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Calm Moments for Anxious Days: A 90-Day Devotional Journey
by Max LucadoIn an uncertain world, it's not always easy to put our worries into God's hands. Beloved author and pastor Max Lucado weaves together biblical promises, gentle illustrations, and thoughtful practices to help you exchange your anxieties for God's peace.Calm Moments for Anxious Days includes Scripture, devotional thoughts, and practical tools to help you release your anxieties one by one, breath by breath, into the safe hands of a God who will never leave you. Each brief but powerful entry includes:A heartfelt devotion with ideas for applying God's Word to your circumstancesA biblically-based promise or affirmation to replace your spiraling thoughtsSpace for you to write out prayers, worries, and reminders of God's faithfulness Including a quick-reference list of God's promises, this 90-day devotional is ideal for seasons of stress, depression, and anxiety. Whether you&’re facing grief or trauma, questioning your value or purpose, fatigued by the everyday trials of life, or wondering if that cloud of fear will ever leave you, Calm Moments for Anxious Days brings you back to truth and hope. Never minimizing your emotions and experiences, Lucado lovingly reminds you that there is Someone big enough to take away every anxious thought so you can know a peace that is beyond understanding.
Calm The Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer
by The Poor Clares'We will never achieve true happiness if we continue to search for it outside the very source of love, which we know is God himself.'In Calm the Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer, The Poor Clares, an enclosed order of nuns based in Nuns' Island, Galway, draw on the fruit of their monastic lives and suggest simple practices to help nourish our souls and find a sense of calm in today's world.With practical advice in preparing for prayer, The Poor Clares look at ways we can slowly build up the amount of time spent in prayer and meditation in our daily lives, to achieve a sense of peace and well-being. They combine reflections on familiar prayers, such as the Our Father and Hail Mary, with meditations on Scripture, and prayers for specific needs such as depression, self-esteem and sickness.An inspiring book of simple spirituality which offers faith and hope to anyone seeking solace in today's world.
Calm Your Anxiety: 60 Biblical Quotes for Better Mental Health
by Robert J. MorganDo you often feel nervous, restless, or tense? Is there a feeling in the pit of your stomach that sometimes feels crippling? Does the potential danger or panic feel like it&’s taken over your life? If yes is your response to those questions, you are not alone. Pastor and bestselling author Robert Morgan has dealt with anxiety his entire life. Once he accepted his anxiety and committed to dealing with it every day, he felt peace and hope. In Calm Your Anxiety: 60 Biblical Insights for Better Mental Health, Morgan takes you on a 60-day journey that will help you make managing your anxiety a good habit and shift your mindset.Morgan will teach you how to celebrate God&’s goodness, ask God for help, and how to stop letting anxiety rule your life. Each day Morgan presents a daily practice that includes: a daily Scripture.an inspirational entry focusing on rejoicing, gentleness, nearness, prayer, thanksgiving, thinking, discipleship, or peace.a prompt for deeper reflection.If you're ready to make the commitment to yourself and live a more fulfilling and joy-filled life, allow Robert Morgan to come alongside and teach you how to calm your anxiety.
Calm Your Anxiety: Winning the Fight Against Worry
by Robert J. MorganDoes your anxiety constantly make you question whether you have control, if you're safe, or if you have the power to change? Anxiety often creates an intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear that makes your normal day-to-day feel challenging and overwhelming. You know that phrase . . . practice makes perfect. What if practice could help you create a better relationship with your anxiety?Pastor and bestselling author, Robert Morgan understands your struggle because he has lived with anxiety his entire life. He can teach you how to change your life by learning how to deal with your anxiety. In Calm Your Anxiety: Winning the Fight Against Worry, you'll learn how to:use biblical insight to help you better understand and cope with your anxiety.create joy, nearness to God, and peace.develop new daily habits that will help you deal with anxiety.identify triggers and how to be proactive in your daily routine.We all know that there is no cure for anxiety. It is something you live with, but that doesn't mean it has to take over your life. You are in control, and with God's help, you can wage war against anxiety and live a more fulfilling life.
