God's Creative Gift-Unleashing the Artist in You
ISBN: 9781498265614 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: God's Creative Gift is an in-depth study for the creative Christian. It is intended for both professional and lay artists, for the casual crafter and hobbyist, and for those in both sacred and secular settings. It is for those who see things where others do not and for those whose imaginations cannot be confined by religious dogma and tradition. It is for musicians, singers, painters, sculptors, dancers, dramatists, writers, poets, carvers, weavers, film editors, photographers, filmmakers, architects, designers--anyone who finds inspiration in creativity. Focusing on the creative...
Description: God's Creative Gift is an in-depth study for the creative Christian. It is intended for both professional and lay artists, for the casual...
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197,55 zł |
Quiet Talks on John's Gospel
ISBN: 9781533253507 / Angielski / Miękka / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
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40,54 zł |
Practicing Christian Education: An Introduction for Ministry
ISBN: 9780801030963 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This accessible introduction to the broad scope of Christian education focuses on its practice in the local church. Two leading experts argue that Christian education encompasses all of the intentional practices of the local church, including worship, mission, sacraments, and teaching. They explore Christian education not only as a field of study but as a vital congregational ministry, showing how congregations can engage in discipleship and formation for spiritual growth. The book features exercises and other pedagogical devices and includes reflection questions and suggestions for further...
This accessible introduction to the broad scope of Christian education focuses on its practice in the local church. Two leading experts argue that Chr...
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90,80 zł |
A Biblical Understanding of Pain
ISBN: 9781498216616 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Contributor(s): John Timmerman is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is the author of twenty-four books, many of them for the Christian audience.
About the Contributor(s): John Timmerman is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is the author...
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141,72 zł |
Building Vision
ISBN: 9781498254106 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Western culture is changing. Postmodern exigencies are encroaching on all aspects of our lived experiences. With them, these exigencies bring tremendous pressures and challenges to Spiritual Leadership-challenges that must be met and overcome, lest this traditional institution render itself out-dated and outmoded. We are now confronted with the advent of an empowered, educated, and democratically geared population-an epistemological culture that is engaged in its own determination, that has information at its fingertips, that feels entitled to its own points of view, that...
Description: Western culture is changing. Postmodern exigencies are encroaching on all aspects of our lived experiences. With them, these exigencies b...
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193,25 zł |
Kinderbeten
ISBN: 9781498254199 / Angielski / Twarda / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Research in the roots of evangelicalism and revivalism uncovers its share of peculiarities, but nothing is more unusual than what follows. What we have here is a compelling story touching on the exercise of free religion, the religious wars in Europe, the roots of Evangelicalism, the supernatural, and more, all wrapped up in a religious revival which began not through a charismatic revivalist or any adult at all, but rather found it's origin with children aged four to fourteen. The children became pawns in a controversy between political and religious opponents. Indulge your...
Description: Research in the roots of evangelicalism and revivalism uncovers its share of peculiarities, but nothing is more unusual than what follows...
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167,49 zł |
Donkeys and Kings
ISBN: 9781498254465 / Angielski / Twarda / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: What do talking donkeys, fasting lions, and wolves playing with sheep have in common? They are all found in the Bible. Author Tripp York and illustrator Zak Upright bring to life eight different stories about animals as discovered in Scripture. York spins a different account on these stories (such as the flood, Jonah, as well as Daniel and the lion's den), by attempting to imagine what it might mean to understand these narratives from the perspective of the animals. Though the short stories in this collection are written for children, adults will take much from them as they...
Description: What do talking donkeys, fasting lions, and wolves playing with sheep have in common? They are all found in the Bible. Author Tripp York ...
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141,72 zł |
A Masterwork of Doubting-Belief
ISBN: 9781498260084 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: R. S. Thomas (1913-2000) was a major poet of the twentieth century. He was respected by luminaries of the literary establishment, recognized with numerous awards, and nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1996. Thomas was also a priest of the Anglican Communion who wrestled ceaselessly with problems of faith and doubt in his poetry. John G. McEllhenney makes R. S. Thomas' poems, ministry, and irascible character come brilliantly alive in his new book, A Masterwork of Doubting-Belief: R. S. Thomas and His Poetry. McEllhenney, who developed a personal relationship with Thomas during the...
Description: R. S. Thomas (1913-2000) was a major poet of the twentieth century. He was respected by luminaries of the literary establishment, recogni...
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176,07 zł |
Created in Delight
ISBN: 9781498262613 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Created in Delight challenges the church to take seriously the relationship of human beings with the earth and their fellow creatures. It challenges communities of faith to construct youth and young adult ministry through an ecological hermeneutic. Van Meter includes narratives from his youth work and teaching as well as ecological theology and an exploration of contemporary ecological concerns. He challenges youth and young adult ministers to seek their own formation through practicing hope in resistance to despair as they engage ecological questions in partnership with young...
Description: Created in Delight challenges the church to take seriously the relationship of human beings with the earth and their fellow creatures. It...
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171,78 zł |
To Persevere in Love
ISBN: 9781498264211 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Contributor(s): Leander S. Harding is an ordained priest of the Episcopal Church. After twenty-six years of parish ministry he now teaches Pastoral Theology at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, an evangelical seminary in the Anglican tradition. He is the author of In the Breaking of the Bread.
About the Contributor(s): Leander S. Harding is an ordained priest of the Episcopal Church. After twenty-six years of parish ministry he now teaches P...
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184,66 zł |
Being Truly Human
ISBN: 9781498265003 / Angielski / Twarda / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Our busy exterior may be a cover-up for an undernourished interior soul. Modern life is so packed with things to do that we have not learned to be truly human. It is difficult to nurture the spiritual life in a media-saturated world filled with relentless information, ongoing activities, material wants, worrisome uncertainties, and seductive addictions. Being Truly Human challenges readers to give space in their busy life for God to do the work of transformation in the inner self. It takes inspiration from the Desert Fathers of the fourth and fifth centuries whose directness,...
