02968cam a2200433 i 4500 771712710 TxAuBib 20190924120000.0 190114s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019930999 9780316528504 HRD 27.00 0316528501 HRD 27.00 NjBwBT eng SFS rda SFS OCLCO IUK LIV OCLCO IMT UAP IK2 VAX OCLCO TCH LMJ BDX MQ6 OCLCO DYJ OCLCO OCLCF YU6 MAC ILC DLC TxAuBib rda Mina, Denise, author. Conviction. Conviction [Book] / Denise Mina. First United States edition. New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2019. ©2019. 376 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published in Great Britain by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK: May 2019. In today's highly-charged social and political environment, we often don't know how to talk well with others--especially people whose backgrounds differ from our own C. Christopher Smith, coauthor of the critically acclaimed and influential Slow Church, addresses why conversation has become such a challenge in the 21st century and argues that it is perhaps the most needed spiritual practice of our individualistic age. Smith likens practicing conversation to the working of the human body. Bodies are wondrous symphonies of diverse, intricate parts striving for our health, and our health suffers when these parts fail to converse effectively. Likewise, we must learn to converse effectively with those who differ from us in the body of Christ so we can embody Christ together in the world. In community, we learn what it means to belong to others and to a story that is bigger than ourselves. mith shows how church communities can be training hubs where we learn to talk and listen to each other with kindness and compassion. The book explores how churches can initiate and sustain conversation, including working through seasons of conflict; suggests the contours of a spirituality that can foster conversation; and features stories from a diverse range of congregations that are learning to practice conversation. 20190924. Podcasts Fiction. Podcasts. Murder Investigation Fiction. Murder Investigation. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery. Fiction. Psychological fiction. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Suspense fiction.