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Unearthing My Religion
Real Talk about Real Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
• A brief, engaging read with ample spiritual applications • Each chapter includes a parable, real-life stories, and suggested life practice • Perfect for newcomers or for leaders engaging non-Christian communities • Study questions included Religious talk quickly degenerates into insider...
by Kevin A. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Although the Ten Commandments have been the center of much recent controversy in American politics, scripture contains many laws about which Christians are perplexed. If the Bible contains laws, shouldn't those laws be followed? What does the law that prohibits reaping a harvest to the very edges...
Bishops on the Border
Pastoral Responses to Immigration
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
• Ecumenical examination of immigration issues drawn from engaging, first-person narratives A group of bishops (Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, and United Methodist), all based along the US-Mexico border, found common ground to jointly address some key immigration issues, especially those being played...
Family Theology
Finding God in Very Human Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The author blends spiritual narratives and biblical stories with behavioral theory to explain modern family life and its unique contributions to faith formation. This book offers hope and encouragement for people who have thought that God could not possibly bless them in their peculiar relationships...
I Am That Child
Changing Hearts and Changing the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
What happens when three American women put their faith into action in a developing nation? In I Am That Child, Episcopal priest Elizabeth Geitz proves that cross-cultural relationships among people of faith can change our world…one person at a time. Geitz welcomes readers to join her pilgrimage...
A Manual for Acolytes
The Duties of the Server at Liturgical Celebrations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1991
A valuable handbook for the server at all liturgical celebrations. Complete with illustrations, this volume covers in careful detail all the responsibilities and duties of the acolyte.
Seeing God in Diversity
Exodus and Acts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Finding God in the diversity of races, cultures, and creeds that make up our neighborhoods and cities, our country and our world, is one of the most important tasks for people of faith today. Seeing God in Diversity: Exodus and Acts, takes that task seriously. Here readers will find a parish study...
by Lisa B. Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Medieval mystics have much wisdom to offer contemporary middle-aged women grappling with empty nests, evolving careers and relationships, spiritual growth, and physical issues. Mechthild, for example, began her writing career at the age of fifty. And Julian, referring to Christ as “our kind mother,...
by Edmond F. Desueza
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Daniel was written during a time when God’s people were struggling to discern how to remain faithful, even as their lives were dominated by the political and cultural forces of the Empire. Daniel’s central themes have remained relevant ever since: the challenge of remaining loyal to God despite...
God of Our Mothers
Face to Face with Powerful Women of the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Here’s a new kind of Bible study: a lively, deep, personal look at some of the Old Testament’s most powerful—and intriguing—women. From Sarah, who was unafraid to nudge God into action; to Hagar, whose courage and passion founded a whole nation; to Judith, woman and warrior whose faith saved...
by William Brosend
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2006
From the very beginning, human beings have loved to listen to stories. And Jesus loved to tell them. The parables are vivid, rich, arresting stories that make us think and teach us lessons about our relationship with God and others. From talents to mustard seeds, from shepherds to Samaritans, Jesus...
Sparrow
A Journey of Grace and Miracles While Battling ALS
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Jennifer Durant, busy career woman, wife, and mom of two, made a drastic Career 2.0 change. In the lexicon of ministry, God called her to be an Episcopal priest, and Jennifer answered. Several years later, in the final weeks of seminary, Durant's world changed dramatically again, when the persistent...
by Roy L. Heller
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Sunday School curriculum or an irredeemably violent book? Throughout its history Judges has both entertained and appalled readers—some read it as a series of simple stories about faithfulness and some as a brutal and bloodthirsty book. Heller explores how Judges can shape our understanding of our...
Love Feast
Together at the Table
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
With autism diagnoses rising, more and more parents find the challenges of caring for an autistic child added to the everyday strains and stresses – and joys -- of family life. In a deeply personal, honest, humorous set of essays, Martha Johnson Bourlakas grapples with life -- life as a person of...