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Facing Feelings in Faith Communities

Author : William M. Kondrath
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566995205
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Facing Feelings in Faith Communities written by William M. Kondrath and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing Feelings in Faith Communities is based on a simple premise: We have emotions because we need them. God created us as affectively competent beings, William Kondrath argues, to help us understand our world and to give appropriate signals to people around us about what we are experiencing. When we express our feelings clearly, other people can more easily respond in ways that are helpful to us, thus enhancing our relationships and the work we might do together. Kondrath also recognizes that unfortunately, for many of us, our emotional software was infected early on with viruses (early familial and social conditioning) that distorted the way we responded to natural stimuli. Because we are underusing or misusing our emotional capacities, we are missing out on the opportunity to express our full humanity. Fortunately, we can re-program our emotional software. Facing Feelings in Faith Communities help us restore our emotional systems to their original state, or at least invites us to imagine how we would live differently if our emotional expressions were more nearly congruent with the situations and events we encounter. Kondrath invites us to explore six feelings--fear, anger, sadness, peace, power, and joy--through poetry, meditation on an evocative drawing, as well as through his own analysis of each feeling. Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings is a companion collection to this book. For more information, click here.

Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings

Author : William M. Kondrath
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566994519
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings written by William M. Kondrath and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-29 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings is a companion collection to Facing Feelings in Faith Communities by William Kondrath. This collection of practical applications for congregational situations in which exercising greater emotional competence will improve both our understanding of what is happening and the effectiveness of our actions and those of others.

True Feelings

Author : Carolyn Mahaney
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433552507
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book True Feelings written by Carolyn Mahaney and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What am I feeling? Emotions can be confusing. One moment we're happy, content, and hopeful, and the next we're anxious, hurt, and overwhelmed. But we don't have to live at the mercy of our emotions. In True Feelings, a mother-daughter team clears away common misconceptions and mixed messages about our feelings to offer us a biblical perspective on emotions— helping us understand how they work, why we feel what we feel, and how to develop good emotional habits. We will see that we don't have to ignore, excuse, or follow our feelings, but can instead learn to honor God with our emotions as an integral part of who he made us to be.

God's Tapestry

Author : William M. Kondrath
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566995353
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book God's Tapestry written by William M. Kondrath and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our differences are our greatest blessings and our greatest challenges, maintains William Kondrath, Episcopal priest and seminary professor. Theologically and ecologically, differences foster life and growth, but discord within denominations and congregations frequently have to do with the inability of individuals and groups to deeply understand and value differences. In God's Tapestry, Kondrath shows us how to embrace our multiculturalism--our differences of race, culture, gender, age, theology, language, sexual identity, and so forth. He does this by exploring differences on four levels--personal, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural. He also demonstrates a threefold process for becoming multicultural: recognizing our differences, understanding those differences and their significance and consequences, and valuing or celebrating those differences. While ministry is the work of the faith community, not only ordained or professional staff, it is critical that leaders learn the art and skill of recognizing, understanding, and valuing differences. Then the congregations and agencies they serve, having learned and practiced the art and skill of celebrating differences, can be the yeast that brings this awareness of God's diverse blessings to the wider world.

Pro Ecclesia Vol 23-N2

Author : Pro Ecclesia
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442235616
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Pro Ecclesia Vol 23-N2 written by Pro Ecclesia and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pro Ecclesia is a quarterly journal of theology published by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

In the Interim

Author : Barbara Child
Publisher : Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN 13 : 1558967931
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (589 download)

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Download or read book In the Interim written by Barbara Child and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2017 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A period of interim ministry poses unique challenges and opportunities for both congregations and ministers. Much more than a “caretaker” ministry, an interim ministry can help a congregation navigate and get the most out of a time between settled ministers. In this practical and insightful volume, interim ministers and other congregational leaders provide a road map for a transformative and fulfilling interim period. First published in 2013, In the Interim quickly became an indispensable resource for congregations, their leaders, interim ministers, and all involved in transitional ministry. In its second edition, editors Barbara Child and Keith Kron and contributors retain all of the practical strategies and keen insight of the original while also examining how interim ministry is adapting to a rapidly changing world. Included are updates on the advent of developmental and “jump start” transition ministries.

When Trauma Wounds

Author : Karen A. McClintock
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506434266
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book When Trauma Wounds written by Karen A. McClintock and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to heal from trauma and restore laughter, love, and faith When trauma wounds, victims are thrown into unexpected darkness and experience unfamiliar symptoms. Some trauma survivors draw upon a lifelong faith in God; others find themselves in a wilderness devoid of spiritual grounding. The recovery stories in this book offer diverse pathways to faith and hope. In When Trauma Wounds, psychologist Karen A. McClintock combines psychological approaches with faith resources to improve trauma recovery. Whether you are a trauma survivor, a caregiving pastor or church member, or friend to a survivor, this book will familiarize you with trauma symptoms and healing strategies. Secure and trusting relationships heal many wounds. If you care for a trauma survivor, McClintock will help you create a sanctuary to shelter this wounded soul, to help them bear their pain and hold out hope for recovery--to offer victims of trauma the compassion they so badly need. Each trauma victim has a story to tell. If you are a trauma survivor, healing from that trauma or working through repeated traumatic experiences may take days or years. But no matter how long your healing journey might take, it can begin right now.

