Augsburg Fortress

A Servant's Manual: Christian Leadership for Tomorrow

Christians and their institutions are stuck, says Michael Foss, stuck in the thinking and dilemmas of the past. This short volume is a plea for Christians to...

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God Beyond Gender: Feminist Christian God-Language

The Christian use of God-language has become a matter of debate among laypersons, theologians, worship leaders, and others. Such debates are often heated,...

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The Storied Church: A Strategy for Congregational Renewal

The Storied Church focuses on story-centered church renewal and is born of a suspicion that the restorative, transformative, life-giving function that stories have for us as individuals may serve communities of faithful people as well. If stories help us survive as human creatures, why can't they help churches survive? This book is a tool to empower pastors and lay leaders to effect revitalizing change in their faith communities. Each chapter includes questions for reflection.

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Faithful Economics: 25 Short Insights

Careful moral reflection and action are important across all of modern life, but they are especially critical in matters of economics. Faithful Economics is the ideal guide for navigating this complex arena and coming to a deeper understanding of how our faith and our economic lives intersect. The book is organized in twenty-five short lessons, each of which illuminates the issues, explains the questions, and leaves the reader with clarity and understanding.

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The Annotated Luther, Volume 4: Pastoral Writings

Volume 4 of The Annotated Luther series presents an array of Martin Luther’s writings related to pastoral work, including sermons, hymns, letters, writings on prayer and the Christian life, as well as his widely used Small Catechism. 

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In the Bleak Midwinter: Forty Meditations and Prayers for Advent and Christmas

Once again, well-known and beloved author Herbert Brokering offers spiritual nourishment, this time based on Christina Georgina Rossetti's Christmas carol,...

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My Name Is Child of God ... Not "Those People"

This personal and provocative look at poverty in America is shaped around the author's own engaging stories, song lyrics, and poems, including the well-known...

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I Will to You: Leaving a Legacy for Those You Love

Almost everyone has a Last Will and Testament that tells their family and friends what is to become of their property, but few people have thought about the...

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Life Together and Prayerbook of the Bible: Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Volume 5

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality...

When You Have a Chronic Illness

Illness can strike at anytime, but dealing with a life-long ailment takes faith, patience, and adjustment to a different kind of lifestyle. Accepting and...

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Every Day and Sunday, Too

Young children will be drawn to the many illustrations depicting their experiences of daily life and, at the same time, they'll learn the basic pattern and...

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Prayer: Expanded Edition

Is your personal prayer life giving you problems? Read this book. It will clear your mind about your need for prayer and strengthen your will to do it....

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The Augsburg Confession: A Commentary

A concise commentary, highly useful as an accompaniment to the reading of the Augsburg Confession itself. All who are interested in the doctrinal traditions...

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In Trembling Boldness: Wisdom for Today from Ancient Jesus People

Contemporary reflections connected to recently discovered ancient writings by the followers of Jesus deepen our spiritual practice and affirm our efforts for social justice in today's challenging world in this first-of-its-kind book. Beautiful images of the papyrus and pottery on which these ancient texts were recorded illumine the stories.

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The Art of Leading Change: Ten Perspectives on the Messiness of Ministry

The Art of Leading Change is all about people. We can't do the work God has called us to do without people, but it's those very people that make change difficult and messy. The book offers ten vital perspectives for leading change in churches and ministries. The path to change is never easy, but learning the art of change can improve the journey.

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Interrupting a Gendered, Violent Church

Working at the intersections of gender studies and Christian theology--particularly diverse feminist and queer theologies--this book points to the real ways churches foster violence around gender. This volume discusses this violent reality while also exploring church as a nexus for resistance to gender-based violence.

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It Starts with You: How Imperfect Parents Can Find Calm and Connection with Their Kids

In It Starts with You, marriage and family therapist and parent coach Nicole Schwarz introduces parents to the importance of having a calm brain, connected relationships, respectful conversations, and a coaching mindset. Our kids do not need perfect parents, but parents who are willing to learn and grow with them.

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Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care: How to Respond When Things Fall Apart

In Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care, pastoral psychologist Karen A. McClintock offers clergy competence and confidence as they care for trauma victims in their congregations and communities, provides practical skills to lower the risk of secondary trauma, and suggests culturally sensitive models for healing.

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Everyone Must Eat: Food, Sustainability, and Ministry

Rural contexts are often over-looked, treated as "flyover land." But because everyone must eat, rural communities and their work in food production are important to the whole of society. Mark Yackel-Juleen, the executive director of Shalom Hill Farm, connects issues of food production and environmental sustainability in profound ways to the Bible and theology. He offers actionable tools for rural leaders and ministers to address issues of sustainability and land use in their ministry.

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We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People's Campaign

Uncover what the Bible really says about justice and poverty. Liz Theoharis is joined by pastors, organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, and people in poverty in interpreting sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, justice, and freedom. Find in the pages of Scripture God's persistent call to fight poverty, not the poor.

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