Life Is Messy

Life Is Messy

Author: Matthew Kelly

Publisher: Blue Sparrow

Published: 2021-08-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781635822007

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Life is messy. It isn't a color-within-the-lines exercise. It's a wild and outrageous invitation full of uncertain outcomes. The mess of life is both inevitable and unexpected. It is filled with delightful mysteries and frustrating predicaments. In our disposable culture, we throw broken things away. So, what will we do with broken people, broken relationships, broken institutions, broken families, and of course, our very own broken selves? We are all broken and wounded. This book is about putting our lives back together, and allowing ourselves to be put back together, when life doesn't turn out as we expected it to. Based on his own heart-wrenching personal journals, Matthew Kelly shares how the worst three years of his life affected him, by exploring this question: Can someone who has been broken be healed and become more beautiful and more lovable than ever before? The answer will fill you with hope. There has never been a more urgent need for us to attend to what is happening within us. This is quite simply the right book at the right time.


Church History

Church History

Author: Gloria Shahin

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781599821481

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-311) and index.


Let Nothing Disturb You

Let Nothing Disturb You

Author: Teresa of Avila

Publisher: Ave Maria Press

Published: 2008-04-28

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1594713138

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Discover the timeless spiritual counsel of St. Teresa of Avila, first woman Doctor of the Church, in an easily accessible format. In Let Nothing Disturb You, selections from Teresa's writings have been carefully chosen and arranged for morning and evening meditation. Each book in theGreat Spiritual Teachers series provides a month of daily readings from one of Christianity's most beloved spiritual guides. For each day there is a brief and accessible morning meditation drawn from the mystic's writings, a simple mantra for use throughout the day, and a night prayer to focus one's thoughts as the day ends. These easy-to-use books are the perfect prayer companion for busy people who want to root their spiritual practice in the solid ground of these great spiritual teachers.


Unlocking "Secret" Obstacles in the South

Unlocking

Author: ED Graves

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2021-10-13

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1982273038

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This book is about the transitional stages of black people freeing themselves from slavery, information never taught in any of our schools in this Country. It expresses a look at the people who came from the lowest form on Earth to the highest office in the land, the presidency of the United States, the only people on Earth who were divided and separated but still managed to create our own language in this Country. A look at the circumstances of Eve taking the blame for the destruction of all mankind unfairly! There have always been secret names and obstacles for black people in America, Black people have also been displaced and sold into slavery in every country on Earth to include Russia.


The Ignatian Workout for Lent

The Ignatian Workout for Lent

Author: Tim Muldoon

Publisher: Loyola Press

Published: 2013-12-12

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 0829440402

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A follow-up to his wildly popular The Ignatian Workout, Tim Muldoon applies the principles of discernment, reflection, and action to guide readers to grow in love and transform their Lenten experience. This bite-sized volume provides forty brief exercises—organized according to the four “weeks” of prayer from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius—and can be used by anyone during Lent to help readers become both hearers and doers of the Word of God.


Religion and the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans

Religion and the Rise of Jim Crow in New Orleans

Author: James B. Bennett

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780691121482

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"Drawing on a range of local and personal accounts from the post-Reconstruction period, newspapers, and church records Bennett's analysis challenges the assumption that churches fell into fixed patterns of segregation without a fight. In sacred no less than secular spheres, establishing Jim Crow constituted a long, slow, and complicated journey that extended well into the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.


Interior Freedom

Interior Freedom

Author: Jacques Philippe

Publisher: Scepter Publishers

Published: 2017-03-29

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1594170967

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Interior Freedom leads one to discover that even in the most unfavorable outward circumstances we possess within ourselves a space of freedom that nobody can take away, because God is its source and guarantee. Without this discovery we will always be restricted in some way and will never taste true happiness. Author Jacques Philippe develops a simple but important theme: we gain possession of our interior freedom in exact proportion to our growth in faith, hope, and love. He explains that the dynamism between these three theological virtues is the heart of the spiritual life, and he underlines the key role of the virtue of hope in our inner growth. Written in a simple and inviting style, Interior Freedom seeks to liberate the heart and mind to live the true freedom to which God calls each one.


The Fall of Rome

The Fall of Rome

Author: Bryan Ward-Perkins

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2006-07-12

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0191622362

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Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall of Rome' was a largely peaceful transition to Germanic rule, and the start of a positive cultural transformation. Bryan Ward-Perkins encourages every reader to think again by reclaiming the drama and violence of the last days of the Roman world, and reminding us of the very real horrors of barbarian occupation. Attacking new sources with relish and making use of a range of contemporary archaeological evidence, he looks at both the wider explanations for the disintegration of the Roman world and also the consequences for the lives of everyday Romans, in a world of economic collapse, marauding barbarians, and the rise of a new religious orthodoxy. He also looks at how and why successive generations have understood this period differently, and why the story is still so significant today.


The Discernment of Spirits

The Discernment of Spirits

Author: Timothy M. Gallagher

Publisher: Crossroad

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780824549855

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This handy, easy-to-use workbook is chock full of probing questions, real-life stories, and practical tips on how to apply the profound spiritual insights from the Ignatian tradition of patient, prayerful self-examination. Acclaimed interpreter of Saint Ignatius, author Father Gallagher provides clear explanations of the centuries-old Jesuit method of discerning God's will in one's life--and avoiding evil. A practical guide and journaling tool, it includes ample space on every page for notes, reflections, and journaling, all to help readers track their progress toward a closer, more loving union with God.