Finding Hope

Cultivating God's Gift of a Hopeful Spirit

AvMarcia Ford

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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This practical guide gives you the inspiration, encouragement and practices you need to cultivate a hopeful spirit and, thus, live a more fulfilling and joyful life. Writing from personal experience and her broad knowledge of many faith traditions, Marcia Ford helps you recognise - or develop - your own personal images of hope and create a place where you can go to see the many evidences of hope in your life any time despair seeps in. She provides important learning tools that you can apply to everyday life experiences, inspiring personal stories of hope from the famous and not-so-famous and realistic exercises for creating the overall balance and peace you look to achieve in living your life connected to God. Drawing from Christian and Hebrew scripture and the wisdom of spiritual teachers from all traditions, Ford helps you realise that we all can receive a gift of hope and grace from the Divine - we just need to be open to accept it. Topics include: Dealing with Disappointment It's Not Wishful Thinking Impossible Situations Recovering from Loss Hope amid Suffering Overcoming Hopelessness Real and Imagined Threats The Heart of Healing Cultivating a Hopeful Spirit Freedom's Fascinating Power

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-12-14
Mått:202 x 202 x 13 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:151
Förlag:Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN:9781594732119

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Marcia Ford is a former editor of Christian Retailing magazine, an Explorefaith.org columnist and frequent contributor to Publishers Weekly. The author of eighteen books, including The Sacred Art of Forgiveness: Forgiving Ourselves and Others through God's Grace (SkyLight Paths); Memoir of a Misfit and Traditions of the Ancients, she was the religion editor of The Asbury Park Press for ten years. She is also a former editor with Charisma and Ministries Today magazines and the ibelieve.com website. Her other books include Meditations for Misfits; 101 Most Powerful Promises of the Bible and Restless Pilgrim: The Spiritual Journey of Bob Dylan (with Scott Marshall).Sister Andrea Cath Jaeger, OP, a former professional tennis player who ranked second in the world at age sixteen, is cofounder of Little Star Foundation, a children's non-profit organization that helps children with cancer and other diseases, and abused and at risk children. She is author of First Service: Following God's Calling and Finding Life’s Purpose.

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Finding Hope: Cultivating God's Gift of a Hopeful Spirit, Marcia Ford. A practical guide that gives people of all faiths the inspiration they need to live a more fulfilling, hopeful life. $16.99 QP, 1594732116. Available October.

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordBeginning With Hope1. Hope Under Fire2. Dealing with Disappointment3. It's Not Wishful Thinking4. Postmodern Vision5. Impossible Situations6. Recovering from Loss7. Hope Amid Suffering8. Just How Hopeless Do You Feel?9. Overcoming Hopelessness10. Real and Imagined Threats11. Hope Dies Last12. Holding On to Hope13. The Heart of Healing14. The Unreturned Prodigal15. Cultivating a Hopeful Spirit16. Going to Hell in a Handbasket17. The Hope of Depression18. The God Who Loves Us19. Drama 10120. The Persecuted Faithful21. Passing It On22. Freedom’s Fascinating Power23. The Worst That Could Happen24. A Better Life to ComeEnding with HopeAcknowledgmentsCreditsNotesSuggestions For Further Reading