Augsburg Fortress

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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A Place for You Animated Videos

Featuring a hand-drawn animation style that perfectly complements the illustrations of Daniel Erlander, these three videos tell the story of A Place for You in a fresh way.

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Good Grief: A Companion for Every Loss

For more than fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers find comfort and rediscover hope after loss.

Good Grief identifies ten stages of grief but, recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no "right" way to grieve.

Whether mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or other difficult life changes, Good Grief is a proven steady companion in times of loss.

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Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US

Lenny Duncan is an unlikely pastor. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make the headlines, but Duncan connects the church's lack of diversity to its lack of vitality. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of the church.

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Day by Day We Magnify You: Daily Readings for the Entire Year, Revised Edition

This religious classic is here made available in a revised and updated paperback edition. A unique devotional for daily meditation, it dwells on the great...

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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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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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God So Enters into Relationships That...: A Biblical View

Respected biblical theologian Terrence E. Fretheim weaves key insights from Scripture with theological reflections on the nature and activity of God. He emphasizes for pastoral leaders the importance of using this kind of language to speak to the realities of life and faith in sermons, worship, prayers, and teaching of all kinds. Filled with helpful insights communicated in clear language, this is a must-read for all want to know more about the nature of God.

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Good Grief: The Guide and Devotional

This two-book pack, Good Grief: The Guide and Devotional, offers Good Grief, a foundation for understanding the natural process of grieving, along with The Good Grief Devotional, which provides valuable insights and wise companionship for reflecting on the experience.

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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...

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The Hammer of God: Revised Edition

In this bestselling novel, three pastors learn the necessity of relying on God's grace. They fall short of their pastoral duties through public humiliation,...

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Be Still...And Know That I Am God: Devotions for Every Day of the Year

This daily devotional is based on selected reflections written over a three-year period by the author whose challenging, thoughtprovoking, and personal...

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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: Actions, Prayers, Poems, and Songs for Bedtime

Now children everywhere can share some peaceful moments with this new collection of activity prayers and quiet conversations with God. Charming full-color...

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Come to the Water Animated Video

Featuring a hand-drawn animation style that perfectly complements the illustrations of Daniel Erlander, this video highlights the messages found in Daniel Erlander's baptism manuals.

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Cat Psalms: Prayers My Cats Have Taught Me

"Cats help me pray," writes Herbert Brokering. This collection of whimsical, insightful psalm—prayers is based on Brokering's observations of...

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Never Said a Mumbalin' Word

This unique devotional takes the reader on a spiritual journey through Lent and Holy Week. The focus is on the Spirituals, through which the reader comes to...

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Come, Lord Jesus: Devotions for the Home: Advent/Christmas/Epiphany

Scripture readings and brief meditations serve as the backdrop for poetry, new seasonal blessings, mealtime prayers, songs and activities that prepare the...

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Stretch and Pray: A Daily Discipline for Physical and Spiritual Wellness

In this book, Finck provides a step-by-step guide to forty stretches, movements, and postures to improve physical and spiritual well-being. The book features...

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Martin Luther's Table Talk

In this volume, editor Henry F. French has carefully chosen some of the best of Luther's conversations with many guests who frequented the dinner table in the home of Martin and Katie Luther. Those who read this book will join the conversation with Luther and friends around the dinner table as they wrestle with important questions of the day. Pull up a chair and join the circle.

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Embracing God's Future without Forgetting the Past: A Conversation about Loss, Grief, and Nostalgia in Congregational Life

Embracing God's Future without Forgetting the Past helps congregations, leaders and members alike, process the grief and loss in their congregational system, and use what they have learned to adapt creatively to the changing realities they face in mission and ministry. Congregations who work through their grief over change and loss and redefine their relationship with their past can draw strength and encouragement from their memories and step boldly into God's good future with confidence.

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