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

Award-winning journalist and popular blogger Deacon Greg Kandra gently guides you through Lent with thought-provoking spiritual reflections on the daily gospel readings.

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers.

Incline Your Ear: Cultivating Spiritual Awakening in Congregations introduces faith communities and individuals to the centuries-old principles and practices of spiritual direction.

In an engaging and accessible style, Martin J.

In autumn 1525, Luther wrote The Bondage of the Will as a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdams On Free Will.

This book traces the steady decline in Irish Catholicism from the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 up to the Cloyne report into clerical sex abuse in that diocese in 2011.

A particularly nettlesome question is around the relationship of the confession of God as a simple yet threefold beingthe treatises of the one God and the Trinity.

For nearly thirty years, James M.

Fundamental theology is traditionally viewed as the starting point for the various disciplines within Catholic theology; it is the place where solid foundations are established for further research and engagement with the vast terrain of historical, systematic, philosophical, and sacramental/liturgical theology.

Called: Recovering Lutheran Principles for Ministry and Vocation explores vocation and the call to ministry from a Lutheran perspective and reveals their promise for the wider church.

This book tells the story of Charles C.

This toolkit of intentional and compassionate strategies takes an encouraging, incremental approach to help even small groups get started quickly.

The Word in Season is a quarterly Christian devotional that connects faith and life in a timely reflection for each day.

The diaspora of scholars exiled from Russia in 1922 offered something vital for both Russian Orthodoxy and for ecumenical dialogue.

This book combines critical New Testament scholarship with homiletic concerns.

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

In this creative approach to the doctrine of the Trinity, author Veli- Matti Krkkinen focuses on keeping a dynamic balance between the intellectual-doctrinal and spiritual-charismatic approaches as parallel avenues towards theological understanding.

What if you could have been an insider to some of the greatest stories ever told?

The "e;summer sermons"e; have been delivered in the Presbyterian Church of Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania, over a period of fifteen years.

For forty years, James Finley's Mertons Palace of Nowherehas been the standard text for exploring, reflecting on, and understanding the rich vein of Thomas Mertons thought.

We never outgrow our appreciation for a good story, especially if it's true!

This Festschrift for historian Gerald L.

With more than ten thousand names of saints and biblical figures, this first-ever guide to Catholic baby names helps expectant parents find a beautiful and creative name for their child.

A Brief History of the Presbyterians offers laity and clergy a succint and thorough introduction to the history of Presbyterianism.

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (third place, books for teens).

In this highly useful book, Earl S.

This beautiful gift book of Mother Teresa's writings is a powerful portrait of one of the most beloved women of all time, told in her own words, filled with a fascinating blend of daily life experiences, prayers, and spiritual wisdom.

Born during the Great Depression and the height of the modernist/fundamentalist controversies, Paul Emanuel Larsen entered pastoral ministries in the late fifties.

The Second Vatican Council committed the Catholic Church to the service of the world when it defined the church to be missionary by nature and a sacrament pointing to and making Christ present to all.

In 1906, a new religious phenomenon emerged from California.

For the first time in more than sixty years, the Congregation of Holy Cross has produced a new prayer book designed to serve the spiritual needs of both the priests and brothers of the Congregation and the thousands of Catholics who are the recipients of the education and ministry of Holy Cross parishes and schools.

Being a clergyperson can be stressful--mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.

If theology is about more than books and libraries, lecture halls and dusty debates; if theology is instead about lived experience, especially the experiences of those living at the margins of society's care and concern; if, in short, theology is about the real needs of real people, then Dorothy Day was one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century.

Have you ever puzzled over a strange word in the Bible, a hymn, or a prayer book, or wanted to explore a familiar term more fully?

Imagination is one of the great gifts bestowed on us by our Creator, observe authors Gary and Kim Shockley, and it can be the spark that ignites a fire of change in our lives.

When Sr.

In this new collection of sermons she summons with piercing clarity and wit the Old and New Testament stories that have the power to mend our spirits, strengthen our weaknesses, and restore us to wholeness.

This collection of perceptive personal essays brings the meaning of the sacraments to life with unflinching realism and compassion.

"e;Reading of God's silence in the Bible gives me courage to explore the practice of restraint in preaching-not as a deliberate withholding of God's word nor, I hope, as a rationale for my own reticence, but as a sober reaching for more reverence in the act of public speaking about God.

What if prayer could become one of the most rewarding and meaningful aspects of your whole life?

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.

Beginning with the desires of our hearts and ending with the priesthood of all believers, this series of meditations traces a path through some central concerns of the Reformation.

Discover the Power of Crone Wisdom in this Wonderful Gift for WomenSkip the midlife crisis and embrace the joys of aging with this lighthearted manual on how to become a juicy and wise old woman.

In this first volume to the New Church's Teaching Series James Griffiss provides an introduction to the Anglican tradition.

The following is a brief description of the prevailing spiritual and moral tides that were washing over much of Europe and America in the early eighteenth century--God's "e;righteous name had been intolerably dishonored, his pure and holy word disregarded by incompetent or unconverted clergy, and the human family, created to glorify God and enjoy him forever, willfully and with abandon gave themselves to all manner of corruption.

Why are 80 percent of our congregations stagnant or dying?

Joined by Grace introduces engaged and newly married couples to the rich traditions of Catholic prayer: how Catholics pray, texts of our most commonly used prayers, and a primer on devotions.

The typical local church has six to ten groups that meet on a weekly basis and include some form of teaching.

In Just Married: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Five Years of Marriage, nationally syndicated radio hosts and international family life speakers Greg and Lisa Popcak combine decades of counseling, the latest findings in marriage research, more than twenty years of marriage, and the wisdom of Catholic teaching to offer couples the most up-to-date look at what it takes to create and sustain an incredible Catholic marriage that will last a lifetime.