Bøger af Ross Thompson

Charles Winston is a tough Private Investigator. He is also a Christian. In his own words: ' Back in the days when I thought I was bulletproof, life threw me a curveball. I was facing a case that had me questioning everything. There was this darkness that I could not shake, a weight that felt too heavy to bear alone. I found myself in the quiet corners of a church, seeking something I did not fully understand. It wasn't like I suddenly had a lightbulb moment or a divine revelation. No, it was more like a slow realization that I needed more than just my own strength.' Charles has decided to go solo as a Private Detective. Sam Blackwood walks into his new office with a desperate need. Sam's sister Amalie, an investigative reporter, delving into shady deals done by a Pharmaceutical Company, has disappeared. The Company - Medico-Pharma, is in partnership with Organised Crime..Charles learns quickly the goons.are not impressed with his attempts to find the reporter. The solo P.I. comes under attack from every quarter, One man against a long line of punks, committed to doing him harm,.. .

We are used to making Lent a special time for renewal, but much less has been written on the other seasons of the year. This resource explores the traditions that have shaped each season, the lectionary readings, and the liturgies observed across the ecumenical spectrum.

It is possible to be a Christian Buddhist in the context of a universal belief that sits fairly lightly on both traditions. Ross Thompson takes especially seriously the aspects of each faith that seem incompatible with the other, no God and no soul in Buddhism, for example, and the need for grace and the historical atonement on the cross in Christianity. Buddhist Christianity can be no bland blend of the tamer aspects of both faiths, but must result from a wrestling of the seeming incompatibles, allowing each faith to shake the other to its very foundations. The author traces his personal journey through which his need for both faiths became painfully apparent. He explores the Buddha and Jesus through their teachings and the varied communities that flow from them, investigating their different understandings of suffering and wrong, self and liberation, meditation and prayer, cosmology and God or not? He concludes with a bold commitment to both faiths.

Provides a grounding in the historical development of the Sacraments from the Old Testament through to modern day thinking. General ideas of sacraments and ritual are covered as well as Old Testament practices, the response of Jesus and the Early Church.