{"product_id":"9780692246771","title":"Life Journeys toward Wholeness: Wellness, Transformation, Spiritual Maturity","description":"This volume, \"Life Journeys toward Wholeness,\" focuses on wellness, transformation, and spiritual maturity. \u003cbr\u003e First, a holistic approach to personal wellness\/healing by identifying some factors causing brokenness, imbalance, and disharmony and then by considering proactive remedies for the identified obstacles: wellness in physical dimension; wellness in psychological dimension; wellness in spiritual dimension.\u003cbr\u003e Second, a psycho-spiritual approach to integration and personal transformation toward True Self: \u003cbr\u003e*Self-knowledge by understanding personality types according to the Enneagram;\u003cbr\u003e*Self-realization by inner works of personal and spiritual transformation;\u003cbr\u003e*Self-transcendence by integrating the Enneagram's wisdom and Christian spirituality from the distorted ways of thinking, feeling, and doing (willing). \u003cbr\u003e Third, a better way toward spiritual maturity that is rooted in our radical trust in God--not trusting in human resources and our abilities-- will manifest all the fullness of faith, hope and love;\u003cbr\u003e *\"Work of faith\" by following Jesus Christ through spiritual discipleship; \u003cbr\u003e *\"Steadfastness of hope\" of anticipating the human's hopeful redemption through the in-breaking of the Kingdom of God;\u003cbr\u003e *\"Labor of love' of doing justice and compassionate provision for those who are poor and in need.\u003cbr\u003e Fourth, a better place for \"making people whole\" is the Church--the body of Christ where hurting or lost souls are cared and\/or cured and where believers are called to become compassionate disciples who are equipped with different spiritual gifts.\u003cbr\u003e They are:\u003cbr\u003e*Soul-caring a soul-curing;\u003cbr\u003e*Providing one another with love, acceptance, and forgiveness;\u003cbr\u003e*Witnessing our \"Christ-likeness\" manifested in our daily living, so that the world will know and believe the God of Creation, Redemption, and \u003cbr\u003e Sustenance;\u003cbr\u003e*Encouraging one another in our spiritual journeys together toward spiritual maturity.\u003cp\u003eAN ACRONYM FOR W.H.O.L.E.N.E.S.S is:\u003cbr\u003eWork of faith; Healing (wellness); Opening our souls to God's presence; Labor of love; Ego-transcendent living; Nurturing discipleship;\u003cbr\u003eEncouraging sojourners toward spiritual maturity; Steadfastness of hope; Servant ministry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hakyung Cho-Kim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50008125047024,"sku":"9780692246771","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692246771_p0.jpg?v=1784240896","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692246771","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}