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Dare to Be Rare

A Christian Guide for Girls

by Kathleen Whitten
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007

Though addressed to young women, this book appeals to women of all ages. Taking Romans 12:2 as its foundation—“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, you may prove the will of God, that which is good, acceptable, and perfect”— the book dares readers...
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What Did Jesus DO All Day?

Discovering the Teen Jesus

by Felicia Silcox
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

What Did Jesus Do All Day? bridges two worlds—the one we know today and the one Jesus knew in the Holy Land under Roman rule. Archaeological discoveries, historical writings, and early-Jewish studies continue to uncover what everyday life was like back then. Surprisingly, as the distant past comes...
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The Parish Is the Issue

What I Learned and How I Learned It

by Loren B. Mead
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015

• Memoir of respected and nationally known founder of The Alban Institute • Reflections on changes in congregational development theory over 40 years Navigating the treacherous waters of congregational and cultural change can be daunting, but knowing that others have come safely through those...
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The First to Follow

The Apostles of Jesus

by John R. Claypool
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008

By studying those whom Jesus selected as apostles and what he did for them, to them, with them, and through them, we can learn much about how we experience the holy in our own day. This book is about those apostles, their relationships with Jesus, and with each other, and what the dynamics of that community can teach us.
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Stewardshift

An Economia for Congregational Change

by Bob Sitze
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016

The collective groan that greets stewardship campaigns in most churches can be quelled. This book offers theoretical and practical propositions by which lay and clergy leaders can ensure the sustainability of stewardship ministries to help their congregations flourish. Bob Sitze invites stewardship...
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Money and Faith

The Seabury Booksrch for Enough

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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008

Talking about money in a personal way remains more of a taboo than sex or politics. This seems odd within a Christian context, since Jesus addressed topics of money, poverty, and wealth more than any other concerns. For many, money becomes an idol; we see it in our own culture as we pursue economic...
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Life and Livelihood

A Handbook for Spirituality at Work

by Whitney Wherrett Roberson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004

Many working people may have the uneasy feeling that when they clock in every morning, they check their “real selves” at the door. Caring, compassionate, generous human beings who look after families and volunteer in the community take on the values of the workplace, where fierce competition may...
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From Scarcity to Abundance

A Complete Guide to Parish Stewardship

by David Ponting
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006

This handbook presents a one-stop, “all-in-one” practical resource for parish stewardship practitioners. In a relaxed informal style, the author demystifies the financial stewardship process and helps clergy, stewardship committees, and parish wardens reclaim the ministry of stewardship. It’s...
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by Cynthia Kittredge
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007

For contemporary Christians, John’s gospel is a paradox. On the one hand, it stresses boundaries: “No one comes to the Father except through me,” while on the other it stresses community: “I have no longer called you servants, but friends.” This book encourages readers to draw out the tensions between these two perspectives to make the gospel more meaningful to their lives.
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Windows into the Soul

Art as Spiritual Expression

by Michael Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006

Working with clay, paint, crayons, or pencils, artists have long known that the act of creating art can help people explore the deepest recesses of their hearts – and bring about real change in their lives. Michael Sullivan discovered the power of art for himself in the midst of grieving the loss...
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Keeping the Feast

Metaphors for the Meal

by Milton Brasher-Cunningham
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

“This is a book about what nourishes us: food, faith, family, and friends, and how all of those elements are essential ingredients of Communion—in fact how every meal of our lives holds an invitation to the Sacred Meal. “As I say in the opening chapter, ‘What the Gospel writers don’t seem...
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Becoming Who I Am

Reflections on Wholeness and Embracing Our Divine Stories

by Beth-Sarah Wright
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The age 40 is pivotal for many women, when we become reflective about our lives thus far and begin to experience physical challenges in growing older- from difficulties in losing weight, to wearing bifocals. However, the number from a biblical perspective provides an alternative view of turning 40....
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Grace's Window

Entering the Seasons of Prayer

by Suzanne E. Guthrie
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008

In this popular book first published in 1996, Suzanne Guthrie teaches us about the seasons of prayer by letting us enter her own in these forty meditations that stretch from Advent through Pentecost. “Pray as you are drawn to pray,” she tells us, not as someone has told you how to pray.” Against...
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Lifting Women's Voices

Prayers to Change the World

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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009

This stunning collection of prayers from women throughout the Anglican Communion is organized according to themes of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. The prayers make direct connections between women’s lives and global concerns of women everywhere, showing the interrelatedness, for example,...
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