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1) Sistering
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"I don't know how my life would be different if I never had my sister, but I do know that the steadiness in how I stand in the world is in large part because she exists."Two sisters-one a playwright, one a preacher-excavate their evolving bond. Swinging between irreverent humor and achy tenderness, Sistering: The Art of Holding Close and Letting Go is for anyone who has been lucky enough to find their number one fan, and for those still searching.
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Living the Labyrinth: 101 Paths to a Deeper Connection with The Sacred offers beginners and seasoned labyrinth users a multitude of new ways to approach this sacred tool. The short, devotional-like chapters may be used however the reader chooses-because, as Jill Geoffrion tells us, any way we live the labyrinth is the "right" way.
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This book is the result of an overwhelming number of requests for another volume of The Book of Daily Prayer: Morning and Evening, last published in 2004. As with previous volumes, this new, living volume contains daily devotionals in inclusive language for every morning and evening of the year, used in conjunction with one's Bible, and is written by a diverse group of individuals in a style referred to as "praying the Scriptures." Ideal for individual...
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One winter, Jennifer Garrison Brownell, a mid-life pastor, wife of a seriously disabled man, and dedicated non-athlete, decided almost on a whim to train for and run a sprint triathlon. In the process, she was surprised to discover that her spirit was as transformed as her body. With humor and without sentimentality, Brownell keeps breathing as she reflects on marriage and swim goggles; motherhood and bicycle repair; disabilities and running shoes....
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For Christians, resistance is written right into our baptismal vows. Following Christ means resisting oppression and evil wherever we might find it. Doing that work requires us to first rise up, face our fears, and cultivate courage that can sustain us for the journey. Weaving together wisdom from sources as diverse as Reformed theology, recovery communities, social justice visionaries, and Twentieth Century history, Heath creates a way forward for...
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This is the tenth anniversary edition of a Pilgrim Press favorite. Jesus and Those Bodacious Women is well known for its new spins on the stories of biblical women such as Mary Magdalene, the Bent-over Woman, Queen Esther, and Mary, among others. The tenth anniversary edition contains spins on the stories of five additional biblical women: Vashti, Jezebel, Cozbi (the prostitute in the Book of Numbers), Dorcas, and Lydia.
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A wake-up call to anyone who still thinks church revitalization is simply a matter of doing better the things that used to come so easily. However, for the innovators whose ministries cannot fully be measured or understood by the old paradigms of members and money, Weird Church offers compelling vindication and encouragement that may cause them to stand and cheer.
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These Twelve Days is an informative, entertaining family guide to understanding and celebrating the traditional twelve days after Christmas. It shares the history of the days following Christ's birth, from the Feast of Stephen to the Feast of the Holy Family, from the stories of Mary and Joseph to those of the Holy Innocents and the Magi. This book gives families meaningful ways to keep the joy and excitement of Christ's birth alive after Christmas...
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Ten women poets bring the ancient collection of psalms into modern context: seeking justice and celebrating beauty, longing for grace and proclaiming love. "The Words of Her Mouth: Psalms for the Struggle" is a balm in these days of spiritual strife and political struggle.
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Mainline Protestant denominations are dying, while conservative traditions are flourishing. "Nones" are the fastest growing religious demographic in the United States. A pastor and self-proclaimed former "none," Heath possesses an excellent understanding of church growth and the lack thereof, and frequently draws upon that experience when look for ways to welcome people to church.
In Glorify: Reclaiming the Heart of Progressive Christianity, Heath...
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Celebration is an important component of preaching. Fifteen years, after its release, They Like to Never Quit Praising God continues to illustrate the steps that are essential to understand and experience the Gospel through celebration and praise.
Through the unique lens of African American preaching, Thomas explores the theology, dynamics and guidelines for celebrative preaching.
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Walking the labyrinth is becoming an increasingly popular spiritual exercise across the country and around the world. Based on her experience at Chartres Cathedral in France and her training with Lauren Artress at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, Jill Kimberly Hartwell Geoffrion has created a simple, meaningful approach to preparing for, undertaking, and meditating on labyrinth walks. "Praying The Labyrinth" is a journal that will lead the uninitiated...
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Every Sunday, Otis Moss III and his preaching attract over 5,000 people to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
Moss describes himself as, "a jazz-influenced pastor with a hip-hop vibe committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ rooted in love and justice." He admits he can talk endlessly about theology, popular culture, and movies, and has even based some of his best sermons, collected in this book, on these powerful films: The Wiz, 12 Years a...
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Winter, spring, summer, fall, we always have to deal with a little poop. A pastor can never have too many "lost sheep" sermons. Pastor and shepherd Catherine Foote has more than a few, with the muddy boots and delightful stories to prove it. Foote shares the spiritual wisdom and practical lessons from her life with two flocks.
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Leadership is, inherently, a management of tensions. The individual and (or versus!) community. Inclusions and boundaries. Structure and creativity. Each pulls at the other-helpfully at times, harmfully at other times, and always with complexity. Leadership scholar and author Sarah B. Drummond provides a framework for leading tension, intentionally, especially within religious communities and institutions.
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Taking an eraser to loneliness will not erase it. Trying to drink loneliness away will not quench its thirst. Shaming loneliness will not disempower it. In The Gospel of Loneliness, author and pastor Dwight Wolter offers the encouragement that loneliness is an exploration and a teacher to make room for-not to avoid. Wolter examines the expressions of loneliness in our lives: revisiting biblical stories and fables, listening to pop music, studying...
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Originally published in 1983 after the convictions of the Wilmington Ten were overturned, Psalms from Prison was updated and re-released in 1994. Now in its third edition, this update to Psalms from Prison includes autobiographical reflections from Benjamin Chavis about the unjust imprisonment of the Wilmington Ten and the struggle for equal rights.
On October 18, 1972, Benjamin Chavis and nine others (the famous Wilmington Ten) were wrongly convicted...
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This book is a call for preachers to learn the importance of keeping their eyes on the vision of Jesus and biblical prophets when preaching - that of doing justice, caring for others, and being equitable. The book attempts to make a biblical argument for the importance and the content of prophetic preaching, and argues that the issue is not preaching from a text taken from the prophetic corpus but preaching on the themes that echoed over and over...
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"In difficult times, we can only run on hope." With practicality and vulnerability, author and public theologican Grace Ji-Sun Kim reflects on the practice of sustaining hope during turbulence and injustice. Each reflection invites a conversation on culture and faith, as the author appeals to readers to engage life's troubles with the conviction of God's goodness. "Hope in Disarray" takes the world's pain seriously in order to ignite our intentional,...
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