A 52-week devotional for ministry leaders and worship teams to prepare their hearts and minds for the service and make the worship experience of their church more meaningful.
James Douglass's writings have been recognized as among the most challenging and inspiring explorations of nonviolence and Christian discipleship in the last century.
Each Other's Angels: Practicing Personalism in the Catholic Worker Tradition introduces readers to author Toni Flynn's vision of justice and compassion, informed by the Scriptures and inspired by the Catholic Worker Movement of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin.
Samuel Wells shares his vision for the Church as imagined by HeartEdge, the growing network of churches established by St Martin-in-the-Fields, with its fourfold focus for renewing the mission activity of the church: commerce, culture, congregation and compassion.
To mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Henri Nouwen, one of the most beloved spiritual writers of contemporary times, this retreat companion offers a guide for spiritual transformation and growth based on Nouwen's own writings and experience.
Die Erfahrungen von Männern und Frauen – von Franz von Assisi bis zu Menschen unserer Zeit – sind nicht nur Zeugnisse vergangener Frömmigkeit, sondern die Kraft ihres Betens stellt eine Hilfe für das heutige spirituelle Leben und Erleben dar.
Die Reformation hat den religiösen Gebrauch von Bildern im Namen des "Wortes" kritisiert, aber sie hat das Visuelle – bildliche Sprache ebenso wie "reale Bilder" – ihrerseits zur Verbreitung des evangelischen Glaubens massiv genutzt.
The Church of Jerusalem, the 'mother of the churches of God', influenced all of Christendom before it underwent multiple captivities between the eighth and thirteenth centuries: first, political subjugation to Arab Islamic forces, then displacement of Greek-praying Christians by Crusaders, and finally ritual assimilation to fellow Orthodox Byzantines in Constantinople.
Evangelicals and Abortion traces the history and theological development of evangelical involvement in the abortion issue, and recommends some models of a biblically based response, with particular attention to the United States in the wake of the reversal of Roe v.
We have all had the experience of being at church and hearing the pastor say, "e;And now with the confidence of children we are bold to pray, 'Our Father .
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) was one of the world's last great polymaths and one of the most important Christian thinkers of his time, engaging the world with a simplicity, sincerity, courage, and passion that few have matched.
To explain the power of prayer, Dale Salwak went to more than 30 distinguished spiritual leaders, thinkers, and writers and asked them to offer a few words of wisdom and advice.
This theological and pastoral resource addresses specific challenges to the church as it seeks to speak truthfully in the aftermath of abuse and provides material to help parishes and dioceses who find themselves facing the complex realities of such issues.
Since its inception in 1968, the brain-death criterion for human death has enjoyed the status of one of the few relatively well-settled issues in bioethics.
A collection of quick morning and evening prayers that will will enrich your commitment to God and personal connection to the Christian tradition and the entire church.
