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So Much Depends On Dinner

By and others ⋅ January 4, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Margaret Visser The Real Meaning of Table Manners By Melanie Fogel —————————————————————————- —- Margaret Visser discusses table manners and social behavior, covering everything from cannibalism and the Gulf War to the Eucharist. Regular CM contributor Melanie Fogel spoke with Margaret Visser during her recent tour promoting her new book, The Rituals of Dinner. Read on […]

Stages Of Faith

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Stages of Faith, by James W. Fowler is published in paperback by Harper Collins, 1995. Stage 1–Magical World Ages 2-6, perceives the world through lens of imagination and intuition unrestrained by logic e.g., lives in a magical world in which anything is possible Stage 2–Concrete Family Ages 6-12, sees the world as a story–concrete, literal, […]

Fowler’s Stages Of Faith In Profile

By and others ⋅ January 4, 2003 ⋅ One comment

James Fowler’s Stages of Faith in Profile James Fowler, Ph.D. is a developmental psychologist, a United Methodist layperson, and Director of the Center for Faith Development at Emory University. He is the premiere pioneer of the study of Faith development, and his book Stages of Faith (Harper & Row, 1981) is a ground-breaking classic. His […]

Henri Nouwen

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Beauty of the Beloved – a Henri Nouwen Anthology, edited by Robert A. Jonas, DLT, 1999. £8.95 Wounded Prophet: a Portrait of Henri Nouwen, by Michael Ford, DLT, 1999, £9.95 Two books on Nouwen from the same publisher in less than half a year! The selection of Nouwen’s writings has an introduction – a third […]

Whose Promised Land

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The continuing Crisis Over Israel and Palestine by Colin Chapman (c) Lion Publishing plc CONTENTS: PREFACE INTRODUCTION PART 1. UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY 1. BASIC FACTS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION 1.1. The Patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (c 2000 – 1700 BC) 1.2. The Exodus and the Conquest of the land under Joshua (c 1280 – […]

Heeding Tolkien’s Words

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-012 (Review) HEEDING TOLKIEN’S WORDS by Terry Mattingly Frodo Baggins stands alone at the Great River Anduin, holding the one ring of power in his open hand as he prepares to go to the hellish land of Mordor. Why was this task given to him? Then, in his memory, he hears the […]

Will Our Children Have Faith?

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Revised Ed. paperback by John H. Westerhoff, III Morehouse Publishing February 1, 2000 176 Pages “It appears that as Christian faith has diminished, the schooling-instructional paradigm has encouraged us to busy ourselves with teaching about Christian religion. As our personal commitment to Christ has lapsed, many church persons have turned for solace to teaching children […]

Wild At Heart By John Eldredge

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(…who also wrote THE SACRED ROMANCE and THE JOURNEY OF DESIRE…so good to read as well…in fact, do read!!!) Even though celebrating 60 some time this year, this book stirred me at very deep and important levels…where I needed to be stirred. Truth be known, I sincerely wish I had read this book at a […]

Peace Like A River By Leif Enger

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(…what a good first book for this man!) In reading, many of us so often stay with familiar topics…comfortable topics…topics concerning our own beliefs, work or hobbies. We don’t venture much beyond that. Challenged from several directions last year to expand my reading beyond the usual Christian books and books on various areas of leadership, […]

Soul Survivor (Philip Yancey)

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For Christmas my wife gave me Philip Yancey’s latest book “Soul Survivor”. It’s fascinating. The subtitle reads “How My Faith Survived the Church” which gives an indication of the theme of the book. It’s partly autobiographical in tone. In the introductory chapter Yancey reveals something about his Christian upbringing, and it’s not a nice story. […]

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