spiritual unbeliever desolation relationship

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Cry, the Beloved Country (Oprah's Book Club)

240 reviews
Alan Paton, 2003

Still Relevant
Cry, the Beloved Country, written in 1948, is relevant after all these years. Alan Paton cries for South Africa his beloved country. He cries for the Valley of Umzimkulu the home of Stephen Kumalo and James Jarvis. He cries for the city of Johannesburg, the harsh city that spits at the weak with poverty, crime, prostitution and addictions. Paton uses a third person narrative voice to tell ...

Paton's Cry, the Beloved Country (Cliffs Notes)

11 reviews
Richard O. Peterson, Eva Fitzwater

Cliffs Notes, 1999

Wonderfully deep and compelling
I am an English teacher and a book lover to the extreme. I use cliff notes in my class to aid students with ideas and concepts in books that might otherwise be lost on them. I like the fact that the summaries are limited on this particular version, so the students are forced to read and reread to comprehend. The book itself is one of the most beautiful, well-written, symbolic books that I have ...

Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

43 reviews
Henri J Nouwen

Crossroad General Interest, 2002

A quick read that deserves to be re-read over and over
This book is truly life-changing. I read this book after borrowing it from the library. I rarely buy books that I have already read, but this one is an exception. It is so full of wisdom that I want to carry it with me and read it often. Nouwen's writing is extremely clear and accessible, he is speaking to the reader as a good friend. And yet, his message could not be more profound. He leads us ...

Beloved Unbeliever

13 reviews
Jo Berry

Zondervan, 1985

Pastor's Helper
As a pastor if I am counceling a woman with an unbelieving husband I always give them this book to go and read. It often precludes many problems and solves many others leaving me to deal with the more pressing or difficult issues

Morrison's Beloved (Cliffs Notes)

575 reviews
Mary Robinson, Kris Fulkerson

Cliffs Notes, 2000

Voice for the Voiceless - Noble (and Nobel) attempt
Beloved HAD to be written. The African-American tragedy is told here in a way that the slaves could not have articulated themselves - but here their souls cry out. True, Toni Morrison does not quite make this a total work of Art. The devices are too obvious as she fulfills this almost impossible task she has set herself. In this book you LIVE the destruction/denigration of life - in a way I ...

Cry, the Beloved Country

3 reviews
Alan Paton

Vintage, 2002

Heartbreaking, Must Read Story
"Cry, the Beloved Country" gives us an inside look at South African apartheid in the 1940's. We live this story through the eyes of a poor Zulu pastor who decides to travel from his small village to Johannesburg in hopes to save his son from mounting troubles. The migration of gold mine workers to the cities has increased the crime rate due to the separation of families. Exploitation of these ...

Beloved

76 reviews
Toni Morrison

Vintage, 2004

Difficult, But a Must-Read
This novel was rated by the New York Times as the best American novel of the last 25 years and has been accorded the status of a classic great American novel. This amount of hype, Morrison's iconic status, and the difficulty of the book can cause a great amount of skepticism in the reader. One wants to hate the book and toss it aside. It took me quite a while to warm to the book, and I did ...

Come Away My Beloved - Classic Edition

33 reviews
Frances J. Roberts

Barbour Publishing, 2008

Most precious book, best book I've ever read
I first got this book as a gift in 1996 and it's been a great part of my daily life all these years. I've bought several copies over the years for family and friends and it's the most beloved book and heart touching devotional I've ever read. I've never read it cover to cover, but instead pray for direction and open to where I'm lead. God has never failed me and spoken to my heart every time ...

Israel, My Beloved

26 reviews
Kay Arthur

Harvest House Publishers, 2001

A Beloved Story!
I saw Kay Arthur on tv doing a series on the covenant and really enjoyed the way she explained things. She mentioned that she wrote a book called Israel, My Beloved, so I was curious. I'm glad I brought the book. The story covers a time span from Jeremiah the prophet to the not too distant future. It deals with marriage, faithfulness and infidility, slavery, idolatry, suffering, hope. At times ...

