The Pagan Clergy's Guide for Counseling, Crisis Intervention and Otherworld Transitions
by Kevin Gardner
Inclusive language is a concern that resonates deeply with the sense of conversion and welcome to a community that is inclusive. This treatment is sensitive, respectful and is sure to raise consciousness.
Power and the Glory, The: Inside the Dark Heart of Pope John Paul II's Vatican
by David Yallop
Peter Stevenson provides an introduction to the practice of preaching. It is designed for people from various church traditions, in the early stages of ministerial formation. Preaching is a complex and challenging business requiring a demanding mixture of skills. People listening to a sermon have the right to expect that a person who stands up to preach, can interpret the Bible competently, has a grasp of core Christian beliefs, and believes what they preach. They also expect someone who has t...
The Heart of a Great Pastor salutes pastors everywhere--those wanting to take a fresh look at their ministries, as well as those just starting out. As the baton is passed to the "new breed of pastors," there is a great need to help them count the cost of serving Christ and equip them with the tools, wisdom, and encouragement from those who have gone before them. H.B. London, Jr., and Neil B.Wiseman bring their experiences and heart to pastors for such a task. To the "new breed," they ask: Do yo...
Paul Bradshaw, one of the world's foremost scholars on the history of Christian liturgy, has shared this expertise in several works that have become standard texts for students of liturgy. In Rites of Ordination, Bradshaw turns his attention to the ways that Christians through the ages have understood what it means to ordain someone as a minister and how that has been expressed in liturgical practice. Bradshaw considers the typological background to ordained ministry some have drawn from the Ol...
Ministerio Resiliente
by Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman, and Donald Guthrie
Tax Deductions A to Z for Clergy (Tax Deductions A to Z)
by Anne Skalka
A History of the First Parish Church of Scituate, Massachusetts
by Richard M Stower
Change Your Ministry Leader's Assessment Seminar Guidebook
by Craig Kennet Miller
Ecclesiastical Office and the Participation of the Lay Faithful in the Exercise of Sacred Power (Tesi Gregoriana: Diritto, #107)
by Kevin Gillespie
Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals
by Anderson Herbert, Edward B. Foley, and Kathleen A. Cahalan
Shaping our journey into the DivineThis 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...
Containing stories from folk and religious traditions, this is a study of saints from ancient times to the modern-day icons. It explores saints and graces from many religions, from the Christian saint to Islam and the "supersaint", from the Hindu concept of sainthood to the Buddhist tradition, and from the Confucian saint to the question for Jewish faith of whether saints exist at all. The book also chronicles some examples of saintly intervention throughout the religious spectrum, and the tradi...