Alive, Loved, & Free: Finding Jesus when Faith is Hard - Couverture souple

Norman, Rev Kyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0993637612 ISBN 13 : 9780993637612

Editeur : Mr. K Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

In 2015, Reverend Kyle Norman's life changed. With the news of his wife's cancer, the spiritual life of this ordained minister was thrown into a tailspin. His sermons felt hollow, and his prayers felt flat. Yet in the midst of his struggle, Norman began to encounter Jesus in a new and liberating way. Could it be that the places where we are discouraged in faith are opportunities for to meet Jesus anew?

We like to think faith will be an endless walk on easy street, but often find it's more like an uphill struggle. Maybe it's a feeling of lacking livelihood in our faith, maybe it's a struggle with prayer, or lack of desire to read the Bible, but the result is that we feel discouraged and alone. Compounding this problem is the fact that we rarely talk about this discouragement in our spiritual communities. We pretend that such time's don't exist. But they do exist, and we all know it. Scripture knows it too. From Moses to the Psalmists, from the laments of Jeremiah to the struggles of the disciples, the life of faith has always included hard or discouraging times. But scripture also presents a deeper truth. When we walk through dark valleys, God is with us.

In Alive, Loved, & Free, Reverend Kyle Norman reminds us that Spiritual discouragement is a natural part of the Christian journey. Being discouraged in faith is not wrong, bad, or sinful. By drawing both from his own story, and the story of Jesus' journey to the Cross, Norman explores how discouragement may lead us to deeper understandings of ourselves, our faith, and the God who journeys with us.

Alive, Loved, & Free, tackles topics such as struggling to feel God's love, the battle for forgiveness, unanswered prayer, and frustration with community. In each place, Norman invites the reader to see our discouragement as an opportunity to meet Jesus. With profound sensitivity to the struggles we all face, Alive, Loved, & Free offers a vision of hope and encouragement.

About the Author
The Reverend Dr. Kyle Norman is the rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, located in Kamloops BC, Canada. He holds a doctorate in Spiritual formation through Tyndale University. With over 20 years of pastoral experience, he is a sought-after writer, speaker, and retreat leader. You can connect with Reverend Kyle at www.revkylenorman.ca

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mr. K Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0993637612
• ISBN 13: 9780993637612
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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