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Скачать книги из серии USThe Saint Francis Prayer Book
This warm-hearted little book is a window into the soul of St. Francis, one of the most passionate and inspiring followers of Jesus. «Prayer was to Francis as play is to a child: natural, easy, creative, and joyful,» author Jon Sweeney tells us. «Before it became common to speak in personal terms of a relationship with God, Francis did so and made it seem natural.» With this guide, readers will:
– Pray the words that Francis taught his spiritual brothers and sisters to pray. – Explore Francis's time and place and feel the joy and earnestness of the first Franciscans. – Experience how it is possible to live a contemplative and active life, at the same time. Visit Jon Sweeney's blog at www.jonmsweeney.wordpress.com.
Orthodox Heretic
Rollins has already established himself as a major voice and an astute, generative force within the emergence Christianity. The Orthodox Heretic is his most accessible and engaging work to date." – Phyllis Tickle
In this bold new book Peter Rollins presents a vision of faith that has little regard for the institutions of Christendom. His uncompromising critique of religion, while often unsettline, is infused with a deep and abiding love for what it means to genuinely follow Christ.
Pete Rollins writes with clarity and compelling conviction." – Frank Schaeffer
"I remember driving around Belfast with Pete, sitting in the front seat listening to him tell these parables that he'd written—thinking, ‘Everybody needs to hear these.' And now you can." —Rob Bell, author of Jesus Wants to Save Christians
End of Suffering
Received an Award of Merit from Christianity Today, 2009 and chosen as one of the Top 10 Religion Books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly
Is there meaning in our afflictions?
With the thoughtfulness of a pilgrim and the prose of a poet, Scott Cairns takes us on a soul-baring journey through «the puzzlement of our afflictions.» Probing ancient Christian wisdom for revelation in his own pain, Cairns challenges us toward a radical revision of the full meaning and breadth of human suffering.
Clear-eyed and unsparingly honest, this new addition to the literature of suffering is reminiscent of The Year of Magical Thinking as well as the works of C. S. Lewis. Cairns points us toward hope in the seasons of our afflictions, because «in those trials in our lives that we do not choose but press through—a stillness, a calm, and a hope become available to us.»
"The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering, but a supernatural use for it." –Simone Weil
"Like most people I, too, have been blindsided by personal grief now and again over the years. And I have an increasingly keen sense that, wherever I am, someone nearby is suffering now.
For that reason, I lately have settled in to mull the matter over, gathering my troubled wits to undertake a difficult essay, more like what we used to call an assay, really—an earnest inquiry. I am thinking of it just now as a study in suffering, by which I hope to find some sense in affliction, hoping—just as I have come to hope about experience in general—to make something of it."
Scott Cairns is the author of six collections of poetry including Compass of Affection, and the memoir Short Trip to the Edge. His poetry and nonfiction have been included in Best American Spiritual Writing and other anthologies. His poems have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and The New Republic. He is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at the University of Missouri.
Sound of Us
Nie hätte sich Jake auch nur in seinen kühnsten Träumen vorstellen können, mal mit zwei Männern zusammen zu sein. Vieles ist noch immer neu, aber sowohl er als auch Cris und Chet sind fest entschlossen, für alle Probleme gemeinsam eine Lösung zu finden. Und das funktioniert eine Weile auch hervorragend… bis Cris sich plötzlich unvermittelt von Jake und Chet zurückzieht. Ihre Liebe wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt, während Cris mit seiner Vergangenheit zu kämpfen hat, vor der er seine beiden Partner um jeden Preis schützen will. Aber was passiert, wenn gerade diese Entscheidung ihre Beziehung gefährdet? Wird Cris noch rechtzeitig erkennen, dass er diese Hürde nur mit Jakes und Chets Hilfe überwinden kann?