{"product_id":"living-faithfully-with-disappointment-in-the-church","title":"Living Faithfully with Disappointment in the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003eA practical approach to address spiritually crippling disappointment with the church! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeeling disappointment with your church can be spiritually devastating. Living Faithfully with Disappointment in the Church gives you a theological and family therapy approach to disillusionment in the church that is practical and realistic. The author, an ordained minister and a licensed family therapist, discusses with sensitivity and hope the problems and the ways to resolve issues of spiritual disappointment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving Faithfully with Disappointment in the Church uses a theological basis to lay a foundation of understanding, and then provides real strategies from a family therapy perspective to deal with personal disappointments in the church. The book sensitively discusses real problems using real examples of how church dynamics can unwittingly cause spiritual disillusionment within even the most faithful, even in diligent attempts to serve God. Honest, reverent, and written from the perspective that each of us needs the church to cultivate our faith, this book provides non-simplistic yet hopeful answers to the most difficult of problems. Find comfort in these pages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiving Faithfully with Disappointment in the Church discusses:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e idealism about the church\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e how churches function according to the dynamics of family systems\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e how a controlling family affects church dynamics\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e people who become codependent to the church\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e adjustment to belief structures within the church\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e addictive processes in organizations\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the psychological danger zone of failed beliefs\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e how to recognize when to stay and when to move on to another church\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e considerations for someone in a denominational crisis\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e the uses of spirituality and religion in psychologically healthy ways\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea theoretical model that gives priority to building a relational church \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving Faithfully with Disappointment in the Church is for ministers, chaplains, seminary students, pastoral counselors, Sunday school teachers, or anyone that is facing a spiritual crisis in their church. Each chapter includes questions for reflection and discussion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240101957976,"sku":"9780789026217","price":186.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780789026217_8fdc9950-a5d7-494a-bb86-83300ad9816b.jpg?v=1770219029","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/living-faithfully-with-disappointment-in-the-church","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}