Author: Maurie Daigneau
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059530205X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
In the summer before his senior year as quarterback of Northwestern University's football team, Maurie Daigneau attended his first Fellowship of Christian Athletes conference. By mid-week, his life had been changed forever. He had become a born-again Christian. For the next 16 years, his life had all the accepted appearances of true faith: great marriage, five wonderful children, vocational contentment, heavy church involvement, and a genuine desire to be living rightly before the Lord. Then it happened: a troubling life circumstance that filled Maurie with bitterness and disillusionment. He clung to his faith foundation, but it was like sand. Something was wrong and he knew it, but where could he go for help? Unable to reconcile these feelings with his faith, Maurie opened his heart to the Lord. What did he not understand? Where had he gone wrong? One Lord, One Truth, One Faith is the story of a passionate searching and a significant discovery. Writing to his children, Maurie lays out the heart of that discovery: the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, a truth he had never known.
One Couple Two Faiths
Author: Marion Usher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781624291487
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781624291487
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Being Both
Author: Susan Katz Miller
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080701320X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A book on the growing number of interfaith families raising children in two religions Susan Katz Miller grew up with a Jewish father and Christian mother, and was raised Jewish. Now in an interfaith marriage herself, she is a leader in the growing movement of families electing to raise children in both religions, rather than in one religion or the other (or without religion). Miller draws on original surveys and interviews with parents, students, teachers, and clergy, as well as on her own journey, in chronicling this grassroots movement. Being Both is a book for couples and families considering this pathway, and for the clergy and extended family who want to support them. Miller offers inspiration and reassurance for parents exploring the unique benefits and challenges of dual-faith education, and she rebuts many of the common myths about raising children with two faiths. Being Both heralds a new America of inevitable racial, ethnic, and religious intermarriage, and asks couples who choose both religions to celebrate this decision.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080701320X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
A book on the growing number of interfaith families raising children in two religions Susan Katz Miller grew up with a Jewish father and Christian mother, and was raised Jewish. Now in an interfaith marriage herself, she is a leader in the growing movement of families electing to raise children in both religions, rather than in one religion or the other (or without religion). Miller draws on original surveys and interviews with parents, students, teachers, and clergy, as well as on her own journey, in chronicling this grassroots movement. Being Both is a book for couples and families considering this pathway, and for the clergy and extended family who want to support them. Miller offers inspiration and reassurance for parents exploring the unique benefits and challenges of dual-faith education, and she rebuts many of the common myths about raising children with two faiths. Being Both heralds a new America of inevitable racial, ethnic, and religious intermarriage, and asks couples who choose both religions to celebrate this decision.
'Til Faith Do Us Part
Author: Naomi Schaefer Riley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199873755
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In the last decade, 45% of all marriages in the U.S. were between people of different faiths. The rapidly growing number of mixed-faith families has become a source of hope, encouraging openness and tolerance among religious communities that historically have been insular and suspicious of other faiths. Yet as Naomi Schaefer Riley demonstrates in 'Til Faith Do Us Part, what is good for society as a whole often proves difficult for individual families: interfaith couples, Riley shows, are less happy than others and certain combinations of religions are more likely to lead to divorce. Drawing on in-depth interviews with married and once-married couples, clergy, counselors, sociologists, and others, Riley shows that many people enter into interfaith marriages without much consideration of the fundamental spiritual, doctrinal, and practical issues that divide them. Couples tend to marry in their twenties and thirties, a time when religion diminishes in importance, only to return to faith as they grow older and raise children, suffer the loss of a parent, or experience other major life challenges. Riley suggests that a devotion to diversity as well as to a romantic ideal blinds many interfaith couples to potential future problems. Even when they recognize deeply held differences, couples believe that love conquers all. As a result, they fail to ask the necessary questions about how they will reconcile their divergent worldviews-about raising children, celebrating holidays, interacting with extended families, and more. An obsession with tolerance at all costs, Riley argues, has made discussing the problems of interfaith marriage taboo. 'Til Faith Do Us Part is a fascinating exploration of the promise and peril of interfaith marriage today. It will be required reading not only for interfaith couples or anyone considering interfaith marriage, but for all those interested in learning more about this significant, yet understudied phenomenon and the impact it is having on America.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199873755
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In the last decade, 45% of all marriages in the U.S. were between people of different faiths. The rapidly growing number of mixed-faith families has become a source of hope, encouraging openness and tolerance among religious communities that historically have been insular and suspicious of other faiths. Yet as Naomi Schaefer Riley demonstrates in 'Til Faith Do Us Part, what is good for society as a whole often proves difficult for individual families: interfaith couples, Riley shows, are less happy than others and certain combinations of religions are more likely to lead to divorce. Drawing on in-depth interviews with married and once-married couples, clergy, counselors, sociologists, and others, Riley shows that many people enter into interfaith marriages without much consideration of the fundamental spiritual, doctrinal, and practical issues that divide them. Couples tend to marry in their twenties and thirties, a time when religion diminishes in importance, only to return to faith as they grow older and raise children, suffer the loss of a parent, or experience other major life challenges. Riley suggests that a devotion to diversity as well as to a romantic ideal blinds many interfaith couples to potential future problems. Even when they recognize deeply held differences, couples believe that love conquers all. As a result, they fail to ask the necessary questions about how they will reconcile their divergent worldviews-about raising children, celebrating holidays, interacting with extended families, and more. An obsession with tolerance at all costs, Riley argues, has made discussing the problems of interfaith marriage taboo. 'Til Faith Do Us Part is a fascinating exploration of the promise and peril of interfaith marriage today. It will be required reading not only for interfaith couples or anyone considering interfaith marriage, but for all those interested in learning more about this significant, yet understudied phenomenon and the impact it is having on America.
