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Gathering perspectives of musical talent from the psychological, musical, and educational fields, Kindling the Spark is the only single sourcebook that defines musical talent and provides practical strategies for identifying and nurturing it. Joanne Haroutounian uses her experience as teacher, researcher, and parent to clarify central issues concerning talent recognition and development in a way that will easily appeal to a wide audience. The book describes the different stages of development in musical training, including guidelines for finding a suitable teacher at different levels, social and psychological aspects that impact musical training, and research on talent development by ages and stages from infancy and preschool years through the teen years. An important feature of the book are "sparkler exercises" designed to provoke observable talent behavior in home, school, and studio settings. The book also includes an Appendix of Resources which lists books, media, organizations, and specialized schools that offer additional information on musical talent, identification, and development. For music educators in both public school and private studio settings--as well as for parents and their musically inclined children--Kindling the Spark provides an invaluable summary of the research on talent and a wealth of resources for developing it.
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Ignite the Fire: Kindling a Passion for Christ in Your Kids
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The circumstances that brought this book into existence are compelling a couple who loved each other, parents who placed Jesus in the center of their home, children who responded to love and discipline, and their mother who died while the book was being written.
Most parents ask the question: What can I do to help my children turn out right? In Ignite the Fire, Barry and Carol St. Clair suggest a better question: What can I do to help my children love Jesus more? This book offers
10 actions that parents can take to help motivate our children to pursue Jesus.
Barry St. Clair led me to Christ when I was a teenager, and he has been the most important role model in my life since 1974. For years I watched him love his wife and disciple his four children. Now that I have four children of my own, I often ask, How would Barry and Carol handle this?' There are no perfect parents, but I can think of no one more qualified to instruct Christians in how to raise godly kids than Barry and Carol St. Clair. Their children's lives prove that their message works.
J. Lee Grady, Editor, Charisma magazine
What my admired friends Barry and Carol gave their children is one of the most important gifts any parent can give a passion for living and sharing Christ. Carol's legacy, despite her seemingly early death, is a reminder that we too should be about the business, right today, of igniting a passion for Christ in our children.
Evelyn Christenson, Author and international speaker
Ignite the Fire is a heart-grabbing, extremely practical guidebook for parents, full of love, godly wisdom, and shared human experience. Strongly recommended.
Bill and Vonette Bright, Founders, Campus Crusade for Christ
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For over 2,000 years, oppressors and natural disasters have worked against the Celts, threatening to obliterate the ancient tribe's language, traditions, and spirituality. "Yet in the past 30 years or so, many willing minds and hands have undertaken the task of rekindling the guttering flame of the Celtic spirit," writes author Mara Freeman in Kindling the Celtic Spirit. Freeman is, in fact, one of those maintaining the fire, having spent 35 years studying Celtic traditions and assembling this well-written and organized tribute. Following the format of the Celtic calendar, Freeman shares the stories, recipes, spells, and Gaelic expressions that go with each of the monthly festivals and celebrations. The February chapter celebrates the Festival of Brigit (the goddess who represents the bride or young maiden). October pays tribute to the Festival of Samhain (the celebration that marks the beginning of winter and may have been the Celtic New Year). She recounts the origins of Samhain Eve, or "Mischief Night," which Americans celebrate by trick-or-treating. She teaches magical spells, tells a spine-chilling spooky story, and shows readers how to carve turnip lanterns, using a large rutabaga.
Although she writes about faeries, tree spirits, and other mythological creatures, Freeman narrates with confidence and maturity, so that readers feel as though they are sitting with a learned scholar. The elegant pen-and-ink illustrations by Linda Carol Risso capture the humble pagan origins while respecting the sophistication of Celtic design. The upshot is a beautifully crafted book with plenty of substance for those who like immersing themselves in this enchanting, age-old tribe. --Gail Hudson
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In this beautiful treasury of sacred wisdom, Mara Freeman shares the rich legacy of the Celts -- the festivals, gods and goddesses, saints, faeries, music, poetry, and storytelling that anchor this magical tradition. Discover myths, rituals, recipes, and crafts for every month of theyear. Honor Saint Brigit with a prayer in February, or ensure a merry start to May with a bowl of frothy syllabub. Come together with friends and neighbors to celebrate community in the high days of August, then learn to weave a solstice wreath in snowy December.
