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Permission to Ponder: Contemplative Wisdom for the Spiritually Distracted - Softcover

Balzer, Tracy

 
9780891124054: Permission to Ponder: Contemplative Wisdom for the Spiritually Distracted
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0891124055 ISBN 13: 9780891124054
Verlag: ACU/LEAFWOOD PUBL, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Many Christians are distracted and dissatisfied. The external demands of life grip us, while our inner walk with God becomes ever more superficial and thin. Is there hope for authentic connection with God in a world of distractions, or must we be resigned to a spiritually shallow existence? Reflection, contemplation, and meditation are ancient practices that are losing ground in a highly technological world. Permission to Ponder examines the ways others have accepted the invitation from God to dwell deeply, beginning with "the Four Marys" of the Gospels. In the midst of their stories, the classical discipline of lectio divina—praying the Scripture—will serve as a template for praying and pondering all of life.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

TRACY BALZER is the Director of Christian Formation at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She is the author of Thin Places: An Evangelical Journey into Celtic Christianity (Leafwood, 2006) and A Listening Life (Pinyon, 2011). She holds a Master of Ministry degree, is a certified spiritual director, and is an oblate at Subiaco Abbey. Tracy regularly leads pilgrimages and study trips to the British Isles, having a special interest and affection for the Isle of Iona, Scotland. She and her husband Cary have two daughters: Kelsey (married to Jordan Howard) and Langley, and they own a precocious Goldendoodle named Rory.

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Many Christians are distracted and dissatisfied. The external demands of life grip us, while our inner walk with God becomes ever more superficial and thin. Is there hope for authentic connection with God in a world of distractions, or must we be resigned to a spiritually shallow existence? Reflection, contemplation, and meditation are ancient practices that are losing ground in a highly technological world. "Permission to Ponder" examines the ways others have accepted the invitation from God to dwell deeply, beginning with "the Four Marys" of the Gospels. In the midst of their stories, the classical discipline of lectio divina praying the Scripture will serve as a template for praying and pondering all of life.

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Verlag
ACU/LEAFWOOD PUBL
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0891124055
ISBN 13 
9780891124054
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
172
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