Losses of Our Lives
SkyLight Paths Publishing,US (Verlag)
978-1-59473-307-9 (ISBN)
Going beyond loss as a problem to be resolved, a grief to be worked through, Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton, a spiritual director and ordained clergywoman, reframes loss from the perspective that our everyday losses help us learn what we need to handle the major losses. Weaving in spiritual and classical themes, personal and scriptural story, Dr. Copeland-Payton shows us that by becoming aware of what our lesser losses have to teach us, the larger losses of our lives become less terrifying. Each chapter includes a spiritual practice and questions for reflection to help you:
·Mine the hidden depths of painful losses of things and places.
·Traverse the devastating loss of relationships and the heart-wrenching death of people we love.
·Overcome the steep, dark slopes of loss of beliefs and faith.
·Venture past our fear of the losses of aging and our own death.
Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton is a spiritual director and ordained clergywoman in the Presbyterian Church (USA). A pastor, hospital chaplain, and physician who practiced medicine for twenty years, she now leads retreats at church centres, monasteries, and with church groups to help people explore their experiences of loss.
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1 The Human Tapestry
Spiritual Practice: Breath Prayer
Exploring Deeper
2 Birth Pangs and Passages
Spiritual Practice: Walking Meditation
Exploring Deeper
3 Awakening: Patterns of Gift and Loss
Spiritual Practice: Examen
Exploring Deeper
4 Things and Places
Spiritual Practice: Sand Mandala
Exploring Deeper
5 The Ebb and Flow of Relationships
Spiritual Practice: Labyrinth
Exploring Deeper
6 Relationships That Unravel and Tear Apart
Spiritual Practice: Accompaniment
Exploring Deeper
7 When Foundations Shake and Crumble
Spiritual Practice: Lectio Divina
Exploring Deeper
8 The Passing of Time: Our Final Loss … and Gift
Spiritual Practice: Guided Meditation
Exploring Deeper
Epilogue
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.11.2011 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Woodstock |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59473-307-4 / 1594733074 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59473-307-9 / 9781594733079 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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