Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&N=3+5991 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685095 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667492 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1586662 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609145 Introduces a comprehensive approach for living a life in harmony with God, offering a new paradigm for understanding the mysterious connections between people, events, challenges, and solutions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647787 Reveals how the author learned to deal with adverse circumstances in such areas as relationships, careers, health, and bullying through the experiences he has endured having been born without arms or legs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667540 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1307022 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306921 Sarah Sentilles relationship with God was not a casual one. When it began to unravel she was in the ordination process to become an Episcopal priest. She was a youth minister at a church in a suburb of Boston and a doctoral student in theology at Harvard. You might say they were engaged and that the wedding was all planned- the church reserved, the menu chosen, the flowers arranged. Calling it off would be more than a little awkward. But in fact, it was the studying of the religion shed been raised on and believed whole-heartedly that broke the camels back. One day she woke up and realized... it was over. In Breaking Up With God, Sentilles takes a striking look at how deep our ties to God can go, and how devastating they can be to break. Not unlike a divorce, she had to reorient her life, find new friends, and face a future that felt darkly unfamiliar. But the book is also ultimately a love story, about descending to a deep place, what was lost on the way down, and then, about what was found at the bottom. Its a book that speaks to the many people asking what happens when institutional religion stops working for them, and shows them a new way of being in the world-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394008 Dr. Greg Hunt had devoted nearly 30 years to congregational ministry, helping people experience God and find their way in life. Then came his crisis of faith and calling: He turns to God for guidance, but is unable to find God. Neither his education--a Ph.D. in theology--nor his religious involvements--senior pastor of a multi staff congregation, civically and denominationally engaged leader--could protect him against the disorienting impact of the experience. Days turned into months. Months became seasons. Seasons added up to a year, then two. He began to wonder if his faith had been delusional: Was God even real? In the midst of his struggle, he tries a sometimes desperate experiment of devotion: could he have a personal encounter with God through the red-letters of Jesus, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew? The result is startling, and changes his life entirely. -- Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393741 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1394014 A collection of 101 personal stories in which the contributors recount incidents in which their prayers were answered, for health, financial, social, or other desires. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1187611 The author, a journalist and spiritual seeker has always struggled with the most basic questions of the Christian faith. The question he tackles in this book concerns the practical value of belief in God. His search for the answer to this question took him to some amazing settings around the world: Mumbai, India when the firing started during the terrorist attacks; at the motel where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated; on the Virginia Tech campus soon after the massacre; an AA convention; and even to a conference for women in prostitution. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059144 Ever since evangelical Christians rose to national prominence, mainstream America has watched them with a nervous eye, but our understanding hasnt gone beyond the caricatures. Who are evangelicals, really? To find out, Gina Welch, a young secular Jew (born atheist) from Berkeley, joined Jerry Falwells Thomas Road Baptist Church. Over the course of nearly two years, Welch immersed herself in the life and language of the devout: she learned to interpret the world like an evangelical, weathered the death of Falwell, and embarked on a mission trip to Alaska. Alive to the meaning behind the music and the mind behind the slogans, Welch recognized the allure of evangelicalism, even for the godless, realizing that the congregation met needs and answered questions she didnt know she had. What emerges is a riveting account of a skeptics transformation from uninformed cynicism to compassionate understanding, and a rare view of how evangelicals see themselves.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1393052 Examines the ways in which the gospel is contradicted by the American dream and challenges Christians to join in a one-year experiment in authentic discipleship that promises spiritual transformation through the word of God. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=945890 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1005022 Provides practical instruction for living a confident life in a world filled with chaos and crisis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=984136 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1058313 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=979655 On the one hand, Eagleton demolishes what he calls the superstitious view of God held by most atheists and agnostics and offers in its place a revolutionary account of the Christian Gospel. On the other hand, he launches a stinging assault on the betrayal of this revolution by institutional Christianity. There is little joy here, then, either for the anti-God brigade -- Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens in particular -- nor for many conventional believers. --from publisher description http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=938835 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=684308 In Grace (Eventually), Lamott describes how she copes. The challenges seem alternately inconsequential and insurmountable - the anger engendered by an obstinate carpet salesman or president; the engulfing envy at a friends professional success; the bewilderment at discovering that a child has grown up or that a friend wants to die on his own terms - and they are also universal. Grace (Eventually) is a primer in faith, as we come to discover what it means to be fully human and alive.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=695567 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=725916 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=670094 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=573798 The Faith of the American Soldier opens with the core question that lies at the heart of the book: What happens religiously to Americas warriors when they go to battle, and what impact does this have on the nations conduct of war? Stephen Mansfield surveys Americas wars from a religious and theological perspective in order to understand the theological framing and spiritual rationale for each, where they came from, and what effect they had on behavior on the battlefield. Since men and women in battle not only contend with the prospect of their own deaths but also must fashion a moral rationale for killing, the battlefield is often a place of tremendous religious transformation.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=585338 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=249997 Feminist, historian, and radical religious scholar Uta Ranke-Heinemann caused a media sensation and sent shock waves through the Catholic world with her first international bestseller. Here she continues her showdown with the Church. Ranke-Heinemann reveals that ecclesiastical Christianity took the very human revolutionary prophet Jesus and converted him into a mythical God, surrounding him with the kinds of legendary stories and superhuman features associated with the pagan gods of the time. These fairy tales for the Kingdom were changed from effective teaching stories into doctrines to which a paternalistic Church demanded absolute allegiance. In the course of her investigation, she examines all the fundamentals of Christian belief: Christmas, the miracles, Good Friday, Easter, the Ascension, and more. Already a breakaway bestseller in Europe, Putting Away Childish Things challenges the basic assumptions of conventional Christianity and opens up a new vision of Christian faith, grounded in critical thinking, historical realism, and allegiance to Jesus real message of freedom and hope.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=94388