The Beautiful Disciplines

Helping young people to develop their spiritual roots

Martin Saunders (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2011 | New edition
Monarch Books (Verlag)
978-0-85721-055-5 (ISBN)

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A practical resource book to help youth leaders to introduce the ancient spiritual disciplines to teenagers

Packed with practical activities, engaging stories, and relevant explanation, this photocopiable resource will be a powerful tool to help young people develop a deep-rooted and lasting faith. Martin believes that many young believers today practise a dangerously brittle faith. They need to be led deeper, to a faith rooted not in the personalities of their leaders or the hype of big events, but in a disciplined direct relationship with God. This book provides practical tools to help youth leaders to teach their teenagers to pray, study the Bible, live more simply, and discover the value in other ancient disciplines such as fasting, solitude, study, worship and celebration. There are 10 short chapters, each suitable for one session. Each begins with background information for the leader, then provides a study section with practical exercises. Each concludes with questions suitable for discussion in small groups.

Martin is editor of Youthwork magazine and author of a number of books including The Ideas Factory, The Think Tank and 500 Prayers for Young People.

Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Foreword 11
Introduction 13
Week Zero: Introducing the Spiritual Disciplines 26
Part One: The Core (The Inward Disciplines)
Week One: Engage: The Discipline of Prayer 34
Week Two: Read: The Discipline of Study 50
Week Three: Listen: The Discipline of Meditation 68
Week Four: Refrain: The Discipline of Fasting 85
Part Two: Outward (The Public Disciplines)
Week Five: Less: The Discipline of Simplicity 104
Week Six: Alone: The Discipline of Solitude 126
Week Seven: Last: The Discipline of Submission 147
Week Eight: Give: The Discipline of Service 163
Part Three: Together (The Corporate Disciplines)
Week Nine: Choose: The Discipline of Worship 182
Week Ten: Party: The Discipline of Celebration 199
Appendix – God Audit 221

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.11.2011
Sprache	englisch
Maße	172 x 234 mm
Gewicht	391 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	0-85721-055-6 / 0857210556
ISBN-13	978-0-85721-055-5 / 9780857210555
Zustand	Neuware