David G. Benner è uno psicologo profondo, autore e guida spirituale riconosciuto a livello internazionale, dedito alla trasformazione personale. Il suo lavoro si concentra sull'intersezione tra psicologia e spiritualità, esplorando gli strati più profondi della psiche umana e offrendo percorsi di crescita spirituale. L'approccio di Benner enfatizza l'integrazione della comprensione psicologica con i principi spirituali per aiutare i lettori a raggiungere una vita più piena e significativa. I suoi scritti sono apprezzati per la loro profondità e guida pratica nel cammino della scoperta di sé.
Prayer is not merely something we do; prayer is what God does in us. Using the four movements of lectio divina, spiritual director David Benner invites us to discover openness to God as the essence of prayer, spirituality, and the Christian life. This expanded edition explores prayer as attending, pondering, responding, and being, opening us to a world of possibilities for communion with God.
In this expanded edition of a spiritual formation classic, David G. Benner explores the twin themes of love and surrender as the heart of Christian spirituality. God doesn't want his people to respond to him out of fear or obligation, but invites us to enter into an authentic relationship of intimacy and devotion—by surrendering to love.
Benner asks and answers the question, "How might we discipline our wills so that we become both willing and able to do what God asks of us?"
In the expanded edition of this profound exploration of Christian identity, David G. Benner illuminates the spirituality of self-discovery. He exposes the false selves that you may hide behind and calls you to discover the true self that emerges from your uniqueness in Christ. Deepen your experience of God through discovering the gift of being yourself.
This study attempts to identify the religious roots of psychotherapy and surveys the views of spirituality found in a broad range of psychologies such as Jung, Kierkegaard and May. The author reviews the history and understanding of spirituality found in a variety of Christian traditions from the Desert Fathers to Evangelical Spirituality. He attempts therefore to present a model of personality as a psychospiritual unity. Benner has published "The Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology", "Psychotherapy in Christian Perspective", "Psychology and Religion" and "Christian Counselling and Psychotherapy".