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Based around a series of sermons by Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender extols the need for 'absolute surrender' to God. Murray provides concrete steps for bringing about such surrender in one's life. He also describes both the fruit of surrendering, e.g. true experience of the Holy Spirit in one's life, and the different 'stages' one goes through on the 'path to Christian liberty'. Thus, anyone not fully experiencing Christian liberty can profit from...
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This classic guide helps servers to perform with confidence and reverence, allowing the liturgy to unfold in a smooth and prayerful manner. A glossary of words and objects accompanies illustrations of vessels, linens, altar preparation, vestments, posture symbols, and examples of processions. Also contains easy-to-draw symbols that servers can use to make a diagram of their sanctuary's layout for study and practice.
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Become a full partner in the worship of God using these guides, which illuminate the theology, history, and practical concerns of each part of the liturgy.
These two new guides are designed to help newcomers, confirmation classes, and lay members understand and appreciate the Episcopal liturgy. They invite the person in the pew to participate in the service, not merely as a spectator, but as a full partner in the worship of God in community.
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Love. War. How do they relate? In this book I will explain what it is to live with a wartime mentality and the importance of living a lifestyle of love through it. When we have a wartime mentality it combats what I believe to be one of our generation’s greatest enemies - complacency. Come on the journey with me to find out how to live to win the war in all areas of life. Love is our greatest weapon. Love is our greatest shield.
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Letting go isn't just saying good-bye to people, places, and things—as important as they may be. It's also about letting go of attitudes and ideas—such as perfectionism, resentment, worry, and judgmentalism—that keep us from growing in our relationships with God and others. Letting go is crucial to our spiritual—and emotional—health.
In How Can I Let Go If I Don't Know I'm Holding On?, Linda Douty examines a variety of letting-go struggles...
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Based upon addresses given to Anglican audiences in North America and Australia, Bill Countryman directly confronts the challenges that face Anglicans and other Western Christians at a time of internal division and increasing indifference to religion on the part of educated elites. He regards these challenges as a work of the Holy Spirit, who is clearing the ground for a new era of building, and help readers start thinking about what kind of future...
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Down through the centuries, people of faith have known that prayer has many languages, and not all of them have words. Here in Prayer of the HeArt, readers will learn to use art as a way to open up a deep conversation with God.
This book is not about "art" in the sense of making pretty pictures, or even about expressing an experience of God. Rather it opens readers to new possibilities. The art they create here is the visual result of an experience...
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For Christians, the ministry of healing prayer goes back to our deepest roots, to Jesus of Nazareth, who cared for those suffering in body and in spirit. As his followers, we are challenged-and empowered-to do the same.
Members of mainline Christian denominations, however, may be skeptical about this ministry, as author Avery Brooke was at first. She tells the surprising story of healing prayer in her own life and that of her church in Connecticut....
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Imagine the hushed excitement and the vivid anticipation of a child on Christmas Eve. How much more intense that anticipation must have been for those who waited for the wonder of the very first Christmas. From the ancient prophets to the three kings, from the angel Gabriel to the stalwart Joseph, Katarina Katsarka Whitley imagines their astonishment and joy at the events unfolding around them.
In her inimitable style, Whitley places herself in the...
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Perhaps nothing expresses the mystery of our search for the divine as well as the labyrinth. A circular pathway based on spirals found in nature, the labyrinth is a time-honored spiritual tool in faith traditions as varied as Native American, Jewish, and Celtic. As seekers walk to the center of the labyrinth, their minds quiet and turn to God. Walking out again, they bring into the world the spiritual gifts they've received.
In A Labyrinth Year,...
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What are the questions that are really on the minds of Christians as they try to live out their faith? Author Tom Ehrich challenged readers of his weekly newspaper column and his daily e-mail meditations to pose the questions that they would like to ask Jesus "from the roadside," as blind Bartimaeus did in the gospel. He received hundreds of responses-- not one of them about matters of liturgy, church politics, or canon law. Instead, the questions...
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The perfect book for newcomers who are often confused by the worship service, Welcome to Sunday is also an excellent book for those who have been sitting in the pews without fully understanding what happens on Sunday morning. Episcopal priest Christopher Webber takes the reader from the sidewalk outside the church, guides them through the service, and sends them out again when the service has ended. Webber explains the postures, the Christian year,...
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"The only way you can really get to know God is through prayer," says author Christopher L. Webber, "and the Prayer Book sets out a pattern that has been used by saints and sinners for centuries."
This guide will help readers—newcomers and longtime Episcopalians alike—get started on the ancient way of praying found in the Daily Office of the Book of Common Prayer. A User's Guide illuminates the theology, history, and practical concerns of worshipping...
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This is a practical how-to guide introducing new, mission-shaped practices in a traditional parish setting. This book looks at the church's bread-and-butter activities - worship, pastoral contacts, civic and public responsibilities, faith formation, administration and leadership - and creatively points out how to reframe them with a focus on God's mission.
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It has been noted that anyone who reads and hears everything written in this book, may result in changes in their understanding, finances, health and anyone around them. This book was not written so you can read and hear about all the miracles God did for me. On the contrary, this book was written solely with the purpose of what God can and will do for you. The instructions written in this book, are not written so you can read and hear about how God...
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Author Kristen Johnson Ingram was photographing Native American dancers at an Oregon pow-wow when an official tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to stop taking pictures. "This is the prayer the dancer is doing," he explained.
For people of faith, Ingram realized, there are many forms of prayer besides the ones we speak with our lips: Devout Jews bow while reading Torah; Episcopalians stand, sit, or kneel in church; exuberant Christians raise...
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Only One Christ: A Review of Christian Denominations" is a comprehensive exploration of various Christian denominations, emphasizing their shared foundation in Christ while highlighting their diverse theological beliefs, practices, and traditions. This book delves into the history, doctrinal differences, worship styles, and core teachings of different Christian branches, providing readers with a nuanced understanding of the rich tapestry of Christianity....
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She Who Prays: A Woman's Interfaith Prayer Book offers women a new way to pray. Drawing on feminine images of God — and on the language and experience of women — it helps women tap into their own rich and unique spirituality. Readers will find a wealth of prayers from a variety of traditions —early Christian, Native American, and others. With a liturgical calendar honoring the lives of women of all faiths, along with rituals for group celebrations...
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