Calm Your Anxious Mind: Daily Devotions to Manage Stress and Build Resilience (A 365-Day Devotional to Help You Embrace Peace and Wellness and Leave Behind Worry and Anxiety)
by Carrie MarrsExperience the peace your soul longs for.When left unchecked, our thoughts can spiral out of control. We try harder and worry more as we watch the headlines and fill our calendars. But only God can bring us the relief from anxiety that our souls long for. Even in difficult times, we can experience God's presence. Calm Your Anxious Mind offers you daily invitations to embrace the peacefulness God gives you no matter your circumstances.In Calm Your Anxious Mind, men and women will find:Inspiring and comforting Scripture versesQuotations about giving and receiving God's peacePrayer prompts and thoughtful reflections on trusting GodPractical ideas for living beyond anxietyInsights into triggers for anxiety With a topical table of contents, research-based strategies for easing an anxious mind, and continual reminders of God's love, this yearlong devotional will help you:Process and let go of anxiety about finances, politics, and illnessPractice mindfulness techniquesNurture body and soul with ideas you can implement immediatelyStay connected with those you love Calm Your Anxious Mind is a wonderful self-gift if you are feeling worried or stressed and looking for relief. This devotional is a beautiful and thoughtful gift for friends or family who are dealing with anxiety or uncertain times.Calm. Quiet. Settled. No matter what is happening in your life or around you, you can receive a spiritual peace that is beyond understanding. Find daily comfort and inspiration in this timely devotional designed to ease the anxieties of your heart and mind. With continual reminders of God's faithfulness, Calm Your Anxious Mind will help you find balance and wellness, experience the good, and let go of worry about the future.
Calm the H*ck Down: How to Let Go and Lighten Up About Parenting
by Melanie DaleFrom author and speaker Melanie Dale comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious parenting book that teaches you how to dial back the stress of raising children with the simple premise that we all just need to lighten up a little bit. Most of us thought we&’d be amazing parents—and then we had kids. Now we spend what little free time we have comparing ourselves to other parents, comparing our kids to other kids, and panicking that everyone else is nailing it except us. Between constant social media postings to conflicting advice found in parenting books, we often have no choice but to freak out. But there is another way. We all just need to calm the h*ck down. Melanie Dale—a special needs parent, adoptive parent, in vitro parent, and reluctant cheer mom—believes we are all putting too much pressure on ourselves and our kids to be perfect. Instead, she argues, we need to take a step back so we can actually enjoy this journey called parenting. Calm the H*ck Down is filled with stories from Melanie&’s own life, as well as real-life research for learning how to lighten up about every aspect of parenting—from poopy diapers and germs to family vacations and adolescent angst. She also discusses the pressure to knock it all out of the Pinterest park, the challenge of instilling some kind of faith into your kids, and worrying about their future while still trying to live in the present. Infused with quirky humor, profound insight, and accessible advice, Calm the H*ck Down gives you the permission to finally relax and enjoy this ridiculous thing we do called parenting.
Calm the Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer
by The Poor Clares'An inspiring book of simple spirituality' Galway AdvertiserOriginally published a decade ago, the number one bestseller Calm the Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer was written by the Poor Clares, Galway with the intention of showing us how prayer and moments of quiet contemplation can help us find solace and calm in today's busy world. Now, this specially updated edition brings the original reflections on familiar prayers such as the Our Father, Hail Mary and the Rosary, and prayers for special intentions such as depression and self-esteem, together with new material on issues such as anxiety and social media and a section on some of the sisters' favourite saints.This timeless book of spirituality presents simple ways we can introduce more prayer to our days and, in doing so, live with more peace and happiness.
Calm the Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer
by The Poor Clares'An inspiring book of simple spirituality' Galway AdvertiserOriginally published a decade ago, the number one bestseller Calm the Soul: A Book of Simple Wisdom and Prayer was written by the Poor Clares, Galway with the intention of showing us how prayer and moments of quiet contemplation can help us find solace and calm in today's busy world. Now, this specially updated edition brings the original reflections on familiar prayers such as the Our Father, Hail Mary and the Rosary, and prayers for special intentions such as depression and self-esteem, together with new material on issues such as anxiety and social media and a section on some of the sisters' favourite saints.This timeless book of spirituality presents simple ways we can introduce more prayer to our days and, in doing so, live with more peace and happiness.
Calm, Cool & Adjusted (Spa Girls Series #3)
by Kristin BillerbeckA plastic surgeon, a condemned house, and a wedding date from the dark side. It's enough to send a girl and her gal pals running for the spa! Christian chick-lit.
Calm, Cool, and Adjusted
by Kristin BillerbeckSilicon Valley chiropractor Poppy Clayton is as calm, cool, and adjusted as they come . . . or is she?Known for her bad fashion sense, a love for all things natural, and the inability to get a second date, Poppy is beginning to wonder if she might be misaligned herself.Poppy's route to self discovery will be an unnatural one involving a plastic surgeon (of all people!), a condemned house in Santa Cruz, and a wedding date from the dark side. It's enough to send a girl and her gal pals running for their favorite spa!
Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life
by Arlene PellicaneFor those feeling overloaded with technology… Let&’s face it: most of us are on our phones or computers way more than we&’d like to be, and more than what&’s even beneficial. We know that overuse of technology is harmful to our health and relationships, but how can we rewire our digital habits for a healthier life? In Calm, Cool, and Connected, Arlene Pellicane will walk you through an easy 5-step plan that will help you center your life on Jesus and love others by decluttering your screen time. By introducing a few easy habits into your daily routine, you can transform your relationship with technology and enjoy more time with God and others. It's easy to become consumed and preoccupied with our devices. In turn, we begin to suppress or ignore what&’s most important, focusing instead on the urgent and sensational. Let this book guide you toward balanced technology use, and thus a more balanced life.
Calm, Cool, and Connected: 5 Digital Habits for a More Balanced Life
by Arlene PellicaneFor those feeling overloaded with technology… Let&’s face it: most of us are on our phones or computers way more than we&’d like to be, and more than what&’s even beneficial. We know that overuse of technology is harmful to our health and relationships, but how can we rewire our digital habits for a healthier life? In Calm, Cool, and Connected, Arlene Pellicane will walk you through an easy 5-step plan that will help you center your life on Jesus and love others by decluttering your screen time. By introducing a few easy habits into your daily routine, you can transform your relationship with technology and enjoy more time with God and others. It's easy to become consumed and preoccupied with our devices. In turn, we begin to suppress or ignore what&’s most important, focusing instead on the urgent and sensational. Let this book guide you toward balanced technology use, and thus a more balanced life.
Calm: How to End Destructive Conflict in Your Church
by Mary Gladstone-Highland Kathryn E. Stokes Christina WichertGuide your church to proactively make decisions and deal with conflict.Calm: How to End Destructive Conflict in Your Church is a guidebook written for United Methodist churches and church leaders to help them proactively make decisions and deal with conflict.This book equips pastors and other leaders with the skills and tools necessary to engage in critical conversations that lead to healthy communities--churches that remain God-focused in times of conflict and tension. In addition to the four Modules, Calm includes the practical resources pastors, judicatory leaders, and others will need to lead congregations through the Modules.The Modules contain step-by-step instructions for planning and facilitating the Module sessions. They include detailed instructions and helpful tips for leading people through the Calm process of group activities, discussion, reflection, and times of worship. The book is a complete guide for leading this process, including instructions for the pastor and facilitator, helping to ensure success.The authors also provide clear adaptations for groups gathering virtually – an inescapable reality in the life of today's church. These adaptations both underscore and equip groups to take special care while engaging in the sensitive nature of conflict work in a virtual space.
Calming Angry Kids: Help and Hope for Parents in the Whirlwind
by Tricia GoyerSlammed doors. Hurting hearts. Tricia Goyer knows what it’s like to parent children with chronic anger. In Calming Angry Kids, Goyer draws on her own experience to help readers understand what’s going on in a child’s brainfocus on relationship over rulesteach a child how to handle frustrations without outburstscontrol how they express their own anger establish a standard of respect in the home Including reflection questions and action steps at the end of each chapter, Calming Angry Kids shows weary parents that peace in their home is within reach.
Calming the Fearful Mind: A Zen Response to Terrorism
by Thich Nhat Hanh Rachel NeumannIn a time of terrorism and uncertainty, how can any of us feel truly safe? Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh looks at the real roots of terrorism and fear and offers the way out: a path of compassion and open-heartedness. In this unique book, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that we will only be safe when we acknowledge our real enemies, not other human beings, but our own ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving, and violence. With clarity and gentleness, Nhat Hanh offers step-by-step instructions for calming the mind and looking deeply into our own misperceptions. His own generosity of spirit and love for all beings models a path out of uncertainty and towards peace. By calming our minds and looking deeply into our hearts, will we have the insight to identify the roots of terrorism. Only with the practice of compassion, deep listening, and mindful communication can terrorism be transformed and uprooted. Calming the Fearful Mind offers key teachings designed to help heal the misunderstanding, fear, and hatred that divide us as individuals, groups, and nations. An invaluable book for anyone who has wondered how to deal with anger and the desire for retaliation. Calming the Fearful Mind is, ultimately, a book about finding peace. It takes Thich Nhat Hanh's signature mindfulness practices and reveals how they can help us address our most challenging and most deeply rooted fears.
