Author: Barry L. Callen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532639732
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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It’s the most important subject in Christianity. It reveals who God is, how God works, how we mature as followers of Jesus, and how we are to conduct ourselves in this sinful world. The subject is suffering. To explore it biblically and inspirationally is to identify the basic elements of a responsible Christian theology that’s more than a set of pious abstractions. This subject forces us close to where we hurt, doubt, believe, and relate to our neighbors. God suffers, Jesus cries. The tears of God are the deepest meaning of our history. God’s “problem” is not that God is not able to do certain things, but that God loves. The cross of Jesus was in God’s heart before it appeared on Golgatha. The pain of God is the healing of humanity. The cross, the worst of human doing and the best of divine revelation, clarifies that we must die to really live. We must share in the sufferings of Jesus.
Author: Chuck Crumpton
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
ISBN: 9781642251135
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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EASTER MORNING, 2014 His worldly possessions in a handful of trash bags, his divorce less than a day old, Chuck Crumpton arrived alone to his empty new apartment and wondered, How did I get here? Wasn't I walking the perfect path in building my career, my home, my family? Where do I go from here? Chuck's path was never a straight line. Raised picking tobacco on a family farm in North Carolina, Chuck's journey would take him from a young adulthood struggling to reconcile his faith with a fundamentalist Christian community, to a successful, all-consuming career, culminating in founding and becoming CEO of a multi-million-dollar healthcare consulting firm. As Chuck walked out of that lonely apartment to rebuild his life, he vowed to heal from his failures, learn from his imperfections, and devote his time to the little things that matter most. In The Jagged Journey, Chuck chronicles his life's responsibilities and relationships, gains and losses, adversity and growth. He finds a path forward in understanding, thankfulness, healing, transparency, and vulnerability. Through Chuck's tears of joy and pain, we can learn more about our own path. Because his story offers hope. Though our journey may be jagged, it doesn't always end on a sharp curve. Sometimes the sharpest curves reveal the most profound new beginnings.
Author: Irene Frances Olson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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A JAGGED JOURNEY follows the story of Charlie, a too-trusting thirty-something-year-old high school teacher who thinks he knows what he wants out of life until life itself radically alters his plans. It is the story of single mother, Hannah, and her young son, Sammy, content on their own but open to something more. And then there's Gretchen, an educated professional whose thoughts and opinions are challenged at every turn when the cruelest of detours changes her life forever.Irene Frances Olson, author of REQUIEM FOR THE STATUS QUO, has written a new novel about disparate characters between the ages of seven and seventy-seven that will have you laughing and crying in equal measure. Ms. Olson paints a picture of what it is like for individuals to evolve and arrive at a place where hurt begets joy, smarts don't necessarily equate to intelligence, and vulnerability guarantees increased strength. If you have ever hit speed bumps and roadblocks in your personal life, if your opinions and judgments about others have taken abrupt and unexpected turns, A JAGGED JOURNEY was written for and about you.If you don't see yourself within the pages of this well-developed novel, it just means you haven't yet opened it to discover the richness within its covers. AN EXCELLENT BOOK CLUB SELECTION.
Author: Chuck Crumpton
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
ISBN: 9781642251135
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
EASTER MORNING, 2014 His worldly possessions in a handful of trash bags, his divorce less than a day old, Chuck Crumpton arrived alone to his empty new apartment and wondered, How did I get here? Wasn't I walking the perfect path in building my career, my home, my family? Where do I go from here? Chuck's path was never a straight line. Raised picking tobacco on a family farm in North Carolina, Chuck's journey would take him from a young adulthood struggling to reconcile his faith with a fundamentalist Christian community, to a successful, all-consuming career, culminating in founding and becoming CEO of a multi-million-dollar healthcare consulting firm. As Chuck walked out of that lonely apartment to rebuild his life, he vowed to heal from his failures, learn from his imperfections, and devote his time to the little things that matter most. In The Jagged Journey, Chuck chronicles his life's responsibilities and relationships, gains and losses, adversity and growth. He finds a path forward in understanding, thankfulness, healing, transparency, and vulnerability. Through Chuck's tears of joy and pain, we can learn more about our own path. Because his story offers hope. Though our journey may be jagged, it doesn't always end on a sharp curve. Sometimes the sharpest curves reveal the most profound new beginnings.
Author: Barry Lee Callen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532639759
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Book Description
It's the most important subject in Christianity. It reveals who God is, how God works, how we mature as followers of Jesus, and how we are to conduct ourselves in this sinful world. The subject is suffering. To explore it biblically and inspirationally is to identify the basic elements of a responsible Christian theology that's more than a set of pious abstractions. This subject forces us close to where we hurt, doubt, believe, and relate to our neighbors. God suffers, Jesus cries. The tears of God are the deepest meaning of our history. God's "problem" is not that God is not able to do certain things, but that God loves. The cross of Jesus was in God's heart before it appeared on Golgatha. The pain of God is the healing of humanity. The cross, the worst of human doing and the best of divine revelation, clarifies that we must die to really live. We must share in the sufferings of Jesus.
Author: Barbara Schmitz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936671113
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Author and poet Barbara Schmitz offers a heartful, funny, and deeply moving “spiritual autobiography” that brings the reader along on each stage of her fervent inner quest for mystical experience. Beginning with a Catholic girlhood in Nebraska, she graduates to an unlikely apprenticeship with Allen Ginsberg at the Naropa Institute; a dedicated transcendental meditation practice; and finally to thirty years of joys and struggles with a Sufi teacher (Shahabuddin Less) with whom she travels to Bali, Turkey, India, Kashmir, and the Holy Land. Incisive as lightning—the meaning of her Sufi name, Vajra—her questions and yearnings are our own, and she doesn't let God, her teacher, or herself off the hook.
Author: Kristen Ashley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781455575893
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 247
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The next novel in Kristen Ashley's sizzling Colorado Mountain series introduces a new electrifying relationship that turns Carnal, Colorado into a hotbed of action, romance, and suspense.
Author: Robert Stanek
Publisher: RP Books & Audio
ISBN: 1575458357
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
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FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, BESTSELLING AUTHOR! Exercise your mind and the power of your imagination while embarking on a journey of discovery unlike any other. Journey Beyond the Beyond is a refreshingly unique fantastic adventure that is suitable for readers of all ages while containing all the icky-gooey-creepy details that are sure to delight! Following the village elder's advice, Ray leaves his home village, setting out for the place lost and deep where he will find a companion for his journey to the stone land and where he will discover that there is no easy path from childhood to manhood.
Author: Jeannine Kellogg
Publisher: Jagged Compass LLC
ISBN: 9780999571408
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Siblings Mitch, Tony, and Jovi discover a centuries-long battle to stop mysterious creatures called Grezniks from blowing up Earth and shattering Life to bits, but will they have the courage to join the battle?
Author: Jan Sikes
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509239448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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Vann Noble did his duty. He served his country and returned a shell of a man, wounded inside and out. With a missing limb and battling PTSD, he seeks healing in an isolated cabin outside a small Texas town with a stray dog that sees beyond his master's scars. If only the white rune's magic can bring a happily ever after to a man as broken as Vann. On the run from hired killers and struggling to make sense of her unexplained deadly mission, Nakina Bird seeks refuge in Vann's cabin. She has secrets. Secrets that can get them all killed. A ticking clock and long odds of living or dying, create jarring risks. Will these two not only survive but find unexpected love along the way? Or, will evil forces win and destroy them both?
