Ergebnis für "road, The" in Religion

In 1922, a young Austrian journalist named Leopold Weiss set out for the Middle East on assignment. He returned as Muhammad Asad—a Muslim, an Arabic speaker, and a confidant of Arabian kings. The Road to Makkah chronicles this extraordinary transformation.

At 27, Melissa Keaster’s life with her loving husband and two-year-old son seems divinely blessed. But after their daughter is born, several episodes of anaphylaxis leave her wondering if she will even live to raise her kids. Melissa begins to have severe allergic reactions to everything—food, fragrances, even the cold. The doctors are mystified as to the cause of her illness, and she becomes a shut-in to protect herself. As the disease steals one blessing after another, Melissa faces a choice: shake a fist at the heavens, or open her hands to everything God has for her.

Jeff Struecker, a "Black Hawk Down" hero, the Army's Top Ranger, now an Army Chaplain, relates his own tales from the frontlines of every U.S. initiative since Panama, and tells how God taught him faith from the front in fear-soaked times. As readers go on-mission with Struecker through his...

Do you wish you knew how to talk to people about life’s deepest and most sensitive topics? In The Listening Road, you’ll ride along on one man's remarkable 33-day journey cycling 3,000 miles across the United States on a mission to engage with people from all walks of life in real...

In this insightful memoir, the New York Times bestselling author of Growing Up Amish tries to reconcile his father, family, and heritage after leaving his faith behind.​ In Broken Roads, Ira Wagler uses his singular voice to unapologetically, but compassionately, illuminate the inner world of...

When Jenny Jones and her three children move from their Washington home to that of Jenny's in-laws in the West Bank, the village of Safa seems like a haven. Sheltered from much of the area's troubles, Jenny considers the village to be the ideal place for her children to explore a part of their identity they deserved to know more about. In spite of its pastoral charm, Safa is far more complex than Jenny had imagined.

Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that feels like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema's coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and traveling carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family.

Third Day guitarist Mark Lee is no stranger to heartache and hopes deferred; the road to success is never traveled without missteps along the way. Life is messy and uncertain and full of surprises. And one of the best things he's ever done is let go of his expectations about how life should be in order to embrace life as it is: a moment-by-moment walk with God. Hurt Road is the engaging true story of a man who, as a teen, found in music a refuge from the uncertainties of life.

dangerous trek across Africa … a life-and-death struggle … and a call to live a life with no holds barred.Deserts and jungles, rebels and missionaries, bullets and acts of bravery, heaven and hell on earth—these are all part of a young man’s remarkable, true journey through thirteen...

टी. लोबसांग रम्पा के भाग्य में लिखा था कि उसे एक तिब्बती लामा बनना होगा, यह उसके सितारों की ओर से एक ऐसा संकेत था, जिसे अनदेखा नहीं किया जा सकता था। जब वह अपने संपन्न परिवार को छोड़कर लामामठ में दाखिल हुआ, तो उसका मन बहुत दु:खी था। उसकी आँखों के सामने जीवन में मिलनेवाले कठिन आध्यात्मिक प्रशिक्षण व शारीरिक श्रम का आभास भरा था…।

यह है, तिब्बती चिकित्सा मंदिर चकपोरी के भीतर, उसके जाग्रत होने की एक खूबसूरत और गहरी प्रेरक यात्रा!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wrong turns, humiliating flops, painful heartbreaks—and happiness? Yes, believe it or not, they can go hand in hand. Blogger and author Mandy Hale, affectionately known as “The Single Woman” to her half-million social-media followers, is living an adventurous life...

『집으로 가는 길은 어디서라도 멀지 않다』는 정확하고 간결한 글 솜씨로 법정 스님을 잇는 문장가라는 평을 듣기도 한 원철스님이 2011년 산사로 돌아간 뒤 처음 펴낸 산문집이다. 이 책은 스님의 일상과 수행, 공부, 여행 단상을 담았다. 누구나의 일상과 다를 바 없지만, 힐링과 충고에 지친 사람들에게 맑은 차 한 잔 같은 '쉼', 그리고 반짝이는 '깨우침'을 함께 느낄 수 있다.

From Kingpin to Kingdom is the raw, unfiltered story of a man who lost everything—and found something far greater. When the threat of prison bars, addiction, and betrayal left Andrew at rock bottom, he cried out in desperation. That’s when God showed up.

From the author of Blue Like Jazz comes a road-trip memoir about three months spent crossing the country in a Volkswagen camping van, wondering out-loud if there is more to life than nine-to-five jobs, than the ruts the entire world seems to be stuck in. Follow Don and Paul as they dive headlong...

The Beatles, the Bible and Bodega Bay presents two portraits: the young man in London on top of the Apple building (and on top of the world!) as he watches the Beatles perform for the last time, and the older man on a remote Sonoma beach on his knees looking out to sea and into the heart of his Creator.

At age twenty-one, Andrea Palpant Dilley stripped the Christian fish decal off her car bumper in a symbolic act of departure from her religious childhood. At twenty-three, she left the church and went searching for refugein the company of men who left her lonely and friends who pushed the...

This book is about how the power of a single event can spark a journey for answers. It aims to guide listeners toward understanding their own beliefs and perspectives while examining how different events and individuals impact life's journey. Life is full of moments that prompt choices, and relying solely on what others say can lead to trouble—each person's path is unique. Our pursuit of knowledge is valued by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In this lyrical collection of personal essays, Lynne Golodner shares vivid visits to far-flung locations and insights on human nature, relationships and the journey to the self. Inviting the listener into her ten-year foray into the world of Orthodox Judaism—and her subsequent decision to leave the strictures of religion—Golodner writes about marriage and motherhood, divorce and single parenthood, and finding love again. She writes about the compelling ways nature calms her racing mind and invites listeners to experience and explore the living world as a grounding connection.

A Life in the Spirit chronicles beloved author and speaker Ralph Martin’s journey from the early days of the Catholic charismatic renewal to become one of the most courageous voices defending the truth of the Gospel during an age of dissension and disbelief.

In Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood, Michael R. Heinlein provides the first book to explore the lives of the six Black Catholics from the United States whose causes are under formal consideration by the Catholic Church for canonization. Including biographies and personal reflections from diverse contributors, this book shows how these six men and women provide a model of holiness for all Catholics and people of good will.