Chalice Press: 181 books
Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family
A Story of Faith and Family
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the minister with the baby carriage. In this collection of interrelated personal essays, Katherine Willis Pershey chronicles the story of her life as a young pastor, mother, and wife. At turns hilarious and harrowing, deeply moving and gently instructive,...
Isaiah
God's Poet of Light
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
This excellent source on one of the most important prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible is a commentary that is succinct, yet thorough in covering the whole book with attention to literary and hermeneutical issues in a rather straightforward way. Carol Dempsey takes her readers on an informative and...
Loving Wisdom
Christian Philosophy of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Presenting a distinctively and deliberately Christian philosophy of religion, Loving Wisdom addresses a wide range of topics and questions. Copan acknowledges the difficulties, mystery, and disagreement of religion, and instead of using the language of “proofs,” he attempts to show how the Christian faith does a much more adequate job of answering a wide range of questions.
Inclusion: making room for grace
Making Room for Grace
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Inclusion, says the author, is a discipline of consciously extending the boundaries of our communities to embrace and affirm people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. In this resource for ministers and church leaders, Law provides models, theories, and strategies that are both practical and theologically sound for moving faith communities toward greater inclusion.
Defrocked
How A Father's Act of Love Shook the United Methodist Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
In Defrocked, Frank Schaefer tells the story of officiating at his son's same-sex marriage and, six years later, his subsequent trial by a United Methodist court. That trial stripped Schaefer of his ordination after more than 20 years of ministry in the nation's largest mainline Protestant denomination.
Only God Knows Why
A Mother's Memoir of Death and Rebirth
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
"I heard a choking, gasping sound and looked around, then realized it was coming from me. This was a kind of horrid scene from a television show, but this couldn't be real life. Our real life. My body went numb again and the doctor's voice grew farther and farther away.
My baby was going to die....
Pre-Post-Racial America
Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Those people. Their issues. The day's news and the ways we treat each other, overtly or subliminally, prove we are not yet living in post-racial America. It's hard to talk about race in America without everyone very quickly becoming defensive and shutting down.
What makes talking race even...
Learning Bridges
Quick and Easy Activities for Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Learning Bridges is a practical and fun resource to help you create deep and meaningful conversations with those you interact with. This is a book that strengthens what you do and, by spending time with this book, will make the time you spend with others more valuable. The old quote, "I read...
Preaching Politics
Proclaiming Jesus in an Age of Money, Power, and Partisanship
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Religion, politics, and money. Three things you're never supposed to discuss in polite company. But what if you're a pastor? Forget red state/blue state divisions, what happens when your church members disagree about politics? In this age of prosperity preaching, how do you preach, "You cannot...
Stakes Is High
Race, Faith, and Hope for America
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
2018 Religion Communicators Council (RCC**) Wilbur Award, Books-Non-Fiction**
"Michael W. Waters...is both blunt and lyrical as he meditates on police violence, racism, hip-hop, and the power of faith." —**"**New and Noteworthy," Sojourners, April 2017
What happens...
Dear Church
Intimate Letters from Women in Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
This book is comprised of letters written by female pastors to the church. These letters uplift, encourage, support, and celebrate the important role and contributions of women through their ministry at all levels of life in the church today. This book is ideal not only for those women considering...
I Am Mary
Advent Devotional
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Open yourself to the divine chaos and wonder that Advent brings.
"Do not be afraid, Mary," the unwed teenage peasant girl is told by a strange visiting angel. Her courageous response -- and what happens next -- still shapes our world and our faith more than two thousand years later....
by Gary Straub
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
This resource for individual and group study explores what it means to be a deacon in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Addressing both the leadership and spiritual requirements of the position, Your Calling as a Deacon offers new and seasoned deacons the direction, understanding, and encouragement to serve God and church.
From Our Doorsteps
Developing a Ministry Plan that Makes Sense
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
From Our Doorsteps helps congregations see that their context of ministry is no longer within their church's four walls, but the world around. This book enables a congregation to look at ministry opportunities in their community through new lenses of understanding. By looking at the changes in culture...