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Title: Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality by Alan W. Jones ISBN: 0-06-064179-7 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Spirituality or just bad Chinese food?
Comment: As in all of his works, Jones attempts sagacity and manages just "gas".
Rating: 1
Summary: Clear your mind then come.
Comment: I live in the desert and have for years. It is not a place of "emptiness and death", it is not a good place for crying and there is nothing particularly Christain about it. If you come to the desert with preconceived notions, if you attempt to overlay the desert with your with your existing mental framework, if you know how the world works before you get here you're going to miss everything. The desert is an exciting and dynamic place but it's not an Eastern Forest, your perception must change. If you could see the desert after rain, if you could feel the promise of night at sunset in the summer you would be thrilled not saddened. If you could watch the Cactus Wrens play you would know. The desert night is a wonderful place, even in the summer, when you step into a dry desert wash you can feel the coolness. Step into the arroyo.
Rating: 5
Summary: Profound insights for those who seek them
Comment: My minister spoke with me last September of the "gift of tears" mentioned in one of the chapters of this book. These tears "soften the heart and open the soul". At the time I was beginning treatment for clinical depression and was spending quite a bit of time excercising this "gift" and was sure that these tears were signs of my lack of faith in God. He helped me to see that the ability to cry for the world is fundamental to the Christian soul. Nine months later, I discovered this book from which that term derived.
Jones has written a challenging and spiritually inspiring guide to our progress through such questions as "Who is God? Who am I? What is the meaning of my life?" The resonance of his prose, the depth of his understanding, the richness of his literary references is phenomenol. If you are on a journey, seeking to discover the "soul" within you, you will find this book quite enlightening.
I cannot reccommend this book highly enough! It is not easy reading, but the answers to life and faith are not easy ones. This is a book to be savored, pondered, and returned to again and again as we continue in the life long process of "soul making".
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Title: Passion for Pilgrimage: Notes for the Journey Home by Alan W. Jones, Alan Jones ISBN: 0819218235 Publisher: Morehouse Group Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Exploring Spiritual Direction by Alan W. Jones, Alan Jones ISBN: 156101172X Publisher: Cowley Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Living the Truth by Alan W. Jones ISBN: 1561011835 Publisher: Cowley Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Way of the Heart: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry by Henri J.M. Nouwen ISBN: 0060663308 Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Seasons of Grace : The Life-Giving Practice of Gratitude by Alan Jones, John O'Neil ISBN: 0471208329 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 27 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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