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Bare Feet and Buttercups
Resources for Ordinary Time - Trinity Sunday to the Feast of the Transfiguration
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
A collection of worship and reflection resources for the summer period of Ordinary Time - prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections and meditations, written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.
Confirmation
How a Sacrament of God's Grace Became All about Us
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
What are we doing when we confirm teenagers? Why is the religious education of teenagers so perplexing? Why is confirmation often a moment of "graduation" out of parish life?
Confirmation: How a Sacrament of God's Grace Became All about Us tells the story of how confirmation, more...
by John C. Seitz
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
In 2004 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced plans to close more than eighty churches. Distraught parishioners occupied several of these buildings in opposition to the decrees. Seitz tells the stories of these resisting Catholics in their own words, illuminating how they were drawn to reconsider the past and its meanings.
by Greg Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
The people of God in history have always had symbols that spoke of heavenly realities.
From the animal skin God made for Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:21), the tent of tabernacle, animal sacrifice in Solomon's temple, Water Baptism, Holy Communion to the Head Covering in the New Testament Church,...
God and the Atheist
A Lawyer Assesses the Evidence for the Existence of God
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
We are living in an increasingly secular age where man seeks to build his own life without recourse to his Creator God. Under the guise of “rationalism” Christianity is ridiculed as “out of date”or “irrelevant.”
God and the Atheist answers the most fundamental questions about Christianity,...
The Mystery of the Kaddish: Its Profound Influence on Judaism
Its Profound Influence on Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2008
The Kaddish has long been considered to be a special prayer for the dead. It isn't. Those who recite the prayer faithfully for fifty-two Friday nights after the death of a loved one may wonder why there is no place for the name of the deceased in the prayer. This book contains much new information on the Kaddish, including how it was created during the Crusades as an homage to God.
by Aharon Ziegler
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
In Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, insights into Jewish law from the preeminent figure of twentieth-century modern Orthodoxy are presented in a clear and concise manner. Commonly known as "the Rav," Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt"l, has stimulated and influenced...
Reason to Believe
Rational Explanations of Orthodox Jewish Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Reason to Believe is veritable tour de force in defense of Orthodox Jewish faith. The author, a veteran teacher of Judaic Studies, an internationally known rabbi and dayan, faces the tough questions and perennial doubts head-on and offers compelling evidence in favor of Orthodoxy from science, philosophy,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Twenty-eight of today’s top Jewish women writers tell the truth about all the things their rabbis warned them never to discuss in public in this hilarious and provocative collection.
Includes original essays on:
• Finding (and Divorcing) the Perfect Jewish Man
• Not Calling Your Mother
•...
by Ken Nunoo
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
We now walk on the path of Zain, the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet which is associated with the sign of Gemini. It is the path that connects the second sphere of Binah to the 6th sphere of Tiphereth.
Zain whose number is six has a symbol of the hexagram, the two interlace triangle of...
Everyday Sacrament
The Messy Grace of Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
In Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting Laura Kelly Fanucci sees the Catholic sacraments through the smudged and sticky lens of life with little ones. From dinnertime chaos to bath-time giggles to never-ending loads of laundry, Laura stumbles into the surprising truth of what the seven...
Beyond An Absence of Faith
Stories About the Loss of Faith and the Discovery of Self
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Walking away from faith is never an easy journey. Leaving god and religion behind can be a challenging experience, sometimes even a painful one. Individuals have to consider the impact on family, friends, jobs, and many other aspects of life. This anthology consists of sixteen personal stories by...
by H. Spencer Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Here is a book that will tell you about the real facts of reincarnation. It is a story of the Soul, and explains in detail how the Soul enters the body and how it leaves it, where it goes, and when it comes back to earth again, and why. The story is not just a piece of fiction, but a revelation of...
For All God's Worth
True Worship and the Calling of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
This insightful book by N. T. Wright explores both the meaning and the results of Christian worship. Part 1, "The God Who Is Worthy of Praise," focuses on what worshiping God actually means. Wright celebrates the greatness and beauty of God as the ground and reason for worship and shows...