The Rhythm of the Christian Life: Recapturing the Joy of Life Together - Softcover

Wright, Brian J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1684263506 ISBN 13: 9781684263509

Publisher: ACU Press/Leafwood Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Discover Life as God Intended. Hurried and exhausted, we are looking for a better way to manage all the demands in our lives. We think that if we could simply learn to balance everything, we would be happier. But our problem isn t balance.What we actually need is to rediscover the rhythm.God has created a pulse for our lives, and for centuries Christians lived into that intentional rhythm, one that has been all but lost today. In this book, Wright invites us to find true joy and wholeness as we embrace the two core realities that every person experiences in life: moments alone: times of solitude when we are with God alone moments together: times of intentional fellowship with others In our efforts to maximize our time, we often set unrealistic expectations for our quiet time and our social relationships. The result is a failure to hear the ancient rhythm that shows how these dimensions of our lives should complement each other. Embracing the rhythm of the Christian life, and living it wholeheartedly, is the task of all believers, not just some of us. As Christians, our whole life consists of loving God and loving others just like Jesus did. Explore The Rhythm of Christian Life and recapture the joy of life as God always intended.

About this title

About the Author

Brian J. Wright earned his PhD from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia, and serves in Pensacola, Florida, as a chaplain for the Federal Bureau of Prisons as well as a professor at several universities and seminaries. He is the author of Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus: A Window into Early Christian Reading Practices and coauthor of Revisiting the Corruption of the New Testament. He has also written for Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, The Christian Research Journal, and Power for Living.

From the Back Cover

Discover Life as God Intended

Hurried and exhausted, we are looking for a better way to manage all the demands in our lives. We think that if we could simply learn to balance everything, we would be happier. But our problem isn't balance.

What we actually need is to rediscover the rhythm.

God has created a pulse for our lives, and for centuries Christians lived into that intentional rhythm, one that has been all but lost today. In this book, Wright invites us to find true joy and wholeness as we embrace the two core realities that every person experiences in life:

-moments alone: times of solitude when we are with God alone
-moments together: times of intentional fellowship with others

In our efforts to maximize our time, we often set unrealistic expectations for our "quiet time" and our social relationships. The result is a failure to hear the ancient rhythm that shows how these dimensions of our lives should complement each other.

Embracing the rhythm of the Christian life, and living it wholeheartedly, is the task of all believers, not just some of us. As Christians, our whole life consists of loving God and loving others"š€š" just like Jesus did. Explore The Rhythm of Christian Life and recapture the joy of life as God always intended.

Edition details

• Publisher: ACU Press/Leafwood Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1684263506
• ISBN 13: 9781684263509
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160