Biography & Autobiography : Religious

From critically acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize runner-up Frederick Buechner comes another powerfully honest memoir, The Eyes of the Heart. Full of poinant insights into his most personal relationships, this moving account traces how the author was shaped as much by his family's secrets as by its celebrations.Within the innermost chambers of his consciousness, Buechner, in his characteristically self-searching style, explores the mysteries and truths behind his deepest connections to family, friends, and mentors. Extraordinarily moving, this memoir follows not chronology but the converging paths of Buechner's imagination and memory. Buechner invites us into his library-his own Magic Kingdom, Surrounded by his beloved books and treasures, we discover how they serve as the gateway to Buechner's mind and heart. He draws the reader into his recollections, moving seamlessly from reminiscence to contemplation. Buechner recounts events such as the tragic suicide of his father and its continual fallout on his life, intimate and little-known details about his deep friendship with the late poet James Merrill, and his ongoing struggle to understand the complexities of his relationship to his mother. This cast of characters comprised of Buechner's relatives and loved ones is brought to vibrant life by his peerless writing and capacity to probe the depths of his own consciousness. Buechner visits his past with an honest eye and a heart open to the most painful and life-altering of realizations. heartbreaking and enlightening, The Eyes of the Heart is a treasure for any who have ever pondered the meaning and mystery of their own past. As "one of our finest writers," according to author Annie Dillard, Frederick Buechner provides yet another chapter in the tale of his life in this gripping memoir tracing the complicated roots and path of his inner life and family, with their multitude of intersections." The Eyes of the Heart stands as a touching t more...

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John Newton. Charles Simeon. William Wilberforce. They suffered life-long opposition and endured it for the causes of gospel truth, missionary zeal and political justice. They found in solid doctrine and humble joy the tough roots for habitual tenderness in response to their adversaries--without doctrinal or moral flinching. They are trophies of remarkable grace. In Volume 3 of The Swans Are Not Silent series, best-selling author John Piper looks at the lives of these three great men and focuses on how they not only endured great opposition, but did so with joy and without bitterness. The lessons he draws show how to set a pace and finish the eternal race before us, encouraging every heart that it is possible to jump the hurdles in the way. These men were sinners just like us, but their example of refusing to yield to temptation or bitterness, and their downward growth in humility and upward growth in adoration of Christ, should serve as our inspiration. more...

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Nikolai Grozni was a music prodigy, a jazz pianist. training at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. in Boston, when suddenly he decided to transform. his life. He moved to India to become a Buddhist. monk—shaving his head, learning Tibetan, and donning. long traditional robes. In the Himalayas—living. in a hut a stone’s throw from the Dalai Lama’s compound—. Grozni became entrenched in a sometimes. comical, sometimes reverent, always intriguing. community comprised of feisty nuns, bossy monks,. violent chess players, demanding teachers, and a. spectacular friend called Tsar, a fallen monk from. Bosnia. Grozni went to India in search of knowledge, but. learns that the people who can teach him the. most are not wearing uniforms and following special. diets, but rather those who, like him, struggle with. doubts and cannot accept an established system of. faith. Instead, he journeys with his colorful cast of. friends to a new understanding of himself and his. place in the world. Like Anne Lamott or Elizabeth Gilbert, Nikolai. Grozni offers the insights of a religious pilgrim. from the inside—in his case, from a male, Buddhist. perspective. Thoughtful, funny, and elegantly written,. Turtle Feet details the reality of a world much. mythologized in the West and tells a wonderfully. bittersweet story of a spiritual journey. more...

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"Zig Ziglar epitomizes determination, perseverance, excellence, and a loving Christian spirit more than anyone I know! The world would be a better place if more of us were just like him." --Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., The Cooper Clinic, Dallas, Texas Zig Ziglar, the motivational speaker who has galvanized audiences around the world and written more than a dozen perennially popular books, brings that same unbounded energy and clarity of vision to this candid, inspiring account of his own life and the forces that shaped it. more...

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