Bøger af Wilkie Au

Integrating Christian spirituality and contemporary psychology, this book presents aging as a positive opportunity for development, even amidst the many challenges that come with it. This view opposes a negative cultural stereotype of aging as only a time of decline. The work explores how faith can contribute to optimal aging by providing a Christian perspective on such topics as: loss and diminishment, loneliness and suffering, death and dying. It also reflects on many of the issues that confront older people, such as dealing with past regrets and unhealed wounds, learning how to forgive, maintaining a sense of self-worth by contributing to others, and sustaining hope and gratitude in the face of decline. This book's reach is ecumenical and intended for baby-boomers who are seeking a spirituality of aging that can sustain them in this important stage of life.

While God's Unconditional Love focuses on the Christian approach to the healing and transformation of shame, it is a book that will appeal to everyone who experiences shame. The book attempts to reinforce the new Christian narrative that asserts without qualification that God's love is merciful and seeks to soften our troubled hearts and to quiet the anxiety that drives our need to do everything just right. We need but open ourselves to hear God's voice reassuring us, "I love you, no matter what!" Using Scripture and the practice of imaginative contemplation, this book will help readers be open to a deepening knowledge of God's unconditional love. Highlights: - It integrates psychology and spirituality to present a holistic spirituality. - It offers useful spiritual exercises and points for reflection at the end of each chapter. - It is written by authors who have over thirty years of experience in the work of therapy and spiritual direction. - It is written by authors who have experienced life both as vowed religious and as a married couple. +