David G. Benner

Opening to God

Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer

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Produktbeschreibung

Prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Using the four movements of lectio divina, spiritual director David Benner invites us to discover openness to God as the essence of prayer, spirituality, and the Christian life. This expanded edition explores prayer as attending, pondering, responding, and being, opening us to a world of possibilities for communion with God.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: InterVarsity Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780830846863
• ISBN-10: 0830846867
• Artikelnr.: 60887025

Autorenporträt

Dr. David G. Benner is an internationally known depth psychologist, author, and wisdom teacher. His life's work has been the promotion of the well-being of the inner life of people and assisting their alignment and cooperation with the larger transcendent realities that frame their existence. David's great passion has been to help others walk the human path in a deeply spiritual way and the spiritual path in a deeply human way. This is the focus of his work as a facilitator of personal awakening and transformation. He is the Founding Director of Cascadia: A Living Wisdom Community and Co-Director of LiveWisdom.ca. Information about both can be found at www.LiveWisdom.ca

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Transforming Openness to God
1. More Than You Can Imagine
2. Preparing for the Divine Encounter
3. Lectio Divina and Four Classic Prayer Paths
4. Prayer as Attending
5. Prayer as Pondering
6. Prayer as Responding
7. Prayer as Being
8. Life as Prayer, Prayer as Life
9. Transformational Prayer
Afterword: Trusting Openness
Study Guide for Reflection and Discussion
Notes