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By Jennifer Latson. 2017
The poignant story of a boy’s coming-of-age complicated by Williams syndrome, a genetic disorder that makes people biologically incapable of…
distrust.What would it be like to see everyone as a friend? Twelve-year-old Eli D’Angelo has a genetic disorder that obliterates social inhibitions, making him irrepressibly friendly, indiscriminately trusting, and unconditionally loving toward everyone he meets. It also makes him enormously vulnerable. Eli lacks the innate skepticism that will help his peers navigate adolescence more safely—and vastly more successfully. Journalist Jennifer Latson follows Eli over three critical years of his life as his mother, Gayle, must decide whether to shield Eli entirely from the world and its dangers or give him the freedom to find his own way and become his own person. By intertwining Eli and Gayle’s story with the science and history of Williams syndrome, the book explores the genetic basis of behavior and the quirks of human nature. More than a case study of a rare disorder, however, The Boy Who Loved Too Much is a universal tale about the joys and struggles of raising a child, of growing up, and of being different.By Ronald J. Allen, Dale P. Andrews, Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm. 2012
This unique commentary is the first to help the preacher identify and reflect theologically and ethically on the social implications…
of the biblical readings in the Revised Common Lectionary. In addition to providing commentary for each day in the lectionary calendar, this series introduces twenty-two Holy Days for Justice. These days are intended to enlarge the church's awareness of God's call for justice and of the many ways that call comes to the church and world today. The days include Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Earth Day, World AIDS Day, International Women's Day, Cesar Chavez Day, Yom HaShoah, and Juneteenth. For each of the lectionary days and Holy Days for Justice there is an essay that helps the preacher integrate a variety of social justice concerns (including racial/ethnic issues, sexism, classism, ecology, and violence) into their preaching. The contributors are a diverse group of homileticians, pastors, biblical scholars, theologians, and social activists.By Ronald J. Allen. 2013
The lectionary is a helpful homiletical tool. But there are times when lectionary preaching does not meet a congregation's needs.…
Sermon Treks offers preachers and students an invigorating selection of new sermon-planning trails, for use as sermon series or for single sermons. The options presented here are practical and theologically responsible. Some are rooted in ancient forms of proclamation; others are new. All provide clear but creative guidance for the preacher, and a path that will lead to more effective sermons.By Thomas H. Troeger. 2011
A working pastor is always looking for fresh preaching perspectives. This hands-on resource from the author of a long-standing column…
in the journal Lectionary Homiletics covers the entire three-year lectionary cycle with brief reflections designed to generate fresh and timely sermon ideas. Each reflection is limited to two pages and provides an interpretation of one or more lections for every month of the year. While some focus on a single lection, others draw forth a theological/pastoral theme that stretches across several lections, suggesting how to approach an entire month homiletically.By Julia Mateer. 2016
As women called to lead in the local church we must first lead ourselves to wholeness and strength …
Julia comes alongside you giving you the tools to become emotionally and spiritually healthy so you can provide life-giving leadership to women in your communities your ministries and your world A strange dichotomy is occurring in the American church Never before have women been so key to helping churches grow and mature At the same time fifty thousand women per year are leaving the church The purpose of this book is to provide women who are leading a team in ministry church or in a Christian non-profit the strategies necessary to develop life-giving atmospheres where women will be equipped to live out their God-given passions to affect change in their families communities and ultimately the world This book will help redefine women s ministry and equip women who are actively involved in making a difference in the lives of othersBy Shelly Wildman. 2018
It s no secret that parenting is tricky business With advice flooding in from all sides strong-willed children…
pushing against boundaries and our own human flaws it s easy to get bogged down in every how-to that we re not doing well But maybe that isn t the right approach Maybe the first step is not to ask how but to ask why Like most parents when Shelly Wildman had children she consulted books sermons and lectures on how to raise the best children possible Yet every resource focused on how to get external results children who behave the way others expected them to For Shelly and her husband the turning point happened when they started asking why instead--shifting their focus to internal change That s when their purpose as parents became clear parents are called to do their best to show kids how to know and love Jesus to love others and to make a difference in the world There are no rules here no inflexible series of steps that lead to perfect parenting Instead Shelly encourages parents to think about their unique family and why each child s needs for spiritual growth might look different She walks you through intentional questioning focusing on building a firm foundation for lasting discipleship And in the end you ll discover that God wants the same outcome you do a child who knows Christ intimately loves him deeply and has a heart to serve him fullyBy Deborah Hewitt, Sandra Heidemann. 2010
Play skills are life skills; as children develop them, they also learn important social skills that they will use throughout…
