LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john r mabry

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  • Starting Spiritual Direction
    John R. Mabry
    Are you about to start spiritual direction? Would you like to know how to get the most out of your sessions?In Spiritual direction, two or more seekers enter sacred space to dream, explore, and discern a path toward personal wholeness and deeper intimacy with the Divine. This book is written specifically for new clients—sometimes called directees. In it you will find everything...
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    13,51 €

  • Shadows of Ecstasy & Rumours of Glory
    John R Mabry
    Two artists. Two eras. One shared vision of the sacred hidden in the ordinary.When Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn first picked up a novel by Charles Williams-the most mystical and least understood member of the Inklings-he discovered a kindred spirit. Williams’ strange, luminous theology resonated with Cockburn’s own experiences of the holy breaking into daily life, ...
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    16,37 €

  • Soul Journeys
    Daniel L. Prechtel / John R. Mabry / Katrina Leathers
    What can Christianity learn from Shamanism? What can Shamanism learn from Christianity? The conversation starts here…Daniel L. Prechtel is an Episcopal priest who studies and applies Core Shamanism alongside Christian prayer practices. John R. Mabry is a United Church of Christ pastor and seminary professor who uses Core Shamanism techniques in his prayer. Katrina Leathers is a...
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    18,49 €

  • Jesus Stories
    John R. Mabry
    Have you ever wanted to hang out with Mary and Joseph, or Jesus and the disciples? What would it have been like to be a fly on the wall, or hiding unnoticed in a corner as some of the most familiar and beloved scenes played out? In this intriguing collection of short stories (and one novella), John R. Mabry allows us to do just that. With vivid and often delightful prose, he br...
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    18,43 €

  • The Way of Thomas
    John R. Mabry
    “Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death.” Gospel of Thomas Christians have been thirsting for the wisdom and sayings of Jesus Christ for over 2000 years, constantly looking for new meaning to discover in Jesus’ words, as offered in the ancient gospels of the New Testament in the Bible. Yet, the most accurate portrayal of the teachings of Jesus may have be...
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    14,79 €

  • The Monster God
    John R. Mabry
    You’re going straight to Hell! The God of judgment and the perception of an angry God have been with us since the dawn of time and surfaces widely today in the theology and experience of believers of many religions. This personal memoir provides a theological and philosophical analysis of how the wrath of God came to haunt our collective imaginations, how we can come to terms...
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    22,19 €

  • People of Faith
    John R. Mabry
    More than ever before, people of different faith traditions are recognizing their common ground and common mission goals. They are beginning to recognize each other as fellow 'people of faith.' People of Faith provides a handy resource to help foster this very sense of kinship between Christians and other faith traditions. For each Gospel reading of the three-year common lectio...
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    22,01 €

  • Way of Thomas
    John R Mabry
    'Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death.' Gospel of Thomas Christians have been thirsting for the wisdom and sayings of Jesus Christ for over 2000 years, constantly looking for new meaning to discover in Jesus' words, as offered in the ancient gospels of the New Testament in the Bible. Yet, the most accurate portrayal of the teachings of Jesus may hav...
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    19,62 €

  • What Child is This?
    John R. Mabry
    ”Who would have believed that a baby everyone thought such a tragedy would turn into such a blessing?” When a baby is abandoned on the loading dock of the second-largest Christmas store in the world, it kicks off a heartwarming mystery that will fill you with the Christmas spirit. Welcome to the small town of Munich, Michigan, where it is always just a little bit Christmas, a...
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    24,19 €

  • A Christian Walks in the Footsteps of the Buddha
    John R. Mabry
    ”I’m going to learn from the Buddhists. Specifically, I’m hoping that they will teach me how to be a better Christian…” Recently, Christian pastor John Mabry went on a most amazing interfaith pilgrimage—to visit the most significant sites of the Buddha's life and to reflect deeply on what he saw, in conversation with his own faith… an introspective look at the similarities...
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    27,86 €

