Chalice Press: 181 books
Who’s Got Time?
Spirituality for a Busy Generation
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Meetings. Doctor appointments. Carpools. Job interviews. Not to mention meals and sleep-and more meetings. Who’s got time for anything else? Where does daily devotion time fit into our 24/7/365 living? In Who’s Got Time? Spirituality for a Busy Generation, Teri Peterson and Amy Fetterman suggest...
Better
Waking Up to Who We Could Be
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
What if we could actually change the world by telling better stories? What if the world we have-with its racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, religious hatred, ecological disregard-is exactly the world we have spun into existence through the stories we have told?
In his new book, Melvin Bray...
He Said, She Said
Biblical Stories from a Male and Female Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Life is experienced from each individual's perspective. Our views of the world are often influenced by nationality, race, creed, or religion. But there may be no greater factor influencing our perspective on life than our gender.
He Said , She Said: Biblical Stories From a Male and Female Perspective,...
by Sharon Watkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
The Program and Business Docket for the 2017 General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), July 8-12, 2017, in Indianapolis, Indiana. This document includes the schedule, program information, worship orders and music, education tracks, and business session information (including full resolutions).
Exorcising Preaching
Crafting Intellectually Honest Worship
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Exorcising Preaching delivers an urgent call to expel unhealthy practices from sermons, liberating the preacher and the people. Nathan C. Walker reflects on ways to replace harmful habits with healing disciplines that reawaken the craft of preaching.
Exorcising Preaching is a result of the...
Giving Counsel
A Minister's Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
For most ministers, pastoral counseling is a part of daily ministry, whether it is in an office counseling session or in a chance meeting with a parishioner outside the church. Whatever the setting, ministers are often called on to provide counsel and, by virtue of their calling and training, are...
Invitational Ministry
Move Your Church from Membership to Discipleship
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2014
Many Christians today feel uncomfortable inviting others to church - and the Church's declining numbers are proof.
What do I say? What will they think? Where do I start?
Invitational Ministry takes the awkwardness and guesswork out of inviting others by equipping church members to talk...
Passage Into Discipleship
Guide to Baptism
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Passage Into Discipleship is designed to help older children and youth more faithfully prepare for the act of baptism by teaching what it means to walk a Christian journey. This book incorporates four different learning models that stimulate young people in being excited about becoming followers of...
Brim
Creative Overflow in Worship Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Worship Leader Magazine's 2013 Editor's Pick for Service planners category.
BRIM opens your eyes to creative, artistic worship possibilities. Inside you will find ways to engage your team, worship templates to launch the creative process, and encouragement for the solo worship planner.
BRIM combines...
Fellowship of Prayer
2014 Lenten Devotional
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Clean. Fresh. Renewal. Psalm 51:10 says, “Create in me a clean heart.” Isn’t that part of what Lent does for us? “Create in me a clean heart.” The reflection of Lent helps us live into that prayer and the intent to change every day of our lives. In Fellowship of Prayer 2014, author Julie...
Partners in Prayer
Advent 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Each year the writers of Partners in Prayer lead you on a journey of prayer and reflection through the Advent season. This year author Erin Wathen invites you on a journey to the heart of wilderness, where the Christmas season isn't about shopping or cookie parties. Travel through weekly themes with...
by David Phillips Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
The Native American drive for self-governance is the most important civil rights struggle of our time - a struggle too often covered up. In Native Americans, The Mainline Church, and the Quest for Interracial Justice, David Phillips Hansen lays out the church's role in helping America heal its bleeding...
Relig-ish
Soulful Living in a Spiritual-But-Not-Religious World
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
When it comes to religion, "choose one" is no longer your only option. You can be spiritual-but-not-religious or not particularly religious at all-yet still have a robust system of beliefs and values that guides you. Creating your own set of eclectic spiritual practices is not a sign that...
Enduring Connections
Creating a Preschool and Children's Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Enduring Connections gives churches and ministers significant guidelines for establishing a quality childhood ministry with preschoolers and grade-schoolers. Enduring Connections is especially helpful to ministers and directors of childhood ministry that are called from the laity to staff positions....