Augsburg Fortress

A Place for You Leader Sourcebook: Holy Communion Resources for the Whole Congregation

This rich sourcebook and curriculum guide equips you to lead your whole congregation into a deeper understanding of holy communion based on Daniel Erlander’s classic book A Place for You.

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Whirl Kids Study Bible

A complete NRSV Bible for Grades 3-6 packed with Bible facts, trivia, book introductions, and mini–comics.

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Dimming the Day: Evening Meditations for Quiet Wonder

The moon is out, the air has cooled, you are ready for bed. You know that scrolling on your phone does not draw you toward sleep. Power down your phone, take a breath, and begin to dim the day. Author Jennifer Grant offers gentle meditations that help you direct your gaze away from screens and toward the natural world. Replace anxiety with awe, distraction with focus, and worry with true rest.

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NRSV Augsburg Fortress Pew Bible: Cranberry

5-3/8" x 8", cranberry hardcover. Includes footnotes and concordance. This product may be personalized with Imprinting Service.

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Water Come Down: The Day You Were Baptized

The sun, the cloud, the wind, the rain - all of God's creation - lend their voices to the story of how a child joins the family of God.

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Our Last Best Act: Planning for the End of Our Lives to Protect the People and Places We Love

How do we align our end-of-life choices with our values?

In a world experiencing a climate crisis and a culture that avoids discussions about death and dying, environmentalist and educator Mallory McDuff takes readers on a journey to discover new, sustainable practices around death and dying--and how it's possible to make end-of-life choices that honor our values, create a sustainable legacy, and help to heal the earth.

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Messy Minimalism: Realistic Strategies for the Rest of Us

Drowning in clutter and a crazy schedule, Rachelle Crawford assumed you had to be naturally organized to be tidy. Then she found messy minimalism, which is less about perfection and more about purpose. With empathy and humor, Crawford lays out strategies for curbing consumption, decluttering, and finding lots more joy. Becoming a messy minimalist is not about pristine countertops. It's simply about carrying fewer things so that we find ourselves holding only what truly matters.

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Be the Brave One: Living Your Spiritual Values Out Loud and Other Life Lessons

The Rev. Ann Kansfield left Wall Street and found her calling as the first female and openly gay chaplain at the New York Fire Department. Guiding her life are the values that anchor her. Weaving real-life stories with wit and practical faith, Kansfield challenges readers to discover and live out their own spiritual values.

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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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Whirl Kids Story Bible: Classroom Edition

Designed for kids in pre-kindergarten through second grade, the Whirl Kids Story Bible is packed with essential, faith-building stories from Genesis to Revelation.

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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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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.

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Luke's Jesus: Between Incarnation and Crucifixion

In Luke's Jesus, Joseph Blenkinsopp provides a chronological reading of the Jesus of Luke's Gospel, beginning with Jesus's close relations with John the Baptist, turning upon Jesus's decision to leave Galilee and travel to Jerusalem, and extending to the narrative of Jesus's crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension. Blenkinsopp's study of Jesus focuses upon Jesus's humanity, his interaction with others, and his teaching on poverty and wealth. Blenkinsopp provides a fresh rendering of Luke's powerful and fascinating story, one that reveals a vivid portrait of Jesus.

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NRSV Bible, XL Edition Leathersoft Brown, Comfort Print

A beautifully designed and uniquely square-shaped Bible with extra-large text. This Bible is ideal for those seeking a larger print Bible for personal study or for congregational use.

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Honest to God Preaching: Talking Sin, Suffering, and Violence

Brent A. Strawn focuses on the importance of honesty in preaching, especially around three challenging Old Testament themes: sin, suffering, and violence. He makes the case that preaching honestly about these topics is critical in the church today. Without honesty regarding them, there is no way forward to reconciliation, health, and recovery. He frames this work specifically for working preachers, to help them speak to these thorny themes with depth and clarity.

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Come to the Water Starter Pack

This pack contains these resources: Come to the Water: An Interactive Baptism Manual for Kids, Come to the Water Leader Sourcebook, Come to the Water, Little One: My Holy Baptism Board Book, and the Come to the Water Animated Video.

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Luther's Small Catechism Gift Edition, Revised: With Evangelical Lutheran Worship Texts

The revised version of Luther's Small Catechism Gift Edition is a beautiful and elegant hardcover version of Luther's essential teaching tool. New introduction by Timothy J. Wengert.

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Brave: Women of the Bible and Their Stories of Grief, Mercy, Folly, Joy, Sex, and Redemption

Following the success of Fierce, Alice Connor returns to introduce a new group of women from the Bible, some whose names we know, others who go unnamed. Connor invites us to see them not as players in a man's story, but as foremothers of the faith.

Skillfully drawn by the author, these women's stories are challenging and beautiful. When we read their stories, we see not only their particular, formidable lives but also our own.

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Frolic Preschool Bible

A great follow-up to the Frolic First Bible, perfect for emerging readers.

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Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear

The height of the AIDS crisis in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s left many profound stories that remained untold. In Hidden Mercy, gay Catholic journalist Michael O'Loughlin uncovers the stories of Catholics who at great personal cost chose compassion. A compelling picture of those who responded to human suffering with mercy, offering insights for LGBTQ and other people of faith struggling to find a home in religious communities today.

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