Doublelife
Author: Harold Berman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615721156
Category : Interfaith families
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Does love really conquer all? It truly was love at first sight, even though Gayle was the Minister of Music in a Texas mega-church and Harold was a secular Jew from New York. Fate brought them together. But destiny had something else in mind. From the Bible Belt to northernmost Russia to the heart of the Jewish world, Doublelife is really about the journey within, to discover who we are and who we are meant to be. Written as a series of letters to each other, Doublelife allows the reader to eavesdrop on the conversation as it unfolds. At once funny, heartrending, and inspirational, Doublelife is a story of finding love, transforming the spirit, and overcoming what life sends you against seemingly insurmountable odds.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615721156
Category : Interfaith families
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Does love really conquer all? It truly was love at first sight, even though Gayle was the Minister of Music in a Texas mega-church and Harold was a secular Jew from New York. Fate brought them together. But destiny had something else in mind. From the Bible Belt to northernmost Russia to the heart of the Jewish world, Doublelife is really about the journey within, to discover who we are and who we are meant to be. Written as a series of letters to each other, Doublelife allows the reader to eavesdrop on the conversation as it unfolds. At once funny, heartrending, and inspirational, Doublelife is a story of finding love, transforming the spirit, and overcoming what life sends you against seemingly insurmountable odds.
Celebrating Interfaith Marriages
Author: Devon A. Lerner
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805060836
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The first comprehensive wedding guide specifically for the Jewish/Christian couple who wants to honor both religious traditions in their service, vows, and readings. Saying "I do" is one of the happiest moments in a couple's life together--but planning that trip to the altar can be a stressful ordeal. The minute an engagement is announced two full clans want to celebrate the union their way! When one of those families is Jewish (50 percent of whom now marry outside their faith) and the other is Christian, the religious details can increase the pressure on the bride- and groom-to-be. Celebrating Interfaith Marriages provides all of the expert advice on how to combine elements of the two faiths so everyone can rejoice with the bride and groom on their wedding day. Devon Lerner draws from her twenty years of officiating interfaith weddings as she discusses the significance of vows and traditions unique to both faiths and suggests how to incorporate them into a service that is balanced and beautiful. She provides Christian and Jewish services readers can mix and match, as well as custom-bled ceremonies contributed by couples who have worked with her over the years. There's a chapter on how to avoid crashes on issues like location, when the ceremony takes place, and whether the bride and groom should see each other before meeting at the altar. A full section of readings, both biblical and secular, are here too, as well as anecdotes that will reassure and amuse. No interfaith couple will want to be without this essential handbook when they plan their special day.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805060836
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The first comprehensive wedding guide specifically for the Jewish/Christian couple who wants to honor both religious traditions in their service, vows, and readings. Saying "I do" is one of the happiest moments in a couple's life together--but planning that trip to the altar can be a stressful ordeal. The minute an engagement is announced two full clans want to celebrate the union their way! When one of those families is Jewish (50 percent of whom now marry outside their faith) and the other is Christian, the religious details can increase the pressure on the bride- and groom-to-be. Celebrating Interfaith Marriages provides all of the expert advice on how to combine elements of the two faiths so everyone can rejoice with the bride and groom on their wedding day. Devon Lerner draws from her twenty years of officiating interfaith weddings as she discusses the significance of vows and traditions unique to both faiths and suggests how to incorporate them into a service that is balanced and beautiful. She provides Christian and Jewish services readers can mix and match, as well as custom-bled ceremonies contributed by couples who have worked with her over the years. There's a chapter on how to avoid crashes on issues like location, when the ceremony takes place, and whether the bride and groom should see each other before meeting at the altar. A full section of readings, both biblical and secular, are here too, as well as anecdotes that will reassure and amuse. No interfaith couple will want to be without this essential handbook when they plan their special day.
