personal healings‚ while prayer is a way for the members of the community to get in touch with their own feelings. In addition‚ Buddhists use prayer as a way to show dedication and commitment to God. The Buddha and his followers go to great lengths to make Buddhism accessible to all and encouraged others into believing that salvation was at hand if the proper codes of conduct were adhered to. Buddhists offer prayers to the Buddha as much in the same way that Christians offer prayers to Jesus Christ‚ they
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sessions and how the counselor should address and handle these challenges. McMinn addresses the facts that spiritual development must take place with the client as well as the counselor. The counselor must personally address the regulation of prayer‚ scripture‚ sin‚ confession‚ forgiveness‚ and redemption these formulations are a necessity for smooth sessions for the client and counselor. The objective of the sessions is to create a healthy sense of self for the client. Once this objective is achieved
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a healthy sense of self to resolve issues of brokenness‚ sinful acts‚ and needful materialism. McMinn offers a template for both the novice and the veteran counselor when determining if and when to introduce prayer and scripture into the therapeutic setting. “Which forms of prayer should we use with which clients and under which circumstances ( p.79); “In what
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several other men stand up and preside over a square table. They state the reason for their presence is to distribute what they call the “Lord’s supper.” One man utters a prayer‚ and then the whole group moves through the room with trays containing bread. With this distributed‚ the men return to the table and say another prayer‚ this time for what they say is the “fruit of the vine.” They again move through the room‚ but this time the trays contain cups of grape juice. Once both parts have been given
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peaceful way of cultivating through missionaries. Today‚ the two largest Islamic countries are Indonesia and Malaysia. The Five Pillars come from the Qur ’an‚ the last of all scriptures. According to Muslims‚ being the last of all scriptures‚ the Qur ’an is believed to be a correction and conformation of the other scriptures such as from Judaism and Christianity. The Five Pillars are Shahadah‚ Salah‚ Zakat‚ Sawm‚ and Hajj which are the major obligations or pillars of faith that each Muslim must
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Evaluation and Critique of Published Curriculum Selecting curriculum can be very challenging‚ especially when the church you are selecting is apart of a denomination. I am finding that the resources the leaders of the denomination create or approve for the denomination use does not flow down to the membership. Example‚ my home church’s denomination is the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ) and we publish our own curriculum for Sunday school according to the Episcopal area. However
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Religion is important. It gives people something to believe in. Religion brings people together‚ gives hope‚ and gives people a deeper understanding of the world around them. For Piscine Patel‚ better known as “Pi”‚ religion is of upmost importance. In the novel‚ The Life of Pi‚ Pi decides to follow multiple religions. He follows Islam‚ Hinduism‚ and Christianity. Though controversial‚ Pi believes that by following multiple religions it allows him to love God more. After reading the novel it is clear
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concerning mental health. Psychologist Albert Ellis wrote‚ “The emotionally healthy individual should primarily be true to himself and not masochistically sacrifice himself for others.” Versus Christian spirituality that identifies and states in scripture that as individuals we are instructed to look out for the interest of others (Phil. 2:4) and to prefer one another in honor (Rom 12:10) (McMinn‚ 1996). As McMinn works through the concepts of integrating these three distinct disciplines‚ Christian
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the unseen world of spirits‚ ancestors‚ gods and demons; (2) developed a system of myths about the unseen world and rituals designed for communing with or propitiating the spirits; (3) developed a system of organized rituals‚ temples‚ priests and scriptures at some point in their history; (4) usually have some statement about life beyond death‚ either survival in some shadowy hades‚ in some version of heaven and hell‚ or through reincarnation; (5) usually have developed a code of conduct or moral order;
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semi-formal‚ casual clothes which were the same thing in the Catholic Church service. The Pastor John McVicker started out the service with an opening prayer which led us into a psalm about America and how wonderful our country is. The prayers include pastoral intercession for global‚ regional and personal needs. After a few songs and a few prayers the Pastor got up to deliver his sermon or message. The theme of the service
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