Mansions of the Heart: Exploring the Seven Stages of Spiritual Growth
About this ebook
In Mansions of the Heart, author R. Thomas Ashbrook begins with his personal story of frustration and confusion while serving as a pastor of the church. He tells of discovering a new path of spiritual transformation and offers seekers a way to move forward on their own spiritual paths.
Written for anyone who wants to develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God, Mansions of the Heart offers a step-by-step guide through a spiritual-formation road map based on Teresa of Avila's seven mansions. This spiritual classic reveals various phases of spiritual formation, for which Ashbrook offers a personal guide to spiritual transformation. Mansions debunks commonly held myths that lead to spiritual dead ends and describes a clear pathway to a deepening love relationship with God. The book also offers church leaders a process for helping people in their faith communities grow as disciples of Christ.
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About the author
R. Thomas Ashbrook has served as the founder and team leader for Church Resource Ministries' (CRM) international spiritual formation ministry, the Order of Imago Christi, for the past fifteen years. He develops spiritual-formation resources and coaches Christian leaders and churches to live and lead with a spiritual authority grounded in loving intimacy with Jesus.
Eugene H. Peterson, (1932-2018) was a pastor, scholar, writer, and poet. He spent ten years working on The Message - a paraphrase of the Bible - translating it from the original Greek and Hebrew. Eugene lived with his wife, Jan, in Montana. They have three children and six grandchildren.