WINNER OF THE BEAMING BOOKS PICTURE BOOK WRITING CONTEST! Porcupine can't wait to share Fall Feast with her woodland friends, so when everyone she greets is unable to bake their specialty due to a missing ingredient, Porcupine generously offers staples from her pantry. When Porcupine discovers that she, too, is missing a key ingredient, the ......
How the Science of Early Childhood Development Can Help You Grow Your Child's Faith
An early childhood expert navigates the research to arrive at surprising insights about how very young children experience God, and how parents can use science to teach faith.
How can I be certain I'll go to heaven? Why are there so many kinds of Christianity? What does the Bible say about drugs and alcohol? What's the deal with evolution?
How the Crucifixion of Jesus Makes Sense of Old Testament Violence
Renowned pastor-theologian Gregory A. Boyd tackles the Bible's biggest dilemma.The Old Testament God of wrath and violence versus the New Testament God of love and peace-it's a difference that has troubled Christians since the first century.
"Roxy Ramirez has saved up for weeks to buy a chemistry set, and now she's headed to the toy store to buy it! There's only one problem: along the way, she keeps running into friends who are in trouble, and need her to dip into her savings to help. Will she have enough money left over to buy something for herself?"--Page [4] of cover.
Hovorun outlines forms of political orthodoxy in Orthodox churches, past and present and draws a big picture of religion being politicized and even weaponized. Following his analysis, Hovorun suggests ways to bring political Orthodoxy back to the apostolic and patristic track.
Mihee Kim-Kort is a wife, a mom, and a Presbyterian minister. And she's queer. But instead of pushing her away from God, her queerness has brought her closer to Jesus and taught her how to love better. Outside the Lines shows us how God, in Jesus, loves us in a queer and radical way.
When eight-year-old Eleanor moves into the top half of a duplex with her family, she is not happy. In her old home, she had her own bedroom. Now she has to share one with her big sister. Eleanor decides she's going to move back to her real home--and asks her seven-year-old neighbor Owen to help. Illustrations.ions.
A thoughtful exploration of the interrelationship of the Bible and ethics, describing the challenges of taking the Bible seriously in the ethical life, the profound changes in global Christianity in the postcolonial and increasingly globalized world, religious pluralism in our cities, and the urgent realities of climate change
