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PublisherAuthentic Media

ISBN-101842275445

ISBN-139781842275443

eBay Product ID (ePID)84483436

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Publication Year2007

TopicChristian Life / Spiritual Growth, Faith, Christian Education / General

Book TitleChrysalis : a Forgotten Phase in the Journey of Faith

Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

GenreReligion

AuthorAlan Jamieson

FormatUk-Trade Paper

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Item Length5.5 in

Item Width8.5 in

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SynopsisIn his critically acclaimed novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China's Tang Dynasty. Now, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author revisits that invented setting four centuries later a world inspired this time by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty. Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai. That moment on a lonely road changed his life-in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later-and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles towards the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor-and alienates women at the court. But when her father's life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars., Increasing numbers of Christian people find their faith metamorphosing beyond the standard images and forms of Christian faith. Their questions about where this may lead still remain. Is this the deathof personal faith or the emergence of something new? Could it be a journey that is Spirit-led?Chrysalis uses the life-cycle of butterflies as a metaphor for the faith journey that many contemporary people are experiencing. Drawing onthe three principal phases of a butterflys life and the transformations between these phases, the book suggests subtle similarities with the zones of Christian faith that many encounter. For butterflies and Christians, change between these phases or zones is substantial, lifechanging, and irreversible.This book accompanies ordinary people in the midst of substantive faith change. Chrysalis is primarily pastoral and practical, drawing onthe authors experience of accompanying people in the midst of difficult personal faith changes., An academic textbook and practical guide to farm conservation, based on the authors' extensive teaching experience., Chrysalis: A Forgotten Phase in the Journey of Faith uses the life-cycle of butterflies as a metaphor for the faith journey that many contemporary people are experiencing. Increasing numbers of Christian people find their faith metamorphosing beyond the standard images and forms of Christian faith but questions about where this may lead remain. Is this the death of personal faith or the emergence of something new? Could it be a journey that is Spirit-led? Drawing on the three principal phases of a butterfly's life and the transformations between these phases, the book suggests subtle similarities with the zones of Christian faith that many encounter. For butterflies and Christians change between these 'phases' or 'zones' is substantial, life-changing and irreversible. This book accompanies ordinary people in the midst of substantive faith change. Chrysalis is primarily pastoral and practical drawing on the author's experience of accompanying people in the midst of difficult personal faith changes.