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embodying mark - 3 Following the Healer
embodying mark - 3 Following the Healer
by SPCK - meda a a stamper
3 Following the Healer Hearing the healing in Mark The teacher on the boat of Mark 4 has crossed over to the other side. Beyond the stormy seas, he is confronted by the torment of human suffering in its various guises: the raging of a tortured demoniac, the desperation of the fat
The Monastery Of The Heart - 20 Stability of Heart
The Monastery Of The Heart - 20 Stability of Heart
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Stability of Heart “Do not… run away from the road that leads to salvation.” The will of God in life does not come in straight lines, or clear signs, or certain choices… Taken from The Monastery Of The Heart by Joan Chittister
Great Christian Thinkers - 55 Peter Lombard
Great Christian Thinkers - 55 Peter Lombard
by SPCK - Pope Benedict XVI
Peter Lombard Peter Lombard, a theologian who lived in the twelfth century, enjoyed great fame because one of his works, titled the Sentences, was used as a theological manual for many centuries… Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 4 The Gospel according to Matthew
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 4 The Gospel according to Matthew
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Gospel according to Matthew Matthew’s narrative closely resembles that of Mark. It is generally accepted that Matthew drew extensively on the work of his forerunner in composing his Gospel. He incorporates the large bulk of Mark’s Gospel, adding to the beginning a genealogy a
The Monastery Of The Heart - 21 Humility
The Monastery Of The Heart - 21 Humility
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Humility “After ascending all these steps of humility, we will quickly arrive at the ‘perfect love’ of God which ‘casts out fear.’” In Benedictine spirituality, there is a twelve-runged ladder that leads to God… Taken from The Monastery Of The Heart by Joan Chittister
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 3 The Gospel according to Mark
Parallel Lives of Jesus - 3 The Gospel according to Mark
by SPCK - Edward Adams
The Gospel according to Mark Of the four New Testament Gospels, Mark is the one that most obviously manifests the shared story we have identified. It is also the Gospel that most closely corresponds to the outline of the gospel message given in Acts 10:36–43:1 Mark’s Gospel begin
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 21 Conclusion: What has been said and what do we do next?
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 21 Conclusion: What has been said and what do we do next?
by SPCK - Michael Volland
Conclusion: What has been said and what do we do next? I began this book by saying that I was an entrepreneurial Christian minister. I went on, in my Introduction, to explain that I was using the term ‘entrepreneur’ to refer to a way of being in the world that is characterized by
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 35 Resurrection
Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - 35 Resurrection
by SPCK-Kenneth E. Bailey
Resurrection Adam and Christ—The Nature of the Resurrected Body A great deal of thoughtful scholarship has gone into the interpretation of Paul’s homily “Resurrection: Adam and Christ—The Nature of the Resurrected Body.”1 Our goal is to look carefully at the rhetorical style Paul
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 1 Introduction
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 1 Introduction
by Christine Valters Painter
INTRODUCTION They can be like a sun, words. They can do for the heart what light can for a field. —John of the Cross, Love Poems from God In October 2009 I was on pilgrimage in Ireland. We were visiting Glendalough, the ruins of an ancient Celtic monastic community founded by St.
Celtic Christian Spirituality - 7 Daily Life and Work (Chapter 4)