Ritual category: 1070 books

Daily readings for four months from a wide range of contributors within the Iona Community, reflecting the concerns of the community. A follow-up to the best-selling This Is the Day.

In a world where the church is being ignored, it is time to bring the church to the people, and not the people to the church, says researcher and church strategy consultant Wolfgang Simson. His book Houses that Change the World (originally published in the UK) is widely recognized as a classic of...

A self-directed retreat for deacons in the Catholic Church designed to lead the deacon into silent adoration and deeper appropriation of his call from Christ to become a deacon.

What can Pope Francis’ personal experience of God’s forgiveness teach us? Through his characteristically straight-talking language, we discover Pope Francis’ approach to forgiveness: God’s infinite love for us and our love for others through our forgiveness of them. The author advises us to...

This study considers what Christian worship has meant to its contemporaries across the centuries. It treats different episodes in the history of the Christian Church and applies to each episode the questions: Why did Christians go to church? Why worship? What happened to Christians there, substantively...

Demonstrates the need for the Synod of Bishops to address directly the meaning of indissolubility in terms of the sacramentality of marriage, moving toward a more flexible understanding of how a Christian marriage becomes absolutely indissoluble.

Every time the church has encountered crises, its understanding and performance of the Eucharist has shifted to help it meet that crisis. This book documents those shifts and asks the important question: what crisis is the church facting today, and how must the Eucharist change again to meet the challenge?

A theological framework for the liturgical arts rooted in John Calvin Both detractors and supporters of John Calvin have deemed him an enemy of the physical body, a pessimist toward creation, and a negative influence on the liturgical arts. But, says W. David O. Taylor, that only tells half...

100 PRAYER POINTS FOR NIGHT VIGIL is another compedium of double edged prayer points as exploited by Pastor E.A Adeboye in his ministries. The fiery set is most ideal for use in night vigils and crusades.

Writing about Paradise is of great importance in view of its significance in the belief of a Muslim. This belief makes him eligible for enjoyment of the bliss and the happiness of the Hereafter. It is not a belief that is limited to the life of this finite and ephemeral world only as compared to the...

Worship is often confined to a particular place and time, most notably the Sunday gathering, and many people do not know how to bridge the gap between their Sunday worship experience and their Monday-Saturday activities. A Movable Feast: Worship for the Other Six Days will help people experience a...

Worship Planner 2019-2020 is lectionary-based and places at your fingertips: Weekly pages in spiral-bound format that help you plan the entire worship year, from September through August. Eight or more suggested hymns for each service keyed to United Methodist worship resources: The United Methodist...

The invitation to worship God is the highest privilege of human beings—a privilege squandered by sinful rebellion, but also gloriously restored to us through the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ. Biblical worship is a response to God’s revelation of himself, empowered by the Holy...

Hymns and the music the church sings are tangible means of expressing worship. And while worship is one of, if not the, central functions of the church along with mission, service, education, justice, and compassion, and occupies a prime focus of our churches, a renewed sense of awareness to our theological...