Author: Kenneth O. GangelPublisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441215336
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Provides the help Christians need to understand and pursue spiritual growth.
A Spiritual Formation Workbook
Author: James Bryan SmithPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062029339
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
This beginning workbook for Spiritual Formation Groups features guidelines for starting a group, study plans for the first nine sessions, and a questionnaire that helps map the way ahead. Based upon six major dimensions of the spiritual life found in the life of Christ and Christian tradition: The Contemplative Tradition - The Holiness Tradition - The Charismatic Tradition - The Social Justice Tradition - The Evangelical Tradition - and The Incarnational Tradition, this workbook program provides all the necessary ingredients to start and maintain a Spiritual Formation Group. Successfully used by thousands of Spiritual Formation Group participants, A Spiritual Formation Workbook has been completely revised to correlate with Richard J. Foster's Streams of Living Water. Its new and updated exercises and teachings offer fresh perspectives on Christian faith and practice. Christian in perspective and ecumenical in breadth, RENOVARÉ (from the Latin, meaning "to renew") is an effort committed to the renewal of the Church. Founded by bestselling writer Richard J. Foster, RENOVARÉ provides individual churches with a balanced, practical, effective small-group strategy for spiritual growth.
Experiencing God's Story of Life and Hope
Author: J. Scott DuvallPublisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 082549494X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Intended for college and seminary courses on spiritual formation, the workbook consists of twelve chapters with three parts each: believing, behaving, and becoming (that is, what virtues to possess). Thus, the thirty-six lessons are holistic, showing that the process of becoming like Christ involves our entire being.
Living the Mission
Author: RenovarePublisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0060841265
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Living the Mission explores what it means to be a Christian today. By examining the early church's struggle in the wake of Jesus's devastating death and awe-inspiring resurrection in the book of Acts, we learn how we can follow Jesus, how Jesus is still with us in the Holy Spirit, and how we are called to form communities into which we are forever inviting others. Conveniently organized for individual or group study, Living the Mission explores the heart of what it means to follow Jesus and be a part of his church.
Invitation to a Journey
Author: Mulholland Jr., M. RobertPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830893733
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
M. Robert Mulholland Jr. fleshes out a carefully worded definition of spiritual formation that encompasses the dynamics of a vital Christian life and counters our culture's tendency to trivialize, methodize and privatize spirituality. Now revised and expanded by Ruth Haley Barton with a new foreword, practices and study guide.
Connecting with God
Author: RenovarePublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061951749
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
How can we experience god? God has communicated with his people throughout the ages in many ways. Adam and Eve encountered him directly in the Garden of Eden, Teresa of Avila experienced him through visions, and Francis of Assisi heard his voice in nature. This book gives practical advice for connecting on a deeply personal level with God. It uncovers new places to look for God, while providing reflection questions and activities to reinvigorate communication with God in such traditional areas as prayer and Bible study. Divided into twelve chapters conveniently organized for individual or group study, each section explores a different area in which we can deepen our individual communion with God. The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Guides, created by Richard J. Foster and the team that developed The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible and the longstanding A Spiritual Formation Workbook, provide tangible lessons that help us become spiritually formed, conformed, and transformed into the image of Jesus Christ. Geared for either individual study or use in small groups, each Renovaré Spiritual Formation Guide explores one facet of our life with God, providing readings from Scripture as well as classic and contemporary works of spirituality. The combination of readings, reflection questions, exercises, and activities makes these books invaluable interactive guides that prompt true spiritual growth.
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook
Author: Adele Ahlberg CalhounPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830899111
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Adele Calhoun's Spiritual Disciplines Handbook has become a standard for those who want to expand their knowledge of spiritual practices. Now this beloved resource has been revised throughout and expanded to include thirteen new disciplines along with a new preface by the author, giving us practical guidance in our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ.
The Good and Beautiful God
Author: James Bryan SmithPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830878343
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Turning to the Gospels, James Bryan Smith invites you to compare your ideas about God with what Jesus himself reveals about his Father. In this Good and Beautiful Series book, Smith leads you through a process of spiritual formation that includes activities aimed at making these new narratives real in your body and soul as well as your mind.
The Good and Beautiful Community
Author: James Bryan SmithPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830861254
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In this Good and Beautiful Series book, James Bryan Smith helps you to live in relationship with others as apprentices of Jesus. He shows how to bring spiritual formation and community engagement together, and he offers spiritual practices that root new, true narratives about God and the world in your soul.
The Dynamics of Spiritual Formation (Ministry Dynamics for a New Century)
Author: Mel LawrenzPublisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1441215115
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Pastors and church leaders can use the normal activities of church life to touch the innermost lives of their flock, fostering spiritual growth and building up the body of Christ.
