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Deeply Into the Boneby Ronald L. Grimes
University of California Press 2000; US$ 15.95Over the past two decades, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opportunity to contemplate a child's birth, mark the arrival of maturity, or meditate on the loss of a loved one. more...
Hidden Power of Prayer and Fastingby Mahesh Chavada
Treasures Media Inc 2006; US$ 9.09God has provided a way to turn certain defeat into awesome victory and demonic strongholds into highways of His love and power. When overwhelming defeat looks you in the face, whether the attack is physical or a family or financial crisis, The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting holds keys that will unlock the resident power of the Holy Spirit within you! Through this book you will receive an impartation from a man who has lived these truths and has seen the power of God released for total victory against impossible odds, resulting in revival and literal resurrection. Mahesh Chavda has lived the lifestyle of prayer and fasting. This book will inspire you to battle through--whatever your circumstance--because God has given you a remedy... more...
Weight of Gloryby C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 9.99Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses offer guidance and inspiration in a time of great doubt.These are ardent and lucid sermons that provide a compassionate vision of Christianity. more...
Biblical Preachingby Haddon W. Robinson
Baker Publishing Group 2001; US$ 21.99An updated version of Robinson's best-selling textbook on preaching more...
A Practical Handbook for Divine Servicesby Gregory W. Woolfenden
Holy Trinity Publications 2011; US$ 10.95The services and prayer texts of the Orthodox Church are ancient and inspirational, and this invaluable reference guides priests, deacons, servers, readers, and singers in the customs and practices of the church. Including serving the altar and offering worship services, the handbook explains to all laity who desire a further understanding of the church’s Typiconthe rule that governs how divine worship is offeredtouching upon a variety of topics, including the Hours, Vespers, Vigil, Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, and the Presanctified Liturgy. Drawn from Russian resources, this guide also explores the differences found in Greek usage. more...
Asceticism and the New Testamentby Leif E. Vaage; Vincent L. Wimbush
Routledge 1999; US$ 44.95This book is both comprehensive and comparative in its representation of how the question of asceticism might reorder the way in which we interpret the New Testament. more...
Mighty Stories, Dangerous Ritualsby Herbert Anderson; Edward Foley
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 18.95Bringing together two of our greatest sources of meaning and transformation This book marries two partners that are made for each other. The result, as in all good unions, is mutual enrichment and deeper life. --Jack Shea, author of Stories of God Now available in paperback, this moving and enlightening book presents us with a compelling vision of what can happen when we take the opportunity to connect stories and rituals--a vision of individuals and communities transformed through a deeper sense of connection to our loved ones, our communities, and God. Herbert Anderson and Edward Foley reveal how when stories and rituals work together, they have the potential to be both mighty and dangerous--mighty in their ability to lift us up and help... more...
Receiving the Dayby Dorothy C. Bass
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 14.95In this spirituality of time, Dorothy Bass invites readers into a way of living in time that is alert to both contemporary pressures and rooted ancient wisdom. The celebrated editor of Practicing Our Faith asks hard questions about how our injurious attitude toward time has distorted our relationships with our innermost selves, with other people, with the natural world, and with God. As an alternative to the rhetoric of management and mastery, Receiving the Day offers a language of attention, poetry, and celebration. Bass encourages us to reevaluate our understanding of the temporal and thereby to participate fully in the Christian practice of knowing time as God's gift. Embraced in this way, time need not be wrestled with each day. Instead,... more...
A Place to Prayby Roberta C. Bondi
Abingdon Press 2002; US$ 12.00In many ways the Lord's Prayer is the most fundamental of all Christian prayers. more...
A Time Apart for My Soulby Mary Zimmer
Abingdon Press 2002; US$ 10.00This book offers teachers and other seekers a daily reading for reflection. Taking 'time apart for the soul' allows each of us to grow in God's grace. Based on the Christian year, the readings begin with the first Sunday of Advent. more...