If you are struggling with the "traditional" ways of communicating Bible stories with your congregation, Randy Quinn offers an intriguing solution in his new book. Voices Overheard prov...więcej »
This book provides patterns, instructions and background information for twenty different Chrismons, or "monograms of Christ." It also includes a church program for presenting and explaining the me...więcej »
It is a simple theological truth: We become more like Jesus when we draw close to him. People of the Passion unpacks this tenet in a powerful examination of some of the main characters of Je...więcej »
Pastors love to preach about grace. The essence of the Good News, grace is unmerited favor from the all-powerful Creator of the world. There is perhaps no more satisfying message to deliver....więcej »
Do not stay where you are, but move ahead, move toward Jesus! ... Do not ask yourself whether the road is firm or practicable... look only to see that it is really the road that leads straight t...więcej »
A fresh look at scripture, a new presentation of the gospel, a deeper communication for God's truths -- this is what church drama has to offer.
Sunday Morning Readers' Theater, B, o...więcej »
Over and over again Christ comes to our hiding places and our living spaces to offer us the gift of salvation. He calls the "treetop followers," the "grandstand Christians," and the cowering out...więcej »
All these stories will touch the heart; some will evoke laughter and tears.
Here is a collection of forty stories, each simple and to the point. They are based on lectionary cycle A. The s...więcej »
Pilgrim explores seven roads Jesus traveled in this series of sermons for Lent, Palm Sunday, and Easter. The roads include those to the Wilderness, Nazareth, Capernaum, Samaria, Jericho, Jerusalem,...więcej »
We all must cope with life's trials and tribulations -- and there's no greater source for the comfort and support we need than the book of Psalms. Not only can the Psalms help us make it through di...więcej »
This book is written for preachers who suspect that the way they were taught to preach (and for the most part are still being taught to preach) simply does not work.
The author's ob...więcej »
Have you noticed a decline of grace in Christianity, seeing corporate worship more as a stage upon which sinners are shamed for their deeds? Rev. John Pennington has taken notice of this alarmin...więcej »
These two dramatic choral readings will place a permanent imprint on the conscience of all who speak and hear them. They won't be heard as much as they will be felt. The pain and the anguish, the e...więcej »
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel throughout the world, sharing the gospel and learning about different cultures? Jerry Schmalenberger's diary gives you a vicarious opportunity...więcej »
'THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.' ...więcej »
What does the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial have to do with Lent?Richard Gribble, CSC offers the image of this loveable alien stranded on a world that does not accept him to re...więcej »
Does the activity and busy calendar of the Christmas season wear you out? Are you always looking for a way to slow down when everyone around you seems to be speeding up? Do you long fo...więcej »
This study on the life and thought of St. Gregory of Nazianzus was written by feminist theologian and Patristic scholar, Rosemary Radford Ruether, as her doctoral dissertation and originally publis...więcej »
Beverly Beeghly Avers is the author of Intertwined: Beverly ' Barbara In the Womb published in 2014. She was born December 14, 1937. She is the mother of three daughters: Diane Mari...więcej »
Walking in the footsteps of Jesus Christ is a tremendous privilege, but a privilege with significant responsibilities and challenges. Following Jesus is a process that begins with the realizatio...więcej »