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by Christopher L. Webber
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
We live in a world increasingly separated from the Christian tradition and the basic understanding of the faith that previous ages might have taken for granted. The voices of faith seem increasingly strident and off-putting to many. There is a need for a calmer, basic introduction to faith that recognizes...
Anglican Orders
Essays on the Centenary of Apostolicae Curae 1896-1996
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1996
This review of the Apostolicae Curae presents six essays by American and British contributors, both Anglican and Roman Catholic, on the 100th anniversary of the papal condemnation of Anglican Orders. The book also includes the English translation of the original papal document and the Anglican response...
by Vicki K. Black
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
New Episcopalians may be nervous about opening the Bible; others simply don't know how to begin. An often-overlooked gift of the Episcopal Church is that the texts and doctrines of the Bible are embedded in its prayers, liturgies, and creeds. Making that knowledge explicit and placing it in context can open the way for further study.
From The Geranium Farm
A Second Crop of Daily eMails from
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
The Geranium Farm Cookbook is a collection of recipes and lore offered by The Geranium Farmers, the 10,000+ members of the worldwide virtual community of spiritual seekers created by Episcopal priest, author, lecturer, and spiritual director Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. As "farmers" began...
An Open Place
The Ministry of Group Spiritual Direction
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This book responds to the movement to expand spiritual direction beyond the classic one-with-one model. Group spiritual direction has the potential to offer the rich experience of individual spiritual direction to a much wider audience, yet very little has been written to provide guidance for starting...
Where Two or Three Are Gathered
Spiritual Direction for Small Groups
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Much has been written about the practice of one-to-one spiritual direction, but much less about small group communities that offer in-depth mutual spiritual support and guidance to its members. But small groups are most likely the more usual setting for spiritual companionships and have a strong biblical,...
St. Benedict's Toolbox
The Nuts and Bolts of Everyday Benedictine Living
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
When St. Benedict formed his first small community of monks at Monte Cassino on the hilltop, Italy--and much of Europe--was ravaged by war. The Roman Empire was breaking apart, and politics, cultural life, and even the Church, were all in disarray. In the midst of these tumultuous times, Benedict offered...
Call on Me
A Prayer Book for Young People
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This prayer book designed for teens draws on the Book of Common Prayer, the Bible and events that occur in their daily lives. This creative compilation of over 100 original prayers offers simple and insightful instruction about prayer. It offers a wealth of diverse prayers on all manner of topics...
Come and See
The Transformation of Personal Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Centering prayer, both a meditative technique and the experience of God’s presence in every waking moment, continues to gain a faithful following among Episcopalians and Roman Catholics at conferences and in parish and small-group settings. David Keller, close colleague of Thomas Keating and director...
Fighting with the Bible
Why Scripture Divides Us and How It Can Bring Us Together
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
In times of conflict, the Bible is often used as a club to beat those whose opinions differ from one’s own. We recoil from such usage, yet the Bible actually represents many diverse and conflicting points of view. It is like a library, full of books that speak to all sides of every question. Like...
What Do We Mean by 'God'?
A Little Book of Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language about God is something like the language of poetry—intended not to increase our information about the world—we know facts about the world already—but to evoke in us a certain attitude or way of looking at things or feeling about things. What sort of view of the world, then, is language...
by James W. Farwell
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
This completely new work replaces the best-selling but woefully outdated Morehouse classic by the same name. This fresh work explains the liturgy in all its aspects for the uninitiated and is written by a respected liturgics scholar in the Episcopal Church.
To Love and To Cherish Until Death Do Us Part
Preparing for the Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
An informative guidebook for couples preparing to receive the sacrament of marriage in the Episcopal Church. Includes a helpful, step-by-step walk through the marriage rite. An excellent resource for engaged couples and for clergy who counsel them.
What Does It Mean to Be Holy Whole?
A Little Book of Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
We think of holy people as spiritual seekers, but holiness is more than being in touch with the holy. What is holiness all about? What is wholeness of life? What are practices of love? What is spirituality all about? What is worship all about? Life, according to Timothy Sedgwick, is not a series of...