Thinking is a dynamic process resulting from practices of integration. Thought encounters in openness, wonder, receptivity, and contemplation confer upon us intellectual work that is uniquely our o...więcej »
When we find the courage to allow our rebel voice to speak, many of us question traditional Christian beliefs about God's power and how it is exercised in the world and in the church. We ask: What ...więcej »
This book begins with an end and ends with a beginning. The first poem, ""The Fisher King,"" describes our struggles of life and faith and their ultimate end, eternal life in Christ. The last poem,...więcej »
This book is written for those who want grow in love. This book is written for those who long for a place to stand with confidence in a trembling world. This book is written for those who suspect o...więcej »
This book argues that Paul, as God's accountable steward, seeks not to dominate the Corinthians but to empower them to mature in their understanding and conduct themselves appropriately under the c...więcej »
Pastors of established churches everywhere are searching for the secret formula to revitalize their churches. They have paid thousands of dollars for outside consultants only to be disappointed. Th...więcej »
This collection of essays explores the impact of Jesus within and beyond Christianity, including his many afterlives in literature and the arts, social justice and world religions during the past t...więcej »
This book contains the complete works of Yoon Dong-ju (1917-1945), one of the most beloved poets for all Koreans, and is the first attempt at English translation in their entirety, poetry and prose...więcej »
The Catholic church is in serious decline. This book claims that the corruption of the institution derives from various ""clerical errors,"" especially clericalism, which assumes that clergy are su...więcej »
This is the second volume of the personal journals of Roger Schutz-Marsauche (1915-2005), known as Brother Roger, the founder and first prior of the Taize Community in France, an ecumenical mona...więcej »
Come and See is an original collection of Christian poems, hymns, and meditations. Father-son authors Dan and Derek Nicksich offer intimate and refreshing worship encounters with God revealed in Ho...więcej »
Wonder, a topic of perennial Christian interest, draws us into fundamental questions about God and the things of God. In God and Wonder: Theology, Imagination, and the Arts, internationally reco...więcej »
This book is a sweeping anecdotal view of two thousand years of Christian history. It asks whether we are called to be a righteous community apart from those who are sinners, criminals, and nonbeli...więcej »
Is God changing the face of the church in North America today? The secularization thesis makes it appear that churches are inevitably declining in membership and influence. Too often, however, this...więcej »
So Much to Love: So Much to Lose explores the vibrancy of love, mottled with loss and the threat of more loss. The poetry arises from the natural world and experiences of living in personal, societ...więcej »
Christians are all too familiar with the dichotomy between ""being a Mary"" (sitting at Jesus' feet) and ""being a Martha"" (being active in ministry). We have been told that before we can do, we f...więcej »
The poems included in The Dreamers are inspired by Patsouri's everyday encounters and life situations. A plethora of the poems explore the themes of erotic love, self empowerment, nature, instincts...więcej »
America operates by ableist norms, which often silence or hide from view those with a disability. This book provides a platform or peek inside the lives of eight people with a disability, and it of...więcej »
Our Hearts Were Strangely Lukewarm summons the reader on a most unusual journey through Methodist history. Along the way, we discover how the White American Methodist Church became deeply entangled...więcej »
Three hundred years before Christianity became a religion, Jesus taught the Way. His earliest followers identified as philosophers--adherents to the philosophy of Jesus. In this book, Daniel Austin...więcej »
There Is a Way is all about how we get from where we are to where God wants us to be. It is no easy task to describe this trek, but it is the author's goal to offer intriguing ideas and concepts re...więcej »
The role of theological institutions in Christian mission is likened to the crucible that shapes the hearts and minds of those leading the charge to reconcile the world to God. Nevertheless, it is ...więcej »
We know that Paul from Tarsus wrote roughly one-third of the New Testament, yet he is a figure still somewhat obscured to the modern reader. Who was he and what motivated this early shaper of the C...więcej »
Is it possible to violate God's moral law without experiencing guilt and shame? Can a person silence their conscience from the strange emotions that emerge when one sin? An examination of the origi...więcej »
Letters from the Ecotone invites readers into an open-hearted dialogue between friends--a scientist and a pastor. In a series of letters written during the pandemic, Lloyd and Nagy-Benson explore t...więcej »
What do Christianity and queerness have to do with each other? Can Christianity be queered? Queer Theology offers a readable introduction to a difficult debate. Summarizing the various apologeti...więcej »
What You Sow Is a Bare Seed is a group biography that tells the stories of ordinary but extraordinary people who were engaged in movements for renewal in the church and justice in broader society. ...więcej »
Toward Decentering the New Testament is the first introductory text to the New Testament written by an African American woman biblical scholar and an Asian-American male biblical scholar. This text...więcej »
The United Methodist Church is at a crossroads, and nothing is more important than reclaiming our sacramental distinctiveness in times of great divisiveness. This book takes a fresh look at Wesley'...więcej »
Don't count out Gen Z. These misfits and dreamers desire to see change in the world. Born between 1995 and 2012, they are the largest generation in the United States, but most Christians misunderst...więcej »
