Embracing God's future without forgetting the past : a conversation about loss, grief, and nostalgia in congregational life /

Many congregations today are dealing with changes that have led to decline and significant loss. In Embracing God's Future without Forgetting the Past, Michael K. Girlinghouse argues that until a congregation comes to terms with its perceived losses through a healthy process of grief, it will b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Girlinghouse, Michael K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2019]
Temas:
Loss (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Grief > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Nostalgia.
Chagrin > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Nostalgie.
Grief > Religious aspects > Christianity
Loss (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Christianity
Nostalgia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface : invitation to a conversation
  • part I. Leaving Eden : an introduction to loss, grief, and nostalgia. Empty places : the experience of loss
  • A twisting road : the journey of grief
  • A cloud of witnesses : nostalgia, yearning, and the past
  • part II. Litany of lament : the reality of loss in congregational life. The story of loss : ministry in a world of change
  • A scrapbook of memories : the grief response
  • A well of tears : expressing our grief
  • part III. Opening the blinds : adapting to loss without forgetting the past. An old story in a new key : the roots of adaptive change
  • Being who we are : adaptive change and nostalgia
  • A place at the table : overcoming challenges to adaptive change
  • part IV. Remembering forward : embracing God's future with boldness. A new journey : taking up life again
  • A formula for change : stepping into God's future
  • A new creation : embracing God's future
  • Postlude : a changing church in a changing world.

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