The Two Will Become One Flesh
Author: Pastor Lewis L. Tucker Jr.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478755040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Who Said Marriage Didn't Come With a Set of Instructions? See contrary to popular belief God ... never intended for us to just barely get along, or simply tolerate each other, and marriage was never supposed to be temporary, He said The Two Will Become One Flesh. (Mark 10:8 NIV) Marriage, as God designed it, is what happens when He combines the lives of an ordinary man and woman to create one extraordinary life!! And in this book you will obtain the tools necessary to possess a Godly marriage. So why settle for average when you were destined for greatness.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478755040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Who Said Marriage Didn't Come With a Set of Instructions? See contrary to popular belief God ... never intended for us to just barely get along, or simply tolerate each other, and marriage was never supposed to be temporary, He said The Two Will Become One Flesh. (Mark 10:8 NIV) Marriage, as God designed it, is what happens when He combines the lives of an ordinary man and woman to create one extraordinary life!! And in this book you will obtain the tools necessary to possess a Godly marriage. So why settle for average when you were destined for greatness.
Interfaith Family Journal
Author: Susan Katz Miller
Publisher: Skinner House Books
ISBN: 9781558968257
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Interfaith Family Journal is an invaluable resource for couples and family members practicing different religions (or none). Interactive exercises and creative activities help interfaith families decide how they want to honor their histories, cultures, and beliefs in ways that nurture joy, creativity, and empowerment. With space for writing directly in the book and suggestions for engaging in deep conversation, the book becomes a keepsake of the journey toward each interfaith family's unique practice and identity.
Publisher: Skinner House Books
ISBN: 9781558968257
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Interfaith Family Journal is an invaluable resource for couples and family members practicing different religions (or none). Interactive exercises and creative activities help interfaith families decide how they want to honor their histories, cultures, and beliefs in ways that nurture joy, creativity, and empowerment. With space for writing directly in the book and suggestions for engaging in deep conversation, the book becomes a keepsake of the journey toward each interfaith family's unique practice and identity.
Born Again This Way
Author: Rachel Gilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784983901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Addresses some of the questions raised by Christians with same-sex attraction. As a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, is it possible to live a life that's both faithful and fulfiling? Rachel Gilson wants to show you that it is and that it's not just a case of limping to the finish line, it's possible to run the race with joy. In this powerful and personal book, she describes her own unexpected journey of coming out and coming to faith... and what came next. As she does so, she addresses many of the questions that Christians living with same-sex attraction are wrestling with: Am I consigned to a life of loneliness? How do I navigate my friendships? Will my desires ever change? Is there some greater purpose to all this? What comes next, and next, and next? Drawing on insights from the Bible and the experiences of others, Born Again This Way provides assurance and encouragement for Christians with same-sex attraction, and paints a compelling picture of discipleship for every believer. Whatever your sexuality, this book is an inspiring testimony of how a life submitted to Jesus will be fulfilling and fruitful, but not always in the ways we might expect.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784983901
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Addresses some of the questions raised by Christians with same-sex attraction. As a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, is it possible to live a life that's both faithful and fulfiling? Rachel Gilson wants to show you that it is and that it's not just a case of limping to the finish line, it's possible to run the race with joy. In this powerful and personal book, she describes her own unexpected journey of coming out and coming to faith... and what came next. As she does so, she addresses many of the questions that Christians living with same-sex attraction are wrestling with: Am I consigned to a life of loneliness? How do I navigate my friendships? Will my desires ever change? Is there some greater purpose to all this? What comes next, and next, and next? Drawing on insights from the Bible and the experiences of others, Born Again This Way provides assurance and encouragement for Christians with same-sex attraction, and paints a compelling picture of discipleship for every believer. Whatever your sexuality, this book is an inspiring testimony of how a life submitted to Jesus will be fulfilling and fruitful, but not always in the ways we might expect.
