Lift Up Your Heart is an unique introduction to the writings of St. Francis de Sales, offering readers a personal, ten-day mini-retreat based on ten famous meditations from de Sales spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life.
Jesus asked many questions, and this volume identifies 200 of them. Father Pennington reflects on the questions and suggests that living with the questions of Jesus, living in these questions, can bring us to a wider perspective on our lives, in fact, to seeing our lives the way God sees them.
In this new edition, the author draws on the teaching of Julian of Norwich, and maintains that we project our own anger on to our image of God, whereas His compassionate love is acting at all times to abate and dispel the wrath within ourselves. Once this deficient image of God is corrected the scene is set for an authentic prayer life.
When 24-7 Prayer leader and young pastor Alain Emerson lost his twenty-three-year-old wife to cancer, his once firm faith seemed to crumble. In this profound exploration of loss, Alain walks through the stages of grief and shock, choosing to lean into the pain. In facing God with his disappointment, he emerges with a stronger and deeper faith.
Offers creative ways to explore your own spiritual journey, helping you to trace your relationship with God from the beginning, whether looking at your entire life or exploring significant moments.