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While there are no easy answers to loss and death, Mature Grief offers a compass to anyone navigating the unknown and uncharted waters of grief. Each life comes from God. It begins with God and has no end. Our parents came from God, out from the circle of eternity, bestowed with goodness, and in dying they return to God. Their circle is complete. And in between, their spirits splashed-down here briefly in a quiet eddy at the edge of the flowin...

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Sacred Speech is brimming with encouragement inspiring readers to value the power that their speech has in creating a better world. Drawing support and wisdom from a wealth of literary and spiritual sources, Schaper offers compelling advice, empowering readers to: Acknowledge the Divine in the words they use Use speech to maximize the possibility of love and care Use speech to minimize fear Link, connect, and contact with others through words ...

From choosing the right rocks and plants to weeding and night gardening, this book shows how to start and maintain a rock garden. It describes the sacred meaning of stones and rocks in many of the world's cultures and spiritual traditions, including Stonehenge, Ayers Rock, Western Wall in Jerusalem, Ka'ba in Mecca, Japan's Zen gardens, Europe's cathedrals, America's temples, and Egypt's pyramids. Illustrations.

This volume examines commitment in the context of the individual and institutional response to God s call to be God s people. The call from God is a call to the altar, to the holy, in a simple do-able way, explains the author. Right now we are a little like an aborted African chant in the mainline church, there is a call, but no response. Donna Schaper outlines various reasons for this disconnect between call and response, and she offers ten c...

Donna Schaper has written a thought-provoking book to assist readers in developing a way to move forward, a way to become persons of faith, and a way of becoming Christians by "calmly plotting the resurrection." Schaper provides a daily exercise for the seven weeks of the Lenten season, including a passage of Scripture, a brief reflection, and concluding questions for further consideration or group discussion. The themes for each week of refle...

A personal, warm-hearted approach to a complex matter--how we can use speech in holy ways. $20, 000 initial Ad/PR budget, 7-city National Tour.

Sabbath Keeping is a collection of ten meditations, each exploring a different aspect of keeping the sabbath and ending with a prayer.

Walking the labyrinth is a spiritual practice that can be a genuine point of meeting for people of different faiths, or of no particular faith. This book offers an accessible entry to the history and philosophy of labyrinths, and guidance for using one, for meditation, prayer, or stress reduction. Illustrations and photos.