Cowley Publications: 114 books
Ceremonies of the Eucharist
A guide to Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1989
“Unlike liturgical manuals of the past, which were intended specifically for the use of the clergy, this book is directed to a wider audience—to members of parish worship committees, priests, organists and directors of music, lectors, deacons, cantors and other singers, bishops, altar guild members,...
Intercession
A Theological and Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1995
Intercession is an essential element of both public and private prayer. Using the Book of Common Prayer and the major elements of the Prayers of the People, Plater explains the construction of everyday litanies, collects, and petitionary prayers, as well as the composition of intercessions for church...
God of Dirt
Mary Oliver and the Other Book of God
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2004
In this engaging study, the author compares Mary Oliver's poetry and traditional religious language and provides a fresh perspective from which to enjoy her work.
God with Us
The Companionship of Jesus in the Challenges of Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2002
Few Anglican theologians today are as conversant about the reality and meaning of the Incarnation in the lives of ordinary women and men as Herbert O’Driscoll. In his newest book, O’Driscoll helps us find the presence of Christ in those places we would rather avoid: the sorrows, the heartbreaks,...
Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies
A Ceremonial Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1998
In this third and final volume in a series of ceremonial guides to worship in the Episcopal Church according to The Book of Common Prayer, Leonel L. Mitchell focuses on the pastoral and occasional liturgies. Beginning with the celebration of the Daily Office, he goes on to discuss the seasonal liturgies...
by Sam Portaro
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2003
From the earliest days of recorded history, conflict has been an integral part of human life. Although conflict and crisis are painful, they are visible and vital signs of the perpetual work of the church and society. Viewed in this light, they become sources of growth and gifts to be pressed into...
by Rosalind Brown, Christopher Cocksworth
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2004
This important book on priestly identity embraces the many contemporary varieties of priestly ministry: male and female, paid and unpaid, parish and work–based, catholic, evangelical, charismatic. Examining the “root,” the “shape,” and the “fruit” of priestly identity, On Being a Priest...
Desiring Life
Benedict on Wisdom and the Good Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2000
In Desiring Life, Norvene Vest brings the insights of Benedict's Rule to the wisdom tradition. Desiring Life is the third book in her series on Benedictine spirituality for people living in the world today. Vest asks questions of pressing concern today, such as: What is the “good life” we seek?...
Incarnation
New and Selected Poems for Spiritual Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2007
Irene Zimmerman’s scripturally-based poetry has been read from pulpits, savored by individuals, and provided the topics for weekend retreats and discussion groups. Incarnation restores to print the poems from Zimmerman’s popular Woman Un-Bent and includes more than four dozen new and selected poems on scriptural themes.
Five Voices Five Faiths
An Interfaith Primer
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005
In this unique book about the major religious traditions of the world, a practitioner from each tradition—Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam—introduces the basics of his or her faith and participates in a conversation about the challenges of being faithful in the modern world....
Sheer Christianity
Conjectures on a Catechism
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2004
Calling upon teachers G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis, Sam Portaro wades into the abyss of confronting a life of faithfulness in a world where the Church has created a dictionary unintelligible to anyone not part of itself. Acknowledging it a risky adventure to attempt to put into printed words his faith, Portaro steps boldly onto the pages of Sheer Christianity: Conjectures on a Catechism.
Loosening the Roots of Compassion
Meditations for Holy Week and Eastertide
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2006
Here is Holy Week and Eastertide reading to which you will return time and again. Here is real nourishment for body, mind, and soul, and for the remaking of the world. Ellen Bradshaw Aitken's meditations will “help you to send forth deep roots from your life into scripture and into the contemplation...
Informed by Faith
A Spiritual Handbook for Christian Educators and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2004
All of us educate, teach, and form others; as Christians, the place in which this formation takes place is our community. Every waking moment offers opportunities for education, and the home especially is a place for ongoing Christian formation. At home, we equip the family to know that God is a mystery...
Mary
The Imagination of Her Heart
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2004
Although Mary is a preeminent figure in Christianity and one of the most celebrated women in history, to many Christians she seems distant and unapproachable, a porcelain perfection of abstract motherhood that is irrelevant to their everyday existence. Still, interest in Mary is high, as evidenced...