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Spirituality and the Awakening Self : The Sacred Journey of Transformation (2012)
Soulful Spirituality: Becoming Fully Alive and Deeply Human (2011)
Opening to God : Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer (2010)
Desiring God s Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God (2005)
The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery (2004)
Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality (2003)
Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-Term Structured Model, 2nd ed. (2003)
Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship and Direction (2002)
Free at Last: Breaking the Bondage of Guilt and Emotional Wounds (1998)
Care of Souls: Revisioning Christian Nurture and Counsel (1998)
Money Madness and Financial Freedom: The Psychology of Money Meanings and Management (1996)
Choosing the Gift of Forgiveness : How to Overcome Hurts and Brokenness, with Robert Harvey (1996)
Understanding and Facilitating Forgiveness, with Robert Harvey (1996)
Counseling as a Spiritual Process (1991)
Healing Emotional Wounds (1990)
Psychotherapy and the Spiritual Quest (1988)
Therapeutic Love: An Incarnational Interpretation of Counseling (1985)
Books Edited by David G. Benner
Spiritual Direction and the Care of Souls: A Guide to Christian Approaches and Practices , with Gary Moon (2004)
Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling , 2nd ed., with Peter Hill (1999)
Christian Perspectives on Human Development , with LeRoy Aden and J. Harold Ellens (1992)
Counseling and the Human Predicament: A Study of Sin, Guilt, and Forgiveness , with LeRoy Aden (1989)
Psychology and Religion (1988)
Psychotherapy in Christian Perspective (1987)
Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy (1987)
2014 by David G. Benner
Published by Brazos Press
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www . brazospress .com
Ebook edition created 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
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ISBN 978-1-4412-2150-6
The words presence, awareness, and encounter have experienced a vogue reappearance in recent years. But who is explaining these esoteric and ethereal concepts? My friend David Benner, that is who. In his probing, yet down-to-earth style, David gives us more insight into a spirituality that is at once contemporary and ancient. His work is winsome and practical; he explains and captivates like few can on topics this rich. If you have followed Benners work you will love this project. If this is your first book, you are in for a feast!
Ron Martoia , Transformational Architect (www.RonMartoia.com)
This book is a profound articulation of how the Divine Spirit pervades all things in the universe: the life force in all living things, the spirit that takes the form of our own spirits within us, and the energy that keeps the electrons in orbit in the atoms of a rock. This all-pervasive Spirit is what Jesus promised in John 14 when he said in effect, The age of Jesus Christ is over. Now comes the age when God is a Presence as Spirit. Presence and Encounter clearly illumines our possibilities to be such a Presence to ourselves and each other that we experience in our encounters not just the dynamics of personalities but the numinous Presence of God.
J. Harold Ellens , author of Light from the Other Side: The Paranormal as Friend and Familiar (Real Life Experiences of a Spiritual Pilgrim)
Presence and Encounter immediately draws a reflective reader into the essence of human living. It exquisitely points toward the possibilities of being totally engaged with all that is present in each momentbeing available without reservation to oneself, to others, and to the Loving Presence that holds all. It is filled with joyous invitations to explore.
Jeannette A. Bakke , author of Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction , spiritual director, teacher, and retreat leader
To
My brother
Colin James Benner
(19512014)
Always a luminous presence
Still a luminous presence
Cover
Books by David G. Benner
Title Page
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Dedication
Foreword by Richard Rohr, OFM
Preface
1. The Nature of Presence
2. Presence and Absence
3. Being Present
4. Three Laws of Presence
5. Contemplation and Presence
6. Discerning Presence
7. Clouded Presence
8. Luminous Presence
9. Presence and Influence
10. Encounter and Presence
11. Dialogue as Encounter
12. Transformational Encounters
13. Real Presence, Mystical Encounters
14. Encountering Divine Presence
Notes
Back Cover
I am sincerely happy and honored to write a few words in support of this valuable book. As David Benner so often does, he moves us toward the heart of the matter with both skill and simplicity. He knows that the deep and needed transmission in the world of spirituality takes place through presence . That is indeed the heart of the matter.
Jesus said that he was present whenever two or three people were gathered in the Christ spirit (Matthew 18:20). We Catholics fervently believe in the doctrine of the Real Presence of Jesus in the physical elements of bread and wine. And Paul even seems to think that the presence of the Risen Christ, or the Spirit, is the very engine of consciousness and evolution (Romans 8:1623).
Now, in our lifetime, scientists are finding ever newer evidence for what some religious people called presence in the very organizing energy of the universefrom fractals, to holograms, to electro-magnetism, to force fields, to gravitation itselfall of which invite us into a certain degree of mystery and non-explainabilityand also participation! The great scientists are revealed in their contentment to live provisionally with a certain degree of mystery! I wish we clergy were as patient. We seem to like certainty and answersnow. In our too literal attempts to explain and control presence, we often explain it away, and most people just lose interest in the deeper journey because they are told, in effect, that there is no deeper to be had!
Meanwhile, the scientists still search for the pattern behind the patterns, the seeming vibrational fields that hold all things together. We from the religious world often call these vibrational fields the divine presence or perhaps the Holy Spirit. As usual, religion intuits and gives metaphor to what science is now confirming and illustrating on ever new verifiable levels. Remember, truth is one (Ephesians 4:45) and will necessarily and in time be seen from different angles and at different levelswith ever more appreciation. How blessed we are to live in our time! There are, however, few teachers who can honor the different levels at the same time.
Although we Catholics would never think of denying the doctrine of the Real Presence (because it is the one central mystery of Incarnation continued in space and time), we fail to communicate it at the needed depth to individual believers. It remains what Jesus called a lesson memorized. This happens largely because we fail to point out that presence is inherently a relational concept. Presence demands both a subject and an object existing in mutual respect and expectation (which actually makes the object into another dignified subject!). This is what happened when Francis of Assisi grants even Brother Sun, Sister Water, and Our Sister, Mother Earth subjectivity, dignity, and reciprocity. This is the genius of mystics, saints, and often poets, and why they keep growing and expanding. But it should be the genius of all believers.
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