In a single volume, In Times of Crisis and Sorrow: A Minister's Manual Resource Guide offers a practical and professional guide for dealing with grief, sorrow, crises, and other difficult situations in the life of a congregation.
Providing guidance and advice on the challenging art of listening, this book responds directly to the expressed learning needs of hospice and palliative care volunteers regarding their communication skills in end-of-life care.
Der Glaube ist ein Abenteuer: Er stärkt, ermutigt und gibt Halt - und fordert uns zugleich auch oft dazu heraus, unser Leben zu überdenken und gewohnte Handlungs- und Denkmuster zu hinterfragen.
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 .
In A Pacifist Way of Knowing: John Howard Yoder's Nonviolent Epistemology, editors Christian Early and Ted Grimsrud gather the scattered writings of Yoder on the theme of the relationship between gospel, peace, and human ways of knowing.
Explore how the seeds of Romans grow in us a bigger vision for a love that does not keep track of our failures, but instead forms us into the way of JesusThere really are only two stories--Adam and Jesus; sin and grace; death and life.
Everyday Thoughts is a devotional for thinking Christians, for those who seek to hear and know God in the present through contemplation on scripture and reality.
Adults in your church, small group, or other Christian organization are silently suffering the tragic consequences of having been sexually abused as children or youth.
All disciples of Jesus Christ are called to care for one another whether they have a formal role or not, and exercise pastoral care by listening, encouraging, comforting, offering practical help, praying.
Aging and Loving: Christian Faith and Sexuality in Later Life aims to address the social, ethical, physical, and spiritual issues related to sexuality and aging.
The iconic landscape of the American Southwest reveals the luminescent Mitten rock formations, looming rock arches, and vast sagebrush oceans made vivid and memorable by writer Tony Hillerman, artist Georgia O'Keefe, and director John Ford.
"e;Like athletes, preachers carry inside them the voices of their most challenging coaches--people who have encouraged them to dig deeper, stretch farther, and more faithfully pursue their craft and calling.
Professor Michael Baumgarten versucht in diesem Werk, das aus 27 Vorträgen besteht, die Geschichte Jesu herauszuarbeiten und einen Bezug zur Gegenwart darzustellen.
Wie immer man sie bezeichnet, ob als Prädikantinnen, Laienprediger oder Laien mit Predigterlaubnis: Sie predigen und feiern mit der Gemein de Gottesdienst, gestalten Taufe und Abendmahl, manchmal auch Abdankungen und Trauungen.
The Dialogues on the Incarnation presented in this book show a group of four preachers as they endeavored to help the people in their church make theological sense at a time when optimism and fear were intermingled.