Traits of a Healthy Spirituality

by Svoboda, Melannie

• ISBN13: 9781585956982
• ISBN10: 1585956988
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications

Summary

Sr. Melannie provides a true reality check to help us determine how we live our faith today. In an engaging style, she defines and describes 20 specific indicators of a healthy spirituality. These indicators: self-esteem, wonder, friendship, courage, tolerance, joy, forgiveness, and the like, are "signs" rooted in everyday life, yet solidly based on Scripture.

Author Biography

Sr. Melannie is the author of Everyday Epiphanies: Seeing the Sacred in Every Thing published by Twenty-Third Publications.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Spirituality: Where Are You?	p. 4
Self-Esteem: We Are Saints and Sinners	p. 9
Wonder: Sitting on God's Front Porch	p. 15
Friendship: The "You Too?" Experience	p. 20
Courage: When God Comes as Earthquake	p. 26
Teachability: Prerequisite for Conversion	p. 32
Tolerance: Keeping Our Parachutes Open	p. 38
Joy: Does Your God Know How to Dance?	p. 44
Interdependence: Orange Frogs and Yellow Canaries	p. 50
Perseverance: Can You Wait to Eat the Marshmallows?	p. 56
Freedom: Letting the Goodness Out	p. 63
Love: Six Sure and Simple Statements	p. 69
Generativity: Let There Be Life!	p. 75
Balance: The Role of Work and Leisure	p. 81
Prayer: The Meeting of Two Loves	p. 87
Forgiveness: The Final Form of Love	p. 93
Gratitude: Taking Nothing for Granted	p. 99
Playfulness: Letting God Be God	p. 105
Commitment: Standing For and Against	p. 111
Hope: Taking a Chance on God and the Future	p. 117
Restlessness: Is This All There Is?	p. 124
Bibliography	p. 130
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