Traditional blessings, ancient lore, and guided meditations inspire you to reconnect with the rhythms of the natural world, and view the sacred as an integral part of every day. Rediscover the wisdom and healing power of nature, and cultivate and honor your soul as you would the earth. Let the spirit of the ancient Celts enchant you in every season, year after year.
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Still Don't Know How She Did It.......2007-08-02
I received this book as a gift from my husband at the Winter Solstice in 2005, and finally am reviewing it. It has taken me this long because I don't quite know how to express the depth of my passion about this book. Everytime I open it, I feel I have a veritable one-volume library of Celtic lore. That's what I meant by I don't know how she did it! I've been on the Celtic path for over thirty years, and she not only puts in my favorite poems, she surprises me on every other page. Also, the recipes and activities that are at the end of each month serve to deepen the connection to the lore. Don't miss the Watercress soup from the House of Light Chapter for July, it's delicious! I honestly feel that years from now, I will still be discovering new treasures in this library.
Linda Carol Risso's illustrations are just the icing on a magical cake, clearly a fortuitous creative pairing.
Not what I expected. .......2007-07-08
It's kind of tricky to figure out what our ancestors really believed thanks to Christianity. This book really shows what I mean. I didn't see any of the "New agey fluff" that one reviewer wrote. I was excited to get the book only to be disappointed upon purchasing it. The cover is still one of the few things I enjoy about this book. It is honestly not pagan at all and never will.
Celtic Sprit.......2007-01-16
A wonderful book purchased for my son for Christmas. Couldn't help but read some of it myself before I wrapped it.
A lovely book.......2006-06-15
I love this book! I bought it right after it arrived in my local bookstore, so I've had the opportunity to use it a lot. The poetry and prayers are inspiring, and the snippets of Celtic animal and plant lore have frequently sent me in search of more information. I love the meditations, was very happy to have found the meditation cd (although I do wish the cd had all of the meditations from the book included on it, and not just selected ones.)Highly recommended!
Kindling the Celtic Spirit in 2006.......2006-03-11
In times when everything is a buzz and you are riding life instead of living it... this author reminds us to tap inside and look out instead of living from the outside in. I enjoyed this book so much that I have the sense to let things wiz by if they are not as important and my center of happiness and peace. I sleep better that way instead of letting the day run through me, I go through the day. Hope you find the same.
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Fire-us #1: The Kindling (Fire-us)
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It is the year 2007.
The world has been wiped out by a deadly plague that killed all the adults. Without them, children perished of hunger and disease. No more people, no more electricity, no more civilization -- just mildewed houses, overgrown yards, and abandoned cars. Yet on a highway strip outside a small town in Florida, the words "We're Still Here" are painted in letters big enough to be seen from an airplane -- although no planes ever cross the empty sky.
Miraculously, seven children have survived among the ruins. They cannot remember their names, their families, or much else from the Before Time. But they have forged a new family, with new names: Mommy, Hunter, Teacher, Action Figure, Teddy Bear, Baby, and Doll.
They must face each day with enough hope to endure and the strength to realize that there may be nothing out there worth living for. Then one day, a new kid shows up on their doorstep and changes everything. He invites them to join him on a dangerous journey to Washington, to find a man called President if he's still alive -- and seek the answers to the mystery at the heart of the Fire-us.
In this first book of the Fire-us Trilogy, Jennifer Armstrong and Nancy Butcher weave a compelling post-apocalyptic tale, luring readers into a world that is inventive enough to intrigue, yet true enough to believe.
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Gripping and Inspired.......2007-08-13
As an adult who loves children's fantasy and survival novels, this was a real page-turner. It sounds morbid to say I 'enjoyed' the book, but I don't think that was the author's intent. I felt a gloom and sense of foreboding dread the entire time. It's gritty, real, and very immersing, even heartbreaking at times to consider the story of these kids and how they would grow and develop without adults in the world. It was reminiscent of Lord of the Flies and Red Dawn, with a little bit of Stephen King's 'The Stand' thrown in for good measure, but it wasn't derivative of any of these.
I must also say that the style of writing was very different and engaging - these two authors have a great voice, style, and the prose flows right along - impressive without being obtrusive. I'm very excited about reading the rest of the series.