Calming the Storms: Meditation as a Path to Inner Peace and Happiness
by Brother Richard Hendrick'There is a place at the heart of a storm where we can find a point of stillness, a new beginning where we can return to a centred, deep and meaningful existence.'The busyness and anxieties of our modern world can often leave us eager to find places of calm in our lives, where we can process our thoughts and feelings and make sense of what is going on around us and inside us.In Calming the Storms, Brother Richard draws on three decades of practising and teaching Christian meditation to show us how to begin a transformative, nourishing and achievable meditative practice. Through practical exercises and everyday mindful moments, this book shows us how to anchor ourselves in times of storm and build a practice that guides us to a life of greater wisdom, peace and happiness.Brother Richard is a Capuchin Franciscan priest-friar and author of Still Points: A Guide to Living the Mindful, Meditative Way. He teaches Christian meditation and mindfulness in Dublin.
Calming the Storms: Meditation as a Path to Inner Peace and Happiness
by Brother Richard Hendrick'There is a place at the heart of a storm where we can find a point of stillness, a new beginning where we can return to a centred, deep and meaningful existence.'The busyness and anxieties of our modern world can often leave us eager to find places of calm in our lives, where we can process our thoughts and feelings and make sense of what is going on around us and inside us.In Calming the Storms, Brother Richard draws on three decades of practising and teaching Christian meditation to show us how to begin a transformative, nourishing and achievable meditative practice. Through practical exercises and everyday mindful moments, this book shows us how to anchor ourselves in times of storm and build a practice that guides us to a life of greater wisdom, peace and happiness.Brother Richard is a Capuchin Franciscan priest-friar and author of Still Points: A Guide to Living the Mindful, Meditative Way. He teaches Christian meditation and mindfulness in Dublin.
Calvin (Abingdon Pillars of Theology)
by George W. StroupAbingdon Pillars of Theology is a series for the college and seminary classroom designed to help students grasp the basic and necessary facts, influence, and significance of major theologians. Written by noted scholars, these books outline the context, methodology, organizing principles, primary contributions, and key writings of people who have shaped theology as we know it today. John Calvin (1509-1564) continues to be read and discussed because he illumines our human experience. Although inseparable from his context, Calvin's theology speaks for itself, thus identifying ways Calvin remains a living voice for those who struggle with the meaning of Christian faith.
Calvin and Augustine
by Benjamin Breckenridge WarfieldAs the Christian Church views the panorama of her history, two figures stand out in bold relief. They are Augustine and Calvin. Their influence has shaped the religious life and theological thought for centuries. For a thousand years since the fourth century the religious genius of Augustine determined the development of the Christian Church. And from the days of the Reformation to this present day it is the religious genius of Calvin, along with that of Luther, that has played such an important part in the Christian Church. To this day the “Institutes” of Calvin remains the “masterpiece of Protestant Theology.” These two extraordinarily gifted men tower like pyramids over the scene of history.To properly evaluate the work of Calvin and Augustine, requires unusual gifts. These are found in Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield. In the minds of not a few, Warfield is one of the outstanding theologians since Calvin. Because of his lucid and stately style of writing, his penetrating gift of analysis, his knowledge of the works of Calvin and Augustine, and his firm grasp of Reformed theology, there was no one better qualified to estimate and express the unique place of Calvin and Augustine in the history of the Christian Church. Christian literature has been enriched by the studies found in this book.
Calvin and the Christian Tradition: Scripture, Memory, and the Western Mind
by R. Ward HolderJohn Calvin lived in a divided world when past certainties were crumbling. Calvin claimed that his thought was completely based upon scripture, but he was mistaken. At several points in his thought and his ministry, he set his own foundations upon tradition. His efforts to make sense of his culture and its religious life mirror issues that modern Western cultures face, and that have contributed to our present situation. In this book, R. Ward Holder offers new insights into Calvin's successes and failures and suggests pathways for understanding some of the problems of contemporary Western culture such as the deep divergence about living in tradition, the modern capacity to agree on the foundations of thought, and even the roots of our deep political polarization. He traces Calvin's own critical engagement with the tradition that had formed him and analyzes the inherent divisions in modern heritage that affect our ability to agree, not only religiously or politically, but also about truth. An epilogue comparing biblical interpretation with Constitutional interpretation is illustrative of contemporary issues and demonstrates how historical understanding can offer solutions to tensions in modern culture.
