Augsburg Fortress

Preaching to the Choir: The Care and Nurture of the Church Choir, Second Edition

Preaching to the Choir imparts practical and pastoral wisdom to church musicians in their vocation as choir directors. This updated second edition attends to recent challenges choir directors have encountered and provides guidance as they look to the future, always with a sense of the Spirit’s presence, a deep care for those who sing, and a warm sense of humor.

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We're Better Together: A Book about Differences

We can help each other, and we're better when we work together!

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Ancient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed-Driven Toxicity of the Far Right

In Ancient Echoes, Walter Brueggemann responds to eight "truth claims" made by the radical right in US politics. In each instance, ancient biblical faith grounds the critical response to those mistaken "truth claims." The echoes of biblical faith reveal that the right wing "truth claims" contradict reality and the legacy of the biblical tradition.

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God Finds Us: A Book about Being Found

A seek-and-find book that introduces kids to the idea that God is all around them.

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A Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible

Many of us would like to study the Bible, but don't know how to begin. A Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible offers help in getting started with a book...

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Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry

Made, Known, Loved: Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Youth Ministry builds on experience and wisdom developed through The Naming Project, a ministry created at the intersection of youth, faith, and LGBTQ identity. Ministry cofounder Ross Murray shows congregations how to examine their values and create a program that affirms LGBTQ youth in their faith and their identity, accepts and welcomes diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, and equips future leaders for the church and the LGBTQ community.

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Little Prayers for Everyday Life

An illustrated prayer book with prayers for the ordinary and extraordinary moments in a child's life.

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Grit and Grace: Heroic Women of the Bible

Experience the grit and grace of seventeen women of the Bible through creative first-person retellings of each person's story. This book connects preteen girls with the women of the Bible, showing them that they are created in the image of God to do mighty things in this world.

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Embodied Liturgy: Lessons in Christian Ritual

Embodied Liturgy marks a “return to the body” in thinking about Christian liturgy and sacramental practice. With the body as a primary focus, the volume explores the crucial content of liturgical theology, examining the offices of prayer, the church’s liturgical calendar, sacraments and sacramental theology, word and sacramental liturgy, ritual studies, music and art, and cultural issues.

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God Made Feelings: A Book about Emotions

God made us with all sorts of emotions. Joy, boredom, shyness, anger, happiness: what do these feel like? How can we handle them?

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The Augsburg Confession: Renewing Lutheran Faith and Practice

The Augsburg Confession is the single most-important confession of faith among Lutherans today. However, it is often taught either from a historical perspective or from a dogmatic one. Timothy J. Wengert situates the history and the theology of this document within the practice and life of faith and so shows just how relevant the Confession's witness is for today's Lutheran parishes and their leaders.

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The Everyday Advocate: Living Out Your Calling to Social Justice

In The Everyday Advocate, Ross Murray encourages Christians to discern their call to advocate for justice and shows them how to respond faithfully by taking practical steps in everyday life. He also shows faith leaders how to help people think through their calling to advocacy and connect with communities that can use their passions and talents.

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Cultural Architecture: A Path to Creating Vitalized Congregations

Cultural Architecture: A Path to Creating Vitalized Congregations serves to assist pastors and leaders as they guide their congregations through the painstaking and intensive process of redevelopment. It provides hands-on tools to guide congregational leaders in creating vision, core values, and strategic plans. Although Hill's approach is grounded in his experiences within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, his systems for cultural architecture can be applied to congregations of any denomination.

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Making Sense of Martin Luther Leader Guide

Skillfully guide groups through Making Sense of Martin Luther with this easy-to-use leader guide.

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A Grief Received: What to Do When Loss Leaves You Empty Handed

In A Grief Received, JL Gerhardt offers a personal, authentic, and practical approach to weathering grief with hope. She draws on the loss of her younger brother when she was twenty-one and other experiences of grief. Through nine practices grieving people can adopt to position themselves to receive the gifts of grief, Gerhardt sheds light on a path to transformation. Readers will feel comforted, directed, and inspired to seek God's shaping in their grief.

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By Heart Course DVD

Short, lively, animated videos provide a way to focus the group's attention toward the By Heart book. Designed to be used with the By Heart course to pique interest.

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Whirl Bible NRSV Paperback

The Whirl NRSV Bible puts all of the readings of the RCL at your fingertips, with highlighting and sidebar aids.

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Be Still...And Know That I Am God: Devotions for Every Day of the Year

This daily devotional is based on selected reflections written over a three-year period by the author whose challenging, thoughtprovoking, and personal...

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The Student Bible Atlas

For over twenty-five years, The Student Bible Atlas has been a trusted companion for Bible students of all ages and interests. Clear, concise, colorful, and priced for any budget, there are nearly 100,000 copies in print!

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When Trauma Wounds: Pathways to Healing and Hope

In When Trauma Wounds, psychologist Karen A. McClintock combines psychological approaches with faith resources to improve trauma recovery. Whether you have experienced trauma or are a caregiving pastor, church member, or friend to a survivor, this book will familiarize you with trauma symptoms and healing strategies.

McClintock shows readers how to create a sanctuary to shelter a wounded soul. She helps trauma survivors find acceptance, hope, and healing.

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