  • Brief Grislys
    John R. Mabry
    The idea was simple: tell the scariest story you can, in less than 1,000 words. It sounds easy, but it isn’t. A thousand words sounds like a lot until you start writing. In this collection, a wide variety of writers—some professional, many previously unpublished—try their hand at the tricky balance of suspense and brevity. Including stories by: Patricia Abbott • Joel Allegretti...
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    25,22 €

  • Salvation of the True Rock
    John R. Mabry
    Najat Ozkaya was born in Konya, Turkey, in the 14th century CE. His father was a Sufi teacher, and Najat assumed his mantle upon his death. Najat's poetry is similar to the Sufi poetry of Rumi or Hafiz, centered on the relationship of the soul with its Beloved, Allah. Najat's writings were thought to be lost to the world, until religion scholar John Mabry discovered a h...
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    25,73 €

  • Sermons that Connect
    John R. Mabry / John RMabry
    The task of preparing and delivering a weekly homily can paralyze even the bravest seminarian. Sermons that Connect can help. A simple, nuts-and-bolts guide, it provides new preachers with a simple and effective model for powerful and compelling sermons. It then shows preachers how to flesh out sermons in a simple step-by-step process that is insightful and painless. As a begin...
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    15,29 €

  • God Has One Eye
    John R. Mabry
    Mystics are not popular amongst the orthodox of any religion. In fact, almost every one of the religious leaders who founded world religions began their careers as mystics who spoke about what they had seen, and were promptly declared heretics. Just think of the Buddha, of Jesus, or of Muhammad. All of them were heretics, all of them were mystics, and all of them changed the wa...
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    23,04 €

  • God is a Great Underground River
    John R. Mabry
    the REVerend JOHN R. MABRY, phd has been writing on interfaith issues since 1990. His ground-breaking column, 'Deep Ecumenism,' was one of the most popular regular features of Matthew Fox's Creation Spirituality magazine for many years. Those columns are collected in this volume, along with many other essays, articles, and homilies, each of which contrast and illumine the w...
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    23,23 €

  • I Believe in a God Who is Growing
    John R. Mabry
    Process Theology is one of the most compelling and exciting movements in contemporary theology, and it is taught in nearly every seminary in the United States. But very few people in the pews have ever heard of it. Why is this, and can ordinary Christians benefit from its unique insights? In this series of sermons, the Rev. Dr. John R. Mabry provides an entertaining and cohere...
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    20,75 €

  • Who Are the Independent Catholics?
    John P. Plummer / John R. Mabry
    Independent Catholics are the fastest-growing variety of Catholic in the West. They are found in every city of every state in the U.S. and Mexico, every Province of Canada, and throughout Australia, Europe, and South America. This book arises out of a need in the Independent Catholic community for a compact and concise introduction to the movement. This is intended to be a book...
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    9,62 €

  • Crisis and Communion
    John R. Mabry
    Every time the church has encountered crises, its understanding and performance of the Eucharist has shifted to help it meet that crisis. This book documents those shifts and asks the important question: what crisis is the church facting today, and how must the Eucharist change again to meet the challenge? ...
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    22,93 €

  • Heretics, Mystics & Misfits
    John R. Mabry
    The history of Christianity if filled with misfits. This collection of sermons intruces us to heretics and mystics from the very earliest church to the present day, including the Gnostics, Origen, Julian of Norwich, Michael Servitus, Emanuel Swedenborg, Soren Kierkegaard, Madame Blavatsky, Teilhard de Chardin and many, many more. With humor and compassion for these misunderstoo...
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    17,19 €

  • God As Nature Sees God
    John R Mabry
    The teachings of Jesus and the teachings of Lao Tzu are very much in sync…What can Christians learn from other religions? A great deal, says the Reverend John Mabry. He believes there are immense insights to be gained by comparing religions, if we approach other faith traditions with a humble spirit and a willingness to listen. Mabry’s translation reveals how the Tao Te ...
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    16,03 €