Fire-Us Trilogy - Probably not a good pick for juveniles.......2006-11-20
I just finished reading these which I picked up at our local library in the juvenile section in the mix with books by Beverly Cleary, Hans Christian Anderson and the like. These books are not in the same catagory as these classics.
This is a riveting, adventure, survival series featuring fourteen year olds as the main characters, all of whom have suffered mental illnesses from the trauma of surviving a viral illness that wiped out nearly every human being on earth. Disturbing images are described in gut-wrenching detail of the children walking through the piles of skeletons of the victims of this global disaster. It highlights their struggles to retain a shred of sanity in overwhelming circumstances. Angerman, the boy who comes onto the scene in the first book to lead the children north, is severely disturbed and carries a mutilated and dismembered manikin around that speaks to him in his mind and causes him to go out of control.
The story paints an ugly portrait of bible believers. The surviving adults, individually named after Christian Bible verses, turn out to be the perpetrators of the viral pestilence that has destroyed the human race. Led by the crazed president of the US, these "keepers of the flame" quote endless bible verses and engage in forced marriage,child rape and infanticide by fire. The story ends with a youth murder/suicide. Impressionable children may have an unreasonable fear of manikins and be suspicious of their church, pastors or Christians after reading this book. I strongly recommend parental guidance for the young juvenile readers who may pick these up.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-10-06
I think you should really read this book it was on e the best survival books i have ever read. "It is the year 2007 five years after a great plague swept the Earth". only a couple kids and adults survived seperated they strugle to survive they live in small groups scavenging for food and other needful things. but when a town runs out of food a group of kids mave to where ever they can find it.
The five years if Lonelyness and Torture.......2006-04-24
In the first year of Fire-Us, there was a disease that started and was said to have killed all of the grown ups on the planet. Now for the last five years Mommy, Teacher, Hunter, Action Figure, Baby, and Teddy Bear have been living together in the cold dark town. The reason they are called these odd names is because they don't remember their names from being enclosed for so long. When a man named Angerman comes to their town, they think he's an alien and don't trust him too much. Angerman is going to be going onto his trip to Washington DC and bring them with him to find a man called President to speak to him about rescue efforts. But the only thing is, Mommy hasn't left the house in five years. Will she leave the house? Will they finally reach Washington If you want to find out these questions, you must read this fantastic book.
I thought that this book started out boring like how mommy hasn't left the house for five years and how all of the characters are surviving. As the book progresses, it gets more into focus and gets more exiting. I liked the part when they caught the wild children that thought they were a dog and a cat.
I think that the emotional people would like this book the most because of all the people that died; it's just a really sad book. For the most part, it is a very adventurous book that I advise everyone to read. If you have read this book already, I would read the second book.
Creepy and Fascinating.......2006-03-16
This is a sci-fi novel about the end of the world. Every single adult on the planet died. THere are a couple of kids living in a house alone. So begins the Fire-Us trilogy, fascinating, scary, and intriguing.
The story is really interesting - I mean slap in your face, give-me-more, I LOVE THIS intersting. A couple of the images were really disturbing, though, like the fact that Hunter had to move the skeletons out of his way at the supermarket. The kids in the story are fascinating, and the Teacher's scarpbook-thing was so . . . wierd that it was actually kind of scary.
Then Angerman is introduced. He's really messed up, but I get the idea that he knows something about the virus (Fire-us) that the others don't. This makes him an amazing character, and even if you don't like the story its worth reading the sequel just to find out what happens to him and his battered dummy.
I really love this series, though some of the descriptions might be a little too much for younger readers. Well worth anyone who is into sci-fi and apocalypse, as I was at the time.
P.S. I read this book five months ago and I still remember all of the characters and their names and quirks. Talk about powerful writing!
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the book missed one big point.......2007-04-11
I just received this today and skimmed over the pages. There is close to nothing about why the British flew these Jews from Palestine into Europe. There is a vauge reference to intelligence work, but even the young girls' book on Hannah Senesh put out by Scholastic Books states on the back cover that she was sent by the British to set up an escape network for Allied airmen shot down in the region. The group was also sent to help repatriate Russian soldiers from the nearby (to Roumania) Soviet border. The VHS movie "Hannah's War" from the 1980s makes that also very clear and plain.
