Prayers and liturgical material

How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English languageWhile many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "e;Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here.

Suzanne Guthrie teaches us about the seasons of prayer by letting us enter her own in these forty meditations stretching from Advent through Pentecost.

Everyone is paying attention to Pope Francis, and that includes the most unlikely of admirers: a female Baptist pastor.

The annual festivals that are central to the south Indian religious tradition are among the largest religious gatherings found anywhere in the world.

Relationships between people are frequently compromised as a result of religious viewpoints, but appropriate spiritual care requires bridges to understanding that will allow for trust and justice to become visible.

Easter is so much more than a holiday.

Is it possible to both love and hate the church at one and the same time?

Clarence B.

All cultures use story as a way to make sense of life experiences.

Jesus Christ lifted our fear by giving us the capacity to face things that happen to us and to make something out of them.

Understanding the purpose and traditions of the Jewish feasts will give you a deeper appreciation for your God, your heritage, and the gift of redemption provided by the sacrificial death of Christ.

The newest book in the Little Books on Liturgy series, focused on the intersection of liturgy and formation.

Pray Powerful Prayers--Experience Miraculous AnswersKnown for his authentic, heart-felt prayers, Pastor Andrew F Carter invites you on a life-changing sixty-day prayer journey, showing that prayer isn't complicated--and that a consistent prayer life is the secret to a powerful prayer life.

Pastoral leadership has always been challenging, but clergy and parish leaders today face unprecedented challenges, many of which simply didn’t exist a generation ago.

How does our gender impact our preaching?

Sayings, prayers and stories drawn from the life and teachings of one of the world's greatest spiritual teachers are here brought together - for the first time - as reflections for each day of the year.

A critical issue in modern Catholic theology has been the relationship between the doctrine of revelation and the church’s liturgical and sacramental practice.

Building on his previous work on embodied liturgy, Frank C.

In Christmas as Religion, Christopher Deacy explores the premise that religion plays an elementary role in our understanding of the Christmas festival, but takes issue with much of the existing literature which is inclined to limit the contours and parameters of 'religion' to particular representations and manifestations of institutional forms of Christianity.

This book is not another volume attempting to persuade the reader of the rights of gays and lesbians in society and in the church.

Evidence-based medicine has transformed contemporary medical practice.

Pilgrim and Preacher seeks to understand the numerous pilgrimage writings of the Dominican Felix Fabri (1437/8-1502), not only as rich descriptions of the Holy Land, Egypt, and Palestine, but also as sources for the religious attitudes and social assumptions that went into their creation.

Bass fishing pro Jimmy Houston gives outdoor enthusiasts from beginners to bassmasters spiritual insights and fishing tips in this yearlong devotional.

A study of contemplative prayer in the context of contemporary discussions of religious experience and mysticism.

Hospital Preaching as Informed by Bedside Listening states the great need to sit down face to face and attentively listen to stories, experiences, and feelings of patients.

Catholicism has been a prominent Christian sect for more than 1,700 years, and is professed by more than 1.

Preaching is a central task in the lives of clergy, and yet it sometimes seems as though the pressure to produce, combined with other duties of parish life, becomes a burden and contributes to the busyness that squeezes out time for spiritual practices.

Nature plays an important and often neglected role in Jewish apocalypses.

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history.

Based on the Sunday Lectionary, these inspiring and deeply insightful Barclay readings are ideal for worship leaders, individuals and groups.

And Even for This Day is a collection of poetic prayers initially delivered in worship at First United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon.

Vanguard of the New Age unearths a largely ignored dimension of Canadian religious history.

"e;Our goal is the Kingdom, the completion of God's creative vision, and we are God's hands in bringing that vision to pass, "e; wrote Urban Holmes in Spirituality for Ministry, originally published in 1982.

Mother of Mercy, Bane of the Jews explores a key moment in the rise of the cult of the Virgin Mary and the way the Jews became central to her story.

This volume by Gracia Grindal introduces English-speaking readers to several significant yet unsung Lutheran women hymn writers from the sixteenth century to the present.

Vibrant worship services, argues creative and provocative author Graham Standish, are those in which the congregation obviously asks questions such as: Does our worship help people experience God?

This anthology of sermons is compiled from a sixty-year practice of preaching.

No Longer Bound is about the intersection of reading comprehension and interpretation that leads to the development of a powerful and transformative sermon.

Listeners do love their pastors and they agree with the sermon content they hear,' Lori Carrell once explained to a group of pastors, 'but most sermons don't ask for change, and most listeners don't experience spiritual growth as a result of the sermon.

One On One With SatanA chilling and highly convincing account of possession and exorcism in modern America, hailed by NBC Radio as "e;one of the most stirring books on the contemporary scene.