Augsburg Fortress

Jobs Lost, Faith Found: A Spiritual Resource for the Unemployed

Jobs Lost, Faith Found is for those who feel alone due to job loss. It is also for those who offer respect, companionship, guidance, and resources to the unemployed. Mary C. Lindberg draws on her family's experience of unemployment and the wisdom of many others to help readers discover a sense of worth and purpose on their way to a new job. Prayers, insights, stories, and reflections take readers from uncertainty to hope.

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True Connection: Using the NAME IT Model to Heal Relationships

From their years of counseling individuals, couples, and families, George Faller and Heather Wright show how to repair conflict and discover God's movement in our life and relationships.

Using the NAME IT (Notice, Acknowledge, Merge, Embrace, Integrate, and Thank) model, first we connect with our own hearts and stories, then understand the other person's position, and finally merge those two truths (or versions of what is happening), giving birth to a new connection.

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Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, 2nd Edition

Doing Justice introduces people of faith to congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to- day struggles and hopes of urban ministry. Drawing from the author’s decades of...

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The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to God: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know about the Almighty

In this latest installment of the Homebrewed Christianity series, Eric E. Hall approaches the question of God from various perspectives. The classical conception of God is like the famously stoic-yet-lethal Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid. Competing versions of God include Your Hippie Aunt, St. Joan of Arc, and even the muscle-headed goons from Jersey Shore. At the end of this romp through history and pop culture, Hall argues that the God you need may be the very God you rejected years ago.

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The Centered Life: Awakened Called Set Free Nurtured

Is there an alternative to a fragmented, frantic, meaningless life? Jack Fortin finds it in a life centered in God. Spiritual exercises, questions for...

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The Friendship Factor: Revised, 25th Anniversary Edition

At the heart of each relationship, says McGinnis, is the friendship factor?the essential ingredient of warmth and caring. With captivating case histories...

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Journeying through Lent with Luke: Daily Meditations

A Christ-Centered guide to the Gospel of Luke for daily devotion and group study during Lent. Exploring the major themes found in Luke's gospel, including...

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The Forgotten Luther II: Reclaiming the Church's Public Witness

In this critical time in history, this volume argues that what is urgently needed is a clear, biblically based, theologically grounded rationale for the manner in which the church speaks and acts in the political arena. This volume includes essays from leading Lutheran theologians, a summary description of what this means for local ministry, and a study guide to encourage conversation and action.

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40-Day Journey with Madeleine L'Engle

For Madeleine L' Engle, the world is full of beauty, mystery, grace—intimations of the divine. Editor Isabel Anders draws from the best of L' Engle's...

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40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister

The 40-Day Journey with Joan Chittister introduces Joan Chittister, a Benedictine nun who lives in Erie, Pennsylvania and is best known for her spiritual...

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The Disciple's Joy: Six Practices for Spiritual Growth

Focusing on the powerful theme of discipleship, The Disciple's Joy explores the joy of faith, helping readers discover joy in the midst of struggle. Foss...

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Seven Spiritual Gifts of Waiting

In America, waiting presents an enormous challenge. We are impatient, "fix-it" kinds of people — and not all situations can be fixed. This book presents...

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Becoming a Healthier Pastor: Family Systems Theory and the Pastor's Own Family

Among the most helpful and widely acclaimed resources for addressing church conflict and the quality of church life is Richardson's groundbreaking volume...

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Ordinary Saints: An Introduction to the Christian Life, Second Edition

Theologian and ethicist Robert Benne addresses the Christian life in its religious and moral dimensions by writing about the vocation of the Christian in daily...

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When Your Family Is Living with Mental Illness

Mental illness is a disease like any other. Those dealing with mental illness—whether personally, in their family, or with a friend—can be...

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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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When You Are Facing a Divorce

Facing a divorce means facing many questions, concerns, and decisions. Few people feel prepared to traverse this difficult landscape. In this helpful volume,...

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When You Lose Your Job

Job loss seems to be everywhere these days, but no matter how often it happens a person may feel ill-prepared to face the many emotions that accompany it....

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How to Keep a Spiritual Journal, Revised Edition: A Guide to Journal Keeping for Inner Growth and Personal Discovery

This revised edition of a thorough guide offers steps for anyone interested in keeping a spiritual journal, from recommendations for notebooks to ways to work...

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Act of God/Active God: Recovering from Natural Disasters

Is a natural disaster an "act of God?" Did God cause the disaster? If God is all powerful, why did God allow it to happen? Gary Harbaugh argues that God is active in our questions, confusions, and doubts, as well as in those who help?either individually or as communities of faith.

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