Religion
Religion
Humble and Strong: Mutually Accountable Leadership in the Church
To be effective, leadership must be humble and strong. The leadership we often see in churches and not-for-profits, as well as in corporations, can be neither. The purpose of this book is to analyze these assertions, then to discuss how...
$33.00
How to Motivate, Train and Nurture Acolytes
This guide for acolyte directors includes ideas for training new and veteran acolytes, encouraging team spirit, and providing a strong spiritual foundation. Presents five workshops with detailed activities. Helps trainers impart a deeper understanding of the acolyte's vital role in...
$29.00
How Can I Let Go If I Don't Know I'm Holding On?: Setting Our Souls Free
An exploration of the difficult, but necessary lesson of life―letting go―as a means of healing, maturing, and getting closer to God and who and what is important Letting go isn’t just saying good-bye to people, places, and things, as important...
$25.00
The Hound of Heaven (Revised)
The Classic Victorian poem about Christian angst that still speaks to modern audiences. Accompanied by illustrations that deepen the meaning of the poem.A portable paperback version of a long poem by the Catholic Victorian poet Francis Thompson that grapples with...
$11.00
Hospitality: The Heart of Spiritual Direction
In this latest addition to the Spiritual Directors International Series, professional spiritual directors and those in formation programs learn to extend traditional forms of hospitality by living out its deeper meaning as they explore ways in which the spirit of...
$22.00
A Hospital Visitor's Handbook: The Do's and Don'ts of Hospital Visitation
Christian communities are a lot like families, so it’s only natural for individuals to show their love and concern by visiting fellow parishioners who are sick in the hospital. But without a bit of information, a well-intentioned visit might bring...
$16.00
A Hospital Handbook on Multiculturalism and Religion, Revised Edition: Practical Guidelines for Health Care Workers (Revised)
In our religiously pluralistic society, clergy, medical, and nursing staffs in modern hospitals are confronted with caring for people with varied beliefs and customs. Since the overall care of a patient, and not just the surgeries performed or medicines given,...
$20.00
The Hospital Handbook: A Practical Guide to Hospital Visitation (Revised)
Truly a practical guide to hospital visitation and a useful resource for the experienced pastor or concerned lay visitor.––The Clergy Journal Hospital visitation is a vital part of any church’s ministry. Written for the divinity student, the beginning or experienced...
$25.00
Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action, and Climate Change
United Methodist Women’s Reading Group Selection “What can I do about the environment? What has God said about the environment?” Most books about climate change only address one of these questions. Those from a religious perspective do not address what...
$27.00
The Hopeful Family: Raising Resilient Children in Uncertain Times
Raise hopeful, grounded and action-oriented children in a time that feels full of uncertainty.Kids and parents alike are feeling the weight of these troubling times. Anxiety disorders are on the rise in teens and children. “Climate anxiety” is a phrase...
$23.00
Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry
From an award-winning poet comes a humanizing story of immigration shown through the lens of undocumented, unaccompanied children and the poems they write. “Heartfelt . . . a surprisingly uplifting call to reform an unjust system.” –Publishers WeeklyIn heart-wrenching prose,...
$28.00
Honest Creativity: The Foundations of Boundless, Good, and Inspired Innovation
An essential guide for not only fostering genuine personal expression, but also the courage to share our most meaningful work with others—all without pretense or artifice. Author, filmmaker, educator, cultural commentator, and Variety Mentor of the Year recipient Craig Detweiler has taught thousands how...
$30.00
A Holy Island Prayer Book
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne is often called "the holiest place in England" because of all the saints who have lived there. St. Aidan and St. Cuthbert, two popular Celtic saints, are buried there. For more than 1,300 years pilgrims...
$25.00
The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne is more than a history, its a book of stories about the Holy Island and its people: their trials and tribulations, as well as their celebrations and successes, revealing how Lindisfarne and its people have coped with and adapted...
$20.00
The Holy Eucharist: Rites I and II
This is The Holy Eucharist: Rite One and Rite Two from the Book of Common Prayer according to use in the Episcopal Church in the United States as authorized in 1979 in large type font.
$20.00
Holy Companions: Spiritual Practices from the Celtic Saints
The Celtic tradition continues to captivate readers. Centuries old, it seems to speak to the modern world with a fresh voice. In Holy Companions, readers are invited to get to know and journey with eighteen Celtic saints. The authors have provided...
