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Getting to Know Jesus (Again)
Meditations for Lent
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
• Fresh, accessible, and thought-provoking look at the life and ministry of Jesus • Each day’s entry includes a Scripture text, meditation, and questions for journaling and spiritual growth Lent is a journey of the mind, heart, and spirit from the ashes of humanity to the cross and beyond—to...
by L. William Countryman
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1998
"Only the strong can forgive. God, who is strongest, forgives best," writes Dr. L. William Countryman in this fresh look at forgiveness. Unlike most books on the subject, Forgiven and Forgiving is not about a step-by-step process. Rather, it is about conversion. Once we truly understand...
What About Sex?
A Little Book of Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
• Deals with how we use our bodies sexually and holistically in contemporary culture • Includes discussions of all sexual orientations What About Sex? provides a moral compass to navigate the changing landscape of sex and sexuality. Dealing with the Bible, evolving traditions and customs, and...
Gay Unions
In the Light of Scripture,Tradition, and Reason
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Gray Temple presents the argument for the sacramental equality of gay and lesbian couples, which is to say they are entitled to full participation in the sacraments, including Marriage. Gray Temple bases his discussion on the Anglican concept of discerning the will of God through Scripture, Tradition,...
Worship Shaped Life
Liturgical Formation and the People of God
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Worship is not something that the church does, it is an encounter through which Christians are equipped to bring transformation to the world. This second volume in an important new series on worldwide Anglicanism draws on global contributions and examples to address the subject of liturgical formation:...
The Marriage Journey
Preparations and Provisions for Life Together
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
The two authors of this book, Linda Grenz and Del Glover, say at the outset that they are ordinary Christians writing for ordinary Christians and ordinary congregations. So why has this book become a classic for couples about to marry, couples already married, and the congregations that support them?...
Gospel Memories
The Future Can Rewrite Our Past
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
• A “new” (2012) bishop in the Episcopal Church offers hope that healing and all things are possible • A reflective and prayerful education and formation resource for adults While there is truth in the idea that our past shapes our future, the gospel is all about the counter-intuitive promise...
Prayers from the Darkness
The Difficult Psalms
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
The "difficult psalms" which amount to more than a third of the Psalter, shock us with their cries of pain, anger, and alienation. They call on God for help in moving from suffering and grief to trust and mercy. Lyn Fraser, following the lead of Old Testament theologian Walter Brueggemann,...
by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2018
• Popular author with devoted following • Non-threatening way to start conversations about Jesus The inimitable Barbara Crafton describes the birth of this book: “We have to learn about Jesus from somebody. Somebody has to tell us. Jesus has been told to people by other people for better than...
How Can Anyone Read the Bible?
A Little Book of Guidance
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
• Offers basic information to make the Bible less formidable to beginning readers • Author is a preeminent Biblical scholar and prominent retired Episcopalian seminary professor In How Can Anyone Read the Bible? preeminent biblical scholar Bill Countryman provides a basic introduction for those...
Beyond Business as Usual
Vestry Leadership Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
This book is full of resources for forming the vestry as a learning community. It deals with the “soft” side of leadership that enables the pastor and vestry to journey together along the leadership path. Each chapter can be read and reviewed during a series of vestry meetings, or as part of a vestry...
Humble and Strong
Mutually Accountable Leadership in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
To be effective, leadership must be humble and strong, the leadership we often see in churches and not-for-profits, as well as in corporations, can be neither. The purpose of this book is to analyze these assertions, then to discuss how those who are preparing to be leaders and those who wish to be...
Hanging by a Thread
The Questions of the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
• Incisive theology, yet accessible • Small book with large possibilities for group study and personal reflection • Makes a marvelous Lenten resource This brilliant series of theological reflections from internationally known scholar and Anglican cleric Samuel Wells reflects on the challenges...
by Nicola Slee
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2009
“Of all the women in the Bible,” writes Nicola Slee, “Mary has been for me the most ambivalent, the most alien and yet, at some level, the most alluring. I’ve taken a long time to come to her—or for her to come to me. I grew up in a religious tradition—low church Methodism—in which Mary...