Oasis of Wisdom: The Worlds of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Paperback - David G. R. Keller

The life and wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers is not only retained in historical volumes, but has been a constant presence throughout the d...

Reducere. The wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers lies in their experiences of solitude, prayer, community life, work, and care for their neighbors. The...

Reducere. For nearly 2, 000 years, Christian mystics, martyrs, and sages have documented their search for the divine. Their writings have bestowed boundless ...

Reducere. In the fourth century, thousands of men and women fled into the Egyptian desert seeking to recapture the passion of the earliest Christians through...

Reducere. "On the long road it's good to have Nouwen and his divining rod. Deftly he bends toward the drop of spiritual wisdom caked in the most ordinary thi...

Reducere. Gregory Mayers presents this ancient thought and lifestyle by introducing traditional Wisdom Stories in which characters, actions, and sayings addr...

Reducere. "Seek for meetings with holy men and women." These words from fifth-century bishop Palladius ring as true today as they did 1600 years ago. Palladi...

Reducere. Timeless and contemplative sayings from the earliest Christian sages of desert spirituality can be a companion on your own spiritual journey.The de...

Reducere. "As he was dying, Abba Benjamin taught his sons this: Do this, and you'll be saved: Rejoice always, pray constantly, and in all circumstances give ...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): David TetlowIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 126 x 202 x 21C...

Reducere. The Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks of early history had deep insight into the nature and aspirations of humankind. Drawing on their experie...

Reducere. The early Christian monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine were the spiritual heroes of their age--fleeing the security of civilization for the deser...

In this book, adapted from Dr Hawkins' many lectures, interviews and audio programmes, readers will be brought to higher levels of awareness, contr...

Reducere. 'Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century w...

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalized ...

The latest book from the New York Times bestselling author of THE REASON FOR GODPublisher: Hodder & StoughtonAuthor(s): Timothy KellerNumber of pag...

In the late third century, more and more people withdrew to the radical seclusion of the desert so as to live entirely for God under the direction ...

Reducere. The Tales and Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) are a key source of evidence for the practice and theory respectively of eremiti...

Reducere. Eyewitness accounts of the lives and teachings of the fourth-century Desert Fathers from the Historia monachorum in Aegypto.

Reducere. In the same format as Holy Companions and the forthcoming Praying with the Anglican Saints, this book includes summaries of the thoughts and spirit...

Pirkei Imahot is first and foremost a book about giving Jewish women a voice within our Jewish tradition. Through that voice, the reader is given a...

Reducere. Award NameColorado Book AwardAward categoryBiography/MemoirDescriptionThis is the story of the amazing and uncommon life of George Bent-a "halfbree...

Reducere. The Tree Mothers: Living Wisdom of the Ogham Trees" is a pioneer in Druid Witchcraft studies, bringing the mystical worlds of the Tree Ogham, Natur...

Reducere. The hermits of Screte who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen masters of China and Japa...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. H. G. Wells' best-selling classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

Whether the stories are based in reality or fantasy, Of Myths and Mothers is a magical collection that sweeps across decades, embracing both folklo...

Reducere. THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who disco...

The art of composing spontaneous songs that express spiritual understanding has existed in Tibet for centuries. Over a hundred of these profound so...

Description'No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intellig...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): The Rev. Dr John (Office of Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Affairs of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of ...

New Vintage Classics editions of four classic novels from the 'father of science fiction', H.G. Wells. With bright, bold and eye-catching cover des...

Reducere. By the fourth century A.D., devout Christians--men and women alike--had begun to retreat from cities and villages to the deserts of North Africa an...

Reducere. Mexico of five centuries ago was witness to one of the most momentous encounters between human societies, when a group of Spaniards led by Hernando...

Reducere. When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged ...

Reducere. H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and v...

The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth a...

Reducere. This book is also available in large print and extra large print. The War of the Worlds by HG Wells is ostensibly a tale of invasion by extra terre...

Well's science fiction of the Martian invasion, told through the eyes of an ordinary man. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorfu...

Nobody suspects that intelligent life exists on other planets until a cylinder falls to Earth and lands in the town of Woking. From this ominous me...

Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller, along with his wife Kathy, write a new daily devotional drawing on their bestselling T...

Reducere. Like the Samaritan who found a dying man by the Jericho road, we’re aware of people in need around us—the widow next door, the family strapped with...

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series of popular classics, this new edition includes pictures and an extensive section on Wells's life and works.

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Neil Douglas-KlotzPart oracle, part meditation book, and part Aladdin's cave of Middle Eastern myth and sacred story, Deser...