Bøger af Jim Young

How to Live a Holy Life is a devotional by long-time Pastor Jim Young, of Show Low, Arizona. Pastor Jim provides over 160 short devotions on the challenges and the grace that are the daily life of a Christian. Useful for reading on the fly, as well as for a launching point for deeper study, How to Live a Holy Life contains thoughts and musings gathered over a lifetime of devotion to God. This is a greatly expanded edition of an earlier work published privately in 2022.

THE INVITATION: Despite being depleted by the vast array of holiday parties, Penelope accepts a curious invitation signed only with initials, taking her to a life-changing event, hosted by Ralph Waldo Emerson, no less. Finding herself in the company of such spiritual giants as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Angelou, Rumi, Twain, Einstein, and Gibran, Penelope is taken to full awareness of her life purpose and meaning. Placing yourself in her shoes will surely inspire you to look inward for your very own purpose and meaning, revealed seemingly out of nowhere. This book took my breath away. The Invitation is a powerful and creative story that explicates the wisdom of the ancients: the wisdom that transforms lives. Contained within this beautiful story is the gentle power of creative love. I have read many hundreds of books about transformation, or self-realization, or enlightenment. I have traveled the world on my personal quest to answer man's most enduring and important questions. Had I first read Jim Young's The Invitation, I could have saved myself a lot of time. This book will surprise you, it will cause you to reflect on life's values and potential. It will take you beyond life on earth into the realm of the eternal where you will discover...your Self. James A. Wilhelm, author, I Am God and So Are You

PERFECT-JUST LIKE YOU! proclaims unabashedly that all life forms are perfect, just as they are. Debunking many of the misrepresentations that keep this clarity from everyday view, you'll be led to authentic intimacy with the real you, so you can live faithful to what really rings true to you. Taken as serious study or with tongue in cheek, you'll come to comprehend fully that, indeed, you are absolutely perfect-unless, of course, you forget you are-in which case you'll behave as though you're not.

A comprehensive history of yacht design in New Zealand as seen by one of the country's leading designers. 298 pages in full colour with plans and drawings. This book covers a unique period in the history of yachting and boating in New Zealand that happened to coincide with Jim Young's life as a boatbuilder/ designer/ yachtsman. It was an era that saw dramatic advances in design and construction technology from what was an ancient craft, steeped in tradition, unchanged for centuries, to a time when boat builders have had to relearn the trade completely as wood has been steadily replaced by synthetics. This book lays out Jim Young's boat building career from his boyhood canoe made of roofing iron and tar to some of the most successful boat designs in New Zealand maritime history.

An easy and wide-ranging read of over 100 poems that will stir your emotions. There is something here for everyone, and everything here for someone. There is wonder, love, tears, humour, irony, nostalgia, childhood, old age, emotion, life, thoughtfulness, nature, abstract - all that you have been looking look for in one enjoyable compendium. If you love poetry - then you will love this book. If you think that poetry is not for you - then this book will change your mind.

Committing to a long-awaited photographic journey through rural America, you become more aware of what's happening in your inward state: how you feel, what resonates with you, how much deeper you're linking inward awareness with the release of the camera's shutter. You soon realize that this venture isn't only about photography. It's about reconnecting with much deeper places and casting inward imagery out onto relations with all that comes into your path. Awareness is that empowering. That transformational. And you take awareness into all aspects of your life.

DEFROCKING THE GOPSEL OF THOMAS-WHAT "THE CHURCH" HAS FAILED TO TELL US "An amazing turnaround of Jesus' teachings-profoundly penetrating!" "A shape-shifting treatment of spiritual discernment, from Jesus to the guide he left us." "A teacher's dream-opening the doors of enlightenment through spiritual metaphor." Many of us who follow Jesus have formed and maintain a religion about the man Jesus, rather than learning how to live from his teachings. So we are generally left with finding our view of God in the words and images that come to us from those outside ourselves. Jesus implored us to form an intimate relationship with our inner Voice, the only Voice of spiritual authority-cosmic, Christ consciousness-which speaks so clearly the Truth about living from within. In DEFROCKING THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS, Young's explanations of the allegorical conversation between Jesus and Thomas take us beyond what most others suggest their meaning to be. The explanations take the reader to a place deep within, where the voice of Wisdom brilliantly replaces the musings of self-importance. Indeed, this is a meal containing only Wisdom, where each bite is to be savored with our spiritual palate, in our heart of hearts.

God's Pocket Dictionary evolved by listening for the "still, small voice," and scribing the inspirational messages received. Each re-framed description turns the more standard meaning on its ear, rendering a spiritual sensitivity that resonates in our Soul. These poetic connections can be used as a meditation for starting your day on a high note, to perk you up in a time of need, or to begin a conversation with a friend that is sure to convert the mundane into its sacred nature.

The Three Questions is a simple process for living spiritually, which provides means for awakening to deeper meaning and living a spiritually purposeful life. The process transcends belief and opinion, simply to ask, listen and to trust. Should you commit to the suggested practice described here, you could well be awakened to a life that was, until now, only a dream, but which could be your spiritual reality.

These poems are a memoir of my days growing up in the village of Pentrechwyth in the Lower Swansea Valley. They capture the emotions of a child in the 50s and 60s, playing in the industrial wasteland amongst the slag tips, amongst the ruins, but also across the green spaces that were reclaiming destitution from the past. Fall into my well of time and drink deep from the emotions of my words, and you will share the emotions and uniqueness of a time and place. Come with me now, take my hand and we'll walk together through my childhood and through the ugly lovely village of Pentrechwyth.

