What would Jesus see if he looked at the world today? In these pages, Aaron Rosen, scholar of art and religion, invites reader to explore with him how Jesus saw, what he saw, and why it is important today. In a time when our eyes have grown weary, Rosen argues, Jesus offers us the chance to see the world with renewed vision and radical empathy.
To Mend the World: A New Vision for Youth Ministry, based on the premise that the old models of ministry are no longer working, brings together practical theology, Christian ministry, and social entrepreneurship to offer a thoughtful, robust theological perspective and practical insights for youth ministry that will thrive into the future.
In a world that so often dismisses and excludes kids from decision-making, this book boldly suggests that not only should kids have a voice, but that their ideas just might be the ticket to making progress.
Celebrating God's Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children
Drawing on the author's experience as the mother of a transgender child and her years of advocacy work, this book helps Christian parents navigate the emotional, spiritual, and logistical landscape of raising a gender-diverse child. It paints a picture of who transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people are and what they need to thrive.
The Man and the Myth, Revised and Expanded Edition
A revision of the award-winning Paul: The Man and the Myth. Includes updated research throughout, plus a new chapter on the significance of Paul's childhood and its influence on his life as an apostle and on the inclusive gospel he preached, and a new chapter on Mark as one of the earliest gospel interpreters of Paul, if not the earliest.
Here, in a fitting recognition of a life of scholarship, is an esteemed collection of writing by liturgical and homiletical scholars honoring and engaging with Gail Ramshaw's work and extending it to new questions, contexts, and concerns. The volume is organized around themes of her work: lectionary patterns, prayer forms, and theological ......
The Care and Nurture of the Church Choir, Second Edition
Preaching to the Choir imparts practical and pastoral wisdom to church musicians in their vocation as choir directors. This updated second edition attends to recent challenges choir directors have encountered and provides guidance as they look to the future.
Reimagining Child Welfare in an Anti-Black Society
In the US, Black children are twice as likely as white children to be removed from their parents and adopted out to strangers. The Ethics of Protection responds to this dire reality with a liberationist approach to child welfare ethics. This book reframes child welfare by centering the stories, challenges, failures, and victories of Black ......
Ngien demonstrates that, for Martin Luther, the apostle Peter stood alongside John and Paul as a preacher of "the genuine and pure gospel." Luther's sermons on 1 Peter illustrate the range and depth of the reformer's mature theological thought. Peter's epistle stands as what Luther considered one of the "foremost books" of the New Testament.
