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Cryptomnesia
How a Forgotten Memory Could Save the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
How can we Christians move forward, when our very existence seems imperiled? We already know the way, for we've been through this before. But we have forgotten; we have cryptomnesia. Cryptomnesia is the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience. (Collins...
Sermon Treks
Trailways to Creative Preaching
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
The lectionary is a helpful homiletical tool. But there are times when lectionary preaching does not meet a congregation’s needs. Sermon Treks offers preachers and students an invigorating selection of new sermon-planning trails, for use as sermon series or for single sermons. The options presented...
The Gift of New Creation [Large Print]
Scriptures for the Church Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
The Gift of New Creation, originally released in 2015, invites us to explore God’s saving and redeeming love through a study of the lectionary Bible readings for Lent and Easter. Key Scriptures call us to prepare and contemplate God’s restoration and new creation through the death and resurrection...
by Colleen M. Conway
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
While the book necessarily includes discussion of key concepts in Johannine scholarship (e.g., the existence or not of a distinctive Johannine community, questions regarding the gospel's sources and redactional layers), it also takes into account more recent developments in New Testament studies....
A Pastor's Practical Guide to Funerals
Offering Help, Assurance, and Hope
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
This straight-forward book integrates the pragmatic “how to” of the funeral process--especially in dealing with “difficult” funerals--with the art of being a caring and healing presence before, during, and after the funeral. While conducting a funeral is one the great privileges of ministry,...
by Richard B. Wilke, Susan Wilke Fuquay, Elaine Friedrich
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
This 12-week study immerses you in the books of Luke and Acts.
Disciple Fast Track Into the Word Into the World is an adaptation of the original, bestselling Disciple Bible Study Into the Word Into the World. The study is ideal for busy people who want to fit an in-depth Bible study into their...
A Grace-Full Life
God's All-Reaching, Soul-Saving, Character-Shaping, Never-Ending Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Grace is God's all-reaching, never-ending, game-changing love for you and me. In this series, Jorge Acevedo and Wes Olds examine God's Word and discover how grace works in our lives and in our world. A Grace-Full Life seeks to answer the questions: In what ways is God an ever-present God?, Why does...
Please Don't Tell
What to Do with the Secrets People Share
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
“I’ve never told a soul, and you have to promise not to tell anybody.” “Pastor, I wanted you to know before we tell the kids, just in case they come to you.” “I’m so happy. Yes, finally, I’m pregnant. I just had to tell someone.” “Yes, it's terrible, but am I going to explain it...
The Apostolic Fathers
An Essential Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
The Apostolic Fathers is a collection of early Christian writings from the late first and early second centuries, traditionally considered to have been written by those connected with the Apostles, and therefore reflecting authentic Apostolic teaching. These writings include 1 Clement, 2 Clement,...
The New Handbook of the Christian Year
Based on the Revised Common Lectionary
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The New Handbook of the Christian Year: Second Edition, by Hoyt L. Hickman, Don E. Saliers, Laurence Hull Stookey, and James F. White. Lectionary, prayers, responses, and Communion services updated for consistency with books of worship from several denominations. Includes: glossary of Christian symbols,...
by Gabriel Odonnell, Robin M. Van L. Maas
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1990
This volume offers a comprehensive intellectual and experiential introduction to Christian spirituality. It embraces spiritual traditions from the Patristic period to the present day. Part I, "The Roots of Contemporary Western Spirituality," covers spiritual types that have been fundamental...
Not Safe for Church
Ten Commandments for Reaching New Generations
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Congregations say they want to reach new and younger people, many of whom are simply turned off by church. The big idea is that congregations must be willing to embrace radical ways to connect with new generations. Re-thinking old assumptions is a starting place but more is needed. To really connect...
by William Brosend
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
While comedian Stephen Colbert was remarkably prescient some years ago when he introduced the word “truthiness” to our vocabulary, it was presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway who told us that there are “alternative facts” abroad in the land. Rarely has such an offhand comment so captured...
Make a Difference Leader Guide
Following Your Passion and Finding Your Place to Serve
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
In Make a Difference, author James A. Harnish helps United Methodists answer the questions “How can I contribute to God’s healing work in this world?” and “How can I find my place to serve and make a difference?” Drawing upon biblical wisdom and real stories of real people who have found...