Cowley Publications: 114 books
Where You Go, I Shall
Gleanings from the Stories of Biblical Widows
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Where You Go, I Shall is a book that was born of experience and need. The authors, two of whom are widows and the third an Episcopal priest, were participants in a monthly support group for widows and discovered that many of the Bible's remarkable women—Mary, Ruth, Naomi, Abigail, Anna, Tamar, Judith,...
The Comforting Whirlwind
God, Job, and the Scale of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2005
In The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current trend of ecological destruction.
With...
Lent, Holy Week, Easter and the Great Fifty Days
A Ceremonial Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1996
This long-awaited companion volume to Howard E. Galley's classic The Ceremonies of the Eucharist provides clergy, liturgical assistants, and altar guild members with clear, step-by-step guidance for the liturgies of Lent and Easter. In addition to background material for the traditions and theology...
Spirited Men
Story, Soul and Substance
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2004
In this remarkable collection of essays, acclaimed writer Brian Doyle offers “resurrections, restorations, reconsiderations, appreciations, enthusiasms, headlong solos, laughing prayers, imaginary meetings with most unusual and most interesting men.”
Geographically and chronologically diverse—Plutarch...
Becoming Human
Core Teachings of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2005
Christians and non-Christians alike have long recognized that Jesus' life was characterized by vibrancy, love, commitment, clarity, and joy. We all yearn to share in these traits, and by studying Jesus we can discern that he sees in us the potential to become as he was. After all, Jesus didn't go...
by Stephen Holmgren
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2000
In this volume of The New Church's Teaching Series, Stephen Holmgren introduces us to the world of Anglican ethics and moral theology. He focuses on questions all people of faith must ask: How will I keep my baptismal promises? How am I meant to live “after Easter?”
In developing a distinctively...
Mature Grief
When a Parent Dies
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2003
While there are no easy answers to loss and death, Mature Grief offers a compass to anyone navigating the unknown and uncharted waters of grief.
Each life comes from God. It begins with God and has no end. Our parents came from God, out from the circle of eternity, bestowed with goodness, and in dying...
Becoming Christ
Transformation Through Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2002
With clarity, wisdom, and wit, Brian Taylor offers a fresh look at contemplative prayer as the pathway to genuine healing and spiritual transformation. Taylor gives practical, how-to advice for those with a serious interest in contemplative prayer, and also explores its roots in the faith and traditions...
by Harold T. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2001
In this volume of The New Church's Teaching Series, Harold T. Lewis surveys the teachings and witness of Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church concerning the Christian vision of a righteous social order, including the challenges of the new millennium. Beginning with the Bible's understandings of social...
Friend of the Soul
A Benedictine Spirituality of Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1997
In this second book in her series on Benedictine spirituality, Norvene Vest brings the insights of Benedict's Rule to the world of work. A gifted interpreter of Benedict's wisdom, Vest examines with empathy and clarity the plight of men and women who wish for their work to be life-giving, a service...
Daysprings
Meditations for the Weekdays of Advent, Lent and Easter
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2000
“Dayspring, my dictionary tells me, is an archaic word meaning ‘dawn.' But I have chosen Daysprings as the title for this collection of meditations for the several meanings in the ancient word and its components. I hope these brief reflections shed new light on old, familiar passages and illuminate...
Trustworthy Connections
Interpersonal Issues in Spiritual Direction
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2004
Although God is at the center of the process of spiritual direction, the more readily visible participants are human beings. Like all other people, directors and directees are subject to relationship dynamics. Trustworthy Connections identifies some issues and challenges that can arise in spiritual...
Matter of Life and Death
Preaching at Funerals
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2003
With the sensitivity born of time and experience, Charles Hoffacker presents an unusually warm and caring approach to preaching at a pivotal transition in human life, one which goes to the very heart of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Hoffacker teaches the reader, whether a seasoned preacher or a novice...
Unbound By Time
Isaiah Still Speaks
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2002
In this timely and highly readable volume, Old Testament scholar William Holladay introduces the reader to the several ways in which Isaiah speaks, from ancient Jewish readings of the text, to Handel's lyrical use of it in his oratorio, Messiah, to the Christian community who has heard it foretelling...