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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
$5.75
$22.99Save 75%
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Giving Up Whiteness: One Man's Journey
Jeff James thought he was one of the good white guys. But when he asked an African American friend how he could help fight racism, he had to think again. "Simple," she shot back, "get rid of whiteness." In Giving Up Whiteness, James examines what it means to be white in twenty-first-century America. Ultimately, James writes, well-meaning white people have a lot of work to do, and it's past time to get started.
9781506464022
$24.99
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Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It (New and Revised)
New updated and expanded paperback reveals the universal yearning writer David Zahl identifies, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." Today, we look to various passions--from eating to parenting to voting--for the meaning once provided on Sunday morning. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism." Ultimately, Zahl brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its countercultural wonder.
9781506467641
$19.99
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With Courage and Compassion: Women and the Ecumenical Movement
With Courage and Compassion celebrates the contributions of women to nations, societies, churches, and the ecumenical movement. While recounting the progressive stance the World Council of Churches has taken in recognizing the leadership and theological gifts of women, this book is honest about the many forms of exclusion and even violence against women in societies in the church and the ecumenical movement that persist. It calls for a transformation of unjust attitudes and systems.
9781506430249
$7.25
$29.00Save 75%
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A Large Catechism: Understanding Church Music in the Lutheran Tradition
This collection is intended for pastors, church musicians, worship committees, and those interested in better understanding and putting into practice in congregational life the rich tradition of Lutheran worship and church music. These essays do not attempt to answer every possible question which might arise. But they can provide a fruitful basis for continued thoughtful discussion as those new to the Lutheran tradition seek greater understanding of the rich heritage they can rightfully claim.
9781942304265
$5.00
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Abundance: Creating a Culture of Generosity
Pastor and certified fundraising executive (CFRE) Michael R. Ward provides church leaders a resource to lead their congregations to a new culture of generosity and abundance that raises more money as well as more disciples. This book guides a process of study, reflection, and action that is clear and practical. Ward taps into years of experience fundraising in the nonprofit sector to address the ongoing challenges of financing ministry.
9781506461403
$17.99
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Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King, Jr. -- these giants of recent Christian social thought are here reassessed for a new context and a new generation....
9780800663339
$34.00
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Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust
Leading scholars in the field of Holocaust studies place the Nazi era in full historical perspective. This book is a broad overview of the Protestant and...
9780800629311
$29.00
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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
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Ask Me for a Blessing (You Know You Need One)
Once a week Adrian Dannhauser stands outside her church with a sign that reads "Ask me for a blessing." What is a blessing? Do you have to believe to receive one? Dannhauser offers glimpses into the tender, holy, and funny moments she has with people looking for a blessing and delves into the power that ancient ideas hold in a disenchanted world.
9781506468044
$22.99
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See You Tomorrow: A Manna and Mercy Board Book
This colorful and inviting board book introduces young children to trusting in God’s promises.
9781506479262
$8.49
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Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms, Revised and Expanded Edition
?Theology does not often produce a mix of humor and profundity. In Crazy Talk all three come together. You will break up laughing and just...
9781506418469
$19.99
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The Cross in Our Context: Jesus and the Suffering World
In this small gem of theological reflection, North America's foremost "theologian of the cross" offers a profound and compelling contemplation on the...
9780800635817
$21.00
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We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope
Native America has confronted apocalypse for more than four hundred years. Choctaw elder Steven Charleston tells the stories of four Indigenous prophets who helped their people learn strategies for surviving catastrophe, using their lessons and wisdom as guidance for how we can face the uncertainty of the modern age.
9781506486673
$26.99
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Flip It Like This!
Aggravated women disciples, Jesus hugging rainbow sheep, a man praying "WTF?": the cartoons of David Hayward, the artist behind @NakedPastor, are graffiti on the walls of the church. This collection includes best-loved and never-before-seen cartoons that will challenge and inspire those grappling with the realities of the church as we know it.
9781506484723
$19.99
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You Are Revolutionary
This empowering picture book teaches all kids, no matter their age or abilities, that they have what it takes to change the world. They don't need to wait until they grow up, and they don't even need any special skills. They can make a big difference--just as they are.
9781506478302
$17.99
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Little Mole's Christmas Gift
A little generosity goes a long way in Little Mole's Christmas Gift.
9781506448756
$17.99
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The Daily Prayer of the Church
This is a complete prayer book in the ancient way of offices including text and music for Morning, Evening, and Compline Prayer for each season of the Church year, Forms for Prayer during the Day, Proper antiphons and Psalm prayers, and both ancient and modern hymns. Based on the two-year lectionary, this prayer book offers an ecumenical course of collects, an enriched calendar of festivals and commemorations, as well as intercessions and devotional prayers.
9781932688108
$45.00
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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
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Crazy Book: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Biblical Terms, Revised and Expanded Edition
Very similar in tone and organization to Crazy Talk, the authors of Crazy Book unleash their passion, faith, and humor. This time they have their sights on the...
9781506418445
$19.99
Lutheran Study Bible
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