A Friendship Like No Other: Experiencing God's Amazing EmbraceLoyola Press, 2009 M03 1 - 224 páginas Live in the love of a God who desires a relationship with you. Throughout A Friendship Like No Other, renowned spiritual director William A. Barry, SJ, explores the premise that God wants to relate to us as a close friend. Barry has contemplated this idea—radical for many Christians—throughout his lifetime, and he explains that it actually traces back to the “developing revelation of God contained in the Bible.” A Friendship Like No Other offers three well-supported and practical sections: prayerful exercises to help lead you to the conviction that God wants your friendship; a close look at objections to this idea; and reflections on experiencing the presence of God and discerning those experiences. Brief, personal meditations are woven throughout. Grounded in biblical tradition and with a clear focus on Ignatian spirituality, this book offers a fresh, heart-changing approach to living joyfully in the freedom of the divine embrace. |
Contenido
| 9 | |
The Spirit and the Community | 71 |
How Could God Want My Friendship? | 89 |
Isnt This a SelfCentered Spirituality? | 97 |
Where Does Salvation Figure In | 103 |
Does Friendship Lead to Compassion for God? | 119 |
Is This Any Way to Treat Your Friends? | 127 |
How Am I to Understand Gods | 141 |
Does God Reveal the Divine | 153 |
Where Do We Experience God? | 161 |
How Do I Know Im Experiencing God? | 177 |
Conclusion | 193 |
Annotated Bibliography | 201 |
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Abraham aware become begin Bible breath called chapter child Christians compassion contemplation created creation Creator death Denise Levertov discernment of spirits disciples divine evil experienced Father fear feel forgiveness Genesis give God’s anger God’s desire God’s dream God’s friends God’s friendship God’s love God’s offer God’s presence God’s Spirit happened hear heart Holy Spirit hope horror human Iain Matthew Ignatius of Loyola Ignatius’s imagination Israelites James Alison Jesuit Jesus of Nazareth Job’s John John’s Gospel look Lord mystery offer of friendship one’s pay attention Perhaps person Peter poem pray prayer question react realize reflect relationship response resurrection retreat reveal Rowan Williams Sarah scene Scripture self-revelation sins Society of Jesus speak spiritual direction Spiritual Exercises story talk tell Teresa of Ávila thin places things tion trust vulnerability wonder words