Description How do we live the Christian life? April Love-Fordham and her husband contemplated this as they retraced the footsteps of Saint Francis across the Italian wilderness.
Another plus: the lesson plans, while intended for group study, work well as personal journaling prompts, too." --Sarah Erickson, Director, Lifelong Learning, C.
Try using the photographs for visual meditation (visio divina).
The book\'s four sections explore what it means to follow the way of Jesus, with a chance to stop and reflect at the end of each section.
Catherine\'s Women\'s Bible Study Leader "This installment in Love-Fordham\'s Disorderly Parables Series is a winsome account of pilgrimage, framed within an accessible study of Paul\'s letter to the Galatians.
We highly recommend her books for your next study." --Stephanie Yuicus, St. . . .
She stretches us beyond our comfort zone to prayerfully consider our fellow humankind. "April Love-Fordham\'s Disorderly Parables Series resonates with the women\'s lives in our Bible study group.
Each section ends with a spiritual practice designed to help readers discover their own unique way of living the Christian life.
In this case, the parables are about Saint Francis.
This book teaches Galatians the way Jesus taught: through parables.
In doing so, they discovered an entirely new--but ancient--way of following Jesus.
Together, the three named the parallels and divergences in the lives of Saint Francis and Paul.
As they journeyed into the Life and legends of Saint Francis, a playful old-school Franciscan monk befriended them.
Did they need to renounce materialism and live more simply? Did they need to do more work serving those in need? Was more Bible study or a stronger prayer Life needed? What made their commitment to Christ different than those committed to other faiths? How could their lives make a difference? Love-Fordham was planning a lecture series on Galatians, written by the Apostle Paul, when she and her husband began their pilgrimage.
Description How do we live the Christian life? April Love-Fordham and her husband contemplated this as they retraced the footsteps of Saint Francis across the Italian wilderness