$20.00
Holy Bible, Nrsvue with Apocrypha, Personal Edition
“Every serious Bible reader should check it out....[it] communicates the Word of God most engagingly and winsomely to my ear. Because of this, the NRSVue is now at the top of my translation ranking.” Kevin Martin, First Things A personal edition of...
$50.00
A History of the Episcopal Church - Third Revised Edition: Complete Through the 78th General Convention
"...a lively story of the Episcopal tradition"—E. Brooks Holifield A thorough, carefully researched history that sets church events against the background of social changes. Completely revised and updated, this third revised edition covers the history of the Episcopal Church up...
$122.00
A History of the Episcopal Church - Third Revised Edition: Complete Through the 78th General Convention
This thorough, carefully researched history sets church events against the background of social changes. This third revised edition will be up-to-date through the events of the 2012 General Convention of the Episcopal Church.
$49.00
A History of the Church in England: Third Edition (Revised)
A comprehensive history of the Christianity in Great Britain from the Roman Empire, through the Reformation and the 20th century. This authoritative account of the Church in England covers its history from earliest times to the late twentieth century. Includes...
$47.00
Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul
Meditations addressing the spiritual needs of queer Christians. A new look at ten selected parables of Jesus, that expands the scope of interpretation of each story to highlight God's extravagant welcome of all people. The perspective in the reflections is...
$25.00
Healing in the Landscape of Prayer (Revised)
An account of the author's training and experience in parish healing ministry, along with history, practical advice, and guidance. For Christians, the ministry of healing prayer goes back to our deepest roots, to Jesus of Nazareth, who cared for those...
$25.00
He Called Me Sister: A True Story of Finding Humanity on Death Row
Deeply poignant and astonishingly personal, this “moving story of a death in Tennessee” (Bill Moyers) shows hope can endure, grace can redeem, and humanity can exist―even in the darkest of places It was a clash of race, privilege, and circumstance...
$30.00
Grounded in God: Listening Hearts Discernment for Group Deliberations (Revised Edition) (Rev)
$19.00
Grounded in God: Listening Hearts Discernment for Group Deliberations (Revised Edition) (Rev)
A powerful, prayerful, and practical guide teaches groups a whole new way of conducting meetings and reaching consensus. Whether your group, committee or board is secular or religious, its members can now move beyond parliamentary procedure to a higher level...
$19.00
Grateful and Generous Hearts
A short guidebook on what it means to be a Christian investing time, talent, and treasure for the body of Christ.The Rev. Dr. John H. Westerhoff challenges Christians to move beyond the quest for material possessions by embarking on a...
$12.00
A Gracious Rain: A Devotional Comentary on the Prayers of the Church Year
Using the Collects (opening prayers) for each Sunday and major feast day of the church year (including Christmas, Epiphany, and the days of Holy Week and Easter Week), the author offers a brief (one-page), anecdotal meditation on the relationship of...
$27.00
Grace's Window: Entering the Season of Prayer
Suzanne Guthrie teaches us about the seasons of prayer by letting us enter her own in these forty meditations stretching from Advent through Pentecost. Against the landscape of northern California, Guthrie gently leads us through the ancient 'illuminative way’ of...
$22.00
Gospel Memories: The Future Can Rewrite Our Past
While there is truth in the idea that our past shapes our future, the gospel is all about the counter-intuitive promise that God is shaping us right now toward God's vision of who we will become. It is not our...
$20.00
Gospel in the Global Village: Seeking God's Dream of Shalom
In this second book by Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori, she explores issues and challenges of deep concern to the Episcopal Church, the wider Body of Christ, and the world at large. Arranged thematically, her essays reflect on the travel, issues,...
$22.00
The Gospel According to Sam: Animal Stories for the Soul (20th Anniversary Edition) (Anniversary)
$27.00
The Gospel According to Sam: Animal Stories for the Soul (20th Anniversary Edition) (Anniversary)
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, The Gospel According to Sam is newly revised and updated with brand new stories of joy, love, and hope surrounding the Fearless Earless Airedale, Sam. The Gospel According to Sam is a collection of “animal stories for the soul,”...
$27.00