One Lord, One Truth, One Faith
Author: Maurie Daigneau
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059530205X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
In the summer before his senior year as quarterback of Northwestern University's football team, Maurie Daigneau attended his first Fellowship of Christian Athletes conference. By mid-week, his life had been changed forever. He had become a born-again Christian. For the next 16 years, his life had all the accepted appearances of true faith: great marriage, five wonderful children, vocational contentment, heavy church involvement, and a genuine desire to be living rightly before the Lord. Then it happened: a troubling life circumstance that filled Maurie with bitterness and disillusionment. He clung to his faith foundation, but it was like sand. Something was wrong and he knew it, but where could he go for help? Unable to reconcile these feelings with his faith, Maurie opened his heart to the Lord. What did he not understand? Where had he gone wrong? One Lord, One Truth, One Faith is the story of a passionate searching and a significant discovery. Writing to his children, Maurie lays out the heart of that discovery: the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, a truth he had never known.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059530205X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
In the summer before his senior year as quarterback of Northwestern University's football team, Maurie Daigneau attended his first Fellowship of Christian Athletes conference. By mid-week, his life had been changed forever. He had become a born-again Christian. For the next 16 years, his life had all the accepted appearances of true faith: great marriage, five wonderful children, vocational contentment, heavy church involvement, and a genuine desire to be living rightly before the Lord. Then it happened: a troubling life circumstance that filled Maurie with bitterness and disillusionment. He clung to his faith foundation, but it was like sand. Something was wrong and he knew it, but where could he go for help? Unable to reconcile these feelings with his faith, Maurie opened his heart to the Lord. What did he not understand? Where had he gone wrong? One Lord, One Truth, One Faith is the story of a passionate searching and a significant discovery. Writing to his children, Maurie lays out the heart of that discovery: the truth of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, a truth he had never known.
'Til Faith Do Us Part
Author: Naomi Schaefer Riley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199978093
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In the last decade, 45% of all marriages in the U.S. were between people of different faiths. The rapidly growing number of mixed-faith families has become a source of hope, encouraging openness and tolerance among religious communities that historically have been insular and suspicious of other faiths. Yet as Naomi Schaefer Riley demonstrates in 'Til Faith Do Us Part, what is good for society as a whole often proves difficult for individual families: interfaith couples, Riley shows, are less happy than others and certain combinations of religions are more likely to lead to divorce. Drawing on in-depth interviews with married and once-married couples, clergy, counselors, sociologists, and others, Riley shows that many people enter into interfaith marriages without much consideration of the fundamental spiritual, doctrinal, and practical issues that divide them. Couples tend to marry in their twenties and thirties, a time when religion diminishes in importance, only to return to faith as they grow older and raise children, suffer the loss of a parent, or experience other major life challenges. Riley suggests that a devotion to diversity as well as to a romantic ideal blinds many interfaith couples to potential future problems. Even when they recognize deeply held differences, couples believe that love conquers all. As a result, they fail to ask the necessary questions about how they will reconcile their divergent worldviews-about raising children, celebrating holidays, interacting with extended families, and more. An obsession with tolerance at all costs, Riley argues, has made discussing the problems of interfaith marriage taboo. 'Til Faith Do Us Part is a fascinating exploration of the promise and peril of interfaith marriage today. It will be required reading not only for interfaith couples or anyone considering interfaith marriage, but for all those interested in learning more about this significant, yet understudied phenomenon and the impact it is having on America.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199978093
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In the last decade, 45% of all marriages in the U.S. were between people of different faiths. The rapidly growing number of mixed-faith families has become a source of hope, encouraging openness and tolerance among religious communities that historically have been insular and suspicious of other faiths. Yet as Naomi Schaefer Riley demonstrates in 'Til Faith Do Us Part, what is good for society as a whole often proves difficult for individual families: interfaith couples, Riley shows, are less happy than others and certain combinations of religions are more likely to lead to divorce. Drawing on in-depth interviews with married and once-married couples, clergy, counselors, sociologists, and others, Riley shows that many people enter into interfaith marriages without much consideration of the fundamental spiritual, doctrinal, and practical issues that divide them. Couples tend to marry in their twenties and thirties, a time when religion diminishes in importance, only to return to faith as they grow older and raise children, suffer the loss of a parent, or experience other major life challenges. Riley suggests that a devotion to diversity as well as to a romantic ideal blinds many interfaith couples to potential future problems. Even when they recognize deeply held differences, couples believe that love conquers all. As a result, they fail to ask the necessary questions about how they will reconcile their divergent worldviews-about raising children, celebrating holidays, interacting with extended families, and more. An obsession with tolerance at all costs, Riley argues, has made discussing the problems of interfaith marriage taboo. 'Til Faith Do Us Part is a fascinating exploration of the promise and peril of interfaith marriage today. It will be required reading not only for interfaith couples or anyone considering interfaith marriage, but for all those interested in learning more about this significant, yet understudied phenomenon and the impact it is having on America.