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Cultivating the Spirit

Author : Alexander W. Astin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470769335
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Cultivating the Spirit written by Alexander W. Astin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating the Spirit THIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK IS BASED on a five-year study of how students change during the college years and the role college plays in facilitating the development of their spiritual qualities. Students, the authors argue, grapple with the big questions in life: Who am I? What are my values? Do I have a mission in life? Why am I in college? What kind of person do I want to be? What sort of world do I want to help to create? Their answers to these questions help determine their academic and career choices and are tied to the development of personal qualities such as empathy, caring, and social responsibility. The study finds that, while students' religious engagement declines during college, at the same time they become substantially more caring, tolerant, connected with others, and actively egaged in a spiritual quest. Spiritual growth also enhances academic performance, leadership development, and satisfaction with college. The study provides strong evidence pointing to specific experiences during college that can contribute to students' spiritual growth. The need for spiritual development in college is apparent. Two-thirds of the students in the study express a strong interest in spiritual matters, well over half report that their professors never encourage discussions of religious or spiritual matters, and about the same proportion report that professors never provide opportunities to discuss the purpose and meaning of life. Cultivating the Spirit aims to raise the awareness of academic administrators, faculty, and the public at large to the vital role that spirituality plays in student learning and development. Throughout the book, the authors identify strategies for enhancing students' development and encourage the academy to give greater priority to the spiritual aspects of students' educational and personal development.

Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit

Author : Christopher J.H. Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830891331
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit by : Christopher J.H. Wright

Download or read book Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit written by Christopher J.H. Wright and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should Christians live? On the one hand, some very legalistic Christians stress the importance of keeping all the rules—that you must do this and never do that if you want to prove you are really a Christian. On the other hand, there are those who reject the whole idea of rules or traditions in the church and see the point of the Christian faith as setting us free from the institutionalized religious burden. But Paul addresses these two competing views by showing us a far better way—a truly Christian way to live our lives. It is the way of the Spirit of God given to us through Christ: "Walk by the Spirit . . . led by the Spirit . . . live by the Spirit . . . keep in step with the Spirit." That is the heart and soul of Christian living. It is the center and secret of what it means to be a person who belongs to Christ. Pastor and scholar Christopher Wright invites us to live a life in step with the Spirit by cultivating the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These nine chapters, each addressing a different fruit, each conclude with questions for contemplation or discussion. Feed on the Word of God, grow in Christlikeness, and live a fruitful life.

Life on the Vine

Author : Philip D. Kenneson
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830822195
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book Life on the Vine written by Philip D. Kenneson and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Kenneson digs into the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22-23, combining rich, theologically grounded reflection on Christian life and practice with analysis of contemporary culture. He explores what each fruit means in its biblical context, then investigates how key traits of late modern Western culture inhibit the development and ripening of each fruit.

Agrarian Spirit

Author : Norman Wirzba
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268203083
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Agrarian Spirit written by Norman Wirzba and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This refreshing work offers a distinctly agrarian reframing of spiritual practices to address today’s most pressing social and ecological concerns. For thousands of years most human beings drew their daily living from, and made sense of their lives in reference to, the land. Growing and finding food, along with the multiple practices of home maintenance and the cultivations of communities, were the abiding concerns that shaped what people understood about and expected from life. In Agrarian Spirit, Norman Wirzba demonstrates how agrarianism is of vital and continuing significance for spiritual life today. Far from being the exclusive concern of a dwindling number of farmers, this book shows how agrarian practices are an important corrective to the political and economic policies that are doing so much harm to our society and habitats. It is an invitation to the personal transformation that equips all people to live peaceably and beautifully with each other and the land. Agrarian Spirit begins with a clear and concise affirmation of creaturely life. Wirzba shows that a human life is inextricably entangled with the lives of fellow animals and plants, and that individual flourishing must always include the flourishing of the habitats that nourish and sustain our life together. The book explores how agrarian sensibilities and responsibilities transform the practices of prayer, perception, mystical union, humility, gratitude, and hope. Wirzba provides an elegant and compelling account of spiritual life that is both attuned to ancient scriptural sources and keyed to addressing the pressing social and ecological concerns of today. Scholars and students of theology, ecotheology, and spirituality, as well as readers interested in agrarian and environmental studies, will gain much from this book.

Raising Spiritual Children: Cultivating a Revelatory Life

Author : Patricia Mapes
Publisher : Orbital Book Group
ISBN 13 : 0984076700
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Raising Spiritual Children: Cultivating a Revelatory Life written by Patricia Mapes and published by Orbital Book Group. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising Spiritual Children is a practical resource for parents who want to raise their children to be whole, healthy, and capable of using their spiritual gifts with wisdom. What does it mean to have spiritual gifting? How can we help our spiritually gifted children's stay on the right path? What do our children's dreams mean? This book answers these questions and many more. Book jacket.

