Wipf And Stock Publishers: 1811 books
Giving a Voice to the Voiceless
A Qualitative Study of Reducing Marginalization of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Same-Sex Attracted Students at Christian Colleges and Universities
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
The problem this project addresses is the sense of marginalization experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) and same-sex attracted (SSA) Christian college and university students. Data was collected via an online questionnaire and the study design mixed methods with an emphasis on the qualitative...
The Long Journey Home
Understanding and Ministering to the Sexually Abused
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Maybe the only thing new about sexual abuse is quality discussion from several professions (psychology, theology, and pastoral care). Here are the insights of over two dozen psychologists, theologians, and those in pastoral care, all targeting the issue of sexual abuse. Designed as a resource for...
The Way Out
Christianity, Politics, and the Future of the African-American Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
The African-American community represents a paradox of sorts. While collective success has been achieved in many areas, African-Americans still disproportionately suffer from a variety of social ills. The residual effects from years of slavery and exclusion from the major institutions of American...
Three Creation Stories
A Rabbi Encounters the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
What is reality? Is reality both mind and matter, body and soul, as taught by Western religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? This is dualism, the approach of philosophers from Plato to Descartes. Or is reality only matter, as taught by many modern scientists and philosophers? This is...
A Boy Grows in Brooklyn
An Educational and Spiritual Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
A Boy Grows in Brooklyn is an educational and spiritual memoir that recounts stories from life in the Midwood interfaith neighborhood during the fifties and sixties. It shares spiritual lessons for living today that are applicable to readers of all ages who yearn for the joy, humor, and challenge...
Talk to God and Listen to the Casual Reply
Experiencing the Spirituality of John Denver
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
He was born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., on December 31, 1943, in Roswell, New Mexico. The general public knows him better as John Denver, trained architect, international performer, a man who sings about his experiences of living, and, in doing so, reveals his spirituality. On October 12, 1997,...
An Abecedarian of Sacred Trees
Spiritual Growth through Reflections on Woody Plants
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Every person has seen a tree and maybe planted or climbed one! In all world religions, various trees are considered sacred. Trees have the ability to help us reach wholeness if we learn their wisdom and integrate it into our lives. This abecedarian--a book whose contents are in alphabetical order--explores...
An Abecedarian of Animal Spirit Guides
Spiritual Growth through Reflections on Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Almost every person has owned a pet at one time or another in life or known someone who has. In all world religions, animals serve as spirit guides; there is spirituality to animal and human dialogue. Animals have the ability to help us reach wholeness if we learn their wisdom and integrate it into...
Overcome with Paschal Joy
Chanting through Lent and Easter—Daily Reflections with Familiar Hymns
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
The Lent-Easter seasons cover one-fourth of the year, or 25 percent of the liturgical year. One of the many things we do as Roman Catholics is sing Lenten and Easter hymns. During Lent, we express our sorrow for sin as we pray, fast, and give alms. During Easter, we shout Alleluias at the end of many...
by Mark G. Boyer
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Sometime around the age of fifty--or as early as forty and as late as sixty--most of us come to terms with our age. We recognize that we have lived out at least half of the time allotted to us, and that the second half may be shorter than the first! Coming to terms with our age is a process, one that...
All Things Mary
Honoring the Mother of God—An Anthology of Marian Reflections
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
All Things Mary provides reflections on all Scripture texts associated with celebrations in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary during the liturgical year, in addition to biblical texts presented in the Collection of Masses of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It honors the Mother of God as the exemplar of the...
Names for Jesus
Reflections for Advent and Christmas
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
There are multiple names given to Jesus in the Bible. Fifty of them are presented in this book, Names for Jesus. In the ancient world, a name had a meaning; in this book's entries one can discover the meaning of a name for Jesus, which often indicates one of his functions as understood by a biblical...
by Mark G. Boyer
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Prayer, the raising of the heart to God, is the heart of the Christian life. For the author of Luke's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, prayer is the habit of being in the presence of God. One of the primary ways Jesus is characterized in Luke's Gospel is that of a pray-er. Likewise in the Acts...
Weekday Saints
Reflections on Their Scriptures
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The Roman Catholic Church issued its first, modern, one-volume Lectionary--a book of biblical texts assigned for every day of the year--in 1970 in response to the Second Vatican Council's call for a greater fare of Scripture during Mass. By the time the Lectionary was revised and published between...