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This combination of practical advice and creative ideas helps parish altar guilds carry out their unique ministry.

Based on the book Listening Hearts, the retreat guidelines and meditation exercises will help individuals and communities integrate the practice of discernment into their daily lives. Each retreat is centered around a particular theme and includes guidelines for such activities as hymns, exercises, prayers, chants and meditations.

Using the collects (opening prayers) for each Sunday and major feast day

This guide, updated to include the new canons and procedures, offers suggestions on how to prepare oneself spiritually to present the sacrament, what to do when visiting the sick or shut-in parishioner with the Eucharist, and how to prepare a sacred space in someone's home or hospital room.

With a light touch and warm voice, and just a hint of a Southern accent, Sterne, an Episcopal priest, tells the stories of her encounters with Christ in the supermarket and the beauty parlor, the garden, the kitchen, and sometimes even in the church.

Meditations for Lent, written by the women of Brigid's Place, a spirituality and community outreach ministry.

A concise book to help those who are licensed to be responsible for worship in a congregation that does not have the services of ordained clergy on a regular basis, as well as for all laity--licensed or otherwise--who have responsibility for some aspect of worship. Examines lay participation in the Ministry of the Word, in the Eucharist, and in the Daily Offices.

Light to the Darkness is a fresh interpretation of the well-loved Advent tradition

An account of the author's training and experience in parish healing ministry, along with history, practical advice, and guidance.

The companion for the busy woman, these daily meditations restore balance and bring perspective to daily life. Drawing on her experiences as wife, grandmother, priest, retreat leader and spiritual director, this is Barbara Crafton as the wise and funny friend every woman needs every day.

Easy-to-read entries help teenaged Anglicans understand 150 often used but frequently misunderstood words.

This book will be a welcome companion for the seminarian who is just learning to preach, as well as the seasoned preacher who is looking for new inspiration.

A comprehensive introduction to theology from an Anglican perspective.

In this simple yet comprehensive account, William Sydnor provides essential materials for persons who are beginning to discover the Episcopal Church. Topics covered include the churchs symbols, customs, and practices, as well as its history, creeds, sacraments, and mission. The book also includes a leaders guide in the appendix to assist in conducting confirmation instruction.

This classic resource offers an enlightening overview of the Episcopal Church's fascinating history and lore, including the Church year, buildings, symbolism, its vestments, and customs.

Speaking to the crisis of faith faced by his church, Luke retells the story of Jesus's birth, ministry, death, and resurrection as a means of addressing the spiritual struggles that resurface generation after generation. Touching on issues of belonging, authority, tradition, behavior, and hope, Schmidt offers a reading of Luke's gospel that speaks to today's reader.

The third edition is updated to the Revised Common Lectionary.Many of us have difficulty hearing the Bible as it is read to us in church Sunday after Sunday through the year. Even with the best intentions we come to the Word of God ¿cold¿ because we have not been given the skills and the preparation to hear and understand the content of Scripture.These brief and insightful introductions to all the readings of the church¿s three-year lectionary cycle are designed to sharpen our listening and increase comprehension of Scripture by summarizing each passage, setting it in a liturgical and historical context, connecting it to the season, and drawing out its relevance to our lives and faith, week by week.This is an ideal tool for Christian formation as well as homiletical preparation. The style is clear, straightforward, well grounded in biblical scholarship, and Anglican in its theological approach. Extra features include an essay on the Bible and Christian formation, five brief use guides, an index to the biblical readings, and a summary of the seven most common Bible translations used in church services.

The book seeks to balance a pastoral and prophetic stance while being a practical guide as well. In the ways we relate to and feel about money, we need to experience the nurturing companionship of a wise, compassionate pastor or spiritual guide.

How can Paul rejoice when hes got nothing to rejoice about? How can he talk about joy when hes in prison? This book follows Paul as he writes to his friends in Philippi, helping us to understand his experience of joy as a totally consuming emotion. Paul highlights four reasons why joy fills his heart: because of the Gospel partnership he shares with his friends in Philippi; because of the unity that they experience in Christ; because of their confidence in Jesus; and because God has given them peace beyond understanding. These themes correspond with the four chapters of the letter, and form the organizing principle of this book.

In this popular book first published in 1996, Suzanne Guthrie teaches us about the seasons of prayer by letting us enter her own in these forty meditations that stretch from Advent through Pentecost. Pray as you are drawn to pray, she tells us, not as someone has told you how to pray. Against the landscape of northern California, the author gently leads us through the ancient 'illuminative way of prayer, learning to see the extraordinary reality of God in the ordinary the dry grass and circling hawks, raging firestorms in summer and the heavy winter rains.

The lives of the saints are either too grisly for little kids or too saccharine for

Taking Romans 12: 2 as its foundation, this book dares young women to explore critical issues such as self-esteem, courage, honesty, and identity through the lens of Scripture and experience, offering the positive message that they are valued and loved by God.

For contemporary Christians, "John's Gospel" is a paradox. On the one hand, it stresses boundaries: "No one comes to the Father except through me," while on the other it stresses community: "I have no longer called you servants, but friends." This book examines John from both an inclusive and an exclusive perspective.

When it comes to faith, there is no one size fits all approach, as different people believe in different ways. This book provides a fresh way of looking at the ways different people understand and relate to the divine, and how spiritual directors need to be aware of this when assessing clients, making recommendations and assessing progress.

Provides a way of looking at the ways different people understand and relate to the divine, and how spiritual directors need to be aware of this when assessing clients, making recommendations and assessing progress. Part of the "Spiritual Directors International (SDI)" series, this book divides into six broad styles and discusses each style.

Offering a lively, deep, personal look at some of the Old Testament's most powerful and intriguing women, this Bible study lets readers examine their lives and learn how to use Bible stories to throw light on their own lives. (Biblical Studies)

The God of Second Isaiah, the Holy One of Israel, is increasingly

Johnson uses the metaphor of dance to help readers--especially those without a theological background--approach the discipline of theology as something everyone does, and not only something to believe.