Cultivating Sent Communities

Author : Dwight Zscheile
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867278
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Sent Communities written by Dwight Zscheile and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cultivating sent communities reimagines spiritual formation through the lens of mission, covering such topics as the role of Scripture, congregational discernment, and short-term missions and drawing on case studies from diverse contexts including Ethiopia, England, Leipzig, and San Francisco."--Back cover.

The Spirit-Led Leader

Author : Timothy C. Geoffrion
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566996732
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Book Synopsis The Spirit-Led Leader by : Timothy C. Geoffrion

Download or read book The Spirit-Led Leader written by Timothy C. Geoffrion and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2005-11-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our postmodern, experience-oriented culture, people are longing for greater authenticity, integrity, and depth in their pastors and leaders. Board directors, church members, and staff alike are all eagerly seeking leaders who effectively integrate their spirituality and leadership. Pastors and executives, however, often struggle with knowing how to integrate their spiritual values and practices into their leadership and management roles. Designed for pastors, executives, administrators, managers, coordinators, and all who see themselves as leaders and who want to fulfill their God-given purpose, The Spirit-Led Leader addresses the critical fusion of spiritual life and leadership for those who not only want to see results, but who also desire to care just as deeply about who they are and how they lead as they do about what they produce and accomplish. Geoffrion creates a new vision for spiritual leadership as partly an art, partly a result of careful planning, and always a working of the grace of God

Homegrown - Bible Study Book: Cultivating Kids in the Fruit of the Spirit

Author : Josh Straub
Publisher : Lifeway Church Resources
ISBN 13 : 9781535950152
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Homegrown - Bible Study Book: Cultivating Kids in the Fruit of the Spirit written by Josh Straub and published by Lifeway Church Resources. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the fruit of the Spirit in the context of your parenting, learn how to cultivate growth in your children, and explore practical ways to live out the fruit of the Spirit together.

Incline Your Ear

Author : Chad R. Abbott
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506465846
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Incline Your Ear written by Chad R. Abbott and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incline Your Ear: Cultivating Spiritual Awakening in Congregations introduces faith communities and individuals to the centuries-old principles and practices of spiritual direction. Spiritual direction, as Chad R. Abbott and Teresa Blythe practice and teach it, emphasizes four aspects of the faith journey: becoming more aware of the presence of the Holy in our daily lives, reflecting on that awareness and deepening our relationship with God, discerning where God is leading, and sharing our spiritual gifts with the world. Abbott and Blythe also share simple ways to evaluate the outcomes of spiritual awakening: "fruits of the Spirit." As a middle judicatory minister and spiritual director who work with clergy, lay leaders, and congregations around issues of spiritual life and energy, the authors long for churches to become vital spiritual communities that meet the needs of people right where they are. They strive to nurture congregations where pastors don't have to do it all; where members are equipped to share their gifts with one another; where leaders rest easy, knowing the board has discerned the vision well; and where all discover the rich array of spiritual food Christianity serves. In these complex and confusing times, the authors extend to us an invitation and hope: "Incline your ear... that you may live." As communities of faith study and experience Incline Your Ear together, they will find new ways to be in love with God and listen to the Spirit.

Curriculum of Love

Author : Morgan Simone Daleo
Publisher : Grace Publishing & Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780964879942
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Curriculum of Love written by Morgan Simone Daleo and published by Grace Publishing & Communications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses a nondenominational approch to fostering spiritual development in children.

Cultivating Spirituality

Author : Mark L. Blum
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438439822
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Spirituality written by Mark L. Blum and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2013-03-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Shin Buddhist thinkers reflect on their traditions encounter with modernity. Cultivating Spirituality is a seminal anthology of Shin Buddhist thought, one that reflects this traditions encounter with modernity. Shin (or Jod? Shinsh?) is a popular form of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, but is only now becoming well known in the West. The lives of the four thinkers included in the book spanned the years 18631982, from the Meiji opening to the West to Japans establishment as an industrialized democracy and world economic power. Kiyozawa Manshi, Soga Ry?jin, Kaneko Daiei, and Yasuda Rijin, all associated with Kyotos ?tani University, dealt with the spiritual concerns of a society undergoing great change. Their philosophical orientation known as Seishinshugi (cultivating spirituality) provides a set of principles that prioritized personal, subjective experience as the basis for religious understanding. In addition to providing access to work generally unavailable in English, this volume also includes both a contextualizing introduction and introductions to each figure included. Buddhism, whether in Asia or the West, reveals itself to be a rich tapestry of diverse strands in which pioneers risked their standing and even their very lives to establish new pathways appropriate for their times and places. The editors invite the reader to explore developments in Japanese Pure Land Buddhism as emblematic of this tradition of innovation. Buddhadharma

Eyes Wide Open

Author : Mariana Caplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1591797322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Eyes Wide Open written by Mariana Caplan and published by . This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely guide on how to cultivate discernment as we journey along the spiritual path.

