The spiritual career
The spiritual career

Author: Wayne Back

Publisher: Wayne Back

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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This book helps Christians to discover and celebrate their calling to the workplace. Most Christians are called to the workplace and this book gives a solid biblical foundation to the pursuit of your career-calling. I bring my experience as a Bible College lecturer and principal, as a pastor for twenty years and as a corporate trainer to fill this book with practical understanding on how to both follow your calling and be excellent in the pursuit of your career The chapter titles are: 1. Embracing a calling-driven career 2. Using gifts and passions in your career: The key to personal effectiveness 3. “Activities” in your career: Expressing your uniqueness 4.Being led by the Spirit in your career: Leadings for spiritual work, physical work and decision making 5. The great commandments: The foundation of priorities 6. Establishing work priorities: Six aspects to consider 7. Time management: Redeeming the time 8. Excellent customer service: Showing servanthood at work 9. Effective Communication: Understanding others 10. Stress Management: Learning the easy yoke 11. Stress Management: Building inner strength 12. Career Planning: Pressing on towards the goal 13. Personal and Professional Development: Being transformed This book answers questions like: How do I get started on a Christian career when I have absolutely no money? How might Christian beliefs affect his/hers choice for a career? As a Christian, would God allow me to choose my own job or career? What's a good Christian reason to work hard at my career? I am a Christian and am looking for a career that will help me out as well as my spiritual life. Do you think there are certain careers that are not fit for Christians who are serious and really want to take the cross and follow Jesus. How does a Christian pursue any sort of career in a for-profit company with any heart? Can one be successful in spiritual practices and be successful in the worldly career simultaneously? How do I find spiritual purpose in my career? I am looking for a Christian career but still need to support my family. What is a good career that uses my Spiritual Gifts? Are excellent grades important in understanding my career? Without praying or anything spiritual, how you know a suitable career for you?

Miracles at Work
Miracles at Work

Author: Emily Bennington

Publisher: Sounds True

Published: 2017-02-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1622037251

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Millions have embraced the insights of A Course in Miracles as a source of vision, empowerment, and deeper connection with others. For years, author and career expert Emily Bennington has quietly drawn upon this inspired text’s most useful principles to help thousands succeed in their vocations. With Miracles at Work, she invites kindred spirits—those who yearn to bring their spiritual selves into their professional lives—to begin the adventure. Merging principles of the Course with her own proven strategies for on-the-job success, Emily illuminates for readers at any career stage how to: liberate yourself from self-defeating patterns and tune into opportunities; transform conflicts with difficult people; respond to challenges with calmness and wisdom; and draw from the well of energy and universal wisdom available to all of us

Career, Lifestyle, and Spiritual Development
Career, Lifestyle, and Spiritual Development

Author: Teri Hourihan

Publisher:

Published: 2022-07-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781793589583

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Career, Lifestyle, and Spiritual Development: Work, Purpose, Calling, and God helps readers develop the knowledge required to assist career counseling clients in understanding how work and other life roles are connected to their individual purpose and spiritual life. The book is divided into five sections with each chapter written by a key expert in the field. Section 1 discusses the history of work from scriptural and secular perspectives, ethical practices, and how to conduct a client assessment. Section 2 covers major career counseling theories and theorists and includes a chapter dedicated to spiritual approaches to career counseling. In Section 3, students learn how to help clients discover vocational strengths and set meaningful career goals. Sections 4 and 5 focus on counseling diverse populations and meeting the unique needs of clients. The text employs Biblical scripture, case studies, counseling theory, personal accounts, and activities to reinforce learnings. The second edition features updates on job loss transition, career counseling, and the history of calling and career counseling. Career, Lifestyle, and Spiritual Development is ideal for courses in career or pastoral counseling, lifestyle development, and human services, especially those offered at faith-based institutions. The book contains all the information required for use in a CACREP-accredited counseling program.

Job and the Mystery of Suffering
Job and the Mystery of Suffering

Author: Richard Rohr

Publisher: Gracewing Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780852443088

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Richard Rohr, internationally known retreat leader, speaker and writer, plumbs the depths of the Job's story and its relevance for us today. Rohr strips Christian faith down to the essentials, beyond glib answers and a "hand-me-down" experience of God, and points the way to true knowing. In this invigorating exploration, the tension between suffering and faith becomes a powerful means to an authentic, open connection with the divine.

