Connecting With God: A Spiritual Formation Guide

Brief Description: From the makers of The Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible come corresponding guidebooks providing tangible lessons for how to make real the challenge of becoming spiritually transformed. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-124). Jacket Description/Back: This guide explores how God has communicated with individuals in the Bible and throughout history. From Adam and Eve's direct contact with God in Genesis 1-11 to Jacob's wrestling with God, from hearing God through visions and dreams like Teresa of Avila to experiencing communion with God through nature like Francis of Assisi, this guide will recognize the different ways God has communicated with people throughout the ages and guide the reader into an experience of individual interaction with God. Publisher Marketing: Explores how God has communicated with individuals in the Bible and throughout history, from Adam and Eve's direct contact with God in Genesis 1-11 to Jacob's wrestling with God, from hearing God through visions and dreams like Teresa of Avila to experiencing communion with God through nature like Francis of Assisi.

Contributor Bio:  Roller, Julia L Julia Roller is an author and editor. Her books include Mom Seeks God, A Year with God (with Richard J. Foster), A Year with Aslan, and 25 Books Every Christian Should Read. Working with Renovare, she has also co-authored four spiritual formation guides, including Connecting with God, Learning from Jesus, Living the Mission, and Prayer and Worship. She has written study guides for authors such as Desmond Tutu, Richard J. Foster, Henri Nouwen, Jenna Bush, and Rob Bell. Her articles have appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Street Spirit, Group, Rev.!, and Children's Ministry. She and her family live in San Diego, California. Visit her online at juliaroller.com. Contributor Bio:  Foster, Richard J Richard J. Foster is the author of several bestselling books, including Celebration of Discipline, Streams of Living Water, Life with God, and Prayer, which was Christianity Today's Book of the Year and the winner of the Gold Medallion Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He is the founder of Renovare, an organization and a movement committed to the renewal of the church of Jesus Christ in all its multifaceted expressions, and the editor of The Life with God Bible.