Art Religion

What happens when we push past the surface and allow real, grounded, mutually challenging, and edifying friendships to develop? We need only look at the little-known friendship between eminent Christian thinkers Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis to find out. Born out of a fan letter that celebrated mystery novelist Sayers wrote to Lewis as his star was just beginning to rise, this friendship between a married woman and a longtime bachelor developed over years of correspondence as the two discovered their mutual admiration of each other's writing, thinking, and faith.

Considered by many to be the first autobiography/memoir ever written, Confessions is a retrospective view of a life challenged by uncertainty, doubt, human frailty, and earthly desires. Augustine discovers and cherishes a deeply personal relationship with his God, all while describing the day-to-day dealings of his life in the fading, corrupt days of the Roman Empire.

Dirt on Your Tabies: 7 Short Stories of Seisho Ryu Ninjutsu is a collection of short stories of various training situations that I have had the unique pleasure to be a part of. These stories are not your typical martial arts stories but those of life lessons learned along the way through the various situations that our kind of training so often brings. Enjoy listening. God bless.

Les morts sont des invisibles, ils ne sont pas des absents. Dehors, il fait 5 °C, le temps est gris et venteux. Dans un instant, le prêtre va célébrer la messe d'enterrement de maman. Une coccinelle se pose sur ma main. D'où vient-elle, en ce mois de janvier ? Quelques semaines plus tard, une deuxième coccinelle surgira, et d'autres encore... J'aimerais imaginer que c'est maman qui se manifeste, et, pourtant, le doute m'assaille. La prudence voudrait que je n'y croie pas, mais, au fil du temps, de nouveaux signes – un papillon, une biche, une bague... – m'entraînent dans un monde parallèle.

Discover the transformative power of mindfulness and presence with Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. This powerful guide offers practical insights and exercises for cultivating greater presence and awareness in our daily lives, helping us to break free from patterns of suffering and find greater peace, joy, and fulfillment. With a focus on letting go of negative thoughts and emotions, staying present in the moment, and embracing the power of now, this book is a must-listen for anyone seeking to cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace and personal growth.

Dan Brown's International best-seller The DaVinci Code has raised many questions in the minds of readers. The DaVinci Code, in blurring the lines between fact and fiction, popularizes the speculations and contentions of numerous more serious books that are also attracting wide attention. How should we respond to such claims that we now have documents that reveal secrets about Jesus, secrets long suppressed by the church and other religious institutions?

The Art of Overcoming explores how we deal with loss, grief, and hurt, and challenges listeners to keep what looks like endings from discouraging or derailing us. The pain we experience is real—but there’s a difference between acknowledging it and giving into it. Rather than seeking a fake hope that pretends loss doesn’t exist or doesn’t matter, author and pastor Tim Timberlake encourages us to pursue hope rooted in God and gives this reminder: don’t quit!

In today's technology-driven culture, reading has become a lost art. With smartphones offering information at the tap of a finger, reading a book is often seen as a tedious and outdated activity. Christians are not immune to this problem, as many find it hard to read books - even the Bible - consistently and attentively. Recovering the Lost Art of Reading addresses these timely issues by exploring the importance of reading generally as well as studying the Bible as literature, giving practical suggestions along the way.

In 2005, Anne Rice startled her readers with her novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, and by revealing that, after years as an atheist, she had returned to her Catholic faith. And now, in her powerful and haunting memoir, Rice tells the story of the spiritual transformation that produced a complete change in her literary goals.

As a unique individual who is a human embodiment of the One Universal Consciousness, you may have some questions about how to properly operate your vehicle. Wait no longer! This audiobook covers the basics: the nature of reality as a unified energetic system; the evolution of human consciousness; how the human body and mind function according to fractal energetic principles; the nature of the ego; unitary consciousness and mystical experience; navigating human cultures, religions, and belief systems; death; and meaning of it all!

Do you watch movies with your eyes open? You buy your tickets and concessions, and you walk into the theater. Celluloid images flash at 24 frames per second, and the hypnotic sequence of moving pictures coaxes you to suspend disbelief and be entertained by the implausible. Unfortunately, many often suspend their beliefs as well, succumbing to subtle lessons in how to behave, think, and even perceive reality.

ولدَ حسان بن ثابت قبل الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم بثماني سنواتٍ في المدينة المنورة لأسرةٍ ذي شأن والده ثابت بن المنذر من سادة قبيلة الخزرج، أشهر قبائل المدينة مع الأوس، ونشأ نشأة مترفة بين اللهو والخمر وكتب فيهما شعراً، شهد حسّان على معارك ومنازعات بين قبيلته وبين قبيلة الأوس التي تنافسها على السيادة على يثرب، وفي هذا الجو من الصراع القبلي تشكلت موهبته الشعرية ليكون رأس حربة في المواجهة، يفخر بانتصارات الخزرج ويهجو الأوس ويدخل في سجالات مع شعرائهم، واتصل بملوك الغساسنة في الشام ونَظَم الشعر في مدحهم وحصل على أعطيات منهم...

Horatio W. Dresser was a New Thought religious leader and author in the United States, speaking to audiences in major cities throughout the country. His books were best sellers and considered the mainstream of the New Thought movement. Dresser saw Christian Science and New Thought as linked in what he called the "mind cure" movement, but disliked the public emphasis on Christian Science as opposed to what he saw as the "more rational" New Thought. In this book, Dresser presents ideas and information that can drive positive change today.

هذا الكتاب يتحدث عن تبسيط الحياة بمعنى يعني إثراءها، في حين يدعوك مجتمعنا الاستهلاكي إلى العكس, ويحثك على ألا تدع التيار يجرفك معه, وفي هذا الكتاب كل ما يساعدك لتعيش سعيدًا في جسدك وفكرك ومع نفسك ومعاملتك مع البيئة، ومن ثم مع الآخرين؛ أي أن تعيش على طريقة مذهب "زن"، فهنا يكمن سر التناغم.

Pure Act tells the story of poet Robert Lax, whose quest to live a true life as both an artist and a spiritual seeker inspired Thomas Merton, Jack Kerouac, William Maxwell and a host of other writers, artists and ordinary people.

Uncover the many benefits of Tai Chi to discover how it will help your mind, body, and soul. Have you heard of Tai Chi, but don’t know where to begin? Do you want to find out why people who practice Tai Chi are living their best life? Do you want to transform your mindset and fitness levels using Tai Chi? If you said “yes” to any of these questions, you have come to the right place.

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is maybe the most important and well-known sermon of his, but also included is A Divine and Supernatural Light describing and illuminating what Edwards describes as a supernatural light imparted by God. His farewell sermon was given in June of 1750 and is a commendation to those who are in the Lord's service, a plea to maintain unity, avoid dissension and false doctrine, and a call to devote themselves to prayer.

In the year 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England carrying more than a hundred hopeful, determined, and God-fearing individuals into an unknown future. Setting their minds on the promises of God and their faith in Him, they ventured into the unfamiliar as they placed their lives and those of their children in His hands. Little did they know that despite many hardships they would build the most powerful, inventive, industrial, and free nation that had ever existed to this point in history.

A popular survey of how we can think Christianly, see clearly, and respond as Christ would to contemporary ethical issues such as crime, rehabilitation, consumerism, war, euthanasia, same sex relationships, and other complex issues that confront us in the 21st century....

Much like The Stories Behind The Best-Loved Songs Of Christmas, The Stories Behind The Great Traditions of Christmas and More Stories Behind The Best Loved Songs of Christmas this new Collins Christmas book will fill a void in the book world.