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Sacred Pathways: Nine Ways to Connect with God [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 213x138x24 mm, weight: 262 g, 1 Paperback / softback
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2020
  • Leidėjas: Zondervan
  • ISBN-10: 0310361176
  • ISBN-13: 9780310361176
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 213x138x24 mm, weight: 262 g, 1 Paperback / softback
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2020
  • Leidėjas: Zondervan
  • ISBN-10: 0310361176
  • ISBN-13: 9780310361176
"This revised and updated edition of Sacred Pathways will encourage you to see strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies in your devotional approach to God. Gary Thomas, bestselling author of Sacred Marriage, shows you how to improve your quiet time and personal worship life so you can strengthen your walk with the Lord"--

Sacred Pathways reveals nine distinct spiritual temperaments--and their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies--to help you improve your spiritual life and deepen your personal walk with God.

It's time to strip away the frustration of a one-size-fits-all spirituality and discover a path of worship that frees you to be you. Experienced spiritual directors, pastors, and church leaders recognize that all of us engage with God differently, and it's about time we do too.

In this updated and expanded edition of Sacred Pathways, Gary Thomas details nine spiritual temperaments and--like the Enneagram and other tools do with personality--encourages you to investigate the ways you most naturally express yourself in your relationship with God. He encourages you to dig into the traits, strengths, and pitfalls in your devotional approach so you can eliminate the barriers that keep you locked into rigid methods of worship and praise.

Plus, as you begin to identify and understand your own temperament, you'll soon learn about the temperaments that aren't necessarily "you" but that may help you understand the spiritual tendencies of friends, family, and others around you.

Whatever temperament or blend of temperaments best describes you, rest assured it's not by accident. It's by the design of a Creator who knew what he was doing when he made you according to his own unique intentions. If your spiritual walk is not what you'd like it to be, you can change that, starting here. Sacred Pathways will show you the route you were made to travel, marked by growth and filled with the riches of a close walk with God.



This revised and updated edition of Sacred Pathways will encourage you to see strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies in your devotional approach to God. Gary Thomas, bestselling author of Sacred Marriage, shows you how to improve your quiet time and personal worship life so you can strengthen your walk with the Lord.
Acknowledgments ix
PART 1 THE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
1 Loving God
3(19)
2 Where Is Your Gethsemane?
22(11)
PART 2 THE NINE SACRED PATHWAYS
3 Naturalists: Loving God Outdoors
33(18)
4 Sensates: Loving God With The Senses
51(19)
5 Traditionalists: Loving God Through Ritual And Symbol
70(29)
6 Ascetics: Loving God In Solitude And Simplicity
99(21)
7 Activists: Loving God Through Confrontation
120(20)
8 Caregivers: Loving God By Loving Others
140(20)
9 Enthusiasts: Loving God With Mystery And Celebration
160(25)
10 Contemplatives: Loving God Through Adoration
185(21)
11 Intellectuals: Loving God With The Mind
206(25)
PART 3 UNDERSTANDING YOUR SACRED PATHWAY
12 Tending The Garden Of The Soul
231(12)
Companions on the Journey: The Sacred Pathways and the Enneagram 243(10)
Questions for Discussion and Reflection 253(14)
Notes 267
Gary Thomass writing and speaking draw people closer to Christ and closer to others. He is the author of twenty books that together have sold more than two million copies and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. These books include Sacred Marriage, Cherish, Sacred Pathways, and the Gold Medallion-award winning Authentic Faith.



Gary holds a bachelors degree in English Literature from Western Washington University, a masters degree in systematic theology from Regent College (Vancouver, BC), and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR).