Dancing with God

Dancing with God PDF Author: Karen Baker-Fletcher
Publisher: Chalice Press
ISBN: 0827206402
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
Dancing With God is an exploration of the divine gifts of courage and grace in the face of evil. Moreover, it is a doctrine of God as the source of that courage. Baker-Fletcher presents an understanding of the work of the Trinity with regard to the problem of crucifixion, a metaphor she uses for unnecessary violence. She develops a process of relational, womanist theology that considers the empathetic omnipresence of God in the midst of unnecessary suffering and the healing power of God in movement of the Holy Spirit. She engages the contributions of a diversity of theologians like Paul Tillich, Karl Barth, Gordon Kaufman, John Cobb, Jr., Majorie Suchocki, Charles Hartshorne, Andrew Sung Park, and Katie Cannon in her discussion of the dance of the Trinity in creation, and the problem of sin, evil, and suffering. Through creative works like that of Alice Walker's The Color Purple and journalist Joyce King's account of the James Byrd, Jr. murder in Jasper County, Texas, Baker-Fletcher reveals the healing, encouraging power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of survivors of unnecessary violence.

Dancing with God

Dancing with God PDF Author: Alexander
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281059652
Category : Grace (Theology)
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Down-to-earth, engaging and psychologically astute, Dancing with God takes us inside the gospel stories, so we might explore these ideas through imagining ourselves to be in the presence of Jesus.

Dancing with God

Dancing with God PDF Author: Roger Button
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490831231
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
It is easy to see God in a blue sky with puffy clouds. It is harder to see God in the mud puddles. If God is in the blue skies and puffy clouds of life, he is also in the mud puddles. This book is dedicated to helping people see God in the everydayness of life. When things are going well and even when you step into a mud puddle God is there with you and for you. I hope that as you read this book your eyes will start to see the little things that God is up to every daythe little miracles that happen. As people read this book, my prayer is that the broken find healing and the hopeless find hope.

Dancing with God

Dancing with God PDF Author: Timothy Paul Neller
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1643495461
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 359

Book Description
It is the 1960s, and two high school boys are headed in different directions. Terry is an athlete engrossed in himself and filled with anger toward his father, the mayor of St. Louis, who has little time for him or his two siblings. He goes after whatever he wants and knocks down anyone who gets in his way. Nick, a burgeoning Einstein, is timid and withdrawn and buries himself in his school work. Both of them are enchanted by the same girl, Lolly, a wallflower pianist and academic perfectionist who attracts the two boys like a warm bright candle that lures in unsuspecting moths. Their rivalry becomes even more complicated when another girl, Jennifer, comes into their lives. Jennifer, Lolly's best friend, is a dancer who seems destined to become an elite prima ballerina on the New York stage after she graduates from high school. The two girls are concerned about both boys' lack of faith and the directions that their lives may be taking them. Nick is convinced that there is no God, and Terry just doesn't have time for him. But despite of what appears to be an inevitable battle, the two boys are brought together when a series of unexpected events leads them to come face-to-face with God looking for answers in a world that has suddenly become overwhelming and possibly fatal for both of them.

Dancing with God

Dancing with God PDF Author: Reverend Bobbie McKay
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 149171008X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
Dancing with God is a book about the dance we call life. Based on her original research study of Spiritual Life in mainstream, interfaith congregations, Dr. McKay takes us on a journey to discover God available everywhere for all people. She helps us find God in our lives by sharing stories from her own life and from some of the four thousand others in her study. Dr. McKay describes God as Mystery and Presence, reminding us that Gods other name is always surprise! She challenges us to follow a God directed pathway; to trust that Love does not abandon us and to know that Spirit linked to Spirit will change the world. Dancing with God is like a digital book, each chapter containing a unique God experience which you can revisit in whatever order you choose and is a powerful way to share God experiences in a group setting.

Singing and Dancing for God

Singing and Dancing for God PDF Author: Chingwala Musopole
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 999606669X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 477

Book Description
No sooner had northern Malawians started to become Christians in the late 19th century, than they began to compose hymns. Rather than attempting rational discourse or literary production, their first instinct was to sing and dance their faith. In this book Augustine Musopole offers us the first comprehensive analysis of the theology found in the hymns - a ground-breaking contribution to our understanding of African Christianity.

Dancing with the Devil in the City of God

Dancing with the Devil in the City of God PDF Author: Juliana Barbassa
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476756252
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Rio de Janeiro is a city of extremes: from Carnaval's hedonistic delights, to the poverty of the favelas, to the softly seductive samba beat. But there's a dark side to this beautiful city: for years, Rio was ravaged by inflation, drug wars, and crooked leaders, and the legacy of decades of corruption can be seen in the very real struggles the city faces today. Now, Rio is ready to remake itself, this time into a global, modern capital ready for its turn on the world stage with the Olympics in 2016. But at what price? Armed with sharp prose and a reporter's instinct, Rio-born journalist Juliana Barbassa brings a firsthand glimpse of what's really happening in Rio (the good, the bad, and the maddening). She paints a fascinating picture of this city "on the brink," explaining how Rio will succeed (or fail) based on the choices its leaders and citizens make today. But through it all, she never loses sight of the human face of Rio.--Adapted from book jacket.

The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God

The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God PDF Author: Timothy Schaffert
Publisher: Unbridled Books
ISBN: 1936071304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
A blithe and redemptive seriocomic love story filled with country music, the ghosts of Halloween, and an ironic brand of down-home religion. Newly divorced and feeling the pain of separation from his family, Hud Smith channels his regret into writing country-western songs, contemplating life on the lam with his 8-year-old daughter, and searching cryptic postcards for news of his teenage son who has run off with The Daughters of God, an alternative Gospel-punk band of growing fame. Then he finds himself inching toward reconciliation with his ex, tossing his whole talent for misery into question as they head off in a borrowed school bus, hoping so very tentatively to bring the entire family together again. In this endearing misadventure that threatens to turn out right in spite of it all, Schaffert writes a thin line between tragedy and hilarity, turning wry humor and a keen sense of the paradoxical onto characters who deserve all the tender care he gives them.

Dancing in the Dark, Revised Edition

Dancing in the Dark, Revised Edition PDF Author: Graham Buxton
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498221165
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Christians are often tempted to encapsulate God in their own little boxes, as if God could be tied down to our finite way of thinking. But we can neither domesticate nor fully understand God, for theology has a lot to do with coming to terms with the mystery of God. This revised edition of Dancing in the Dark--shaped, as in the first edition, by the two overarching themes of God as Trinity and a theology of participation--embraces the notion of mystery in presenting a compelling vision of seeing all things finally united within the inner life of God. As we engage in Christian ministry, we are summoned to participate as grace-filled faith communities in the triune God's immeasurably loving and healing work in the world, leading those who are in darkness into an awareness of the God who imparts life in all its glorious abundance, that which is so . . . and a journey into the mystery of that which is to come. The liberating ministry of the gospel is both a declaration and an invitation--an invitation to the dance!
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