Scripture readings and brief meditations serve as the backdrop for poetry, new seasonal blessings, mealtime prayers, songs and activities that prepare the home for the celebration of the Savior's birth. Simple blessings enable children to participate in prayer at the Advent wreath, around the Christmas tree, and by the manger. Seasonal customs ......
This five session study helps fifth and sixth graders prepare for Holy Communion and teaches them about the love of God and how this meal shared with many brings forgiveness, life, salvation and hope to those who trust in Jesus' promise and his love.
Connecting with Nature for Nourishment, Reflection, and Transformation
Spending time in nature provides countless benefits. But our lives leave little room for connecting with the natural world, and a history of colonization complicates our relationship to the land. Guided by wellness coach Heidi Barr, this journey of self-inquiry calls you to embrace wildness as an integral part of being fully alive.
Victoria J. Barnett served from 2004-2014 as one of the general editors of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, the English translation series of Bonhoeffer's complete works published by Fortress Press. Since 2004 she has directed the Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Conozca su Biblia, developed in partnership with the Asociacin para la Educacin Teolgica Hispana and the Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission unit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a unique Bible commentary series written in Spanish by leading Hispanic theologians and Bible educators. Justo L. Gonzlez, the General Editor ......
Reinhold Niebuhr argued that one of the fundamental challenges to human existence is the anxiety caused by our desire to be perfect and godlike while knowing we are limited and mortal. This book explores how human adornment practices negotiate anxieties about our finitude. Through our clothing, we often shield ourselves from feeling our human ......
Where is God when one suffers? How may one be consoled? How do people understand their religious beliefs in relation to suffering? When they encounter genuine travail, do their religious convictions come into play? How are they modified or asserted? Leonard Hummel takes three of the most important insights of the Reformation - the doctrine of ......
Addressing climate change in ways that build capacity, equity, and compassion among people may be the great moral-spiritual challenge of our time in history. This slim volume is an invitation to face that challenge with hope and in companionship with people worldwide. In this latest addition to the Building a Moral Economy series, Reverends Malcom ......
