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On May 8, 1373, 30-year-old Julian of Norwich, sick and near death, had a series of visions of Christ. In these 16 visions she learnt about God's loving nature. God in Julian's visions was not angry and wrathful. Instead, the three properties of God were presented as life, love and light, and all of His creation was good, including his servant, man. In Julian's version, Man is not to blame for his sin; instead it is something that he must experience and overcome in his spiritual journey with God.

Você conhecerá as muitas faces de Jesus. Conhecerá o franzino trabalhador (diarista) de cabelos curtos, sem barba e sem alguns dentes. Conhecerá o simbólico cordeiro sacrificial da imaginação de João. Conhecerá o homem-deus das controvérsias do cristianismo primitivo. Conhecerá o chefe guerreiro da poesia viking. Conhecerá a inspiração das artes. Em suma, conhecerá um Jesus encarnado e reencarnado nestes últimos 2.000 anos. A História de Jesus para Quem Tem Pressa conta a história da vida de Jesus, do homem e de seu duradouro legado.

The New York Times bestselling author of God’s Hand on America reveals that what the Founders always believed has been proven true: that America’s rise to prosperity and power, from the writing of the Constitution to the Civil War, unfolded according to a master plan. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE...

Did Columbus believe that God called him west to undiscovered lands? Does American democracy owe its inception to the handful of Pilgrims that settled at Plymouth? If, indeed, there was a specific, divine call upon this nation, is it still valid today?

Is an intimate experience of the Divine meant only for saints and mystics? Ask Tessa Bielecki, a former Carmelite nun and abbess of a monastic community, and the answer is an emphatic no. "Mystical experience is as natural to us as breathing," she explains. "It erupts spontaneously and graciously when we live on the spot and savor the real." Wild at Heart presents her call to you, the ordinary seeker, to have a loving realization of God, which is your divine birthright.