Reframing the Soul: How Words Transform Our Faith - Softcover

Gregory Spencer

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9780891124771: Reframing the Soul: How Words Transform Our Faith

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ISBN 10: 0891124772 ISBN 13: 9780891124771

Publisher: Leafwood Publishers, 2018

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When you frame your life, what's in the picture?

We don't just remember the past. We remember it as we have framed it. Jesus calls us to reframe life--grace instead of law, love instead of retaliation--demonstrating that our faith-work is frame-work. In this book, readers will be awakened to the power of the words they choose.

As we begin to change our word choices, we become empowered to reframe our story according to the truth of our lives and the wisdom of the gospel. New circumstances--a divorce, a new job, an illness, or a revelation about the past--often drive us to reframe. In these times of crisis or change, we realize that the words and labels we have previously accepted are unsatisfying. Reframing the Soul guides readers through remembering the past with gratitude, anticipating the future with hope, dwelling within themselves with peace, and relating to others in love.

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About the Author:

GREGORY SPENCER holds a PhD in Rhetoric and Communication and has taught about words, perception, narrative, and the importance of questions for thirty years at Westmont College. He has published two novels (The Welkening and Guardian of the Veil), two works of nonfiction (A Heart for Truth and Awakening the Quieter Virtues), and dozens of articles, poems, and op-ed pieces. He lives in Santa Barbara, CA, with his wife of over forty years. They have three married daughters and four grandchildren, all of whom live too far away. He enjoys gardening, tennis, hiking, and asking involved dinner questions.

Review:

''Reality, a friend of mine once said, is what you run into when you re wrong. Reframing the Soul is a wonderful guide to navigating reality with grace and truth. It is honest, hopeful, literate and faith-filled. His framework for daily life is brilliant!'' --John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Church and author of I'd Like You More If You Were More Like Me

''With remarkable clarity, thoughtfulness, wisdom, and humor, Gregory Spencer has taken this difficult to understand subject and shown how deeply and broadly it reaches into every aspect of our lives. Masterfully weaving together real-life stories of tragedy and hope, a lifetime of learning about communication, and the role that faith plays in helping us see beyond our limited perspectives, Reframing the Soul is the best introduction I've read to both why and how we should reframe as an essential daily practice.'' --Don Waisanen, PhD, associate professor of communication, Baruch College

''We live and die in stories. They tell us who we are, what to believe, and what to do. Gregory Spencer's Reframing the Soul helps us see that even though some of our stories are toxic, they can be recast in ways that are healthier and still true. He uses stories from his own life, along with many stories from others, to help us become better tellers of our own stories.'' --Daniel Taylor, author of Death Comes for the Deconstructionist and Do We Not Bleed?

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