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Writing to God – Kid’s’ Edition offers guidance to kids that parents can also appreciate: It invites them to speak to God creatively through their pens (or pencils, or crayons). In 35 days, kids are invited to pray to God using their senses, reflecting on their feelings, in light of Bible verses, looking at nature, to understand the ordinary events of life, to use new words and pictures for God, and as a way to say “thank you.” “Hackenberg’s book gives children permission to experience prayer as daily conversation with God. The freshness and honesty of her own prayers and her helpful prompts invite them to find and value their own words as offerings to a God who wants to be in relationship with them.” –Anabel Proffitt, Associate Professor of Educational Ministries, Lancaster Theological Seminary
- Speaks to an authentic articulation of living out our faith - Valuable insights presented in easy-to-read (and identify with) style
Learn and laugh with these women of the church, bound together by a deep commitment to ministry. Over fifty clergywomen representing fourteen denominations explore their holy—and unflinchingly human—moments as they juggle the sometimes isolating expectations from their congregations and the shared realities, graces and humor of everyday life.
Rachel Hackenberg offers twelve deceptively light-hearted chapters that explore the words of faith anew and thereby introduce The Word afresh. This book sparks the spiritual imagination even as it provides practical exercises for an inspired retreat experience!
A Year of Reflection "God is still speaking" started as an advertising slogan for the United Church of Christ, but more than 20 years later, it endures as a faith proclamation: God is still speaking—in the Bible but also through the arts, in the sciences, and in the struggles for justice. God is still speaking—because the world is still evolving. God is still speaking—and God isn't finished with us yet! God is still speaking—so we should keep engaging our faith with curiosity, wonder, and even playfulness. If you wonder whether God has anything to say in these tumultuous times; if your faith is feeling stuck or finding itself in unknown territory; if you think devotional books are sappy or pious or irrelevant; God Is Still Speaking will give your spirit a God-filled jolt! Each devotional begins with scripture, ends with prayer, and brings bold encouragement to your day. God is Still Speaking: 365 Daily Devotionals is a collection of wondering, provocative, and playful reflections for the person who thinks devotional books are "too pious." Spend 365 days immersed in the affirmation: God is still speaking!
In Desperately Seeking Spirituality, sacred spelunker and sociologist Meredith Gould, combines practical wisdom with lived experience to explain why and when traditional practices don’t work for today’s seeker and then how to choose ones that will. In short, easy-to-read chapters and with characteristic wit, Gould provides counsel for reframing perception to discover the sacred in everyday life. This guide is for self-identified seekers who have tried some, many, or even all the classic spiritual practices and then, given up on them when they stop working. In Desperately Seeking Spirituality, Gould invites readers to embrace a broader definition of practice that shifts focus from doing to being.
Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice invites you to open your eyes, ears and hearts to your congregation. By listening to their stories you will not only find out who they are but help them to better claim whose they are. By studying the "texts" of your community, Mary Clark Moschella helps you to understand their "contexts." Moschella will inspire you through actual cases to be more prophetic and priestly in ministry. Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice will, in a step-by-step fashion, help you and your congregation to embrace change and celebrate transformation. This revised second edition incorporates new scholarship on qualitative methods in ethnographic research and their spreading applica...
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An internationally recognized Christian formation program. This latest addition to the Godly Play® series focuses on methods for mentors to use with school aged children to keep them engaged, including adaptations to the environment, adding more stories, offering more sophisticated materials for free-art responses, and more. There are compelling reasons for doing Godly Play with this age group and this book shows you how. Praise for the Godly Play series: "Jerome Berryman recognizes the inherent spirituality of childhood and his message in this book empowers parents and caregivers to nurture their children’s connection to their place of belonging in God’s ongoing story." —Christian Education Journal "Jerome Berryman's work helps children internalize the Christian tradition, and then offers them the opportunity to use that tradition in their daily living." —Rev. Jim Carr, Methodist Minister, San Antonio