spiritual basis of the structures and practices that sustain a Quaker worshiping community; the spiritual grounding and understanding of worship, ministry, eldering, oversight and other spiritual gifts in mutual service within the meeting as spiritual formation; personal transformation and transformed relationships within spiritual community; communal discernment in personal matters and in the conduct of meeting business; wider Quaker service; adult religious education as part of spiritual formation.

Worship with Teenagers

Worship with Teenagers
Author: Eric L. Mathis
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 149342937X

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This book addresses the vital role of public Christian worship in adolescent spiritual formation and shows how important youth ministry and worship ministry are to each other. Despite numerous research projects, books, articles, and resources that have been published about teenagers and about worship in recent years, the relationship between the two has been addressed only peripherally if not altogether overlooked. Drawing on his extensive experience in worship ministry and youth ministry, Eric Mathis offers insights into the worship practices of teenagers, corrects common misperceptions about worship, and critically examines four prominent worship models in current practice. Mathis invites youth pastors, worship leaders, ministerial students, and congregations to elevate the voices of young people in the worshiping community and enhance worship for all ages. The book includes a foreword by Kenda Creasy Dean.

Paths in Spirituality

Paths in Spirituality
Author: John Macquarrie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1972
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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While advocates of "religionless Christianity" assert that modern men and women have outgrown traditional expressions of worship, prayer, and spirituality, Macquarrie shows how these aspects of religious experience are critical in our search for a healing and fulfilling communion with God and God's people. He also describes and interprets those traditional rites and spiritual disciplines--Stations of the Cross, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, the Daily Offices, Reconciliation of a Penitent--perhaps latent, yet superbly suitable to meet the needs of the contemporary search for wholeness and holiness.

Holy Conversation

Holy Conversation
Author: Jonathan Linman
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2010-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451411677

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Linking the themes of spirituality and worship and giving each needed focus in ways that are biblically and theologically rich and consistent with ecumenical traditions, this book specifically explores the relationship of sacred reading (lectio divina) to worship. Linman sees this practice as one element in the larger liturgical action of Gathering, Word, Meal, and Sending. Our "spiritual worship" (cf. Rom 12:1), he argues, is the holy conversation between worshipers and the triune God who leads us to greater participation in Christ and to transformation through Christ's presence.

Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality

Reclaiming the Body in Christian Spirituality
Author: Thomas Ryan
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809142958

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This small, spirited book, a collection of reflections contributed primarily by the participants of a retreat and edited by its sponsor, an authority on spirituality, examines the role of the human body in the Christian spiritual life. It asks us to recover a conviction of the goodness of our bodies and how God created us so that we can reclaim a positive, healthy attitude toward our individual bodies, toward the social body, the community around us, including the Church, the "earthbody," the body of the natural world, and become spiritually whole. Fr. Thomas Ryan, as editor and contributor, leads with an introduction, reflections on the positive aspects of the human body, and the modalities of body expression in the Christian and non-Christian-Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Eastern Orthodox-traditions: meditation, prayer, yoga, exercise and rest, sex, fasting and feasting, silence and solitude, and acts of corporal mercy. He is followed by James Wiseman, James Dickerson, Casey Rock, and James Hall with a,short overview of historical Christian attitudes toward the body, the benefits of yoga and Kripalu philosophy for Christians, and the ways of integrating personal spiritual practices with political, social, and environmental justice, through mission groups, Manna Inc., L'Arche, and wilderness groups. Devotees as well as newcomers to health, fitness, especially yoga, nature, and spirituality rooted in the body, are sure to be receptive of its positive message.

The Spirituality of Jesus

The Spirituality of Jesus
Author: Leslie T. Hardin
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 209
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0825489466

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Jesus’ spiritual practices examied for today's believers to follow

Ready to Pray: A Spiritual Journey of Prayer and Worship

Ready to Pray: A Spiritual Journey of Prayer and Worship
Author: Gail Dudley
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2010-12-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 055790787X

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In Ready to Pray, Gail Dudley shares the life lessons that the Lord has poured into her life through her spiritual journey with Him. Whether these were seasons of joy, seasons of sorrow, seasons of want or seasons of plenty, the Lord has been working in Gail's life for many years, teaching her the disciplines of prayer and the power that comes through the life of someone who is obedient to calling on Him during all of life's challenges.

Black and White

Black and White
Author: Teesha Hadra
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1501879189

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Working against racism is part of what it means to call Jesus Lord and Savior. Most of us don’t need to make speeches. We need to make friends. This is the core message of Black and White: racism can be disrupted by relationships. If you will risk forging friendships with those who do not look like you, it will change the way you see the world, and that could change the world. The authors, Teesha Hadra, a young African American woman, and John Hambrick, a sixty-year-old white man, bring a confident and redemptive tone to this hope because that is exactly what they’ve experienced. Black and White leverages their story, surrounding it with other’s stories, practical advice, and exploration of the systems of racism to motivate you to consider your own role in change. Learn about the various and often subtle ways racism continues to be a part of American culture. Discover how simple (albeit not always easy) it is to get involved in what God is doing to disrupt racism. Become equipped to take faithful, practical, next steps in obedience to God’s call to join the movement against racism. “Awareness creates discontent. A lack of awareness often results in complacency. When it comes to racism there’s no room for complacency. Especially for Christ followers. In Black & White my friends Teesha Hadra and John Hambrick stir our awareness. My hope—their hope—is that having become aware we will become permanently and passionately discontent with racism in all of its insidious forms and expressions.” —Andy Stanley, pastor and founder of North Point Community Church, author of Irresistible