Resources for your spiritual journey
Here is a list of some helpful resources. More will be added, check back frequently.
WebsitesThe Enneagram can be a useful spiritual tool. It's nine types show spiritual strengths and weaknesses. Enneagram Institute http://www.enneagraminstitute.com
Come and Reason website offers a weekly Bible discussion class, articles about God, DVDs of seminars, and a new paraphrase of the New Testament called The Remedy Bible (which takes a very Wesleyan, sin as a disease, God as the healer approach). http://comeandreason.com |
Self TestsHow do you connect with God? Directly (apophatic) or mediated by something or someone (kataphatic)? Are you cognitive or feelings oriented? Find out with the spirituality circle at these links.
Taking the Spirituality Test Spirituality Circle Explanation of the Spirituality Circle |
Videos/Audio CDs/DVDsCan God be Trusted? View the "Conversations about God" series of videos by theologian, Graham Maxwell, and pastor, Louis Venden.
Interview with Paul Young author of The Shack on New Day, YouTube version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnGCjayIhqY Restoring the Shack Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Tn2MhKrkFOXf-1D7zajJeG7xyIMdfLM Richard Rohr has some excellent audio CDs "A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life" http://www.amazon.com/A-Spirituality-Two-Halves-Life/dp/B003954T0U "Enneagram: The Discernment of Spirits" https://store.cac.org/collections/cds-dvds/products/enneagram-the-discernment-of-spirits-dvd Ron Rolheiser addresses the Dark Night of the Soul in "Dark Night and Doubts in Our Lives" DVD http://www.amazon.com/Ron-Rolheiser-OMI-Nights-Doubts/dp/B00821TNHA A 5 minute YouTube video synopsis of the full DVD series can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8Zm-eaMDg Psychiatrist, Dr. Tim Jennings, has very useful DVD seminars (available from Come and Reason website: http://comeandreason.com) which are also available on YouTube on various aspects of spirituality. He uses a modified version of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development to understand the God of the Bible. Here are the YouTube links: "Healing the Mind" (6 sessions) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkYwZQsOYN1-RR_eC3elAJU2DYgfWo75 "Modern Medicine, Biblical Technology, and the Brain" (6 sessions) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkYwZQsOYN0xDCxyhPVVAzAFRceL4pnU "God and Your Brain" (4 sessions) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkYwZQsOYN0P-0EfaefilqtqI1f8wj2s "God and Your Church" (4 sessions) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhkYwZQsOYN2t2GzZK7UNFEToZfbs0UiC "The Record Keeper" is an excellent YouTube video in 11 segments which deals with theodicy from the perspective of angels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF9M197yA28&list=PLYhC_T7GCdDSRf8ZZ2v5ttQdM5Xwr7GVs The video with study guide and answers can be found here: http://myreligionislove.com/therecordkeeper/work_1.html "From the Inside Out" is a Renovare' course in spiritual formation. This free course contains 6 lessons. Each one is introduced by a 15 minute video followed by a 30 minute discussion of the lesson video with two conversation partners. There is also a handout with questions for reflection and discussion for each lesson. Suitable for groups as well as individuals. https://renovare.org/courses/io/ |
BooksThe Shack by Wm Paul Young is available in various languages at the author's website http://theshackbook.com
Can God be Trusted? by Graham Maxwell is available at http://www.amazon.com/Can-God-Trusted-Graham-Maxwell/dp/156652007X/ref=cm_cr-mr-title Conversations About God by Graham Maxwell is available at https://speakingwellofgod.org/item/conversations-about-god-by-graham-maxwell Hearing God by Dallas Willard is available in both book form and audio CD http://www.amazon.com/Hearing-God-Developing-Conversational-Relationship/dp/1596440546 Books by David Benner The trilogy Surrender to Love The Gift of Being Yourself Desiring God's Will http://www.amazon.com/David-G.-Benner/e/B001KIAI0S Books by L Roger Owens Abba, Give Me a Word What We Need is Here https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=L.+Roger+Owens&search-alias=books&field-author=L.+Roger+Owens&sort=relevancerank Books by Adam Hamilton Christianity's Family Tree Why? Making Sense of God's Will Christianity and World Religions The Way https://www.amazon.com/Adam-Hamilton/e/B001HCU82A/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1501114641&sr=1-1 Books by Richard Foster Streams of Living Water Celebration of Discipline https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&text=Richard+J.+Foster&search-alias=books&field-author=Richard+J.+Foster&sort=relevancerank Books by Sharon Garlough Brown Sensible Shoes: A Story about the Spiritual Journey Two Steps Forward: A Story of Persevering in Hope Barefoot: A Story of Surrendering to God An Extra Mile: A Story of Embracing God's Call Shades of Light: A Novel Remember Me: A Novella about Finding Our Way to the Cross Feathers of Hope: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/s?k=sharon+garlough+brown&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 |