Present- day Germany is a post- Christian nation. Religious pluralism, a decrease of ethical and religious convictions originating in Christianity, individualism, and secularization describe the cultural influences in Germany.1 Mainline churches have suffered from a drastic decline in membership for several decades and expect to lose half of their members by 2060.2 The average…
For most people most of the time, prayer is hard. It is especially difficultâ---not to mention unsatisfying---when people experience it as formal, dry, and repetitious. But what might happen if you discovered a simple prayer that changed all that? What if you discovered a prayer that changed you? In A Simple, Life-Changing Prayer, Jim Manney introduces Christians to a 500-year-old form of pray…
Kekudusan kaum awam justru dicari dan ditemukan dalam keterlibatan penuh di dunia ini.Kerohanian kristiani mesti dialami dan ditumbuhkan dalam keterlibatan kreatif di dunia ini. Mungkinkah kita mengalami Yang Illahi sementara hati dan pikiran kita sibuk di dunia? Adakah cara mengintegrasikan doa dan karya duniawi ini? Bagaimana mengalami Allah dalam kepahitan dan konflik di dunia ini? …
Kekudusan kaum awam justru dicari dan ditemukan dalam keterlibatan penuh di dunia ini.Kerohanian kristiani mesti dialami dan ditumbuhkan dalam keterlibatan kreatif di dunia ini. Mungkinkah kita mengalami Yang Illahi sementara hati dan pikiran kita sibuk di dunia? Adakah cara mengintegrasikan doa dan karya duniawi ini? Bagaimana mengalami Allah dalam kepahitan dan konflik di dunia ini? …
The beatitudes of Jesus are the "pithy paradoxes" which lead us to some deep and difficult truths at the heart of his Gospel. All our lives long we must pray over them and wrestle with them to rightly uderstand them and bring them into our real existence as Christian disciples. Fr. Guido, in his own unique style, has tried to give us his humbler beatitudes, in "Low-key imitation of Jesus "teac…
Berangkat dari lukisan Rembrandt berjudul "Kembalinya Si Anak Hilang", Nouwen mengajak kita merefleksi diri dan bercermin pada kisah "Perumpamaan tentang anak yang hilang" (Luk 15:11-32). Hidup pribadi Nouwen sendiri adalah wujud laku tobatnya, wujud usahanya untuk membiarkan diri dijumpai oleh Allah. Pengalaman pertobatan itulah yang diuraikan dalam buku ini. Di dalamnya tergabung kekayaan dan…