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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 248.4 EAN: 9780787941406 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0787941409 Label: Jossey-Bass Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 194 Publication Date: September 02, 1998 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Studio: Jossey-Bass Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Discover which gifts you really have. . . mission, compassion, hope, community, leadership, simplicity, joy, wisdom, encouragement, creativity, health, generosity . . . claim your strengths . . . and develop your possibilities! Living a full, healthy life is about recognizing your natural gifts?the ones God has given you. In Twelve Keys for Living, an alternative to the many programs that prescribe rules and outline models to live by, Kennon Callahan helps us discover that our strengths are gifts from God. Through stories and parables Callahan has collected through the years and with the help of teachers, salespersons, cooks, clerks, rich, poor, housewives, philosophers, factory workers, ministers, and many others, Callahan teaches us that claiming our gifts is the first step toward a whole, healthy future. The Twelve Keys for Living helps us recognize what we are put here to do--and who we are meant to be. Share in the wisdom, experience, prayers, and scripture contained in Twelve Keys for Living. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Anything self help has to have the magic number twelve in it somewhereTwelve....twelve....its like a mantra. I'm still waiting for numerologist Calypso Louis Farakahn's contribution to the field. Other than the tiresome extension of stretching some "keys" to fit the Procrustean bed of twelve, the healthy living goals outlined here actually have some pretty ancient philosophical and spiritual roots, sometimes mapping with Ignatian exercises and other ancient Catholic spiritual disciplines. So of those smarmy self-help books that are churned out with such ... Read More Rating:  - Join in the feast of heaven and earth in joy and compassionI've had the opportunity to meet Dr Callahan at his workshops. This book tells some of his best stories and reflects on them to the deeper issues troubling Christians today. Dr Callahan is gentle with our human human weaknesses and yet provides us with a cloud of witnesses for getting the ministry well done. He insists that we focus on the things we have fun doing well. A wonderfully Catholic and Jesuitical notion from a Protestant writer. His selection of the 12 keys is a familiar ... Read More 
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