What We Need Is Here: Practicing the Heart of Christian Spirituality

by L Roger Owens

Overview

For those searching for an authentic faith, Roger Owens shows that in Jesus, God has already given us all we need to live and flourish. He calls readers to return to basic Christian practices that build and sustain their relationship with God.

Owens explores 7 fundamentals of Christian spirituality: reading the Gospels, praying the Psalms, befriending silence, finding Jesus in church, meeting Jesus through Holy Communion, embodying our spirituality, and being with the poor. His book is a thoughtful, engaging treatment of practices essential to growth as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Ideal for individual or small-group study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780835815109
Publisher:	Upper Room Books
Publication date:	11/01/2015
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

L. Roger Owens is professor of Christian spirituality and ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, including What We Need Is Here: Practicing the Heart of Christian Spirituality and Threshold of Discovery: A Field Guide to Spirituality in Midlife. Owens holds a PhD and MDiv from Duke University and a BA from Anderson University. An ordained United Methodist minister, he has pastored urban and rural congregations in North Carolina. Owens is married to Rev. Ginger Thomas, and they are the parents of three children. He loves to read, sing, listen to his children make music, and take quiet walks.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9

Introduction 11

1 Red Letters and Wild Stones 21

2 One Hundred Fifty Prayers 37

3 The Quiet Center 53

4 This Mortal Flesh 69

5 Eat This Bread 85

6 The Wounded Body of Christ 101

7 Unto the Least of These 117

In Closing 131

Notes 139

About the Author 143