I felt I was reading a good general history of WW II, with Jewish partisan movement included and major battles, but not a book about why Hannah Senesh voluteered to go to Europe on a dangerous mission, other than to see her mother. As if this was "tourist season" in WW II.
The need for Hannah's mission (it included 30 men and another woman) stems originally from the Allies repeated air attacks on the Ploesti oilfields in Roumania which supplied the Germans 60% of their oil. The first attack in 1943 lead to 200 shot down Allied fliers captured. This lead to two other major attacks on the oilfields because the were put back in production quickly. Flack damaged airplanes can go hundreds of miles before a need for the crew to parachute out. The border distances between Roumania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia (the return route to an Allied airbase in Italy) are small, even for a World War II bomber. In fact, Hannah's group did rescue some Allied airmen. And there was a major secondary reason the British knew about but would not endorse: setting up escape networks for fleeing Jewish refugees AFTER WW II to get to Palestine (Israel) by outfoxing the British blockade, a blockade in effect even before WW II.
But reading this book, I got the impression that the author Linda Atkinson all but thought the British were running a travel agency or a "Make a Wish" Foundation to reunite Hannah with her mother. Despite the worthy inclusion of many biographical concerns of a Hannah as a young woman, including boyfriends, decisions about what she wanted to do with her life, her self-doubts and strengths, I found the extremely limited discussion of why Hannah was sent to Europe an insult to the military mission, the British and the Israelis who risked their lives to fly all 32 native European speakers in to set up escape networks. I thought, in the sections regarding Hannah, that I was reading "Hannah's (Not So) Excellent Adventure." I would recommend the Scholastic book over this for teenage girls.
In Kindling Flame, she sparked a fire.......2006-05-16
When I read this book, I had no idea what to expect. The assidnment was to read a book from the WWII/Holocaust period. There were shelves full, but this one caught my attention. I took it home and started to read, but was so sucked in I didn't want to stop! Hannah Senesh had such a wonderful story, and I could easily compare her to Anne Frank. She had such a wonderful personality; she was poetic, determined, and courageous. Unlike Anne, Hannah didn't go into hiding. She escaped to Palestine and trained for a parachuting mission back to her homeland of Hungary. She was captured and beaten, and eventually killed, but remained a beacon to her fellow women in jail, making dolls for children and teaching Hebrew to the adults. Hannah was such an inspiration, I think everyone should read her story.
An excellent story of a girl fighing for her rights.......1999-07-01
When I first read this book, I had just finished touring the Holocaust Museum in Wash. D.C and I picked this out at the bookstore. I am amazed by this book. The reader immediatly falls in love with Hannah, for her strength and courage. The reader finds themselves reading on wanting to know if she succeeds the Nazis or not. If you enjoy reading about the Holocaust, you will love this book! Thank You for reading my review.
The most inspiring book I have ever read........1999-06-05
I read this book in the 6th grade and it was very heavy, but it is my favorite book. I did a project on Hanna Senesh and I learned so much about the Holocaust. I would recomend this book to anyone who needs to be inspired. Hanna Senesh was a brave young lady.
Excellent, inspirational reading!.......1998-12-28
This biography for young adults uses the diary, letters, poetry, interviews with her mother and brother, and official documents to tell the story of Hannah Senesh. Atkinson begins Hannah's story by describing her happy life before anti-Semitism took hold in Hungary. She uses Hannah's own words to describe her need to make something of her life. Hannah's decision to immigrate to Palestine shows that she clearly appreciated the potential for danger in remaining in Hungary too long. The reader quickly comes to admire Hannah, for she is described as a flesh-and-blood creature. She is forceful, determined, and youthful, but not without self-doubt. It is her self-doubt that makes her want to "do something" by returning to Hungary from the relative security of Palestine to help Jews escape to freedom. Although Hannah's mission was not successful, her willingness to act decisively makes her a symbol of her adopted homeland. By reading the story of Hannah Senesh, young readers will gain a clearer understanding into the national character of Israel.
