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Preaching Jeremiah: Announcing God's Restorative Passion

In this book, Walter Brueggemann conducts in an experiment in homiletics. He wants us to wrestle with the question: What if we allow the canonical shape of the book of Jeremiah to instruct us concerning the shape and trajectory of the sermon? The preaching task requires honesty about what God requires and a clear proclamation of what God has done and will yet do.

9781506466019

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A Lay Preacher’s Guide: How to Craft a Faithful Sermon

In A Lay Preacher's Guide: How to Craft a Faithful Sermon, Karoline M. Lewis provides lay preachers with an essential and accessible guide to the basics of Sunday-morning preaching. In this go-to resource for lay preachers, Lewis lays out in a concise and clear format the steps to preaching a faithful sermon, a process that can be immediately applied to weekly sermon preparation.

9781506462738

$21.99
Practicing Care in Rural Congregations and Communities

Small towns and rural areas have particular challenges, and in seeking to live out the Christian life in the midst of those, local churches have unique and useful insights into what it means to care for one another.

9780800699543

$4.75
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Journeying in the Wilderness: Forming Faith in the 21st Century

Journeying in the Wilderness places a confessional understanding of faith in dialogue with five contextually altering forces in order to provide a pathway for congregations to reimagine faith formation in the midst of twenty-first-century realities. The use of stories, nontechnical language, and biblical perspectives make this work accessible for congregational leaders and others who seek to explore new directions in forming faith. Each chapter includes leadership competencies, shared practices, and group discussion questions.

9781506455600

$19.99
Liberating Youth from Adolescence

Liberating youth through theological reflection on vocation Jeremy Paul Myers, a seasoned expert in youth and family ministry, calls the church to challenge the dominant...

9781506433431

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Shaping the Claim: Moving from Text to Sermon

Shaping the Claim helps the preacher discover the core of the message to be preached—the sermonic "claim." In order to be effective, says...

9780800604295

$19.00
Pastoral Care of Older Adults

By the year 2000 more than half of mainline Protestants will be over the age of sixty. Older adults have special needs to which many pastors are not...

9780800629649

$17.99
I Can Do No Other: The Church's New Here We Stand Moment

Author Anna M. Madsen's book is a fresh and challenging look at the legacy of Martin Luther and the new reformation that is calling people of faith to action today. She makes a compelling case that justice, anchored in justification, is our new Reformation moment, one not inconsistent with Luther's theology, but weighted differently to address the different weighty concerns of our day. A study guide is included to encourage group conversation and action.

9781506427379

$18.99
The Peoples’ Sermon: Preaching as a Ministry of the Whole Congregation

In The People's Sermon, Shauna K. Hannan argues that preaching is not a solo endeavor. It is a communal practice, a ministry of the whole congregation that is most faithful when the process is shared. She invites readers to reflect on what preaching is and to explore roles in the congregation's preaching ministry. Further, she guides readers and their communities through a process that will equip hearers for their roles in the preaching ministry.

9781506466934

$19.99
The Church in Act: Lutheran Liturgical Theology in Ecumenical Conversation

This book explores the dynamics of ecclesial and liturgical theology, examining the body of Christ in action.

9781451488838

$7.25
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El Uso de los Medios de Gracia: The Use of the Means of Grace (Spanish Edition)

Este documento fue adoptado en la Asamblea Nacional de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en América en el 1997 para ser utilizado como guía en las prácticas sacramentales de la iglesia.

9780806637020

$5.45
Transforming Leadership: New Vision for a Church in Mission

Transforming Leadership sets forth the core values and leadership practices that can bring fundamental transformation to the life of the local church. Based on...

9780800620486

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Divine Laughter: Preaching and the Serious Business of Humor

The authors look closely at both the cultural phenomenon of stand-up comedy and theories of humor, asking what preachers can learn from both. Divine Laughter brings the task of preaching into conversation with both the comedic parts of the Bible and the theological parts of the comedic in order to bring a new kind of life to preaching.

9781506468679

$19.99
Resurrecting Church: Where Justice and Diversity Meet Radical Welcome and Healing Hope

Resurrecting Church interweaves three stories, beginning with the remarkable turnaround story of Caldwell Presbyterian Church, which was on the edge of extinction when author John Cleghorn became its pastor. Cleghorn also tells the story of his own growth and liberation from the myopia of privilege. Also included are stories of several diverse congregations that have taken risks, deepening empathy and seeking justice. The book updates the conversation about church vitality in timely and surprising ways.

9781506464848

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Stuck: Why Clergy Are Alienated from Their Calling, Congregation, and Career ... and What to Do about It

This book lets pastors who feel stuck know that they're not alone or crazy, and it's not their fault. It helps congregations better support their clergy. And it joins in the conversation about reshaping seminary training and professional development.

9781506480831

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Godly Play: An Imaginative Approach to Religious Education

A practical yet innovative approach to religious education -- becoming childlike in order to teach children. Godly Play invites us to consider spiritual...

9780806627854

$19.00
Spiritual Care

Bonhoeffer says spiritual care is a function of the congregation and that it is an aspect of the broader, more encompassing activity of proclamation. In...

9780800618742

$24.00
Clergy Burnout, Revised and Expanded: Surviving in Turbulent Times

In Clergy Burnout, Fred Lehr explores the nature and practice of codependence in the life and ministry of clergy. In short, insightful, and easily accessible chapters, he offers many useful examples along with hard-won and carefully distilled wisdom for ministry amid today's cultural shifts.

9781506474304

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Caring Liturgies: The Pastoral Power of Christian Ritual

Caregiving practices in churches often center around listening and giving counsel, making referrals, and creating support groups for specific needs. In Caring Liturgies...

9780800697365

$24.00
Pastoral Care Emergencies

David K. Switzer presents a clear, illustrative and practical manual for pastoral caregivers that covers the entire range of pastoral care emergencies...

9780800632281

$29.00