Kirjahaku

This book provides insights for the spiritual journey through a profound psychological engagement with the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Like Joseph, every human being faces problems in life - whether threats to identity, relationship breakdown, depression, bereavement, stress, personal failure or other forms of suffering. How we negotiate these crises, and what resources we find to cope with them, can shape the way we grow as Christians. In line with the story of Joseph, the chapters in this book are ultimately about personal transformation - how we can make something out of the life that has been given us. Over time, we may find that we have been co-creators within a larger story.

Three Labrador puppies face steep life challenges as they discover their identity, learn to overcome conflict and rebuild their pack. The stories are based on the author's close observation of the dogs' behaviour as they respond to jealousy, conflict, being lost, found, hurt, healed, grief, friendship and the joy of belonging to their pack. Children want to know about real life, and the dogs' experiences provide a window to children's own highs and lows, safely at one remove. The seven illustrated stories tell a big tale about canine and human life, today and in the deep past. The stories begin when the dogs were born, when they were One Litter with One Mother. As puppies, they were taken to separate homes. The One Pack family was lost. Everything in the stories really happened, just as it is told.

Three Labrador puppies face steep life challenges as they discover their identity, learn to overcome conflict and rebuild their pack. The stories are based on the author's close observation of the dogs' behaviour as they respond to jealousy, conflict, being lost, found, hurt, healed, grief, friendship and the joy of belonging to their pack. Children want to know about real life, and the dogs' experiences provide a window to children's own highs and lows, safely at one remove. The seven illustrated stories tell a big tale about canine and human life, today and in the deep past. The stories begin when the dogs were born, when they were One Litter with One Mother. As puppies, they were taken to separate homes. The One Pack family was lost. Everything in the stories really happened, just as it is told.

Until now, Fresh Expressions has been about starting and sustaining mission initiatives among people with little or no church contact. As these projects mature, pastoral problems easily arise - how do you integrate the old with the new? How do you get an established congregation to change it views and practices? How do you cope with conflict? What if newcomers challenge set patterns of church behaviour rather than conform with them? The publication is structured for use for training in local churches, theological colleges and as a research tool in postgraduate study.

This introduction to psychology has been devised for those training for and working in the clergy. Ideal both as a professional handbook and a textbook, it covers social, developmental, educational, occupational and counselling psychology, as well as the psychology of religion. It carefully considers the processes of personal change and growth central to religion.

This introduction to psychology has been devised for those training for and working in the clergy. Ideal both as a professional handbook and a textbook, it covers social, developmental, educational, occupational and counselling psychology, as well as the psychology of religion. It carefully considers the processes of personal change and growth central to religion.