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To pray is to know God."If God really cared he would answer my prayer." "I hesitate to ask him anything." "I can't understand why he continues to ignore my deepest needs." Bingham Hunter recognizes that most believers have these thoughts from time to time. He encourages us to look at prayer from the standpoint of who God is.The true aim of prayer is intimacy with God. We pray effectively when we make him the desire of our hearts, Hunter answers our questoins about prayer by directing us to the nature and attributes of God and to our own lives. God responds not to our prayers but to who we are--what we think, feel, will and do. Prayer is communication from the whole person to the Wholeness that is the living God.

In this discipleship classic, Jerry Sittser uses memorable stories to illustrate how a simple effort to understand discipleship as an adventure can create a paradigm shift in your understanding of the Christian life.

When it comes to developing a deep, trusting relationship with God, efficiency and productivity are not the answer. It's far better to "waste" time with him, to just enjoy being with him. After all, that's how any friendship grows.But making room for God in the midst of our fast-paced lives is not an easy task. Just as time with our best friends can get squeezed out by the rush of activities, so can time with God. Even "wasting time" with God means making a commitment and setting priorities--whether it's something we enjoy or not.Beginning with the supposition that God desires friendship with us, Klaus Issler encourages us to consider seven character traits and to develop their companion disciplines: friendship, humility, faith, commitment, communication, apprenticeship and partnership. Here is a full-orbed model of Christian spirituality that will be of lasting value.

Just like a space shuttle struggles and strains to re-enter the earth's atmosphere, so those returning from living overseas can find themselves confused and in a state of panic at coming home. While people anticipate that going overseas will require major changes in their lifestyles and thinking, few anticipate the difficulties they will face upon return.Intended to aid the re-entry process, this encouraging, and insightful book deals with these important subjects: adapting to the passport culture identifying areas of potential struggle dealing with the emotional challenges finding a new job, a new place to live, learning the social mores returning is not coming home it is leaving home facilitating a smooth transition for those on the receiving end

A guide to the concepts and language used by contemporary theologians, designed for students for whom English is a foreign language. There is an outline and introduction to each topic covered, followed by a reading section, exercises, self-tests and discussion questions.

Attempts to bring together the different themes of self emptying and participation, which postmodern theologians have brought back into the conversation about God. This work relates these themes to the Christian tradition. It suggests a style of being and seeing for the contemporary Christian.

Jesus' "Summary of the Law", "The Lord's Prayer", "The Apostles' Creed" and "The Beatitudes" have been recommended as the basic necessary material for those exploring their Christian discipleship in courses such as Alpha or Emmaus, and Baptism and Confirmation preparation. These passages are the foundation for all Christian teaching.

Laurie Green presents an overview of the history of urban ministry and notes what radical change has occurred in recent years. He then reflects on past and present urban development and ministry, in the light of the Gospels.

A collection of prayers providing words of intercession, confession and praise for a wide variety of family occasions. There are prayers ranging from meal-time graces and a blessing for a new house, to pleas for safety for car drivers and thanks for holidays abroad.

A treatment of thinking about the "mystical way" in spirituality. Drawing on academic research, it looks for a balanced view of the spiritual life which is open to everyone, not just a contemplative elite or those who have had particularly extraordinary experiences or visions of God.

A selection of work by Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th-century mystic. Though best known for the accounts of her visionary experiences, she also wrote theological works, poetry, music, a play and a book of natural history. The introduction places her work in its social and historical context.

This updated edition of Coggan's approach to preaching covers such subjects as dialogue and silence, as well as the biblical background. It is dedicated to preachers and "those in the pew who co-operate with them", in the hope of a renewed understanding about this vital part of Christian life.

This volume is a reflection on the different stages of life, from the innocence of the new-born child to the passion and wisdom of later years. The author draws on the life and teachings of Jesus, ending each chapter with a meditation exercise.

Aims to offer a whole-life, relational solution to the problems of our debt-driven society, helping Christians to shape their lives according to biblical principles.

An Almighty Passion celebrates the God who walks with us in our communities, forever reaching out with his all-embracing love.

Since its first publication, Asking the Fathers has been acclaimed as a classic introduction to the spiritual life in the Christian tradition. Now reissued as an SPCK Classic.

Bringing together over 1200 prayers, both classic and contemporary, this title offers a practical resource for Christians of various denominations.

Covers the background and context of the Orthodox faith and churches, the traditional beliefs, the liturgy and prayer, and the awareness of ecological issues.

The problem of evil is a black hole for many of us. It is difficult - even impossible - to pray to a God of love in the presence of so much pain. And the Church is not always helpful. Using insights from evolutionary theory, socio-biology and theology, this book offers Christian spirituality which, centred in creative love, becomes a way of life.

The Student Christian Movement was one of the most influential movements in the 20th century. This book tells the story of 'the SCM tradition' as it began and developed, as it suffered division, struggle and perhaps went astray, and as it has sought to rediscover its roots, as it faces the future in hope.

Discussions have been taking place between Roman Catholics and Anglicans, over the years. This work covers the statement of the 2000 Bishops from both churches who established a body to promote their relationship by seeking to translate their manifest agreement in faith into common life and mission.

Help readers discover the meaning of the way of Jesus. This work offers two convictions. The first is that to be converted is, in the end, not so much a matter of seeing different things as of seeing the same things differently. The second is that most religious insight is something that happens in the midst of the ordinary experiences of life.

We are used to meditating on the last seven words from the cross, but the gospels also record several sayings of Jesus on the way to the cross: words spoken to the crowd, to Peter, to the high priest, to Pilate, to his mother and his best friend. In John, these words seem imbued with a kind of a significance beyond the immediate story itself.

An important part of the pastoral ministry for many clergy is conducting funerals for families who have had little or no contact with the church. This book aims to draw the bereaved family as far as possible into the preparation of the funeral. It contains services for various occasions combined with resource material of readings and prayers.