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|  | Using Scripture in Pastoral Counseling by Edward P. Wimberly
At a time when there is concern within the church to draw on its historic resources for use in the transformation of persons, this book presents a model for the use of Scripture in pastoral counseling. Drawing on narrative biblical criticism and the psychology of narrative, the book suggests a model for pastoral counseling using Scripture to explore and release human possibilities. Detailed case studies are presented to depict the way the Bible can be used with counselees. Particular attention is given to pastoral counseling with individuals, marital couples, and families who bring to pastoral counseling a history of employing Scripture to bring order and meaning to their lives. Often, however, the biblical story seems to be secondary in their lives, and a more dominant and unhealthy story is primary. The method of using Scripture suggested in the book illuminates how the Bible story challenges and transforms unhealthy dominant stories that people bring to counseling. The model is presented in stages that cover the beginning, the middle, and the ending phases of pastoral counseling. The stages of the model include attending to the presenting problem, giving attention to the personal, marital, and family myths that dominate the lives of the counselees, mapping the negative influence of these myths, ascertaining a preferred story that counselees want to enact, setting therapeutic goals, and using Scripture to re-author and edit the negative mythology. AUTHOR: Edward P. Wimberly
PUBLISHER: Abingdon Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality 
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 | Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul by Jack Canfield, Jennifer Hawthorne, Jennifer R. Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff, Mark Victor Hansen
When Jack Canfield first published Chicken Soup for the Soul in 1993, no one could have predicted that this modest collection of stories selected as aids to spiritual reflection and personal growth would give rise to a publishing franchise that has drawn hundreds of thousands of readers nationwide, and spawned 11 additional collections in the series--each aimed at a specialized audience. Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul is a collection of stories selected with women in mind, drawn from writers like Leo Buscaglia, Erma Bombeck, Ann Landers, Bessie Delaney, and others. AUTHOR: Jack Canfield, Jennifer Hawthorne, Jennifer R. Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff, Mark Victor Hansen
PUBLISHER: Health Communications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Commentary on First & Two Thessalonians by I. Howard Marshall, W. Ward Gasque
Wanamaker`s study on the Epistles to the Thessalonians is a contribution to The New International Greek Testament Commentary, a series based on the UBS Greek New Testament, and which strives to provide thorough exegesis of the text that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. AUTHOR: I. Howard Marshall, W. Ward Gasque
PUBLISHER: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Byzantine Theology by John Meyendorff
The aim of this book is to describe the categories of theological thought as they were shaped in the framework of Byzantine Christian civilization, its philosophy of life, its liturgy, and its art, and as they persist in contemporary Eastern Orthodoxy. The central theme, or intuition, of Byzantine theology is that man`s nature is not a static, `closed, ` autonomous entity, but a dynamic reality, determined in its very existence by its relationship to God. AUTHOR: John Meyendorff
PUBLISHER: Fordham University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Invisible Player by Mario Kamenetzky
How consciousness can cure the socioeconomic ills of society and restore hope in the workplace and at home. Here is a book for every individual who has ever dreamed of running a successful business without having to sacrifice personal integrity. AUTHOR: Mario Kamenetzky
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions International, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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 | Bless This Day by Patricia L. Mathson
Description not available.Offers 150 prayers on such topics as prayers for others, prayers to be caring people, blessing prayers, and psalm prayers. AUTHOR: Patricia L. Mathson
PUBLISHER: Ave Maria Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Religion & Spirituality
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