Spiritual Disciplines Handbook – Practices That Transform Us

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2015
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4605-4 (ISBN)

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Adele Calhoun's Spiritual Disciplines Handbook has become a standard for those who want to expand their knowledge of spiritual practices. Now this beloved resource has been revised throughout and expanded to include thirteen new disciplines along with a new preface by the author, giving us practical guidance in our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ.

Maybe you long for a more intimate prayer life or deeper insight from God's Word but just don't know how to get there. Or maybe you want to learn about new spiritual disciplines like visio divina, unplugging or attentiveness.
In Spiritual Disciplines Handbook Adele Calhoun gives us directions for our continuing journey toward intimacy with Christ. While the word discipline may make us want to run and hide, the author shows how desires and discipline work together to lead us to the transformation we're longing for—the transformation only Christ can bring. Instead of just giving information about spiritual disciplines, this handbook is full of practical, accessible guidance that helps you actually practice them.
With over 80,000 copies in print, this well-loved catalog of seventy-five disciplines has been revised throughout and expanded to include thirteen new disciplines along with a new preface by the author.
Mothers, fathers, plumbers, nurses, students—we're all on a journey. And spiritual disciplines are for all of us who desire to know Christ deeply and be like him. Here is direction for our desire, leading us to the ultimate destination: more of Christ himself.

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun (MA, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) has worked in Christian ministry for over forty years and is currently copastor, with her husband, Doug, of Redeemer Community Church in Needham, Massachusetts. A retreat speaker and trained spiritual director, she has taught courses at Wheaton College and Northern Seminary. She is also the author of Invitations from God and the coauthor of True You.

Preface to the Revised Edition

The Spiritual Disciplines and Desires

Introduction: Discovering Your Desire

Part I: Worship

Celebration

Gratitude

Holy Communion

Rule for Life

Sabbath

Visio Divina

Worship

Part II: Open Myself to God

Contemplation

Examen

Iconography

Journaling

Pilgrimage

Practicing the Presence

Rest

Retreat

Self-Care

Simplicity

Slowing

Teachability

Unplugging

Part III: Relinquish the False Self

Confession and Self-Examination

Detachment

Discernment

Mindfulness/Attentiveness

Secrecy

Silence

Sobriety

Solitude

Spiritual Direction

Submission

Waiting

Part IV: Share My Life with Others

Accountability Partner

Chastity

Community

Covenant Group

Discipling

Face-to-Face Connection

Hospitality

Mentoring

Service

Small Group

Spiritual Friendship

Unity

Witness

Part V: Hear God?s Word

Bible Study

Lectio Divina/Devotional Reading

Meditation

Memorization

Part VI: Incarnate the Love of Christ

Blessing Others/Encouragement

Care of the Earth

Compassion

Control of the Tongue

Forgiveness

Humility

Justice

Solidarity in Jesus' Sufferings

Stewardship

Truth Telling

Part VII: Pray

Breath Prayer

Centering Prayer

Contemplative Prayer

Conversational Prayer

Fasting

Fixed-Hour Prayer

Inner-Healing Prayer

Intercessory Prayer

Labyrinth Prayer

Listening Prayer

Liturgical Prayer

Prayer of Lament

Prayer Partners

Praying Scripture

Prayer of Recollection

Prayer Walking

Welcoming Prayer

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1: Spiritual Growth Planner

Appendix 2: A Series on Spiritual Disciplines for the Congregation

Appendix 3: Suggestions for Spiritual Mentors

Appendix 4: Using the Spiritual Disciplines Handbook with Small Groups

Appendix 5: Names for Worshiping God

Appendix 6: One Anothers

Appendix 7: Postures for Prayer

Appendix 8: Spending Time with God

Appendix 9: Suggestions for Fasting Prayer for the Church

Appendix 10: Seasons, Stages and Ages of Transformation

Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Spiritual Disciplines

Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 257 mm
Gewicht	676 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Entspannung / Meditation / Yoga
	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-8308-4605-0 / 0830846050
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-4605-4 / 9780830846054
Zustand	Neuware