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In this revised second edition of Stories Jesus Still Tells, John Claypool brings fresh insight to a selection of parables, allowing us to hear Jesus' calm, persuasive voice still speaking to us through stories like the great banquet, the rich fool, and...

On a September afternoon in 1853, three African American men from St. Philip's Church walked into the Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and took their seats among five hundred wealthy and powerful white church leaders. Ultimately, and with...

Church and Stage is a guide for people in churches who want to employ theater in ministry, and for theater people who want to create opportunities to work in churches. The points of contact between religion and theater are numerous, and Dean J. Seal...

At a time when the issue of homosexuality is polarizing the church and society on an unprecedented scale, journalist Michael Ford profiles gay and lesbian Christians from the United States, Great Britain, and Africa to explore the dynamics of being gay...

In this sensitive look at healing, J. Ellen Nunnally explores the dimensions of human suffering and the redemptive power of prayer. Deep Peace examines several facets of healing through the prism of different faith traditions. Nunnally includes a variety...

Lutheran pastor Kim Beckmann presents a challenging new method for engaging scripture in the preparation of sermons for the parish. Utilizing the preacher’s own sense of vocation, the community’s voice, and the collective vision for the Gospel in the...

With compassion born of painful experience, William Blaine-Wallace invites us to simply sit with human suffering, to companion those who are ravaged by its force, and to wait for the unspeakable, inexplicable peace of God who has been present (and...

The ten commandments—are they a stringent legal code, or are they guidelines for harmonious living? Noting that perfect obedience is beyond our capability, G. Corwin Stoppel proposes that the commandments are a framework for our personal and corporate...

“War, before it is ever manifested in physical, observable violence, and peace, before it is ever felt as harmony or seen in acts of kindness, are the inner realities of the human heart and mind. They are states of consciousness, conditions of the soul. ...

In this thoughtful and informative book, Frederick Borsch explores life’s “big questions.” In an inquisitive and pastoral voice, Borsch takes on the matters of thinking, awareness, the fundamental quality of creation, the possibility of a Spirit of life...

The indispensable guide to curating resources for worship in the Episcopal Church.Newly revised and reorganized, Planning for Rites and Rituals is a guide to liturgical planning in the Episcopal Church, organized around the seasons of the church year and...

"The Episcopal Church is a secret too well kept, " says compiler Louie Crew. "Many are starved for what we experience daily and too easily take for granted." With these words, Crew invited thousands of people online to participate in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819223098Author The REV Canon C K RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Morehouse PublishingWeight(grams) 113g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819219503Author John H. WesterhoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819233714Author Jenifer GamberFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Morehouse PublishingWeight(grams) 340g

Alice Downs, Episcopal priest, wife, mother, and bread baker shares the practical and profoundly spiritual insights she has gained from years of baking the common ingredients of bread and of life.Book InformationISBN 9781561012053Author Alice DownsFormat...

The New Church's Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church's Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898699425Author Sharon Ely PearsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Church PublishingPublisher Church PublishingWeight(grams) 45gDimensions(mm) 211mm...

A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the Episcopal Church.What are we as Episcopalians? This concise booklet explores five main areas of Episcopal life: identity, authority, spirituality, temperament, and polity. A great introduction to...

"What is the relevance of traditional religion in the world described by contemporary science? Is scientific knowledge a satisfactory ground for the religious experience? Can the language of traditional religion constitute an appropriately modern...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819229601Author Stephanie SpellersFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Morehouse PublishingWeight(grams) 68g

A look through a Latinx lens at how the Episcopal/Anglican church can minister to and with the Latinx community Unmasking Latinx Ministry is a unique look at the history of the Episcopal Church in the last fifty years, including a bold and insightful...

Robert Farrar Capon is well known as the author of the modern classic The Supper of the Lamb ("awesomely funny, wise, beautiful, moving, preposterous," said The New York Times) and other acclaimed books such as Genesis, the Movie. In Light Theology &...

Pulling from the riches of The Prayer Book Office and the Contemporary Office Book, Prayer Book Offices includes both Rite I and Rite II versions of the round of offices from the Book of Common Prayer. Additionally, the volume includes canticles, the...

Explore how the Revised Common Lectionary enriches worshipHow does this contemporary lectionary nourish Christian faith and life? Further, why does the lectionary employ metaphor, the richest form of language, in the midst of the worshiping assembly? How...

How do the core actions of worship nurture life with God? The ecumenical movement of the 20th century revealed a common pattern of worship among Christian communions, a pattern that bears the imprint of distinctive denominational emphases. In this...

Schlafer looks at the preacher's task at the "high times" of the church and the secular year, those occasions on which expectations run high and emotions can be intense. He explores the temptations and pitfalls of preaching at weddings and funerals;...

In this new edition of her earliest collection of sermons Barbara Brown Taylor brings her down-to-earth wisdom and keen perspective to the Bible readings of the lectionary cycle. Originally preached for the congregation of All Saints' Episcopal Church in...

In this volume of The New Church's Teaching Series, Stephen Holmgren introduces us to the world of Anglican ethics and moral theology. He focuses on questions all people of faith must ask: How will I keep my baptismal promises? How am I meant to live...

This book was born in solitude on a quiet summer morning on the coast of Maine. . . ." So begins Christopher C. Moore's exploration of solitude as a neglected path to God. Often we fear loneliness and isolation so much that we risk forgetting that in...

A distinctive resource that deals with all the practicalities of the Episcopal culture for those preparing for--and exercising--ministry in the Episcopal ChurchWhat is the appropriate attire for an Episcopal priest at the events associated with the...

Seventy million assorted individuals comprise a church family that is renowned for its rich diversity. Christians of all shades of belief together make up the Anglican Communion, a fellowship of churches that extends around the world and includes the...