Augsburg Fortress

Engage! Tools for Ministry in the Community

Author Dana Horrell calls on years of experience in community action to create this practical guide to help congregations reach out to their local communities. Engage! provides twenty-six practical and proven tools to help leaders develop methods and strategies to get started on a path of effective planning.

The primary audience for Engage! includes pastors, lay leaders, and members in local congregations who are engaged in community ministry.

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30-Day Journey with St. Hildegard of Bingen

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers. Through brief daily readings and reflections, the 30-Day Journey series invites readers to be inspired and transformed.

St. Hildegard of Bingen was a visionary mystic, a spiritual leader, and a woman ahead of her time. Whether you love St. Hildegard or are encountering her for the first time, this journey provides the perfect way to engage the thought of a compelling twelfth-century saint.

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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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Prayers from the East: Traditions of Eastern Christianity

This rich anthology offers new insight into an ancient form of Christianity still little understood in the West. An introduction to the rich diversity of the...

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Beyond the Scandals: A Guide to Healthy Sexuality for Clergy

Recent sexual scandals have rocked the North American religious scene and left the churches concerned about credibility and liability. What are the bounds of...

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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 Parker J. Palmer

Few Protestant writers today can match the influence of Parker Palmer on American spirituality, contemplative practice, and Quaker values. Palmer, who is...

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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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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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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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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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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 Are Diagnosed With a Life-Threatening Illness

Living with a terminal illness is a challenge none of us wish to face. In this helpful, brief book, Jan Ansorge speaks from her own experience addressing...

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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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When Your Child Dies: Healing, hopeful words for grieving parents

The loss of a child is something no parent is prepared to face. Drawing on her experience as a counselor, Theresa Huntley gives grieving parents tools to...

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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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Soul Gardening: Cultivating the Good Life

This book is about what it means to be a soul gardener. Reading it is not unlike walking in a garden—where it feels good to be alive, where we sit for...

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The Seven Last Words of Christ: The Message of the Cross for Today

Ideal for devotional reading and group study or for use as a preaching resource. Each meditation is accompanied by hymns and poetry that enlarge the possible...

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Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle, 40th Anniversary Edition

For four decades, this classic collection of tough, beautiful, and earthy prayers has lightened hearts and dared spirits to soar.

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