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Author: Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2011-01-28
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0830868399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor and speaker Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo believes the survival of African American communities depends on the renewal of mentoring relationships. That's why in these pages she calls all sisters to either become a spiritual mother or be mentored by one.
Author: Sarah McFarland Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-09-15
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0674027108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKListen to a short interview with Sarah McFarland TaylorHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & CraneIt is perhaps the critical issue of our time: How can we, as human beings, find ethical and sustainable ways to live with one another and with other living beings on this planet? Inviting us into the world of green sisters, this book provides compelling answers from a variety of religious communities. Green sisters are environmentally active Catholic nuns who are working to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. Sarah Taylor approaches this world as an "intimate outsider." Neither Roman Catholic nor member of a religious order, she is a scholar well versed in both ethnography and American religious history who has also spent time shucking garlic and digging vegetable beds with the sisters. With her we encounter sisters in North America who are sod-busting the manicured lawns around their motherhouses to create community-supported organic gardens; building alternative housing structures and hermitages from renewable materials; adopting the "green" technology of composting toilets, solar panels, fluorescent lighting, and hybrid vehicles; and turning their community properties into land trusts with wildlife sanctuaries. Green Sisters gives us a firsthand understanding of the practice and experience of women whose lives bring together Catholicism and ecology, orthodoxy and activism, traditional theology and a passionate mission to save the planet. As green sisters explore ways of living a meaningful religious life in the face of increased cultural diversity and ecological crisis, their story offers hope for the future--and for a deeper understanding of the connections between women, religion, ecology, and culture.
Author: Colleen Carroll Campbell
Publisher: Image
Published: 2012-10-30
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0770436501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA poignant and powerful spiritual memoir about how the lives of the saints changed the life of a modern woman. In My Sisters the Saints, author Colleen Carroll Campbell blends her personal narrative of spiritual seeking, trials, stumbles, and breakthroughs with the stories of six women saints who profoundly changed her life: Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein of Germany, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Mary of Nazareth. Drawing upon the rich writings and examples of these extraordinary women, the author reveals Christianity's liberating power for women and the relevance of the saints to the lives of contemporary Christians.
Author: Lynn V. Andrews
Publisher: Harper San Francisco
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780062500120
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHelps readers construct and decorate their own shamanic "mask of power"--symbol of their truest selves--to use in finding their real identity, relating their social and spiritual lives more closely, and participating in rituals to save Mother Earth. Original.
Author: Linda M. Lewis
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9780826261045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLewis (English, Bethany College) studies Browning's religion as poetry and her poetry as religion, interpreting her literary life as an arduous spiritual quest. Using insights from contemporary feminist thought, she argues that Browning's religious assumptions and insights range from the conventional to the iconoclastic and that her political and social ideology are consistent in light of her spiritual quest. Draws on Browning's most admired poetry as well as her early poems and her political works, and compares her ideology to that of early feminists, conservatives, and male Victorian poets. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Robin Kirby-Gatto
Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers
Published: 2010-07-28
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0768490596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Glory to Glory Sisterhood breaks down barriers between women, building up their faith in God and their bonds with each other. The Glory to Glory Sisterhood invites Christian women to join God’s “sisterhood sorority” by exploring sensitive-to-women issues including: • Rejection. • Coveting. • Receiving love. • Disappointment. • Insecurity. • Accepting themselves as beautiful. Robin Kirby-Gatto draws on her own experiences of rejection, worthlessness, and rebellion to create bonds of trust and understanding among women of all ages, “to bring women into unity where we see each other through the eyes of Christ.” She begins with her own story, showing the depths God went to redeem and call her to fulfill her destiny and purpose. The Glory to Glory Sisterhood addresses worldly standards that have come against women in general that have built strongholds of competition through jealousy, pride, gossip, and judgment—giving women false expectations about how to treat each other—and empowers them to move forward using God’s standard to propel them into godly, sisterly relationships. Probing questions at the conclusion of each meaningful chapter open your heart to Jesus, the Lover of your soul, and allow you to take a deeper look at your Savior—and yourself.
Author: Margaret van Noort
Publisher: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780866985352
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1635, as directed by her confessor so that he might understand "the state of her soul," Margaret Van Noort, a lay sister of the royal convent of Discalced Carmelite nuns in Brussels, composed her spiritual autobiography. This text was followed by two diaries in 1636 and 1637 recording the workings of her inner life and relation to God, and reflecting the cosmopolitan Catholic tradition of her homeland. Now gathered in this volume, these works illustrate Margaret's development from a troubled young lay sister into a woman of spiritual experience and authority.
Author: David G. Benner
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2015-09-24
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0830899448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this expanded edition of a spiritual formation classic, David G. Benner explores the twin themes of love and surrender as the heart of Christian spirituality. God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation, but invites us to enter into an authentic relationship of intimacy and devotion—by surrendering to love.
Author: The Daughters of Saint Paul
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-07-05
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1982158034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore and more people-- especially millennials-- are turning to religion as a source of comfort and solace in our increasingly chaotic world. Rather than live a cloistered life of seclusion, the Daughters of Saint Paul actively embrace social media to evangelize, collectively calling themselves the #MediaNuns. In this collective memoir, eight of these Sisters share their own discernment journeys, struggles and crises of faith that they have overcome, and episodes from their daily lives. They offer practical takeaways and tips for living a more spiritually-fulfilled life, no matter your religious affiliation. -- adapted from jacket
Author: Michael Flagg
Publisher: USB Vision Press
Published: 2014-10-20
Total Pages: 630
ISBN-13: 9780991242221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpiritual Light: Universal Teachings from the Highest Spirit Realms. "A fascinating account of what is possible for humans as multi-dimensional beings." -- Deepak Chopra. These are the teachings of a group of Illumined Souls of the most advanced wisdom and spirituality, yet humble, who seek to spiritualize and unite humanity, to awaken people to the many spiritual realities of life, and to thereby avoid the misery and havoc we create on earth. In Spiritual Light--their complete official teachings--these souls offer us their collective knowledge of truth, of spiritual laws, and of a way of life to bring peace and harmony to us all. They include many of the greatest prophets, enlightened beings, and noble souls this world has known. Through this book they are working to build the brother-and-sisterhood of all people; they teach that each of us is forever connected with all human beings and with our creator. These beautiful and inspiring teachings are extraordinarily pure, for these times, and given directly by the most spiritually advanced beings, which is extremely rare. The teachings are not a religion but are presented for all people, regardless of their beliefs, in a down-to-earth, clear, and simple way. They address truth, spiritual laws, love, responsibility, spiritual progress, psychic phenomena, life on earth and in the spirit realms, and many related subjects. The Illumined Souls shared and helped to compose these extensive teachings through 25 years of collaboration, using the most highly spiritual and skilled mediums available. They ask us to accept only what our inner being tells us is true and our reason completely embraces. Presented by: The Universal Spiritual Brother&Sisterhood. Published by (imprint): USB Vision Press. Web site: www.TheUSB.org