Description: Our busy exterior may be a cover-up for an undernourished interior soul. Modern life is so packed with things to do that we have not lear...
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154,60 zł |
The Call of the World
ISBN: 9781533455208 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Call of the World is a Christian religious classic by W. E. Doughty. The four questions which the author has most frequently heard in discussing world problems with men are the following: What progress is the missionary enterprise making?How much remains to be done?What is America's share of world responsibility?How can men relate themselves in a practical way to the spread of Christianity throughout the world?It is to give a brief answer to these four fundamental questions that the following pages have been prepared for use in Christian Missionary Discussion Groups, Men's Bible Classes,...
The Call of the World is a Christian religious classic by W. E. Doughty. The four questions which the author has most frequently heard in discussing w...
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29,26 zł |
Curacy Express
ISBN: 9781498295314 / Angielski / Twarda / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The twenty-first-century church is increasingly placing recently trained seminary or locally trained clergy in smaller churches where they must stand alone without the training under a senior pastor. Since leadership in a church and academic preparation in seminary are two very different things, the church historically developed a history of offering ""curacies,"" or training assistantships, to help blend the two disciplines and merge classroom knowledge into practical application. Today, these formal assistantships are mostly a thing of the past. Curacy Express: A Training Resource for New...
The twenty-first-century church is increasingly placing recently trained seminary or locally trained clergy in smaller churches where they must stand ...
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180,37 zł |
Tension in the Tank
ISBN: 9781498269469 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Tension in the Tank meets us where we are on a faith journey that includes doubt and pain. Here is a voice that speaks to the beauty and value of interfaith understanding and liberal social values while digging deep into the heart of Christian mysticism. If we are living a spirituality that matters, it will affect the way we treat ourselves and the way we treat each other. Tension in the Tank is about faith that is relevant, secure, and ever-evolving. It is a guidebook for building meaningful relationships with Spirit, self, and each other. Radically open to possibility and...
Description: Tension in the Tank meets us where we are on a faith journey that includes doubt and pain. Here is a voice that speaks to the beauty and ...
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Beyond Me
ISBN: 9781498269360 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Beyond Me seeks to capture and convey the wonder, mystery, and healing power of the Divine Spirit and its activity in human beings, life, and relationships. This Divine Presence is often felt or glimpsed as Mystery--beyond us, yet within us--which grabs our attention and pulls us into a deeper and fuller exploration of what life and human existence is all about. As an ordained Presbyterian minister serving as a Pastoral Psychotherapist, Carroll E. Arkema is especially thrilled and fascinated to notice and then capture in his poems the congruency between psychodynamics, spiritual...
Description: Beyond Me seeks to capture and convey the wonder, mystery, and healing power of the Divine Spirit and its activity in human beings, life,...
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163,19 zł |
God Beyond Borders
ISBN: 9781498269032 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: Based on ten years of research, God Beyond Borders is a comprehensive study of interreligious learning in faith communities. The United States is one of the most religiously diverse countries of the world. Kujawa-Holbrook details the many practices of interreligious learning in faith communities; through interreligious encounters, religious education, shared sacred space, shared prayer, and compassionate action. The book also surveys the field of interreligious learning and investigates some of the more common intentionally interreligious communities--families, clergy groups,...
Description: Based on ten years of research, God Beyond Borders is a comprehensive study of interreligious learning in faith communities. The United S...
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206,14 zł |
Being Transformed
ISBN: 9781498268035 / Angielski / Twarda / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Contributor(s): Creola Thomas was born and raised in Chicago in the most notorious housing complexes. His mother was an urban missionary and his father was a noted pastor committed to living and working amongst the poor. Growing up in the hardest part of Chicago taught him that even on the dark side of life our light as Christians can still shine. After high school Thomas attended Columbia College and majored in Theater. He had the honor of attending Wheaton College, where he earned a Masters in Evangelism. A few years later he attended Northeastern and earned a MA in Special...
About the Contributor(s): Creola Thomas was born and raised in Chicago in the most notorious housing complexes. His mother was an urban missionary and...
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158,90 zł |
Toward the Better Country
ISBN: 9781498268257 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. About the Contributor(s): L. Gail Irwin (MDiv) is an ordained minister and freelance writer who has served in the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA). In 2010, she was a Louisville Institute Pastoral Study Project Grant recipient. She lives in rural Wisconsin and blogs at http: //freelancepastor.wordpress.com
About the Contributor(s): L. Gail Irwin (MDiv) is an ordained minister and freelance writer who has served in the United Church of Christ and the Pres...
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188,96 zł |
Rethinking Our Story
ISBN: 9781498268639 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: ""If it ain't broke, don't fix it."" But it's no secret that the Christian church is ""broke,"" and does need fixing. Despite great effort, things are going badly for us. We've tried trendy and tech-savvy, entrepreneurial and coffee-house gritty. They're not helping. Our problem is deeper than that. Our problem is our instincts--instincts informed by our story. There was a time when the Christian church was a powerfully transformative presence in society. It can be again--but it will require radical rethinking of the story that informs our instincts. And it's time It's been five...
Description: ""If it ain't broke, don't fix it."" But it's no secret that the Christian church is ""broke,"" and does need fixing. Despite great effor...
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154,60 zł |
The Gift of the Other
ISBN: 9781498266154 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Description: We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome strangers, to care for the widow and the orphan, and to build relationships with those distant from us. But how, in this world of hostility and commodification, do we practice hospitality? In The Gift of the Other, Andrew Shepherd engages deeply with the influential thought of French...
Description: We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our ...
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231,90 zł |