Beloved Disciple: The Life and Ministry of John

3 reviews
Beth Moore

Lifeway Christian Resources, 2002

Knowing John as Never Before and as a Result Knowing Christ More
We used this excellent book in a ladies' Bible study. Since my teacher did an excellent job and always does, I could not determine how much of the material she presented was from Beth Moore's book and how much of it was from my great teacher. Anyway, I studied my book carefully. As the pages revealed more about John and as I read the cited scriptures, I came to understand his relationship ...

The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Today

1 review
Charles Marsh

Basic Books, 2006

Beyond tolerance to compassion: that is the Church's greatest strength
We talk tolerance, as well we should, but in the church we believe in compassion - in suffering alongside the hurting - something much bigger than tolerance. We talk acceptance of those who are different, but in the Bible's record of the early church, we see not acceptance, but people becoming family with one another. Becoming a beloved community is far more difficult - and therefore more ...

Come Away My Beloved Updated Dicarta Edition
Frances J. Roberts

Barbour Publishing, 2008

Here's your invitation to "come away" with your loving heavenly Father-with a handsome, leather-like edition of the classic devotional Come Away, My Beloved. This million-selling book has been lightly updated for ease of reading, and features scripture from the New King James Version of the Bible. A book "forged in the crucible of life," Come Away shares the ministering spirit of the heavenly Father to those in need of encouragement, hope, ...

The Search For the Beloved

4 reviews
Jean Houston

Tarcher, 1997

Appropriate for all spiritual paths
I found an original 1987 copy of this book at a small book store in my town. To my suprise, this is one of the most inspirational books I have read. The book starts off with basic information and exercises on developing your imagination and sensory perception and along the way takes you deeper and deeper into your own psyche. Some of the exercises are long and a bit complicated, but worth ...

The Beloved Son: A Novel

9 reviews
Jay Quinn

Alyson Books, 2008

A Great Page Turner
"The Beloved Son" was one of the best beach book of the summer. Others have already discussed the story in detail. Let me use the space to explain why I liked "The Beloved Son" far more than Quinn's last two books ("The Good Neighbor" and "Back Where He Started"). I thought the two other books had unrealistic happy endings and at least two gay characters whose belief in organized religion ...

Cry, the Beloved Country : A Story of Comfort in Desolation
Alan Paton

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948

The Beloved Disciple: Following John to the Heart of Jesus

9 reviews
Beth Moore, Dale McCleskey

B&H Publishing Group, 2003

John, The Beloved Disciple
Great insight into John, the one whom Jesus loved, as he calls himself, the author of Revelation. You see he and the others as they walk beside Jesus, growing in their faith in Him. Jesus revealed as they see Him.

Beloved: Henri Nouwen in Conversation
Henri J. M. Nouwen, Philip Roderick

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007

In this rare, previously unpublished interview Henri Nouwen, one of the most deeply loved spiritual teachers of recent times, reflects on themes that were central to his life and thought. Beloved records -- in both spoken and written form -- a treasured conversation that took place in the summer of 1992 at a retreat center in England. The CD enables one to listen to Nouwen's distinctive voice as he speaks about such things as transforming our ...

The Beloved Dearly

16 reviews
Doug Cooney

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2002

I'm 42 and I Loved It!
My daughter has a list of books to read for a type of competition in her school. I order them for her at the library and she reads them. Every once in awhile I pick one up and read it to be sure they have decent content, etc. This one just looked good to me from reading the back cover and also the illustration. I read it and laughed and laughed. It was very enjoyable. It had serious moments ...

Beloved

Random House Audio, 2007

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding audio transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless ...

Embracing the Beloved: Relationship as a Path of Awakening

6 reviews
Stephen Levine, Ondrea Levine

Anchor, 1996

Intimacy's Joys and Challenges
This book is a treasure, one that I will return to over time as Life's different lessons surface to challenge me. The authors present the many questions that arise from relationships beautifully, grounding them in the necessary but often-belittled work we must do on ourselves, alone as well as with another. Viewing the relationship entity itself as a third partner, the Beloved, helps in ...

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