their lives. Teachers will find successful strategies for implementing changes in the classroom to enhance the environment for play and techniques to help support children's development. This is the revised edition of the well-respected and relied-upon handbook Pathways to Play. Play contains activity ideas that encourage play skills, checklists to help identify where children are having problems, specific teaching strategies, and assessment options. This new edition also examines how play theory translates into practice.By Marcantonio Colonna. 2018
The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy Could Pope Francis be the most tyrannical and unprincipled pontiff in modern times?…
Yes, says Church historian Marcantonio Colonna, in his controversial yet judicious new book, The Dictator Pope. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope in 2013 as a liberal and a reformer. In fact, he was neither—except by coincidence. Though he was not well-known within the College of Cardinals that elected him, close observers in his native land already recognized him to be a manipulative politician, skilled at self-promotion, and a disciple of the populist dictator Juan Perón. Behind the mask of a genial man of the people is a pope who cares shockingly little about theology or the liturgy but is obsessed with his own power. Allying himself with the most corrupt elements in the Vatican, Francis rules by fear. He has obstructed or reversed the very reforms that were expected of him and attempted to alter Catholic teaching by subterfuge. In The Dictator Pope you will learn: Why the head of Francis’s own religious order thought he should not be made a bishop Why Francis may have diverted Church funds to support Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential campaign How true Church reformers have been punished by the Pope and his allies How Francis himself has mused that he might be the cause of a schism in the Church Why clerics in the Vatican have gone from dismissing Francis as a “clown” to fearing him as a dictator Marcantonio Colonna has exhaustively mined his extensive contacts in the Vatican to produce a provocative and revealing account of Pope Francis’s true motivations. The Dictator Pope is essential reading to understand one of the most enigmatic, and dangerous, figures to occupy the See of St. Peter.By Kim Woodard Osterholzer. 2018
Kim Osterholzer, a midwife who's caught over 500 babies since 1993, ushers readers behind the doors of Amish homes as…
she recounts her lively, entertaining, and life-changing adventures learning the heart and art and craft of midwifery. In A Midwife in Amish Country, Kim chronicles the escapades of her nine-year apprenticeship grappling with the nuance and idiosyncrasies of homebirth as she tagged along after the woman who helped her birth her own babies at home. With drama and insight, she recounts the beauty and painstaking effort of those early years spent catching babies next to crackling woodstoves, by oil lamp and lantern light, and in farmhouses powered by windmills for running water and sporting outhouses for the unmentionables. She found herself catching babies born into leaky wading pools and through howling snow storms: huge babies, tiny babies, breech babies, and twin babies. Some births kept her from home for days on end, others she missed by heart-pounding seconds, yet every birth enthralled her, whether halting hemorrhages, sharing breath with tiny lungs, or bouncing through wild rides in ambulances. Too many times to count, Kim stumbled home feeling overwhelmed and inadequate, yet as she strained against her misgivings, self-doubts, and seemingly insurmountable challenges, those intimate, sacred moments transformed her as time after time she rocked back upon her heels to soak in the spellbinding magic of hearty cries filling the air–the cries of brand-new lives with newly expanding lungs, of hardy men with overflowing hearts, of life-bearing women with the reward of their labors filling their arms–a harmony of cries that mingled with Kim's own and that, together, rose heavenward from rumpled beds speckled and splattered with the sweat, tears, and blood of those births. The very beds of those conceptions became sacred spaces awash with love and joy and gratitude. She persevered, and her experiences became profoundly empowering as she unearthed the foundation and cornerstone of true midwifery–how to use her heart as well as her hands to serve, and to serve in the simplest of womanly ways---stroking, smoothing, wiping, tidying, nourishing, comforting, hearing, encouraging, validating, and witnessing. Slowly, steadily, Kim learned to play her part as midwife to the Amish–her part in a symphony of inimitable women–a single, piping strain among the melodies of those skilled, focused, strong, and harmonious–women unflagging in their passion to welcome new lives earth-side effectively and gently. And at last, tried and tested, Kim took her rightful place among them.By Philip F. Lawler. 2018
Faithful Catholics are beginning to realize it’s not their imagination. Pope Francis has led them on a journey from…
joy to unease to alarm and even a sense of betrayal. They can no longer pretend that he represents merely a change of emphasis in papal teaching. Assessing the confusion sown by this pontificate, Lost Shepherd explains what’s at stake, what’s not at stake, and how loyal believers should respond.By Benjamin Wiker. 2017
2017 is the 500th year anniversary of Martin Luther’s nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the door of Castle Church in…
Wittenberg, Germany, the event marking the beginning of the Reformation—and the end of unified Christianity. For Catholics, it was an unjustified rebellion by the heterodox. For Protestants, it was the release of true and purified Christianity from centuries-old enslavement to corruption, idolatry, and error. So what is the truth about the Reformation? To mark the 500th anniversary, historian Benjamin Wiker gives us 12 Things You Need to Know About the Reformation, a straight-forward account of the world-changing event that rejects the common distortions of Catholic, Protestant, Marxist, Freudian, or secularist retellings.By Donald K Mckim. 2017
An annual favorite, this booklet of daily devotions is designed for every family or individual in the congregation to have…
