Learning Religion

Life hit Pat and Tammy McLeod hard when their son Zach collapsed on a high school football field; he had sustained a severe brain injury. Facing the devastating possibility that things would never be the same for their beloved son, they committed to staying strong as a family and finding a way to maintain their footing. But the journey would reshape their faith, their family, and their future in ways they never saw coming.

In this study, Ronald R. Rodgers examines several narratives involving religion’s historical influence on the news ethic of journalism: its decades-long opposition to the Sunday newspaper as a vehicle of modernity that challenged the tradition of the Sabbath; the parallel attempt to create an advertising-driven Christian daily newspaper; and the ways in which religion - especially the powerful Social Gospel movement - pressured the press to become a moral agent.

Estas son las técnicas de Hector Herrera que logró sobreponerse ante las adversidades de la vida, sobreviviente de tres intentos de suicidio y haber sanado de una parálisis de su cuerpo que duró casi cinco años de su vida, encontró en lo más profundo del dolor dos caminos: Morir por sus propias manos y terminar con el dolor y sufrimiento que lo tenían muerto en vida; o enfrentar sus miedos sanar su pasado y transformarse en uno de los conferencistas de mayor impacto en la vida de quien lo escucha.

After the Berlin Wall fell, a group of Christian colleges in the US seized the opportunity to begin strategic faculty and student exchanges with universities inside the Soviet Union. They could not have foreseen the doors that would open next. During a 1990 visit to Russia, John Bernbaum and his colleagues received a surprising invitation from a Russian government official: come help build a faith-based university in Moscow. Thus, after 70 years of fierce religious persecution under communism, the Russian-American Christian University (RACU) was born.

Zen self-cope and Zen self-love yourself mentally and physically. True love requires trust, and trust requires honesty. Never, ever, forget that you are important, too.

An audiobook about our travels in a motor home across America and life. An inspirational audiobook about this great country, its people, our faith, selling everything we own, and following His plan, picking up the pieces after a death of a child, even going to heaven and living to tell about it...a story for everyone! At the end, a segment to answer questions as to the costs of RVing full-time, a how-to-do-it, and other important information before hitting the road.

Author of the international best seller I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, Pamela Des Barres shares with women the art of memoir writing. For the last 14 years, Pamela Des Barres has been teaching an eight-week women's "femoir" writing workshop. She found that the music-loving ladies who showed up at her door had pent-up stories to tell. Many of them had read her two memoirs, which were wildly personal and deeply confessional, and felt comfortable opening up and experiencing that same freedom of expression.

Shabana Mir's powerful ethnographic study of women on Washington, D.C., college campuses reveals that being a young female Muslim in post-9/11 America means experiencing double scrutiny—scrutiny from the Muslim community as well as from the dominant non-Muslim community. i>Muslim American Women on Campus illuminates the processes by which a group of ethnically diverse American college women, all identifying as Muslim and all raised in the United States, construct their identities during one of the most formative times in their lives.

Learning to Float is a life preserver when you find yourself adrift in the midst of your faith journey. When waves of doubt and anxiety threaten to rise above your head, or when you simply find yourself weary of swimming in the midst of unending waters, this book is your buoy. It's the gentle arms of friends holding you up so that you can breathe, even as currents of questions continue to sweep you up and move you along. It's the comforting whisper in your ear when you need it the most: "It's okay; I've got you. You're not alone."

It doesn’t matter what faith group you do or don’t belong to--spirituality has phenomenal power…and you can use it to heal yourself. Whether your pain is emotional, physical, or psychological, you can use your spirituality to reconnect with a version of yourself that existed long before that pain ever took hold. No matter what pain you’re living with, you can harness the power of spirituality to bring back your childhood self…and that long-lost sparkle!

Many of us are battling depression, anxiety, mental illness, or personality disorders. We feel anxious, frustrated, and overwhelmed. We don't have the support systems to help lift us up and to help us cope with the stressors of daily life. We want to make things better for ourselves, but we may be at a loss as to how to do so. One of the first steps in fixing your life and your anxiety is to learn how to regulate your emotions. Our emotions cause us to feel out of control sometimes.

"How many hours did you meditate?" the monk asks Gustav. "Five hours. I am finding meditation boring," he confesses. "Accept, accept," the monk tells him. I can't believe he shared this with the teacher. It makes me smile. I appreciate his honesty. I am slightly jealous because I don't think I would ever have the audacity to confess something like that. At the same time, I don't find the mediation practice boring. In fact, I find it anything but boring.

If you have ever desired to become a more attentive, compassionate, and liberated human being...now is the time. In this book you will learn to overcome your ego-centric mind patterns, and discover the path to finding your true self. You will develop a practice of mindful driving in the current moment with dynamic awareness, and reveal the truth of your higher self.

Playful Mindfulness brings together wisdom from the worlds of mindfulness (paying attention to the present moment with curiosity and kindness) and improvisation (making life up courageously as you go along) so listeners can find greater confidence, calm, and connection.

Nearly a decade in the making, this unique compendium summarizes dozens of core Chabad teachings that explain and inspire Jewish faith and observance. Drawn from the vast body of works of the Rebbes of Chabad, it will engage, educate, and inspire readers from all backgrounds. A concise bottom-line, plus an extensive list of follow up references round out this encyclopedic collection that can be read in minutes, yet inspire for a lifetime.

You can own a beautiful home. You can own a vintage sports car. And a yacht. But none of these external things will ever change how you feel about life and yourself. The truth is we get frustrated and disappointed with life because we don’t focus on owning the right thing. Without knowing how to own and manage our inner world, there will always be something missing. You’ll still feel empty and unfulfilled.

Have you ever longed to explore the depths of your True Self - to touch the Eternal? This is your chance to learn the Way. The ability to do, to act in the Now and not fall into fear, doubt, or other self-limiting states is the same as the power to live in the perfectly present moment. What unseen forces are working within us to keep us from realizing a relationship with our own secret heart?

Education of the Soul is a comprehensive program that distills the fundamental concepts that form the core of the invisible spiritual curriculum. This unparalleled collection of wisdom can be understood at many levels, making it suitable for beginners and long-time students. With each listening, the student encounters a deeper layer of meaning.

We all seek the same thing, to know the truth of ourselves, the depths of a love not yet sounded, and the heights to which our own thoughts can carry us. We seek a freedom unbounded, the fearlessness of immortality, the touch of the Divine. This is a special kind of wisdom that few will ever find. But you can realize these gifts and more, providing you have reached the point in your spiritual development where you understand that your life cannot possibly be any richer, deeper, freer than you are.

Learn to see the higher gift hidden in every moment. The divine life, and the possibility of your connection to it, already lives within you; all that is missing is how to align yourself with all that you are intended to be. The good news is that every event you meet is intended to help you do just that, providing you know how to use it. In these powerful talks, best-selling self-realization author Guy Finley helps you discover how to use each moment to connect to your divine essence.