One Family's Journey to Healing after the Tragic Death of a Son
Beginning with a dramatic story of the death of a young adult son, this book presents a new apradigm for the grief process. An alternative to Kubler-Ross, this text is structured around five cries of grief--the cry of pain, the cry of longing, the cry for supportive love, the cry for understanding, and the cry for significance.
With sixteenth century Germany experiencing the ravages of the Bubonic Plague, Martin Luther was asked to comment on whether Christians could flee home and labors on account of the plague. Anna Marie Johnson introduces and comments on Luther's 1527 treatise "Whether One May Flee the Deadly Plague," still surprisingly relevant with the pandemic.
Aggravated women disciples, Jesus hugging rainbow sheep, a man praying "WTF?": the cartoons of David Hayward, the artist behind @NakedPastor, are graffiti on the walls of the church. This collection includes best-loved and never-before-seen cartoons that will challenge and inspire those grappling with the realities of the church as we know it.
How a Boat Made from Flip-Flops Is Helping to Save the Ocean
Juma wants to go fishing with Babu Ali. But when they get to the beach, it's full of plastic waste and flip-flops washed up from the ocean. Juma thinks the flip-flop floating in the water looks like a boat, and that gives Babu Ali an idea.
Explore a rich, ancient, multifaceted, deeply Christian baptismal practice and theology. This book invites us to ask important questions about the central mystery of Holy Baptism and the fullness of the baptized life. The Worship Matters Studies Series examines key worship issues through studies by pastors, musicians, and lay people from ......
The story of how Shaesta Waiz became the youngest woman in history, and the first woman from Afghanistan, to fly around the world in a single-engine aircraft.
Has the Christian faith lost its way because it has cut itself loose from its Hebrew roots? Faith, love, witness, and discipleship--the basic tenets of our faith--come from a world very foreign to the stoic philosophy developed through the early centuries of Christendom to the Church today. Christianity is actually a desert faith, forged ......
Begin the day with a Bible selection, meditation, and prayer. Activity and discussion questions will enhance your Lenten experience and provide a thought-provoking way to follow Christ.Choose Pocket Devotions for individual use, or Household Devotions -- including discussion and activity suggestions -- for family and group use.
In this deeply thoughtful book, Pastor Jung encourages us to see our humdrum habits of eating and drinking as a spiritual practice that can renew and transform us and our world.
