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

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Roadmap, myth, or history The Book of Revelation draws readers and repels them. Schmidt explores how Revelation can shape people's understanding of God, and nurture their spiritual lives in unexpected ways.

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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.

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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.

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Most Christians are familiar with the story told in Mark's gospel, but no one knows who Mark really was or why this gospel was written. Individual readers and parish study groups can learn about this earliest gospel from the perspective of an important Anglican theologian.

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Exploring the Law in "Exodus", and "Leviticus", this book examines the historical and cultural contexts of these legal codes. It discusses rituals related to purification from defilement, and demonstrates the ways in which the temple priests used these laws as their own code of purity and method of enforcing purity in the covenant community.

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Part of the "Conversations with Scripture" series, this book looks at the Biblical topics. Each chapter is organized by Parable type - such as seeking and growth and left room for activity ideas, such as role-playing, parable writing or music. It also gives the historical and cultural background.

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An inspiring collection of over 20 international cross designs with applique' techniques for beginner and intermediate level crafters.

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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.

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Taking Romans 12.2 as its inspiration, this book inspires women to explore critical issues in their lives such as self-esteem, courage, honesty, identity through the lens of scripture and experience, and offers the positive message that we are all loved and valued by God.

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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.

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Reexamines the familiar Jesus of the Gospel and enables readers to engage with the stories as they're invited into greater awareness of themselves and deeper responsibility for others. Each chapter is based on a Gospel text, with a personal narrative by one of the authors showing how the story is at work in their lives.

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

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Combining excellent theology, theory, and practical pastoral suggestions, the author explores the concept that forgiveness is not a step-by-step process, but one of conversion and of seeing Gods way. Biblically based with sound academic research, yet written in a conversational style.

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Spiritually enlightening essays on key words used in the Bible make this a perfect book for devotional use or group discussions. Taylor, a preacher and storyteller, takes a word or place for each letter of the alphabet and ties it in perfectly with the issues and challenges we face today.

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The author, a Benedictine monk who lives in a large city, invites the reader to join him on his daily walks during the season, as he points out dozens of often unnoticed connections between our 'holidays' and the spiritual meaning of Advent and Christmas.

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Brief extracts from the Underhill book, Fruits of the Spirit, first published in 1942, the year after Underhill's death. Each of these brief pieces is actually a meditation on some aspect of the spiritual life, and makes excellent devotional reading.

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Recognizing the needs of women who already struggle with issues of worth and self-esteem, this book uses the words of women from various backgrounds to explore their uniqueness and the gifts of their feminine spiritual nature. Through this approach, Lent becomes a time of inspiration.

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Presenting a reading of the stories of biblical women between the lines, this book uses their stories to throw light on our own experience. It includes the stories of such women as Sarah, who was not afraid to nudge God into action, and Judith, woman and warrior, whose faith saved God's people.

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A guide for all who care about the full inclusion of children and their families in the life of the church today.

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Church consultant Caroline Westerhoff explores how the Church can practice inclusivity while still keeping a sense of appropriate boundaries.

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Young people desperately seek to develop an inner core that will not only rescue them in times of distress, but

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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.