This collection of Tibetan poetry and lyrics is accompanied by extensive commentary and offers a great insight into a rich literary culture.Tibet, remote and inaccessible, is less known to the western world for its literary than its artistic contributions to world culture. Nevertheless, it has produced a literature of enduring beauty and significance, the supreme achievement of which is the poetry of Milarepa, its greatest poet and saint.This Tibetan poetry book indicates in its poetic...
In this fascinating, informal approach to art appreciation, an eminent Indian scholar reveals the crucial difference between merely looking at and really seeing painting and sculpture, drawing and architecture. And to the open-minded and sensitive observer, he shows how simple perceptions can be transmuted into darshana—the pure delight of union with the inner life of a work of art.The presentation is poetic, not technical, directed toward the general reader rather than the specialist....
For 2000 years, most Christians have participated in the ritual of baptism. Yet for many people today, whether they are Christian or otherwise, baptism remains a mystery. What does it mean? Why do many Christians baptize their young children while others do not? Why do some fully immerse in water while others simply sprinkle it upon the head? Most importantly, how does the act of baptism lavish the grace of God upon us, and how is its symbol significant for those who walk the way of Jesus?...
Childhood of Jesus takes a look at the life of Jesus' childhood from a Jewish perspective. This booklet discloses daily activities and interaction with family and friends of Jesus. What type of education did Jesus receive? What was expected of Jesus as a little boy? Did he know he was the Messiah? Did he perform miracles? How does the community respond to Mary's pregnancy? What would it be like to live 2,000 years ago? Childhood of Jesus pulls back the covers and exposes the cultural...
Finding the courage to give voice to stories of trauma, oppression, and internal shame is often difficult, but also is the first step to healing and freedom. This collection of documentary poems presents the voices of women from different times and places, sharing their pain and hope with great vulnerability and realism. Their stories invite readers on a reflective journey through our world's emotional landscape with the hope that you too will experience the healing that can come through...
For two years, Brother Pete has lived as a monk, in a rundown abbey on the outskirts of a big city. He has run away from his life only to find himself among a group of outcasts and oddballs – from a former child star who's seen better days, to a mean old abbot who makes no secret of his love for drink and his hatred for almost everything else.  It's not exactly what Pete had in mind. Then one day a stranger arrives and throws everything even more off...
One of the most articulate and biblically grounded voices of the Radical Reformation, Peter Riedemann was only twenty-three when he penned this impassioned confession of faith in the gloom of a sixteenth-century Austrian dungeon. Already a noted Anabaptist leader, Riedemann called fellow persecuted Christians to witness to a love that, “when it really burns, having kindled our eagerness for God, the more temptations and tribulations meet it, the more it flares, until it overcomes and consumes...
Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God. Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today’s spiritual seekers? Was it her social radicalism, which led her to renounce privilege? Her ambivalence toward institutional religion? Her combination of philosophical rigor with the ardor of a mystic? Albert Camus called Simone Weil “the only great spirit of our time.”...
When first released as a print book, with no formal publicity, «I’m Out to Change My World» became a huge bestseller through word-of-mouth. Now available as an eBook, a new generation will be encouraged to embrace Ann's advice and win their world with love. If you haven't read any books by Ann Kiemel, you are in for a pleasant experience! Love is unstoppable, crushing all obstacles. It builds bonds and bridges, never giving up. Many Christians consider Ann Kiemel to be one of...
Explores way Christian individuals and communities can cultivate peace both locally and on a global scale. Peace can seem so very far away, whether we are watching news of atrocities committed in other countries or we encounter the violence in our own neighborhoods. Mike Angell engages peace as more than an absence of conflict. Peace, following the Christian tradition, is more concrete. It must be planted, tended, and grown in our own hearts and in the world. This book explores ways...