Author : Benedict J. Groeschel
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,64 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780809128969
Focuses on values and attitudes drawn from the Gospels and the literature of Christian spirituality to discover solutions to psychological problems. Father Benedict offers a series of therapeutic meditations for readers with an interest in spirituality.
Author : A. T. Pierson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1105555585
This book was originally published in 1891 in response to liberal attacks upon the integrity of the Word of God. Pierson addresses some of the difficult passages and more importantly supplies principles of interpretation which help conscientious believers understand what appears to be discrepancies. These principles are still very pertinent today and deserve our attention. Pierson turns stumbling stones into stepping stones.
Author : Oliver Löpenhaus
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2023-05-15
Category :
ISBN : 3757806735
Author : Lionel Arthur Tollemache
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 34,64 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Christianity
ISBN :
Author : Duane E. Jennings
Publisher :
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Homosexuality
ISBN : 9781684180264
Stumbling Blocks and Stepping-Stones is a two-volume publication which vigorously examines Mormonism's long struggle with those it has traditionally deemed as sexually and gender transgressive -- its LGBTI members. It emboldens Latter-day Saints and fellow Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex, believing or disaffected, to dialogue with one another and consider the very real possibility of their full acceptance within the beloved faith community. It makes five enormous contributions: (1)It analyzes the "clobber scriptures" -- those most frequently used to end conversations on the topic -- drawing on a broad spectrum of Jewish, Christian, and academic scholars. The book provides connatural context and reasonable interpretations that broaden the discussion beyond "because God said so."(2)It provides a stimulating overview of scientific research on homosexuality in nature (severely undercutting the "homosexuality isn't natural" argument), what's currently known about the causes/influence on homosexuality, and the history of homophobia that has brought us to our current position. (3)It argues, persuasively, in my opinion, for ways in which the gospel can and does (and the church could and should) include lgbti members in full fellowship. (4)The longest section--part 4--provides a history of interactions between the church and its lgbti members. Because of my love for history, this is my favorite section, even though a lot of it seems like "baby step forward, giant step backwards," especially now. (5)The tone models a combination of compassion, serious scholarship, and firmly founded discipleship that should be elements that govern how the dialogue can and should be conducted.
Author : Susan Neiman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0374715521
As an increasingly polarized America fights over the legacy of racism, Susan Neiman, author of the contemporary philosophical classic Evil in Modern Thought, asks what we can learn from the Germans about confronting the evils of the past In the wake of white nationalist attacks, the ongoing debate over reparations, and the controversy surrounding Confederate monuments and the contested memories they evoke, Susan Neiman’s Learning from the Germans delivers an urgently needed perspective on how a country can come to terms with its historical wrongdoings. Neiman is a white woman who came of age in the civil rights–era South and a Jewish woman who has spent much of her adult life in Berlin. Working from this unique perspective, she combines philosophical reflection, personal stories, and interviews with both Americans and Germans who are grappling with the evils of their own national histories. Through discussions with Germans, including Jan Philipp Reemtsma, who created the breakthrough Crimes of the Wehrmacht exhibit, and Friedrich Schorlemmer, the East German dissident preacher, Neiman tells the story of the long and difficult path Germans faced in their effort to atone for the crimes of the Holocaust. In the United States, she interviews James Meredith about his battle for equality in Mississippi and Bryan Stevenson about his monument to the victims of lynching, as well as lesser-known social justice activists in the South, to provide a compelling picture of the work contemporary Americans are doing to confront our violent history. In clear and gripping prose, Neiman urges us to consider the nuanced forms that evil can assume, so that we can recognize and avoid them in the future.
Author : Brenda Hattingh Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1469138697
The quality of your life is a choice. Everything in your life you have chosen on some or other level. There are no victims. We are daily confronted with numerous choices and in essence there is only one of two points of departure. Life is a pain with many stumbling blocks to overcome or life is a pleasure with many opportunities and stepping stones to higher levels of attainment. The quality of your life depends on where you are coming from. In this book you will fi nd fi ve stumbling blocks that cause pain in your life. You can overcome this by identifying underlying causes and changing your perceptions, values and thinking. Part two provides fi ve steps to a life of fulfi lment, love, happiness and freedom. This book is meant for everyone, of all ages. You are never too young, or too old, to choose a quality life. You are invited to join this journey of discovery.
Author : Steven Robins
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 22,59 MB
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 177609025X
As a young boy growing up in Port Elizabeth in the 1960s and 1970s, Steven Robins was haunted by an old postcard-size photograph of three unknown women on a table in the dining room. Only later did he learn that the women were his father’s mother and sisters, photographed in Berlin in 1937, before they were killed in the Holocaust. Steven’s father, who had fled Nazi Germany before it was too late, never spoke about the fate of his family who remained there. Steven became obsessed with finding out what happened to the women, but had little to go on. In time he stumbled on official facts in museums in Washington DC and Berlin, and later he discovered over a hundred letters sent to his father and uncle from the family in Berlin between 1936 and 1943. The women who before had been unnamed faces in a photograph could now tell their story to future generations. Letters of Stone tracks Steven’s journey of discovery about the lives and fates of the Robinski family. It is also a book about geographical journeys: to the Karoo town of Williston, where his father’s uncle settled in the late nineteenth century and became mayor; to Berlin, where Steven laid ‘stumbling stones’ (Stolpersteine) in commemoration of his relatives; to Auschwitz, where his father’s siblings perished. Most of all, this book is a poignant reconstruction of a family trapped in an increasingly terrifying and deadly Nazi state, and of the immense pressure on Steven’s father in faraway South Africa, which forced him to retreat into silence.
Author : Rudy Raymond Simmons
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 13,37 MB
Release : 2024-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1038319676
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” – Martin Luther King Jr. The odds were stacked against me from the start. Raised in poverty with a father who rejected his children, my teachers and the police were convinced I had no future and would wind up in prison. As I battled addiction and depression and dabbled with crime, all the while haunted by defeat, my path seemed set. But God had other plans, and over time, he turned every stumbling block that had been thrown my way into a stepping stone toward success. This raw, real story follows an underdog on an unbelievable journey from the streets to the pulpit. From divorce and adultery to burnout and suicide. From total bankruptcy to millionaire success. Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. More than a memoir, it’s an inspirational roadmap for getting up after life knocks you down. It also proves that circumstances don’t define you and that with faith, anything is possible. If you’re facing what seems like insurmountable odds, this book will encourage you to keep going. If you need hope to defeat the voices of discouragement, this motivational true story shows it’s never too late to turn any stumbling block into a stepping stone that will lead you toward peace, happiness, and fulfillment. No matter how far down you are, a greater power is at work that can lift you higher than you ever imagined. “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Author : Fern Schumer Chapman
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Holocaust memorials
ISBN : 9780996472517
When 89-year-old Edith Westerfeld returns to the small German town where her Jewish family had lived for hundreds of years to witness the installation of a memorial to her family-- part of an effort throughout Europe to confront the genocide of World War II, she experiences how art is helping today's generation face and atone for crimes of the past.