After observing his fellow humans for many years, author Jim Young realized that there are essentially two types of people: gulpers and sippers. The gulpers live as though everything has been promised to them. They eat and drink and devour relationships until nothing is left, and they are still not fulfilled. The sippers, on the other hand, appreciate the flavor in every morsel and the beauty in every moment. They savor everything from food to time itself. This book honors sipping and savoring. Young has previously written on a wide range of topics, from self-help to spirituality. In Sip and Savor, Young presents brief selections from eighteen of his books. Some of the topics he tackles include the following: cultivating your inner awareness, recognizing the unimportance of others' views of you, understanding religious texts as metaphors instead of fact, discovering the highest form of self, living true to your own nature, and extending out into the universe. Through these essays, short scenes, and even poems, Young demonstrates the importance of the authentic self. He examines what it means to be human and live an inwardly empowered life. Each carefully chosen excerpt reveals another essential facet of this continuing exploration.

What you are about to read is a series of letters from a concerned father to his sons and daughters. They are mature adults now-both in experience and spiritual awareness. The setting depicts the "delivery" of the letters to yet another level, prompting conversation among various members of the family at large-conversations which would have laid fallow in the fields of family relations had it not been for one person's inquisitive nature. Nikos, one of the grandsons, reveals priceless wisdom found in letters to an earlier generation...and mystery unfolds many life themes that impact one's ability to live spiritually. He counters the tendency toward fear by sharing what he has found as he listens inwardly during this transitory time of increased spiritual awareness. "Spiritually sensitive intention comes to rule the day!" "An empowering inspiration for connecting with Self and family." "These letters open the heart to an amazing way of discerning one's own spirituality-and to savor its honest expression with loved ones." "Hooray for Nikos, a perfect example for those of us wishing to share newly discerned awareness for mutual benefit!"

In our "conversations," Rumi speaks with ease-as a gentle breeze, softly and lovingly vibrating my heartstrings.Rumi's poetry is the starting point for listening inwardly to resonance that links us as One. That sets Wisdom free in its innate beauty-affirming the true essence of spiritual reality.I encourage you to eavesdrop on my conversations with Rumi, letting what you discern stimulate the depths of spiritual awareness for you. You may even come to practice a means of listening-really listening-for yourself.

God's Pocket Dictionary (Newly Expanded) evolved by listening inwardly for the "still, small Voice," and scribing the inspirational messages clearly received. Each reframed description turns ordinary meaning on its ear, rendering spiritual sensitivity that resonates at the soul level. These poetic connections can be used as meditations, to lighten your day, or to initiate stimulating conversations with friends that are sure to shift the mundane to the sacred.

Seekers search for deeper meaning mostly outwardly, through words portending to be wisdom sought. Yet, most meaning seekers seek-surely religious meaning-comes from a very limited understanding of holy writ-perhaps ever purposely misrepresented. While such renderings can point to what has real meaning for us, the clearest and most accurate means is by going inward and following only what rings true to us in the fullness of spiritual awareness. Gleaned from various spiritual books written by Jim Young, brief inspirational messages speak profoundly as spiritual consciousness discerned deeply within. Grouped in various categories of spiritual interest, seekers can learn to broaden and deepen their perception and demonstration of the very life they seek, yet already have within them. A truly inspiring source of eternal wisdom, readers are encouraged to find greater clarity for their lives inwardly, where revelation comes to awareness, and where Life and identity are defined. Samples: "One day we'll understand that God loves us, though we do nothing to deserve it. Then we'll think God approves of us. Love covered it all. "Building discipline and trust in the inner Voice is about extending freedom into Life in ways unimaginable. "There is neither conditional nor unconditional Love. To modify the single essence of Love by using an ego consciousness term locks Love in the jail of misunderstanding. "Unceasing prayer begins with being aware of our inner Voice, and is faithfully fulfilled as we surrender to and demonstrate only its renderings. "By giving something we call God, the Father, a man-made role to fulfill, we will have created an idol to worship, a god in our image and likeness."

What is the most important ingredient for living a long and happy life? The Harvard Study of Adult Development-the longest-running study of human happiness-has identified the essential habits for achieving that goal. The most important practice? Intimacy.In Expansive Intimacy: How "e;Tough Guys"e; Defeat Burnout, Jim Young explores the rules of masculinity that force men into a false choice: either face shame by embracing their inner desires for meaningful connection, or invite burnout by following the harsh rules that require men to shun emotions and emphasize achievement. With both levity and gravity, Jim walks us through his years-long journey through burnout, along with stories and lessons of how other men have boldly escaped burnout by embracing a new way to be tough-through Expansive Intimacy.Jim Young is a former corporate leader, an executive coach, a keynote speaker, and a professional comedian. You can learn more about his work at www.thecenteredcoach.com.

WITH EYES TO SEE is not about one way of seeing being correct, another incorrect. Seeing rightly is about acknowledging our essence of being and surrendering our commitment to demonstrating only that vision. To do otherwise is to focus our viewpoint outwardly, from the seat of ego consciousness, the perceived need to meet the expectations of others taken to be our very own. As humans, we are well versed in burying our heads, in this case, burying our means of enlightenment in the realm of ego consciousness. Yet, there is within us a compelling calling to look inward for the Truth of life. It is there, inward, that we become aware of the solitary Voice that guides us to be faithful to what we truly are: the eternal Essence of Being.

The expansive national forests, craggy canyons, sparkling waterways, and downy meadows of Plumas County lie along the union of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain ranges in northeastern California. Native home to the Maidu tribes and settled by Euro-American gold seekers, Plumas County evolved as an industrial fulcrum of the Feather River watershed and is a treasured reminder of the strength of the pioneering spirit.

Jim Young shares one man's journey through life. He has been a resident of the Florida Keys for more than thirty years.