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Kindling (Flame of Evil)
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A ravening horde of barbarians from the East, the Mosul Empire, in unholy alliance with the Teutons and the Mameluke warlords and led by the brutal theocracy of the Zhaithan, has subjugated the Land of the Franks and the Hispanic Peninsula. Setting their sights on the New World, they have already conquered the Republic of Greater Carolina and the Virginia Freestate. Only the Kingdom of Albany still stands, aided by the Norse Alliance of Britain and Scandinavia.Four youngsters from very different backgrounds are brought together to form The Four - a supernatural entity that becomes the last-ditch hope of the Free World.
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Very imaginative.......2006-05-21
Only reason he did not get 5 stars...every once in a while character names would be switched in mid-scene, jarring you out of what is going on while you try to figure out who is actually present. Otherwise, an engrossing book with and unusual take on alternate history.
The modern names just add a little in joke to what is going on.
know what to expect.......2006-04-10
The reviewer, Mr. Weaver, is right on the money.
The review by AHR is unnecessarily negative.
It appears AHR simply expected one thing and got another and this caused frustration.
AHR is correct in that the setting is sort of a mish-mash of technology and pop-culture references.
But as Weaver points out, this is not a bad thing.
I found it charming, interesting and original.
I didn't think it was done too over the top, and I don't think it detracted from the main story about the protagonists.
There are MANY books and gaming genres that are a similar mish-mash and they've done well. And in the end, we have to remember this IS science-FICTION and the author has the freedom to use whatever elements he chooses to get the story across.
All of that said, I did find a problem with the way the author's own verbose speaking style bled over unrealistically into some of the characters. For example, Bonnie - essentially a teenage farmgirl - suddenly rips off monologues that are lengthy, detailed, articulate, complex, and full of lexicon that no farm-girl would have. This happened with other characters as well when the narrative descriptions would sound VERY much like the dialogue of other characters. It just made it sound more like the author himself was speaking THROUGH the characters instead of observing the characters and letting them speak for themselves.
A nice beginning..........2006-04-07
...to what seems to be another multi-part series. Now usually, I avoid series like the plague until they're finished (who wants to wait four years between books?), but this one snared my interest.
Now, while I agree with the reviewer below and his critique of Harriet Klausner (speed-reading is not a virtue, my dear), Kindling is by no means an awful book. In fact, it's quite good.
The plot (at least in this first book) is fairly standard: brave young heroes must Band Together To Fight Evil. But what makes this book sing is the setting and the character development.
The descriptions of this alternate fantasy Earth, where evil sorcery rests uneasily side-by-side with early 20th-century technology, are outstanding. Farren's imagery is great, and his prose is lyrical. Sure, Kindling is by no means 'realistic' alternate history, but I don't believe that was Farren's intention in the first place, as should be evident by his sly references to 'that family of moonshiners and horse theives, the Bush family'. It is first and foremost a fun story.
The characters are very accessible and well-realized, I thought. We are not hit over the head with endless pages of needless backstory; instead, Farren jumps right into the story, only working in backstory where appropriate. Instead, he dwells more on how the characters are reacting to current events. Their motivations and actions are clear and understandable; their thoughts and hopes are realistic and elicit sympathy.
I knocked half a star off my review simply because I now have to wait some indeterminate period of time before the sequel comes out. :( The other half a star was deducted because of the font size - I don't know what was going through the minds of the folks at Tor, but a 400+ page book should never be typeset in 8-point letters. Very hard on the eyes.
Don't let the negative reviews fool you - this is a very good book.
Really Poor.......2005-08-01
The guy below me pretty much said what I was about to say. Well, anyway, this book sucks. Avoid at all costs.
A miserable mish-mash.......2005-03-02
The only other review posted, by "Harriet Klausner", is evidently by someone who read the jacket notes or the Booklist comments but plainly did not actually read the book.
"Kindling" is a miserable mish-mash, and the person who recommended it to me is going to have to pay. He said it was an alternate history, but it's the worst kind. Farren threw a bunch of stuff in a blender, hit puree, and this mush with mystery nuggets is what came out. It's set in a world where there apparently is no Christianity or Jewry, but people instead either worship the "goddess" or some evil gods, Aksur and Ignir (apparently lifted from Zoroastrianism?) and Zhaithan. But despite all that, it's somehow set in a world where North America has a Virginia, a Richmond, an Albany, etc. Oh, and a prime minister named Jack Kennedy. How clever! Not. Farren at least avoids trying to explain how such a ludicrous history happened.
