Walking with saints : through the best and worst times of our lives /

Miller, Calvin,

Walking with saints : through the best and worst times of our lives / [print] Calvin Miller. - Nashville : T. Nelson, (c)1995. - xxxv, 246 pages ; 24 cm.



The confessional walk of faith -- Beginning the journey with Saint Augustine: seven footsteps of Christ's coming into our lives -- Arriving at security with Madame Guyon: six defenses for triumphing over fear -- Finding purpose in life with Brother Lawrence: five means of attaining purity of life -- Healing depression with Teresa of Avila: five windows of light -- Winning by oneing with Julian of Norwich: Julian's three gifts -- Pilgrim's progress with John Bunyan: seven stations on the journey of life -- The peniel God with the Unknown author of The cloud of unknowing: distinguishing active and passive Christianity -- Conquering pride with Bernard of Lairvaus: the descent into decadence -- Sanctifying the secular with Jean-Pierre de Caussade: four ways to sanctify the secular -- Imitating Christ with Thomas a Kempis: submission versus ambition in the obedient life.



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Christian life.
Christian saints.

BV4501.M647.W355 1995