Practicing the Presence of People
How We Learn to Love
1st Edition
Published on 9. November 2011
288 pages
978-0-307-56906-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the deepest part of our hearts and souls is the desire to love well. Yet in our struggle to do so, we learn that, as Mike Mason puts it, "We are not born with love; it is something we must learn." Now, in Practicing the Presence of People, he helps us launch that learning process. Mason points the way to fresh knowledge and fresh experience, showing how we can discover new things about those we love, understand them from the inside out, tenderly identify with their weaknesses, and celebrate that they too were lovingly made by the hand of God.
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Mike Mason is the author of The Mystery of Children, The Gospel According to Job, and Practicing the Presence of People. He and his wife, Karen, an MD in general practice, live in Bracebridge, Ontario, and have one daughter, Heather.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- People
- 1 Relationship
- 2 The Glory of the Lord
- 3 Christ in You
- 4 God's Prayer Life
- 5 A Poor Reflection
- 6 Believing in People
- 7 Look in the Mirror
- 8 Permission to Love
- 9 The Answer to All Problems
- 10 Needing People
- 11 Wanting People
- 12 Mother Teresa
- 13 Death
- 14 Practicing the Presence of Brother Lawrence
- Self
- 15 Loving Yourself
- 16 Beautiful You
- 17 Loving What You Love
- 18 Slowing Down
- 19 Contemplation
- 20 Joy
- 21 Embracing Suffering
- 22 Mercy
- 23 Sadness
- 24 Living with Chaos
- 25 Fun
- 26 The Laughing Place
- Presence
- 27 Self-Absorption
- 28 Entering the Presence
- 29 Living in the Present
- 30 God in People
- 31 Looking
- 32 Listening
- 33 Unknowing
- 34 Light One Candle
- 35 Hate
- 36 Jacob
- 37 The Crossroads
- 38 Confrontation
- 39 Sweet Surrender
- 40 Communion
- 41 Cathedral
- Practice
- 42 An Experiment
- 43 Back to Basics
- 44 Let God Be God
- 45 The Real Jesus
- 46 Let People Be People
- 47 Kindness
- 48 Intercession
- 49 The Thought Life
- 50 Will
- 51 Choice
- 52 Practical Hope
- 53 Sacrifice
- 54 The Door
- Friendship
- 55 Receivership
- 56 Safety
- 57 Chicken or Egg?
- 58 The Royal Law
- 59 A Penny Saved
- 60 Jesus' Friends
- 61 Cliques
- 62 Fear of Man
- 63 People from Porlock
- 64 The Glass Slipper
- 65 The Day I Married People
- Epilogue
- Notes
