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Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder

From Choctaw elder Steven Charleston comes this new collection of more than two hundred prayerful meditations on the Spirit Wheel, the mystery that dwells behind and within creation. Charleston guides readers through the four hallmarks of Native spirituality - tradition, kinship, vision, and balance - to find the Spirit who loves without exception.

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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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Sleep Tight Tonight: A Book about Bedtime

A gentle bedtime book that will send children off to sleep with a smile and a prayer.

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In Spite of the Consequences: Prison Letters on Exoneration, Abolition, and Freedom

Falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison, Lacino Hamilton sent thousands of letters advocating for his innocence and critiquing the prison-industrial complex before he was finally exonerated twenty-six years later. Collected here, his letters demonstrate why he has become a leading voice on abolition, incarceration, and justice.

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The Birth of Jesus Advent Calendar and Nativity Scene

Build your very own nativity scene during the days leading up to Christmas with this ingenious Advent calendar. Perfect for the whole family to use together, The Birth of Jesus Advent Calendar and Nativity Scene is designed to be reusable so you and your kids can keep enjoying it for years to come!

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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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Journeying through Lent with Mark: Daily Meditations

A Christ-centered guide to the Gospel of Mark for daily devotion and group study during Lent. Lent is traditionally a time to reflect on the life, death, and...

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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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Power Surge: Six Marks of Discipleship for a Changing Church

A powerful plan to transform church members into impassioned disciples. Drawing on his experience at Prince of Peace, Foss makes the case for transforming...

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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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Little Steps, Big Faith: How the Science of Early Childhood Development Can Help You Grow Your Child's Faith

Learn how brain science can be used as a tool to teach faith formation in the first years of life.

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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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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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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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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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Making Sense of Martin Luther DVD

Presented by David J. Lose, this seven-session video explores how Luther's understanding of God's life-changing gospel informs day-to-day faith and life in the world today.

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Book of Harmony: Spirit and Service in the Lutheran Confessions

This study presents the Lutheran Confessions as a valuable partner for ministry in twenty-first-century contexts, interpreting these teachings for those who want to learn more about this branch of the Reformation. 

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Whirl Bible NRSV Hardcover

The Whirl NRSV Bible puts all the readings of the RCL in context with highlighting and sidebar aids.

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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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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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