Embodied Hope explores implications of an embodied theology of hope for preachers' ability to nurture imaginative abundance and purposeful hope-filled action in the most chaotic of times.
Future pastors and servant-leaders are taught the much-needed "e;tools of the trade"e;--the principles of hermeneutics, how to exegete a passage, put a sermon together, conduct a wedding, manage a funeral, oversee administrative meetings, and much more.
There is no single Protestant spirituality but rather Protestant spiritual traditions usually embedded in denominational families that share some basic Protestant principles.
The desire and struggle to pray pulses through this spiritually resonant collection in forms as various as psalms, Tai Chi, meditation, needlework, lament, and thanksgiving.
This work is a one-month devotional that offers guidance and inspiration to individuals who have failed God in some way and are finding it difficult to accept his forgiveness and forgive themselves.
Often, a disconnect exists between the way pastors, children's ministry volunteers, and churches describe the health and impact of children's ministry volunteers (and the overall functioning of an ongoing children's ministry).
In this companion volume to The Word in the Wind: Sermons for the Lectionary, Year A, Advent through Eastertide, Bruce Taylor provides a collection of theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and biblically centered sermons for the Sundays and feast days for Pentecost and the remainder of the liturgical year commonly referred to as "e;Ordinary Time.
Drawing on insights from Scripture, tradition, psychology, and experience, this book offers a comprehensive guide to Prayer in Practice, an essential resource for students and seekers alike.
Joseph Thomas Fowler's 1897 edition of the Life and Letters of John Bacchus Dykes remains a critical document when assessing the musical life of the Church of England in the nineteenth century.
This volume shows pastors how to be spiritually prepared for the myriad tasks of pastoral ministry: preaching, pastoral care, church administration, worship, teaching, and more.
The Rhetoric of the Pulpit treats the sermon as the single most important factor in evangelism for a parish, and also the most important factor in the spiritual growth of both the congregation and the pastor.
This book is a study of how congregational song developed and has been used in the worship of Western churches in general and specifically churches in the United States.
With a relatively recent rapid increase in international marriages, Korea provides a fascinating case study in cross-cultural pastoral care at a time of increasing global movement and migration.
Personal encounters with God are vital for the current generation of believers--the postmodern/millennial generation who affirm truth through experience.
Worship Formation provides a thoughtful perspective on Christian worship and addresses how each element within a worship service spiritually forms the worshiper.
Over the space of a generation, Christianity in the Western world has gone from occupying a central place in the wider society to being eyed with increasing suspicion and, in some places, outright hostility.
John Wesley published three tune books in two-decade intervals for the evangelical British Methodist movement within the Church of England with its varied audiences and diverse musical tastes.
For anyone who has suffered loss, or is facing a personal trial, the pain can be overwhelming, and you might feel at a loss as to where to look for healing.
A Sample Meditation:Loss on the Way to EnlightenmentAvoidance, rationalization, religion, reality, projection, distraction Acknowledging that we often grow tired of the painful truthabout poverty, illness, racism, discrimination,environmental ruin, and warfare,we confess that we have escaped through distraction usingfood, entertainment, alcohol, and personal isolation.