a copy. Advent: A Calendar of Devotions 2017 contains brief readings for each day in Advent, including a passage of Scripture, a short devotion, and a closing prayer. In honor of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, the selections for 2017 reflect the writings of the Protestant reformers. Sold in packages of 10, the booklets are designed to fit in a #10 envelope, enabling churches to include them in their Advent mailings, especially to parishioners unable to attend services, and making it easy to mail to visitors or share as a part of homebound or prison ministry.By John Zmirak. 2016
Back by popular demand, the bestselling Politically Incorrect Guides provide an unvarnished, unapologetic overview of controversial topics every American should…
understand. The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism refutes misrepresentations and misconceptions about the Catholic Church and separates rumor from truth when it comes to Catholic traditions, faith, and controversial leaders.By Meg Meeker. 2016
From Dr. Meg Meeker, the celebrated author of the bestselling parenting guide Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, comes a new devotional…
for new and still-learning fathers of girls. A strong father figure is the single most important element in a girl's life-he is her spiritual guide and protector from her early childhood to the day he proudly walks her down the aisle. In the lovely and comforting Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters Devotional, Dr. Meeker instills in men the knowledge they need to be the kind of fathers their daughters dearly need.By Robert Wuthnow, John Hyde Evans. 2002
With George Bush's election, there has been a push to redirect government welfare programs through churches, which would then be…
responsible for administering social services to the public. This volume assesses the ability of Protestant organizations to shoulder the responsibility. Does the church have the ability to adequately meet the needs of the public?By Frederick Norris. 2002
By Kelly D. Carter. 2015
An assessment of Trinitarian thought in the two-hundred-year-old Stone-Campbell Movement including suggestions for ways in which the renewal of…
Trinitarian doctrine can revitalize the church s life and mission Throughout its history the Stone-Campbell Movement has noticeably neglected Trinitarian doctrine prohibiting a biblical understanding of God as Trinity from significantly impacting the movement s churches This book attempts to rectify this weakness in three ways First a focus on the Trinitarian positions of Thomas Campbell Alexander Campbell and Barton W Stone sheds new light on the early shapers of the movement Second the book lays out specific ways in which the movement would benefit by a biblically grounded Trinitarianism and the contributions of contemporary trinitarian theologians And third it presents a plan for the advancement of biblical Trinitarian doctrine among Stone-Campbell churches Significant contributions of this study include the most thorough examination to date of Trinitarian doctrine in Stone-Campbell thought an original presentation of the historical theology that stands behind the Trinitarian positions of Thomas Campbell Alexander Campbell and Barton W Stone and a fresh proposal regarding the roots of Barton Stone s quasi-ArianismBy Gene Shelburne. 2015
Have you found some nook on this planet where God seems to be especially present for you A place…
where he whispers in your ear or tugs at your heart If you have then you will enjoy retreating with Gene Shelburne and eavesdropping on his reflections in such a place When I bought the tiny house my mother grew up in I thought I was preparing a retirement home for my aging parents When a brain tumor robbed me of my mother that dream died Little did I know then how much the Lord would bless me as this isolated getaway became the perfect place for me to retreat from my hectic world During quiet days beside our creek I could read and rest and ponder life and I found that God whispered to me there in a way he seldom did at home The truths that surfaced in that special place found their way onto the pages of this bookBy John W. Loftus. 2012
For about two decades John W. Loftus was a devout evangelical Christian, an ordained minister of the Church of Christ,…
and an ardent apologist for Christianity. With three degrees-in philosophy, theology, and philosophy of religion-he was adept at using rational argumentation to defend the faith. But over the years, doubts about the credibility of key Christian tenets began to creep into his thinking. By the late 1990s he experienced a full-blown crisis of faith. In this honest appraisal of his journey from believer to atheist, the author carefully explains the experiences and the reasoning process that led him to reject religious belief. The original edition of this book was published in 2006 and reissued in 2008. Since that time, Loftus has received a good deal of critical feedback from Christians and skeptics alike. In this revised and expanded edition, the author addresses criticisms of the original, adds new argumentation and references, and refines his presentation. For every issue he succinctly summarizes the various points of view and provides references for further reading. In conclusion, he describes the implications of life without belief in God, some liberating, some sobering. This frank critique of Christian belief from a former insider will interest freethinkers as well as anyone with doubts about the claims of religion.By Mike Cope, Raymond Carr, Randy Harris, Richard Beck, Jonathan Storment, John Mark Hicks, Scot McKnight, C. Leonard Allen, Sara Barton, Lee Camp. 2016
What is left of the Gospel if you take away the cross?This central question, asked by C. L. Loos but…
tucked away in a nineteenth-century journal, launched The Cruciform Church twenty-five years ago. Read by a generation of ministers and church leaders, The Cruciform Church began a reimagination of the church in our increasingly, secular age.Now updated, with responses from eight key leaders, this contemporary classic aims to reach a new generation with the critical questions of faith and life.New Responses by:- Sara Barton - Richard Beck - Lee Camp - Raymond Carr - Randy Harris - John Mark Hicks - Scot McKnight - Jonathan Storment