Facing Feelings in Faith Communities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Facing Feelings in Faith Communities write by William M. Kondrath. This book was released on 2013-08-05. Facing Feelings in Faith Communities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Facing Feelings in Faith Communities is based on a simple premise: We have emotions because we need them. God created us as affectively competent beings, William Kondrath argues, to help us understand our world and to give appropriate signals to people around us about what we are experiencing. When we express our feelings clearly, other people can more easily respond in ways that are helpful to us, thus enhancing our relationships and the work we might do together. Kondrath also recognizes that unfortunately, for many of us, our emotional software was infected early on with viruses (early familial and social conditioning) that distorted the way we responded to natural stimuli. Because we are underusing or misusing our emotional capacities, we are missing out on the opportunity to express our full humanity. Fortunately, we can re-program our emotional software. Facing Feelings in Faith Communities help us restore our emotional systems to their original state, or at least invites us to imagine how we would live differently if our emotional expressions were more nearly congruent with the situations and events we encounter. Kondrath invites us to explore six feelings--fear, anger, sadness, peace, power, and joy--through poetry, meditation on an evocative drawing, as well as through his own analysis of each feeling. Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings is a companion collection to this book. For more information, click here.
Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings
Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings write by William M. Kondrath. This book was released on 2013-12-29. Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Congregational Resources for Facing Feelings is a companion collection to Facing Feelings in Faith Communities by William Kondrath. This collection of practical applications for congregational situations in which exercising greater emotional competence will improve both our understanding of what is happening and the effectiveness of our actions and those of others.
True Feelings
True Feelings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook True Feelings write by Carolyn Mahaney. This book was released on 2017-10-13. True Feelings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What am I feeling? Emotions can be confusing. One moment we're happy, content, and hopeful, and the next we're anxious, hurt, and overwhelmed. But we don't have to live at the mercy of our emotions. In True Feelings, a mother-daughter team clears away common misconceptions and mixed messages about our feelings to offer us a biblical perspective on emotions— helping us understand how they work, why we feel what we feel, and how to develop good emotional habits. We will see that we don't have to ignore, excuse, or follow our feelings, but can instead learn to honor God with our emotions as an integral part of who he made us to be.
Making Peace with Your Emotions
Making Peace with Your Emotions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Peace with Your Emotions write by Women of Faith,. This book was released on 2012-02-20. Making Peace with Your Emotions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV) Are our emotions an enemy to be defeated, or a gift to be enjoyed? Every one of us has been there—torn between conflicting emotions, crushed by grief, or totally overcome with joy. One moment we can be completely happy and the next we can be confused and sad. Are these emotions and feelings something we need to overcome, ignore, or just accept? Wouldn’t life be easier without all the tumultuous feelings we experience? Throughout Scripture, we see God display many emotions—joy, anger, jealousy, grief. Could it be that we’re emotional beings because we have been made in the image of an emotional God? Through this study, you will explore twelve Bible passages and characters that expressed raw emotion. You will feel more empowered to handle negative emotions in a healthy way, and you will have a deeper appreciation for emotions in general. You will have confidence that your emotions are not only good, but godly. Features: Twelve weeks of Bible study Questions for discussion Leader’s Guide included for leading your small group study
Wholeness After Betrayal
Wholeness After Betrayal - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wholeness After Betrayal write by Robin Hammeal-Urban. This book was released on 2015-06. Wholeness After Betrayal available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the wake of misconduct by trusted clergy and lay leaders, members of congregations find themselves adrift. Often there are deep divisions within the church and open, direct, honest communication ceases. Wholeness After Betrayal offers an understanding of these dynamics and a process to help members take the first steps toward reconciling relationships with one another. This specialized instruction is tested and proven, having been used effectively many times in a variety of congregational settings. It holds tremendous value for institutional healing, both immediately following misconduct or even decades later.
