Healing Spiritual Amnesia

There is no end to clichés and easy assumptions about congregational health and vitality. It's much easier to start a new church than turn around an old o≠ nondenominational churches are growing, while denominational churches are dying; small-membership churches are concerned only with survival; suburban churches care only about endless programming and "spiritual entertainment"; downtown churches are doomed to decay. Whatever kernel of truth such analyses might contain, they miss the actual point. Churches stagnate, decline, and die for a number of reasons, but principally because they have forgotten who they are. They have forgotten their mission to reach out to those who do not know God in Christ. They have forgotten that we worship--not to feel comfortable and safe--but to come into the presence of a God who leads us out into the world. They have forgotten the "cloud of witnesses" who have gone before us in the Christian faith, providing models for how we can proclaim the message of the gospel in ways that new generations can hear it. Paul Nixon calls this failure of memory "spiritual amnesia." Concerned with institutional survival and personal comfort, congregations have forgotten what previous generations of Christians have learned time and again: that the church's great challenge is to make the gospel available in new and compelling ways to those who need most to hear it. In a series of sweeping insights into congregational life and contemporary culture, Nixon maps a course that will help churches remember who they are and for whom they exist.

Spiritual Amnesia: A Wake-Up Call to What You Really Are is a roadmap to a new way of being. A Wake-Up Call is just that; a wake-up call to a joyous, abundant life. Through inspirational teachings, the sharing of transformative personal experiences, and practical, how-to techniques, Lauren Skye reframes the experience of life from pain to joy, from challenge to adventure.Get ready to look at yourself, your life, and life itself in a whole new way. This book will wake you up from forgetting and guide you gently toward a new perspective. You'll never look back

This book is for both the experienced and novices to 'The Path' to enlightenment. It covers a wide range of experiences and problems that many share. It includes relevant exercises and practices for most of the topics as well as actual experiences of the writer and her students. Some preview readers comments: ""It's everything I wanted and needed to know about spirituality but didn't know what to ask?"" and ""This is better than an encyclopedia of spirituality!"" and ""This book has explained things in a way that I really understand."" and ""I thought I knew a lot about this stuff but WOW!"" and ""I wish I had this book when I first started my Spiritual Search. Thanks for filling in the blanks.""

Matthew and Dennis consult with surgeons and pro-fessors of scripture and psychiatry in order to com-bine the best insights from medicine, spirituality, and psychiatry for their books.

Based on more than thirty years of research gleaned from Tibetan, Indian, and other cultures, The Healing Power of the Mind provides both spiritual insight and practical advice concerning the true nature of healing, showing how imagination, desire, the power of suggestion, psychic influence and the removal of limitations are valuable tools for maximizing our innate capacity for self-healing. In the spirit of Bernie Siegel's Love, Medicine and Miracles, Dr. Alexander's book explores the body/mind connection and its enormous relevance to health. Originally published as a handbook for Dr. Alexander's patients and later as a popular paperback published by Warner Destiny books, this is a classic which has helped thousands find their way to health.

Does Christ still heal? Yes, He does, and in this book you will learn how the atonement of Christ not only provided for spiritual healing, but physical healing as well.

Internationally renowned Bible teacher Joyce Meyer draws on her own history of abuse to show women how Christ's redeeming love heals emotional wounds and brings joy to life. Can a woman who has been deeply hurt by life's circumstances be healed, heart and soul? If she has been wounded by a man she loved and trusted, can she love and trust again? As a woman who endured years of abuse, abandonment, and betrayal by those closest to her, Joyce Meyer can answer with a resounding "yes!" Meyer's positivity comes from living her own journey, and from seeing so many women who don't believe they can fully overcome their pain--or even know where to begin--find the guidance they need in the life-changing wisdom of the Bible. Meyer's bestseller Beauty for Ashes told of her personal story of healing. Now, with the passage of more time, HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN delves deeper into Joyce's story and the journey of healing for all women. Each chapter guides you through whatever obstacles may be holding you back to find your true destiny as God's beloved. God can heal all pain, and He wants to do this in you. Let HEALING THE SOUL OF A WOMAN be the first step toward the wonderful, joyful future God intends for you.