Episcopalianism category: 259 books
by Frank Wade
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
How can we open ourselves to the transforming energy of the Bible, and how can we become biblically literate? How do we read the Bible as a “revealed text,” the Word of God, in a church and culture as diverse as ours, without pain and division? These are some of the questions Wade asks about Episcopalians...
Mark My Word
Forty Days with Jesus through the Eyes of St. Mark
Language: English
Release Date: December 25, 2005
“Who is this Jesus, who wanders onto center stage in this earliest of the Christian Gospels?”
Richard Giles responds to this question with a 40-day meditation and commentary of the Gospel of Mark. Brimming with insight and Giles's signature wit, Mark My Word reviews the events and teachings...
Messages in the Mall
Looking at Life in 600 Words or Less
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
For more than a decade the author has been writing a "Saturday religion column," syndicated in ten newspapers in the 14 counties of Pennsylvania that comprise the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem. The "600 words or less" in the title comes from the rigorous discipline of writing...
Episcopal Etiquette and Ethics
Living the Craft of Priesthood in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
What is the appropriate attire for an Episcopal priest at the events associated with the service in the Book of Common Prayer, the “Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage?” What does it mean to be an icon of Christ at a cocktail party? How does one live with sensitive confidential information...
Liturgy on the Edge
Pastoral and Attractional Worship
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
• Inspiration and resources for urban parishes from the staff and laypeople of London's celebrat-ed St. Martin-in-the-Fields • Includes practical how-tos • Covers outreach, liturgy, inclusivity, liturgy, and more Using the unique circumstances and opportunities available to historic St. Martin-in-the-Fields...
Holy Hospitality
Worship and the Baptismal Covenant
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
What does it really mean to "proclaim the good news of God in Christ" and to "continue in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers?" These promises from the baptismal rite of the Book of Common Prayer have become very familiar to most...
Going Home
An Invitation to Jubilee
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2000
“The concept of jubilee has its roots,” notes Nancy Roth in her foreword, “in the idea of sabbath—a time of ‘re-creation, reordering, and release.' We discover that sabbath first in our own prayer, as our hearts are re-created, reordered, and released from those things which bind us.”
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In Conversation
Michael Curry and Barbara Harris
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
• Inaugural volume in the new In Conversations series • Get to know two trailblazing Episcopalians as they talk informally about things that matter to them As a teenager, Michael Curry served as a part of the “Youth Presence” at General Convention 1979. While there, he met Barbara Harris,...
Liturgical Resources I
“I Will Bless You, and You Will Be a Blessing”
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
At its 77th General Convention held in Indianapolis in July, 2012, The Episcopal Church authorized the use of Liturgical Resources I: I Will Bless You and You Will Be A Blessing, resources, including a rite, for blessing the lifelong covenants of same-sex couples. Through the process of committee hearings...
by Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
In the section entitled “Concerning the Service of the Church,” the Book of Common Prayer identifies the normative services of the Episcopal Church: The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord’s Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set...
Godparenting
Nurturing the Next Generation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Being a godparent is a great honor—and a sacred responsibility. Baptism, after all, is at the center of Christian life, and godparents play a critical role in celebrating this sacrament. When you accept the invitation to sponsor a little one, what exactly are you promising to do? Godparenting: Nurturing...
Dare to Be Rare
A Christian Guide for Girls
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Though addressed to young women, this book appeals to women of all ages. Taking Romans 12:2 as its foundation—“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, you may prove the will of God, that which is good, acceptable, and perfect”— the book dares readers...
by Eric H. F. Law, Stephanie Spellers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
The New Church’s Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to write a new set of books, grounded and thoughtful...
by Cameron Allen
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Nestled in the heart of Paris, the American Cathedral of the Holy Trinity today stands as one of the great buildings of this ancient city. The history of the church itself presents a rich portrait of lively men and women who made it their mission to serve God and the people of Paris with all their...