{"product_id":"contemplative-healing-francis-geddes-9781450283441","title":"Contemplative Healing: The Congregation as Healing Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eJesus introduced healing into the Judaism of his day, and for the Church's first three hundred years, healing was an important spiritual practice. In \u003ci\u003eContemplative Healing\u003c\/i\u003e, author \u003cb\u003eFrancis Geddes\u003c\/b\u003e describes healing prayer's importance and recommends congregations renew this ancient Christian practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeddes presents an overview of Christian healing for the church and beyond. It addresses society's need for loving connection with one another and the source of our being within a broad Christian context. \u003ci\u003eContemplative Healing\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the following essential points: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Everyone can be a healer\u003cbr\u003e Science and healing need not be at odds.\u003cbr\u003e Jesus introduced healing as a transforming spiritual practice.\u003cbr\u003e Healing is grounded in love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemplative Healing\u003c\/i\u003e communicates how the loving spirit of God and Christ function in a community by alleviating pain and bringing wholeness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for\u003c\/i\u003e CONTEMPLATIVE HEALING \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book's treatment of healing as a spiritual and Christian practice is important for Christians and the church in our time. It creates a framework for seeing healing within the practice of Jesus and early Christianity, attends to the relationship between healing and contemporary medical science, and describes how to introduce the practice of healing into local congregations.\" \u003cbr\u003e -MARCUS J. BORG, AUTHOR, \u003ci\u003eTHE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis Geddes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1450283446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450283441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Francis Geddes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365227852031,"sku":"9781450283441","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_673b5f94-3ab4-4b0d-b665-1e85c5a91c11.jpg?v=1697057343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemplative-healing-francis-geddes-9781450283441","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}