Spiritual Serendipity

Author : Richard Eyre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684807866
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Serendipity written by Richard Eyre and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1997 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a guide to developing serendipity of the spirit in an effort to balance structure and spontaneity, harness time rather than manage it, and provide a bridge to God

A Deeper Look at the Fruit of the Spirit

Author : Hazel Offner
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830831037
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis A Deeper Look at the Fruit of the Spirit by : Hazel Offner

Download or read book A Deeper Look at the Fruit of the Spirit written by Hazel Offner and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the foundation of our LifeGuide® Bible Study Series, A Deeper Look at the Fruit of the Spirit takes your study to the next level with new tools for growth. As you delve into cultural backgrounds, make connections across books and engage in group exercises, you'll gain a deep vision of Christlike character.

Sacred Rhythms

Author : Ruth Haley Barton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830878297
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Rhythms written by Ruth Haley Barton and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Logos Book Award Do you long for a deep, fundamental change in your life with God? Do you desire a greater intimacy with God? Do you wonder how you might truly live your life as God created you to live it? Spiritual disciplines are activities that open us to God's transforming love and the changes that only God can bring about in our lives. Picking up on the monastic tradition of creating a "rule of life" that allows for regular space for the practice of the spiritual disciplines, this book takes you more deeply into understanding seven key disciplines along with practical ideas for weaving them into everyday life. Each chapter includes exercises to help you begin the practices--individually and in a group context. The final chapter puts it all together in a way that will help you arrange your life for spiritual transformation. The choice to establish your own sacred rhythm is the most important choice you can make with your life.

The Spirit of Leadership

Author : Myles Munroe
Publisher : Whitaker House
ISBN 13 : 1603743464
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Leadership written by Myles Munroe and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You were born to lead. Now it's time to become a leader. Leaders may be found in boardrooms, but they may also be found in families, schools, and organizations of all kinds—anywhere people interact, nurture, create, or build. Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not meant for an elite group of people who, by fate or accident, become leaders while everyone else is consigned to being a lifelong follower. After personally training thousands of leaders from around the world, best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe reports that while every person possesses the potential of leadership, many do not understand how to cultivate the leadership nature and how to apply it to their lives. In The Spirit of Leadership, Dr. Munroe defines the unique attitudes that all effective leaders exhibit, explains how to eliminate hindrances to your leadership abilities, and helps you to fulfill your particular calling in life. "...a defining portrait of true and effective leadership. On these pages you will discover your purpose, your passion, and your potential to become the leader God has destined you to be." —Pastor John Hagee, Cornerstone Church "[Dr Myles Munroe's] wisdom is to the believer what a phone booth was to Superman! Step into every page and be charged!" —Bishop T. D. Jakes, The Potter's House of Dallas "The world is groaning in travail, waiting for the manifestation of those who will rise up as followers of God and leaders of men.... Dr. Myles Munroe will give you invaluable insight in your quest to discover and develop the spirit of a leader." —Pastor Rod Parsley, World Harvest Church "Are you aware that God has ordained you to be a leader? In The Spirit of Leadership, Dr. Myles Munroe gives us the key to find the hidden leader within ourselves. I highly recommend this inspired book to all." —Paul F. Crouch, Trinity Broadcasting Network "In The Spirit of Leadership, Dr. Myles Munroe taps into the core truths of authentic, successful leadership. Through decades of study and careful observation, Dr. Munroe has identified the key—the missing ingredient that activates the potential to lead found within every human being." —Marilyn Hickey, Marilyn Hickey Ministries

More Than Human

Author : Bill Protzmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692900741
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book More Than Human written by Bill Protzmann and published by . This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are talking about the human spirit. Your human spirit and its power in your organization. It's the "something more about life-ness" that we're going to discuss. That somethingness might be fierce, courageous, and daring, or subtle, steely, and calm. Even if it feels like your interior embers glow red or burn out, that human spirit is what we call spirituality. And that's where it gets real. The practice of human spirit. Practical spirituality. To make that work in your organization, you want best practices with contagious acceptance, unlimited scalability, and tremendous value...starting with You. Let's do this. Your human spirit deserves it.