At the forefront of science and technology there lie competing ideologies as to the nature of humanity and the future of human flourishing. Will technology become the ultimate savior, or has the wo...więcej »
Beliefs have consequences. Our beliefs about life's ""big questions""--Who am I? How should I act? What's my purpose for living?--impact our lives and the lives of people around us. Our answers sho...więcej »
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Reading Revelation Responsibly is for those who are confused by, afraid of, and/or preoccupied with the book of Revelation. In rescuing the Apocalypse from those who either completely mis...więcej »
According to bestselling historian Yuval Noah Harari, today'rsquo;s average American has their foot in three ideological camps: nationalism, free market capitalism, and humanism. The first two m...więcej »
This book arises from the conviction that the ways in which John Paul II and
Benedict XVI were confused as allies with American conservativism is as misleading, unclear, and confusing as any misapp...więcej »
The problem is that there are more portrayals of the way other people see African American women than the ways we see ourselves. The narrative voice of African American women is largely disregar...więcej »
There are few matters more important than God'apos;s mission in the world. This book offers a fresh contribution to a long-standing debate in Pauline and missional studies regarding the apparent...więcej »
From its very first days, the church has been lifting up its songs and poems from the earth to the heavens, whether in praise, thanksgiving, or lament. Join poets from across Syria, Europe, Armenia...więcej »
Many people nowadays are confused about the topic of heaven, skeptical about it, or think it beyond description. This book argues that, without venturing into the esoteric or fanciful, we can know ...więcej »
Can Eden, the flood, and the Tower of Babel be real events that historians have simply renamed? Could Finnish and Norse, Hindu, Greek and Egyptian myth all be recording this same real history? Did ...więcej »
Contemplating Country picks up where Gondwana Theology (2018) left off. It extends and deepens the ways in which Aboriginal spirituality and Christian theology may talk to each other. Employing the...więcej »
The Letter to Philemon is one of the most beautiful rhetorical letters written by Paul--and yet, at the same time, perhaps the most underread letter in the New Testament. Paul wrote this letter out...więcej »
I invite you to go on a pilgrimage. A pilgrimage is a journey with a sacred goal. The sacred goal I have in mind for you is knowing God. Perhaps you're already on that pilgrimage. Perhaps you alrea...więcej »
Finding God in Suffering is about a Jesus-follower's pilgrimage from East Asia to Australia. It speaks of his journey of sorrow and joy, struggles and hope, affliction and God's power in his weakne...więcej »
The Catholic Church--like other churches--has created institutions to support its spiritual mission. The exercise of authority plays a central role in how they function. The truth is that ugly accr...więcej »
The book provides a poetic description of the character's life or a particular event through the eyes of the writer. Ranging from Satan's song in the garden to the disciples' lament post-crucifixio...więcej »
Meant for both the Christian and the non-Christian, In God's Great Outdoors is a collection of 40 engaging devotions inspired by God's creation. Whether on the trail, in the tent, or upon a park be...więcej »
Pan-Worldly Things: The Hermetic Realm of the Opposites comprises twelve lyrical poems designed to prompt readers to entertain an amalgam of concerning matters through a rhymical, rhyming standard....więcej »
The Carmelite nun Therese of the Child Jesus (1873-1897) lived a contemplative monastic life. Through her writings, she continues to help people who live in completely different contexts to discove...więcej »
James used to laugh and joke with the other third graders. Now he was angry, aggressive, and defiant. James was hurting, but Pastor Becky didn't know how to help. Like many children's pastors, she ...więcej »
""Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly"" (Col 3:16). Regain the art of meditation, aided by simple versification of Scripture and hymnody that is firmly based on the word of God. Aptly suited...więcej »
Endorsements:
""Richard Morgan equally blends Scripture, poetry, and prayer in ways that resonate with the souls of those who grieve. Pastors will find Meditations for the Grieving to be a valuable...więcej »
The author does not aim to defend Luther's and Calvin's reading of Galatians against modern biblical scholarship but to read and hear them in their own contexts. He grapples with major theological ...więcej »
There are geniuses in every field of work and all walks of life. Throughout my life, I have seen the geniuses of justice at work in this nation and in faith communities. This book tells the stories...więcej »
Jesus told stories. His most powerful stories were parables about the kingdom of God:
The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed . . .
The kingdom of God is like a persistent widow . . .
The kingd...więcej »
Improve your service. While many claim to offer models of leadership suitable for contemporary society, this book goes a notch higher by doing so through the prism of Jesus's servant leadership. As...więcej »
Did you know that the Christmas story almost wasn't told? But Matthew and Luke saved Christmas. Have you wondered if Christmas is really a pagan holiday? Did marketers invent Santa Claus? And what ...więcej »
Sustaining Grace explores the dynamic between new faith communities and denominational systems through the lens of stewardship and sustainability. As a collection, these essays suggest that to faci...więcej »
In the late summer of 1938, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Moncrieff, a decorated veteran of the Royal Navy and senior strategist of Britain's SIS, monitors the daily growth of Hitler's war machine, conv...więcej »
The Roman practice of crucifixion was so abhorrent that even the Romans didn't talk about it. Yet their government practiced crucifixion for centuries. What drew the crowds to the killing fields to...więcej »