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Religion
Echo of the Soul: The Sacredness of the Human Body
An exploration of what it means to be in the “image of God,” using the Bible and ancient texts. What does it mean to be made in the “image and likeness” of God? That’s the first-and defining―characteristic of our humanity,...
$22.00
Ears to Hear: Recognizing and Responding to God's Call
Invites us to recognize – and respond – to our own unique vocations. Ears to Hear takes readers on a journey through the Old Testament, showing the way God called ordinary people to service, and drawing parallels for ordinary people in...
$22.00
Downtown Monks: A Benedictine Journey in the City (Revised)
Downtown Monks tells the story of the challenges facing a community of Benedictine monks in their ministry of running a boys’ school amid the gritty realities of inner-city life in Newark, New Jersey. Father Holtz’s story remains an inspiration for readers...
$25.00
Do This, Remembering Me: The Spiritual Care of Those with Alzheimer's and Dementia
Memory loss should not be spiritual loss.“What do I do to help?” Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, almost everyone knows someone with some form of dementia, yet few know how to answer that...
$19.00
The Digital Cathedral: Networked Ministry in a Wireless World
Provides both practical and theological perspectives on using media appropriately and pastorally.Rapid cultural and technological changes through the last two decades have changed the context for ministry. The development of digital social media and advances in affordable, mobile technologies have...
$37.00
The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from the Women of the Wilderness
A historical and enlightening introduction to Desert Mothers and the wise spiritual lessons we can glean from their lives, trials and tribulations, and writings. At the dawn of Christianity, holy women went into the wilderness of the desert of Northern...
$17.00
The Desert An Anthology for Lent
The desert, with its great emptiness and silence, has long been a symbol of solitude. In our spiritual lives, we sometimes seek such isolation as a means of abandoning ourselves completely to God. At other times, solitude comes upon us...
$27.00
Deeper Simplicity, Broader Generosity: Images of Financial Wholeness
Deeper Simplicity, Broader Generosity uses images found in agriculture, architecture, and creation―including a trellis, a jackpine, an artichoke, a ballet barre, a stork nest―to engage the reader in exploration of how and why we earn, spend, invest, and share our money....
$20.00
Deacons and the Church: Making Connections Between Old and New
xplores the pastoral implications of a new scholarly understanding of the role of deacons in the Early Church.In many churches today -- Catholic, Anglican, and others -- deacons have come to serve largely as servants of the poor and needy....
$44.00
Days of Grace: Meditation and Practices for Living with Illness
Using the metaphor of pilgrimage, this book invites readers to reflect on living with illness.The heart of the book is a collection of 30 meditations, each followed by a reflection, a short prayer, and a suggested spiritual practice. The meditations...
$18.00
Dare to Be Rare
An uplifting guide for Christian teen girls to live life knowing they are love by God. Taking Romans 12:2 as its foundation―“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, you may prove...
$20.00
Dancing with God: Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope
"The image of dancing with God may seem like an odd one for a book on Christian theology," writes Jay Johnson, "More than a few people probably assume dancing and theology have at least one thing in common: Other people...
$44.00
The Cup of Salvation: A Manual for Lay Eucharistic Ministries
Designed specifically for laity, this manual offers practical tips and theological underpinnings of this Eucharistic ministry. In the Episcopal Church, the term Eucharistic Minister is used to denote someone who assists the priest with administering the Eucharist, often handling the...
$33.00
Cultivating the Missional Church: New Soil for Growing Vestries and Leaders
Written from a post-Christendom/emergent worldview, this books was born of a singular question asked in hundreds of ways: "What do we do to be faithful in this changed and changing reality?" Whether shaped by anxiety, a foretaste of coming changes,...
$20.00
The Cruelty of Heresy: An Affirmation of Christian Orthodoxy
A scholarly review of early Christian history and its policies against heresy and lessons for today’s church leaders and reformers Ancient heresies have modern expressions that influence our churches and culture, creating cruel dilemmas for today’s Christian in the form...
$25.00
Crossing Myself: A Story of Spiritual Rebirth
Since its initial publication in 2006, Crossing Myself, Greg Garrett's memoir of faith and depression, has been read, appreciated, and passed on by church leaders and fellow sufferers to those who might benefit from reading it. A book marked by honesty,...
$25.00
Crossing 2nd Edition: Reclaiming the Landscape of Our Lives
Illuminates the spiritual journey we all take and the choices we all take and the choices we make by focusing on five of the monastic hours, from Vigils which reflect on the edges of the day and our own difficulty...
$21.00
Crosses of Many Cultures
A brief history of the simple, but powerful design of the cross, with more than 20 patterns for appliqué. Throughout the ages many cultures have developed their own designs to depict the cross. A symbol of both suffering and victory,...
$20.00
Talking God: Preaching to Contemporary Congregations
What does it mean to preach to a 21st century congregation?Today’s church has a digital dilemma: We live in an age where “new media” is inescapable, yet many still perceive these new forms of communication as either an unmanageable challenge...
$33.00
Cross Words: A Devotional for Youth
Youth (and their parents, mentors, and leaders) are continually seeking a devotional from a mainline Christian perspective that honors them. Different than many youth devotionals, which use punitive language and the context of purity, Cross Words is a devotional for students that...
$32.00
Crisis Leadership
Recent crises have revealed the desperate need for wise, grounded leadership. Too often, leaders have little experience and even less training in how to address crises in a way that strengthens their communities and guides them into the future. Drawing...
$14.00
Creative Ideas for Worship with All Abilities
This vital resource explores the essential considerations of pastoral work with those with intellectual disabilities. Drawing on the vast experience of the L’Arche community that fully includes and centers those with intellectual disabilities, this practical guide offers ideas for imaginative...
$25.00
Crazy Christians: A Call to Follow Jesus
The breakout star of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding shares his views on being unabashedly Christian for the 21st century. An expansion of his wildly popular sermon for the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 2012, Rt....
$23.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Psalms
Written in accessible language and sensitive to those who have little or no experience in reading the Bible, each book in the Conversations with Scripture series focuses on exploring the historical and critical background of the biblical texts, while illustrating...
$22.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Parables
From the very beginning, human beings have loved to listen to stories. And Jesus loved to tell them. The parables are vivid, rich,arresting stories that make us think and teach us lessons about our relationship with God and others. From...
$22.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Law
Although the Ten Commandments has been the center of much recent controversy in American politics, scripture contains many laws about which Christians are perplexed. If the Bible contains laws, shouldn't those laws be followed? What does the law that prohibits...
$22.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Matthew
This book invites readers to enter the narrative world and the historical context of Matthew’s gospel to encounter Jesus Christ in his mighty works and words. Focusing on particular social and theological issues, such as eschatology and Jewish-Christian conflict, it...
$22.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Mark
Most Christians are familiar with the story told in Mark's gospel, from the fishermen leaving their nets, to the miracle of the loaves and fishes, to the political rumblings and the crucifixion. But no one knows who Mark really was...
$22.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Luke
The best of therapy and spiritual direction begins with telling stories that describe where we have been and where we are going. Luke is neither a psychologist nor a spiritual director, but intuitively he understands the importance of storytelling as...
$22.00
Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of John
A scholarly evaluation of the fourth Gospel and Johannine community. For contemporary Christians, Johns Gospel is a paradox. On the one hand, it stresses boundaries: “No one comes to the Father except through me.” But on the other hand, it’s...
$22.00