The characters are not particularly well drawn, and some of the so-called heroes are not people I would care to meet or associate with. The "Lady" from Albany worries on one page she might be raped, but a couple pages later she is willingly having sex with one of the "evil" Mosul officers. The sex slave Jesamine is a least honest about what she is. The two male protagonists are just sort of there: the kid from Virginia is an unformed kid. The soldier from Hispania might have been interesting if given more play but he seems to get the fewest pages.
And the bad guys being "fully developed antagonists"? Hardly. It's 2/3 of the way into the book before any one of them gets more than a page or two of time, and the sister and brother evil mages of Zhaitan turn out to be cardboard baddies that could have been lifted from any fantasy with requisite bad dialog.
And the plot, well, who knows. Not much happens until past halfway, then it ramps up to a quick climax. And then whimpers out to a final paragraph which says "TO BE CONTINUED".
Bleah. I'm amazed this book was published by Tor. Their editors are better than this.
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- Couldn't put it down!
- Intense plot. A good story that could be better
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The Kindling Effect
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Couldn't put it down!.......1999-07-21
I read this book about a year ago, and I since then I have been searching the shelves for another Peter Hernon book! The story takes place in St. Louis (which was one of the reasons I bought it) and is a medical/psychological thriller (the main reason I bought it). Never having read Hernon, I didn't know what to expect. The plot is intriguing and immediately reels you in to the complex world of brain research. How far will we go to learn the reasons behind behaviors? The book was horrific at times and flowed well. The ending was a little long, I admit, but by that point the reader is already immersed in a wild world. Hernon does use a lot of medical and technical jargon, which may be difficult for non-trained people to understand. But an understanding of the brain or science is not a prerequisite for enjoying this book! A great find!
Intense plot. A good story that could be better.......1999-01-25
I found this book very intersting as well as informative. It reveals a good knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the brain and its chemistry. The details used to describe all the diagnostic instrumenst is very impresive (PET, CAT Scan, and MRI)it makes you feel in a research institution.The use of medical terminology and all the medication prescribed for brain chemistry imbalance makes this story very realistic. Unfortunately, I think this is not a novel for the general public. I think that someone that doesn't have any kind of medical background may find this story very confusing. One thing I found a little upsetting is that for such a fast paced story, it slows down towards the end. The chase of Lind(the patient), Dr Brooks and Dr Malone should not have lasted about 70 pages. Considering that the book is 370 long, it makes that chase about 20% of the story. To be honest, I did't bother much to read the elaborate chase through the mountains. I enjoyed more beguining and the developement of the brain research conducted by Dr Hartigan. One thing I found silly is the reason why Dr Serra was "forced" or "coerced" to subject himself in an experiment of uncertain results. (supposedly he was drunk). Once this elements are removed from the story I think it wupld be a great story to be read again and again
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Kindling For The Devil's Fires
Roy M. Campbell
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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| Science Fiction & Fantasy
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ASIN: 1419645374
Release Date: 2006-08-15 |
Book Description
Though steeped in the ancient patristic and ascetic tradition, Theophan the Recluse was down-to-earth and very real, making profound, mystical realities understood by those he counseled. St. Theophan had the exceptional gift of being able to encourage all, no matter where they were on the spiritual path, to go further in their fight against the passions and in their preparation for union with the Bridegroom Christ. His inspirational teaching is for all that sincerely seek the heavenly realm.
He often used folk expressions in order to make profound, mystical realities understood by all Christians of his time. Bishop Theophan--young, zealous and energetic--felt a dire need to raise Orthodox women to a higher spiritual level in a society which was rapidly changing, going in step with modern ways.
KINDLING THE DIVING SPARK offers his instructions given to women, examining many essentials of the spiritual life, including: how the heart is purified, inner suffering, spiritual zeal, how to train oneself to pray, and mystical union with the Lord. It contains 20 sermons to convents and a brief Life with unique information appearing for the first time, accompanied by rare photographs. Though originally offered as a volume of sermons given in women's monasteries, it comprises a conscious teaching of spirituality suited to the needs of both men and women, whether lay or monastic.
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