Religious life and practice

There are two types of conflict in congregations: conflict that kills and conflict that cultivates growth.

Clear, Calm, and Connected offers wisdom on leadership drawn from common ministry scenarios, family systems thinking, and Scripture.

Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture explores change and ministry at the intersection of technology, culture, and church.

One way or another, every church will eventually lose its pastor or minister, yet few congregations prepare for this dramatic event.

In The Missional Leader, consultants Alan J.

They say it's lonely at the top.

Thousands of Protestant churches are perplexed by plateaued or declining attendance, while other congregations nearby thrive.

Bold transformation is needed in many of the congregations that cover the American landscape, argue Jim Herrington, Mike Bonem, and James H.

In A Lay Preacher's Guide: How to Craft a Faithful Sermon, Karoline M.

The mainline church is in a drastic decline, and that decline is hitting clergy and churches on all sides of the theological debates.

Many congregations today are dealing with changes that have led to decline and significant loss.

In Finding Our Way to the Truth, Sarah Ciavarri explores lies of a particularly insidious sort--lies masquerading as truths.

"e;All readers, especially LGBTQ Christians, will come away feeling energized and equipped for healthier sexuality without the weight of shame.

Can people make positive changes in their lives that really last?

A translation of Luther's explanations along with other catechetical study helps, such as prayers, worship rites, and Luther's introduction.

Care companions in congregations support others at multiple levels.

In Clergy Burnout: Surviving in Turbulent Times, Revised and Expanded, Fred Lehr explores the nature and practice of clergy codependence.

Recovering Abundance: Twelve Practices for Small-Town Leaders invites readers to live a new story--to join a movement of renewal for small towns and rural communities.

Vocation is often loosely defined, reserved for use in churchy sermons and ivory towers.

In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted classrooms around the world, teachers scrambled to convert their lectures and presentations into a format more conducive to online and distance learning.

Loneliness, or the feeling of being cut off from others, is an epidemic among people in America.

George Tyrrell insisted that the quest for the historical Jesus was no more than scholars staring into a well to see their own reflections staring back.

Good people of privilege are increasingly aware of racial injustice but unsure what to do about it and afraid to venture into challenging dialogues and spaces.

Preaching to Those Walking Away will help pastors adapt to a world of YouTube, TED Talks, and video marketing in which traditional preaching styles no longer feel authoritative, engaging, or compelling.

Katie's Canon is a selection of essays written for a variety of occasions throughout Cannon's celebrated career.

Invisibility persists throughout the Asian American story.

Our Hope and Expectation explores the Advent season and celebrates the joy of the twelve days of Christmas and the day of Epiphany.

In Pilgrim Letters, Curtis Freeman takes disciples on a contemporary journey into an ancient faith.

In 2012, Steve Austin, then a pastor, nearly died by suicide.

The starting point for In Deep Waters: Spiritual Care for Young People in a Climate Crisis is not news: the world as we know it is shifting.

Young people can be peacebuilders--citizens who address the root causes of hatred and abuse of power to build more just and peaceful communities.

Romans is almost universally celebrated to be one of the greatest Christian writings ever penned.

Exploring Islam is a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the foundations of the Islamic faith, including its history, theology, and spiritual practice.

Through the debates about the inclusion of LGBTQ people in the life of the church, one overlooked community is LGBTQ youth.

God's People Made New: How Exploring the Bible Together Launched a Church's Spirit-Filled Future reveals the essential role of God's Word in forming a thriving congregation.

Clergy and other church leaders often feel pressed to preserve cherished traditions even as they direct people to discern the new thing God is doing.

The ancient practice of pilgrimage has become increasingly popular in recent decades, in both traditional and new forms.

Athena to Barbie explores the vexed nature of being a woman.

Ghanaian theologian Kwame Bediako presses all Christians to question their own theological commitments.

Clergy are more likely than ever to be called on to respond to community trauma, sitting alongside trauma survivors after natural disasters, racial violence, and difficult losses.

In Managing Congregations in a Virtual Age, John W.

Asians make up the largest and most dispersed people of the world, and Christians make up a sizable proportion of this demographic.

Just Traveling celebrates overcoming distance and seeking difference as defining human traits.

Many congregations and their leaders are discouraged about the future of the church.

Susan J.

Where does God meet us in this life?

Women haven't always had the right to vote.

In Journeying in the Wilderness, author Terri Martinson Elton observes that faith formation in the church setting is contextual, and multiple forces are coming together today to create seismic contextual changes at record speed.

In this newly revised edition of Sexuality and Holy Longing, author Lisa Graham McMinn beautifully describes how people are created by God for relationship, and our sexuality guarantees that we will long for and be drawn toward others.

Over the past forty years, congregations, businesses, other organizations, and communities across the United States have become increasingly divided along political and ideological lines.