Ritual category: 1070 books
by Rev. Lara Blackwood Pickrel
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Eldership at the Lord's Table was written to meet the needs of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) elders in the 21st century. Elders in particular congregations may minister in a variety of ways, but the one common ministry setting for elders throughout the denomination is weekly ministry at the...
Friends & Enemies
A book of short prayers & some ways to write your own
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2004
Short prayers about friends, enemies, relationships and the particular moments and places of our daily lives. Includes instructions for three prayer-writing workshops.
Eggs and Ashes
Practical & liturgical resources for Lent and Holy Week
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2004
Modern, relevant resources to accompany readers through Lent and Easter for many years, with material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mothering Sunday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, as well as suggestions for a Lent discipline.
Acorns and Archangels
Resources for Ordinary Time - The Feast of the Transfiguration to All Hallows'
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2009
A collection of resources for the late summer and autumn period of Ordinary Time, covering the weeks from the Feast of the Transfiguration to All Hallows' Eve.
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,...
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...
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...
Companion to Saint Joseph
Father, Worker and Guardian of our Redeemer
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Thanks to a richness of varied sources, the figure of Joseph is carefully set out before us in the pages of this small CTS Companion. Drawing from Scripture, the Church Fathers, the teaching of Pope John Paul II, the history of the devotions to Joseph, images in art, and the liturgy and relevant feasts,...
Love Letters to God
Deeper Intimacy through Written Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
Women yearn to share their experiences with the Lover of their souls in a way that is honest and simple, yet deeply satisfying. The key to this intimate self-expression is prayer-journaling. By pouring her heart out on paper to God, a woman can enjoy God's loving presence, explore her purpose and...
by David Brickner
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
The author is the current president of Jews for Jesus, a ministry dedicated to reaching Jews with the Gospel. This book is written for Jews, messianic believers, and Gentiles curious about the connection between the ancient fall festival of the Old Testament and Jesus Christ, and for missionaries evangelizing to Jewish people. A companion book to Christ in the Passover.
Stones of Remembrance
Healing Scriptures for Your Mind, Body, and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
This inspirational companion to Memory Rescue, Dr. Daniel Amen’s groundbreaking book, is an invitation to discover the healing power of Scripture meditation and memorization as an intentional spiritual discipline.
There is a reason the Bible calls us over and over again to “remember.”...