Wholeness After Betrayal

Author : Robin Hammeal-Urban
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819231770
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Wholeness After Betrayal written by Robin Hammeal-Urban and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of misconduct by trusted clergy and lay leaders, members of congregations find themselves adrift. Often there are deep divisions within the church and open, direct, honest communication ceases. Wholeness After Betrayal offers an understanding of these dynamics and a process to help members take the first steps toward reconciling relationships with one another. This specialized instruction is tested and proven, having been used effectively many times in a variety of congregational settings. It holds tremendous value for institutional healing, both immediately following misconduct or even decades later.

The Last Pastor

Author : Gail Cafferata
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611649757
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Last Pastor written by Gail Cafferata and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2020-01-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gail Cafferata was heartbroken when the church she pastored voted to close its doors. It may have been the right decision, but it led to a million questions in her mind about her call, leadership, and future. She began to think that other pastors who close churches perhaps go through this same experience. This led her to conduct a sociological study of over 130 pastors in five historically established denominations (Episcopal, Lutheran, United Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Church of Christ) who were called to serve churches that closed. This book tells the results of that study, which consisted of many interviews, and the hard-won lessons learned by these courageous pastors.

Faith, Identity, Cohesion: Building A Better Future

Author : Jolene Gerard
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811220603
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Faith, Identity, Cohesion: Building A Better Future written by Jolene Gerard and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to promote greater understanding of social cohesion amidst existing complexities of faith and identity, and what this portends for our future. The emphasis is on the importance of engagement across beliefs and cultures, the different generations and segments of population, and the diverse interests of people in a digital and interconnected world. The policy officials, religious leaders, scholars and society-at-large will be able to better appreciate the search for common ground and harmony, thereby strengthening their endeavours for coexistence.The book seeks to continue the conversations and deliberations at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS) held from 19 to 21 June 2019 in Singapore. The three themes of the ICCS — Faith, Identity, Cohesion — stimulated significant discussions on the need for mutual respect, trust and understanding of each other's beliefs and cultures. Many ideas on the ways forward were raised and further discourse is necessary.An unprecedented line-up of academic, civil society, government, intellectual, policy, religious and youth leaders provided a wide array of perspectives on challenging issues faced by diverse societies around the world. The transcripts of the official speeches elucidate the vision of leadership and aspiration looking ahead. The book also features delightful photographs and graphic recordings of the key thrust articulated during the ICCS.

Facing the Truth of Your Life

Author : Merle Yost, LMFT
Publisher : Merle Yost
ISBN 13 : 0999154710
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Facing the Truth of Your Life written by Merle Yost, LMFT and published by Merle Yost. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the messages that fly in the face of the usual feel-good sentiments of self-help books, Yost offers readers real challenges to their belief systems: • People “download” much of what their parents have programmed them with, consciously or unconsciously, over generations. Much of it is no longer useful, and is in fact destructive for relationships in today’s world. • Forgiveness is too often used as a cure-all that will make pain go away. It won’t. • Confronting and working through emotional pain is the path to healing and happiness. • Outdated religious mores can actually prevent victims from healing. About the Book Facing the Truth of Your Life will help the reader reframe their view of themselves and their place in life, creating the space to explore and question what they think they know: in short, to face their real truth. With short life stories, exercises and chapters covering spirituality, being a victim, how to parent healthy children, the many faces of shame and how it complicates all of our relationships, Facing the Truth of Your Life challenges the reader to address many of the things we do to prevent our feelings and keep from knowing ourselves. Facing the Truth of Your Life is about walking through your pain. It is about understanding how you became you, how to discard what you were taught about yourself, and how to find out who you really are.

Be Not Afraid

Author : Samuel Wells
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1587433028
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Be Not Afraid written by Samuel Wells and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular preacher and ethicist offers down-to-earth help on facing and overcoming common fears in the life of faith.

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die

Author : Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher : WaterBrook
ISBN 13 : 0593193539
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Faith Community Nursing

Author : Janet Susan Hickman
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN 13 : 9780781754576
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Faith Community Nursing written by Janet Susan Hickman and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique text combines traditional parish nursing content with community health nursing methodology, coverage of community and faith community assessment, and health education and health promotion/disease prevention programming.

Not by Sight

Author : Jon Bloom
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433535963
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Not by Sight written by Jon Bloom and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trusting Jesus is hard. It requires following the unseen into an unknown, and believing Jesus's words over and against the threats we see or the fears we feel. Through the imaginative retelling of 35 Bible stories, Not by Sight gives us glimpses of what it means to walk by faith and counsel for how to trust God's promises more than our perceptions and to find rest in the faithfulness of God.

Forgiveness and the Healing Process

Author : Cynthia Ransley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135479879
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book Forgiveness and the Healing Process written by Cynthia Ransley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people come for help because they remain stuck in a destructive relationship, job or legal battle, or with painful memories of child abuse. But does it necessarily help to forgive?

On Death

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143135376
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book On Death written by Timothy Keller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author and pastor Timothy Keller, a book about facing the death of loved ones, as well as our own inevitable death Significant events such as birth, marriage, and death are milestones in our lives in which we experience our greatest happiness and our deepest grief. And so it is profoundly important to understand how to approach and experience these occasions with grace, endurance, and joy. In a culture that does its best to deny death, Timothy Keller--theologian and bestselling author--teaches us about facing death with the resources of faith from the Bible. With wisdom and compassion, Keller finds in the Bible an alternative to both despair or denial. A short, powerful book, On Death gives us the tools to understand the meaning of death within God's vision of life.