Augsburg Fortress

Nurturing Hope: Christian Pastoral Care in the Twenty-First Century

Lynne Baab discusses seven trends in pastoral care with stories about Christian caregivers meeting those challenges in creative ways. Baab also presents four practical skills pastoral carers need: to understand common stressors, to listen, to pray with others, and to nurture their personal resilience. In each chapter, she offers discussion question as well as tips for readers who are training other pastoral carers.

Nurturing Hope brings readers hope for their caring role and their own spiritual journey.

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More Cat Psalms: Prayers My Cats Have Taught Me

Inspired by Brokering's observations of cats, each of these whimsical, playful psalm-meditations is written in the "voice" of the cat and expresses what...

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More Dog Psalms: Prayers My Dogs Have Taught Me

Inspired by Brokering's observations of dogs, each of these whimsical, playful psalm-meditations is filled with tender wisdom and expresses what dogs can teach...

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SoulTypes: Matching Your Personality and Spiritual Path, Revised Edition

Millions of people throughout the world turn to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? to guide their career choices, improve their relationships, and resolve conflicts.

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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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Cross Vision Study Guide Bundle

Tackle the Bible's biggest dilemma now with the paperback version and study guide in one package. In his revolutionary book Cross Vision, Gregory A. Boyd proposed...

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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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Jesus Is Enough: Love, Hope, and Comfort in the Storms of Life

When stormy trials hit us, our recollection of Jesus' faithfulness can fade as worry, anger, jealousy, fear, sickness, stress, and unforgiveness threaten to rob...

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Friendship with Jesus: A Way to Pray the Gospel of Mark

Build a powerful friendship with Jesus through the ancient art of contemplative prayer. Perfect for individual or group use, this guide and workbook helps...

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Fortress Introduction to the Gospels, Second Edition

In the second edition of this well-known textbook, Mark Allen Powell offers an accessible and trustworthy introduction to the contents, structure, and themes of the New Testament Gospels. Written as a basic introduction for Gospels courses at the undergraduate to early seminary level, Powell surveys the genre of the Gospels, their political, religious, and social worlds, and key methods of approaching early Christian texts. This second edition features a new chapter on the historical Jesus.

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Red State Christians: Understanding the Voters Who Elected Donald Trump

Donald Trump won more Evangelical Christian votes than any candidate in history on his way to winning the 2016 US presidential election. Veteran journalist Angela Denker set out to uncover why, traveling the United States for a year, meeting the people who support Trump, and listening to their rationale. A must-read for those hoping to truly understand how Donald Trump became president.

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Bitten by a Camel: Leaving Church, Finding God

Kent Dobson climbed Mount Sinai in search of the God who had eluded him. Instead he got bitten by a camel. The senior pastor of one of the most prominent churches in America, Dobson was growing disillusioned with his faith. One Sunday, he preached, "I don?t know what the word God means anymore." He left the church, but his quest for God became more intense than ever. On the foundation of Jesus and the Bible, Dobson reconstructs a faith that is life-giving and true?true to himself and true to God.

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The Jonah Factor: Thirteen Spiritual Steps to Finding the Job of a Lifetime

Extensively researched, The Jonah Factor provides a step-by-step approach to helping Christians discern what jobs, careers, and volunteer activities will...

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One Anothering, Volume 1: Biblical Building Blocks for Small Groups

Eleven sessions, based on such themes as "love one another," "bear one another's burdens," "submit to one another," and "encourage one another." Includes...

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One Anothering, Volume 2: Building Spiritual Community in Small Groups

Ten sessions, based on such themes as "accept one another," "serve one another," "teach one another," and "honor one another."...

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Psalms for Sojourners

"The Psalms address the days of our lives, in times of hurting as well as happiness, helping us to learn how to pray and also how to praise," says James...

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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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Holy Grounds: The Surprising Connection between Coffee and Faith—From Dancing Goats to Satan’s Drink

From the coffee bean's discovery by ninth-century Ethiopian Muslims to being condemned as "Satan's drink" by medieval Christians, to becoming an integral part of Passover...

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Addiction and Recovery: A Spiritual Pilgrimage

In Addiction and Recovery: A Spiritual Pilgrimage, Martha Postlethwaite—pastor of The Recovery Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a person in recovery—reflects on her pilgrimage...

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