Calvin and the Resignification of the World: Creation, Incarnation, and the Problem of Political Theology in the 1559 ‘Institutes'
by Michelle Chaplin SanchezCalvin's 1559 Institutes is one of the most important works of theology that emerged at a pivotal time in Europe's history. As a movement, Calvinism has often been linked to the emerging features of modernity, especially to capitalism, rationalism, disenchantment, and the formation of the modern sovereign state. In this book, Michelle Sanchez argues that a closer reading of the 1559 Institutes recalls some of the tensions that marked Calvinism's emergence among refugees, and ultimately opens new ways to understand the more complex ethical and political legacy of Calvinism. In conversation with theorists of practice and signification, she advocates for reading the Institutes as a pedagogical text that places the reader in the world as the domain in which to actively pursue the 'knowledge of God and ourselves' through participatory uses of divine revelation. Through this lens, she reconceives Calvin's understanding of sovereignty and how it works in relation to the embodied reader. Sanchez also critically examines Calvin's teaching on providence and the incarnation in conversation with theorists of political theology and modernity who emphasize the importance of those very doctrines.
Calvin vs. Wesley: Bringing Belief in Line with Practice
by Don ThorsenCongregations are made up of people with all sorts of theologies. Pastor Mike Slaughter even says that these can stand in the way of the church’s mission of social and personal holiness. But most people do not adopt a theology on purpose, mostly they merely breathe in the prevailing cultural air. The theology "de jour" seems to be Calvinist, with its emphasis on “the elect” and “other worldly salvation.” In fact, there is so much Calvinism saturating the culture, that some do not even know there is an alternative way of thinking about their faith. They don’t know where to go to find a viable option; they don’t even know the key words to search Google. So people are left thinking like Calvinists but living with a desire to change the world, offering grace and hope to hurting people in mission and ministry—loving the least, the last, and the lost. In other words, they are living like Wesleyans. This book shows what Calvinist and Wesleyans actually believe about human responsibility, salvation, the universality of God’s grace, holy living through service, and the benefits of small group accountability--and how that connects to how people can live. Calvinists and Wesleyans are different, and by knowing the difference, people will not only see the other benefits of Wesleyan theology but will be inspired to learn more. By knowing who they are as faithful people of God, they will be motivated to reach out in mission with renewed vigor. And they won’t be obstacles to grace and holiness, but they can be better disciples and advocates for Christ through service in this world.
Calvin's Ecclesiology: A Study in the History of Doctrine
by Tadataka MaruyamaIn this fresh and original monograph on the ecclesiology of John Calvin, Tadataka Maruyama sifts exhaustively through the corpus of Calvin&’s writings—in both Latin and French—to crystalize the French reformer&’s conception of the Christian church. After elucidating Calvin&’s influence from other reformers such as Jacques Lefèvre, Guillaume Farel, and Martin Bucer, Maruyama shows how Calvin&’s ecclesiology evolved throughout his life while remaining firmly rooted in key principles and interests. Maruyama discerns three phases in Calvin&’s ecclesiology:Catholic ecclesiology—in which Calvin saw the church as a unified and ideal institution situated both above and within historyReformed ecclesiology—in which Calvin described the concrete, historical form of the Christian church over against the Catholic ChurchReformation ecclesiology—in which Calvin came to understand the Christian church as an eschatological reality situated in a broader European context, which Calvin portrayed as the &“theater of God&’s providence&”This trajectory mirrors the way the Protestant Reformation was focused on reforming particular churches while also reimagining the Christian world as a whole. Indeed, as Maruyama thoroughly illustrates, Calvin never lost sight of his original vision of reforming the church of his French homeland even as his work grew into a much larger movement.
Calvin's Institutes: A New Compend
by Hugh T. KerrThis is an easy-to-read book that follows the main development of Calvin's theology, accentuating Calvin's positive convictions without lingering over matters of only dated importance, for persons who desire authentic texts of a religious tradition.
Calvin's Theology and Its Reception
by I. John Hesselink J. Todd BillingsJ. Todd Billings and I. John Hesselink have compiled an essential collection of essays for the study of John Calvin's theology. Leading Calvin scholars examine the early and late reception-history of Calvin's fundamental teachings, including reflections on the contemporary possibilities and limitations in developing Calvin's thought. Contributors include Timothy Hessel-Robinson, Michael S. Horton, Mark Husbands, David Little, Suzanne McDonald, Jeannine E. Olson, Sue A. Rozeboom, and Carl R. Trueman.