About
Lisa N. Phillips writes Christian books on healing and Christian spiritual healing books for readers seeking hope after rejection, emotional wounds, toxic parents, and difficult family patterns. Her memoir Written Off speaks to those searching for books about dysfunctional families, dysfunctional family books, toxic parents book, and Christian spiritual growth books rooted in faith, truth, restoration, resilience, and God’s promise that healing is possible.
Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
Description
<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other. The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
The story behind Faith Steps for Military Families: Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent comes from Lisa N. Phillips’ personal experience as a retired military wife and her understanding of the emotional, spiritual, and practical challenges military families face during deployment.
Military life requires preparation. Service members and their families prepare for separation, uncertainty, new responsibilities, difficult environments, and unexpected change. Yet one area that is often overlooked is spiritual readiness. Lisa wrote this book to help fill that gap by offering Christian wisdom, biblical comfort, and spiritual strength for those walking through seasons of deployment and hardship.
Drawing from the fifteen Psalms of Ascent, found in Psalms 120–134, this book explores themes that speak directly to military families: fear, protection, endurance, trust, resilience, and God’s faithful presence in difficult circumstances. Through Scripture and personal reflection, Lisa encourages readers to see God as their protector, keeper, guide, and night watchman.
Faith Steps for Military Families was written to remind service members and their loved ones that they do not have to face deployment alone. Even in unfamiliar places, desperate times, and uncertain seasons, God’s Word offers strength, peace, and hope for the journey.
Reviews
<p>Bravo for Lisa Nixon Phillips. She has given us a helpful guide to help navigate the difficulties that military families will face during deployment and service from a very credible perspective. Lisa has been a military wife for over 21 years. She's able to reach out through the pages of her writing with her endearing and approachable style as she offers practical advice, charming anecdotal stories, and touchstones of wisdom presented as Key Points throughout the chapters. I see these as small take-away "pearls of knowledge" that the reader can squirrel away for future use. Each chapter is grounded on biblical truth and scripture each one building upon the other to make a solid foundation and for the reader building a confident relationship with the author.</p><p><br></p><p>As a civilian, I was able to gain important insight and meaning from this book. I found ideas that will help me better understand and connect with my military friends, family and the community. This is a great read for military and non-military readers alike. Nicely done Lisa. Thank you.</p>
