Church Publishing: 819 books
Power Lines
Celtic Prayers About Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Celtic prayers have always offered everyday needs to God in a straightforward way. Power Lines incorporates the insights of the Celtic tradition into a series of modern prayers about the concerns of work—whether paid, unpaid, in factory, home, or office. This book opens up Celtic patterns of prayer...
Meditations on the Psalms
For Every Day of the Year
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
"I hope that the ancient texts upon which these reflections are based will come alive for you in a new way," writes Barbara Crafton in Meditations on the Book of Psalms. The Psalms, written by ordinary people, are filled with all the same emotions and issues that challenge, comfort, and...
Retreat Designs and Meditation Exercises
With Guidelines for Retreat Leaders and Covenant Groups
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1994
Step-by-step retreat designs, accompanying meditation exercises, and leader’s guidelines based on the bestseller Listening Hearts, are presented in this unique resource. Songs, from the Listening Hearts Songbook, specially-planned Eucharists, Scripture readings, meaningful projects, and meditation...
Keeping Silence
Christian Practices for Entering Stillness
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
When C. W. McPherson asked the members of his congregation to practice just ten minutes of silence each day during Advent, it seemed like a simple task. “It sounded easy,” said one of his parishioners, “but then I actually tried to do it.” This concise, conversational, and engaging book is...
Let Us Bless the Lord, Year One: Easter through Pentecost
Meditations on the Daily Office
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
Popular author, retreat leader, and priest Barbara Crafton rises early each morning, lights a candle, opens her Book of Common Prayer, and reads the morning office—the ancient Christian service that praises God at the beginning of a new day. When she is done, Crafton usually sits down at her computer...
Simpler Living, Compassionate Life
A Christian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Essays on the spiritual power of an uncluttered life from Henri Nouwen, Richard J. Foster, Juliet Schor, and others, with an foreword by Bill McKibben.
Every day we are bombarded with messages that imply we need more: more money, more clothes, more food, more cars, more everything. But despite...
Advent Presence
Kissed by the Past, Beckoned by the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
One of the themes of the Advent season is to prepare for Christ, the Prince of Peace, who is coming again at a time of which we do not know. We are called to remember, to be reminded, and surprised along this journey as we live into the realized eschatology of Christ entering in our lives. Using the...
Healing Words for the Body, Mind, and Spirit: 101 Words to Inspire and Affirm
101 Words to Inspire and Affirm
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Easy to use in a variety of ways, Healing Words is complementary medicine for the mind, body, and spirit that has a history of proven efficacy for people of all faiths on their journeys to healing and wholeness. Every two-page spread is a “chapter” headlined by one of 101 words that relate to...
Every Earthly Blessing
Rediscovering the Celtic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
Uncover the history and meaning of Celtic traditions, poetry, songs, and spirituality, in a captivating and comprehensive journey through Ireland.
The beauty of the Emerald Isle has always enchanted the world: the ancient ruins, the rolling green hills, the intricately carved crosses in historic...
The Road of Life
Reflections on Searching and Longing
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
In his thirteen years as Vicar, popular author David Adam welcomed over 1 million pilgrims to the Holy Island of Lindesfarne in Northumberland. Each pilgrim had a story to tell and each came for a different reason. Some radiated a sense of God's presence, and others were simply too hurried to do anything...
Prayer Book Through the Ages
A Revised Edition of the Story of the Real Prayer Book
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
An exploration of the history of the Book of Common Prayer and its revisions, beginning with the 1549 English Prayer Book and continuing up to the present. This revised and expanded version of The Story of the Real Prayer Book (this book’s original title) finishes the story of the final adoption...
by Marcus Borg, Karen Armstrong, James Cone
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2000
“Does the face of God change? Years ago I would have said, ‘No.’ Countless hymns, passage of Scripture and confessions of faith assert or imply the changelessness of God. To take issue with traditions that are centuries, if not millennia old, seemed to be daunting and misguided….But when the...
by Vicki K. Black
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
In this guide for newcomers as well as lifelong Episcopalians, author Vicki Black helps readers navigate the currents of Anglican liturgy and discover its richness and beauty. As we use the Book of Common Prayer, Black says, “we discover we are not alone, and this liturgical current of worship,...
Go in Peace
The Art of Hearing Confessions
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Although the sacramental Rite of Reconciliation is included in many Anglican prayer books, nothing has been written expressly for Anglicans since the 1980s that focuses on the pastoral skills required for this ministry. This book combines and passes on the teaching, coaching, skill development, and...