The Buddha Walks into the Office
The Buddha Walks into the Office

Author: Lodro Rinzler

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0834829908

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Wisdom for "Generation Next" on how to make your work meaningful, satisfying, and of benefit to others Does it ever seem that a lot of the people you work with are, well, jerks? This book is about how not to let work turn you into one of them. Apply the simple Buddhist teachings and practices Lodro Rinzler provides here to whatever you do for a living, and you’ll not only avoid jerk-hood, but you’ll be setting out on the path toward making your livelihood an expression of your inherent wisdom, honesty, and compassion. You’ll discover practical ways to bring mindfulness into administrative support, cabinet-making, financial management, nursing, truck-driving, or latté-brewing. In the process, you’ll discover genuine empathy for the folks you once found so difficult. You’ll also learn leadership skills that apply compassion to management in a way that increases happiness along with efficiency. This is career advice of the profoundest kind, geared toward today’s twenty- and thirty-something workers and job-seekers whose employment outlook is radically different from that of a generation ago. As Lodro shows, even if the path of work shifts beneath your feet, it’s possible to make your livelihood a source of satisfaction and of deep meaning.

What I Know For Sure
What I Know For Sure

Author: Oprah Winfrey

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2014-09-02

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1250054079

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The inspirational wisdom Oprah Winfrey shares in her monthly O., The Oprah Magazine column updated, curated, and collected for the first time in a beautiful keepsake book. As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show - the highest-rated program of its kind, launched her own television network, become the nation's only African-American billionaire, and been awarded both an honorary degree by Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. From all her experiences, she has gleaned life lessons—which, for fourteen years, she's shared in O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular "What I Know For Sure" column, a monthly source of inspiration and revelation. Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have been revised, updated, and collected in What I Know For Sure, a beautiful cloth bound book with a ribbon marker, packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme—joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power—these essays offer a rare, powerful and intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women—while providing readers a guide to becoming their best selves. Candid, moving, exhilarating, uplifting, and frequently humorous, the words Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of truth that readers will turn to again and again.

The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .
The Buddha Walks into a Bar . . .

Author: Lodro Rinzler

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2012-01-10

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0834827751

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A guide to Buddhism for 20-somethings who are grappling with the ups and downs of adulthood—from an eloquent and funny young teacher This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. The Buddha Walks Into a Bar . . . is about integrating that "spiritual practice thing" into a life that includes beer, sex, social media, and a boss who doesn’t understand you. It’s about making a difference in yourself and making a difference in your world, whether you’ve got everything figured out yet or not. This is Buddhism for a new generation—one that is leaving the safe growth spurts of college and entering a turbulent, uncertain workforce. With humor and candor, teacher Lodro Rinzler offers an introduction to Buddhism for anyone who wants to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion. You’ll learn how to use meditation techniques to work with your own mind, how to manage the pervasive "Incredible Hulk Syndrome," how to relax into your life despite external pressures, and ultimately how you can start to bring light to a dark world. Applying Rinzler's Buddhist teachings can have a positive impact on every nook and cranny of your life—whether you’re interested in being a Buddhist or not.

Spiritual Emergency
Spiritual Emergency

Author: Stanislav Grof

Publisher: TarcherPerigee

Published: 1989-09

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13:

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Argues that many episodes of transformational crisis have been misdiagnosed as mental illness, and explains how to use such a crisis for spiritual development.

Watching Your Life
Watching Your Life

Author: Teja Anand

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-06-30

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9781072815617

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"Watching Your Life" - Meditation Simplified and Demystified is your introduction to the easiest, most powerful form of meditation anyone can practice and gain benefits from instantly. With a grasp of the essence of meditation that has been called "unsurpassed," lifelong meditation teacher and awakening guide Teja Anand leads you out of the quagmire and confusion of the profusion of meditation styles, clarifying meditation's true intention in reality, along with the easiest, most effective practice in clear, non-mystical language and accessible, down-to-earth instructions.

Career Quest
Career Quest

Author: Mary Rose Remington

Publisher:

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9780974654805

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Career Quest is a spiritual guide to help people find work they love. Packed with practical tips, and emotional support for readers seeking meaningful, energizing work. "A unique and thought-provoking perspective on purpose." "A marvelous short course on getting the most out of life and work."