A comprehensive look at the 'lost art of listening' Shows how Christians can be a source of help and healing for others and themselves by learning to listen-to others, to God, to ourselves, to the world Combines accessible theological reflection with an unfolding story, illustrating the point of each chapter Established author with many years of experience in this area of ministry Foreword by Russ Parker
In this book one of the UK's leading authors on Christian spirituality and personal renewal shares his own faith journey, in the context of exploring some of the different spiritual traditions that have influenced Christian witness over the past 40 or so years. Building on themes in his previous book, 'Dreaming of Home', Michael Mitton explores how encompassing something of the breadth of Christian spirituality, from Charismatic to Catholic, via Celtic, can not only enrich our faith but strengthen the mission of the Church.
Those wanting daily Bible readings for AdventThose particularly looking for devotional material to deepen their relationship with God Fans of Michael Mitton's other books
In this fascinating and absorbing quest, Michael Mitton introduces readers to the Celtic love of wholeness as reflected in its stories, traditions, rituals, and in the lives of its saints. Mitton invites readers to study the Celtic Church to rediscover some of the important "strands of faith" that were clearly evident--and that are just as relevant for Christians today.
For many of us, healing is needed only when we are ‘sick’, and is offered by an elite of specially trained ‘experts’ to weak or vulnerable people who are in need of their ‘help’. In Wild Beasts and Angels Michael Mitton challenges these and many other myths and misconceptions about healing and the healing ministry. Using an original and compelling mix of words and images, theology and personal experience, story-telling and biblical reflection, Mitton describes a very different understanding of healing, placing it at the centre of all our lives and of the communities in which we live. He shows that healing is a shared journey in which the healer is often the one who is powerless, and the person who is sick is often the one ministering to the healer. And he wrestles with the mystery of a God who sometimes heals - and who sometimes doesn’t heal.This radical, creative and often moving book faces the difficulties and puzzles that surround healing and the healing ministry with honesty and humility. It is dedicated to ‘friends who have faced the cold sickness of cancer with faith, humanity, hope and humour’
Poems of the New Enlightenment. This Reality of Man by poet & artist, Michael Aaron Casares is a collection of poetry that delves into the personal, conscience, conscious, social, and humanistic paradigms of our grand illusion: life. The book gathers new verse, as well as verse previously published in Eviscerator Heaven, Calliope Nerve, Gloom Cupboard, Quib.Nest.Nido., The Dreamcatcher, The San Antonio Express News, Carcinogenic Poetry, The Clockwise Cat, and The Stark Electric Space, among others. This Reality of Man, a new collection of poems bursting from the independent underground; new views coming into light for the evolution of thought and the awakening consciousness. This book also contains additional content including reviews and interviews.
Shot down from the sky by SAM missiles, Brigadier General Mark Thompson is on the run in the jungles of Vietnam. His knowledge of B_52 air strikes would make him a perfect captive of the North Vietnamese Army. As the world around him explodes in war and death,a group of Special Forces men struggle to reach him on time, knowing that failure would be the death sentence for the General.But the enemy is closing in and in the jungle ,a cold killer is waiting.
I kept the words I wrote in my head as a boy stored through the loveless days of my adolescence and the alcohol induced promiscuous years as a young man when I numbed myself by any means necessary.The scars previously locked up bled onto the page like rivers of repressed memories until they became the poems you have before you.
Ishe Fujiwara and his mother WeNoNah sail north to the land of NuuhChah after deadly demon attacks threaten those around him. His father Isami faces his enemies in the Emperor's court. Miguel Ruiz and Ruka fall in love in the middle of a battle between the Nippon, the Conquistadors and the Mongol Horde.
Between Horror and Hope' is a study of Paul's metaphorical language of death in Romans 6:1-11. The scholarly debate focuses on two main issues; the origin of the 'commentatio mortis' tradition and its development. Dr. Sabou argues that the origin of this terminology is original to Paul; that it was the apostle's own insight into the meaning of Christ's death (a "death to sin") and his understanding of the identity of Christ in his death (as the anointed davidic king) which guided him to create this metaphor of "dying to sin" as a way of describing the relationship of the believer with sin. On the development of this language of death, the author argues that this language conveys two aspects — horror and hope. The first is discussed in the context of crucifixion in which Paul explains the believer's "death to sin" by presenting Christ's death as the death of the anointed davidic king who won the victory over sin and death by rising from the dead. Paul affirms that believers are "coalesced" with what was "proclaimed" about Christ's death and resurrection, thereby allowing him to assert that the releasing of the body from the power of sin is a result of "crucifixion." This "crucifixion" is the "condemnation" inflicted on our past lives in the age inaugurated by Adam's sin and this is such a horrible event that believers have to stay away from sin since sin leads to such punishment. In contrast, hope is presented in the context of "burial." The believers' "burial with" Christ points to the fact that they are part of Christ's family and this is accomplished by the overwhelming action of God by which he pushes us toward the event of Christ's death, an act pictured in baptism. It is this "burial with" Christ that allows believers to share with Christ in newness of life.
Society everywhere places a high value on good character. To possess virtues is better than gold- Akan Maxim. This means virtue is the primary aim of moral instruction and forms the foundation of a practical moral life. Just as the strength of a building is determined by its foundation; the quality of a persons achievement in life is also determined the quality of his personal character. The decline or fall of a nation begins in its homes. This is because the glory of a nation rests on the foundation of the family unit. No great gift on earth can ever cover up for a person who lives his/her life on a faulty foundation. This book, What You Cant Live Without- The Cardinal Virtues prove the standards on which one can build a rocky foundation through the cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, Justice and Self- Control.
This book is self-revealing of how far I would go, for a thrill. It is a highlight of my personality, makeup, and appearance, contrasting my intended and impending incarceration. The Book has had much review and reading on Facebook, but attempts to purchase by viewers has met with lack of cooperation by the Trafford Processing, by my Jamaican Audience.
Bible readings (drawn from Old and New Testaments), comment, point for reflection and prayer for every day from Ash Wednesday to Easter Day. Each section/week is linked to one of the colours of the rainbow, and to a relevant theme to do with the overall subject of renewal, with Easter Day uniting all the colours into the white light of resurrection morning.
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