Bücher von Lynne Bundesen

Nautilus Book Awards 2020 winner!"Put aside all you preconceptions about the Bible and pick up this book. Lynne Bundesen imagines what it means to breathe a women''s spirit into sacred narrative. She enriches our understanding and nourishes our souls." -Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of Midrash: Reading the Bible with Question Marks and many children''s books, including Noah''s Wife and But God Remembered: Stories for Women from Creation to the Promised Land"In an accessible and comprehensive way, Lynne Bundesen weaves together linguistic knowledge, insightful exegesis, history of interpretation, and feminist biblical scholarship to reveal feminine spirit-the female divine and the divine female-from Genesis to Revelation. Feminine Spirit at the Heart of the Bible is a book that Christians hungry for God the Mother will read with pleasure and share with enthusiasm." -Mary Ann Beavis, professor of Religious Studies, author of Christian Goddess Spirituality: Enchanting Christianity, editor of She Rises, and founding editor of The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture"Lynne Bundesen''s The Feminine Spirit at the Heart of the Bible is an insightful reading of the Jewish and Christian scriptures focusing on the feminine, nurturing side of the divine. It calls out misinterpretations, mistranslations, and biased readings that have held women down and back for centuries. Accessible to the general reader, it is nonetheless based on sound scholarship. It is ideal for individual study or group sessions." -Alice Ogden Bellis, Hebrew Bible professor and author of Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women''s Stories in the Hebrew Bible and Proverbs"Bundesen''s knowledge of the Bible is clear throughout, as is her agenda: to offer a new way to read the Bible with women in the limelight." -Publishers Weekly(Updated 2019 edition!-THIS IS A NEW AND GREATLY EXPANDED VERSION OF AN EARLIER TITLE BY THIS AUTHOR.)

A day-by-day path through a year of healing prayer Prayer is a sacred moment in the secular world. Whether it is a spontaneous expression of thanks, the formal prayer of an established tradition, or the deep, silent expression of Spirit, we have all prayed at some time, in some way. One Prayer at a Time is a practical guide to integrating prayer comfortably into your daily life. It combines sacred writings from the major religious traditions with more than fifty personal testaments to the power of prayer. With sayings, observations, questions, and simple exercises that offer opportunities for reflection and contemplation, this book expands our understanding of prayer. A section of biblical quotes offers solace and inspiration on specific issues. Framed by the compassionate and expressive voice of the author, One Prayer at a Time offers a way to understand and accept the challenges and struggles both great and small that we face every day. Whether you are just learning the language of prayer or are experienced in listening to the Divine, this book gives you an immediate voice.

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