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Good Enough

Author : Kate Bowler

Publisher : Random House

Page : 202 pages

File Size : 49,29 MB

Release : 2022-02-17

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1529192420

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***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*** We begin to feel less alone, more loved and less judged when good is . . . enough. In this collection of 40ish short spiritual devotionals, Good Enough reveals the small things we can do to inch toward a deeper, richer, truer kind of faith. Through blessings, prayers and human truths, learn to live with imperfection in a culture of self-help that promotes endless progress, and discover a companion for when you want to stop feeling guilty that you're not living your best life now. Hailed by Glennon Doyle as 'the Christian Joan Didion', in these gorgeously written reflections Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie proffer fresh imagination for how truth, beauty, and meaning can be discovered amidst the chaos of life. Their words celebrate kindness, honesty and interdependence in a culture that rewards ruthless individualism and blind optimism. Ultimately, in these pages we can rest in the encouragement to strive for what is possible today - while recognising that though we are finite, the life in front of us can still be beautiful.



Wisdom Distilled from the Daily

Author : Joan Chittister

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 157 pages

File Size : 21,76 MB

Release : 2013-03-26

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0062284509

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Wise and enduring spiritual guidelines for everyday living –– as relevant today as when The Rule was originally conceived by St. Benedict in fifth century Rome.



Noose and Collar

Author : Joel Eliot Helander

Publisher :

Page : 89 pages

File Size : 39,8 MB

Release : 1979

Category : Murder

ISBN : 9780935600070

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Centennial Buckeye Cook Book

Author : Andrew F. Smith

Publisher : Ohio State University Press

Page : 408 pages

File Size : 26,15 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Cooking

ISBN : 9780814208366

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The first edition of the Centennial Buckeye Cook Book was published in 1876. Between 1876 and 1905, a total of thirty-two editions of the cookbook were published, and more than one million copies sold. The book began as a project of the Marysville, Ohio, First Congregational Church when the women of the church decided to publish a cookbook in order to raise money to build a parsonage. Their effort launched a cookbook that rapidly became one of the most popular publications of nineteenth-century America. This is the first reprint of the original 1876 edition.





Climate Church, Climate World

Author : Jim Antal

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 263 pages

File Size : 26,91 MB

Release : 2023-04-15

Category :

ISBN : 1538178915

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Climate Church, Climate World contends that climate change is the greatest moral challenge humanity has ever faced. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter on political and policy shifts in recent years; the influence of Greta Thunberg and climate change activists; and updated information on the current science of climate change.



Elders in Congregational Life (Newton)

Author : Phil A. Newton

Publisher : Kregel Academic

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 19,75 MB

Release :

Category : Baptists

ISBN : 9780825494789

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(Foreword by Mark Dever) A biblically functioning church requires intentional devotion to the New Testament model of the church. In this practical book, Phil Newton gives a definitive and biblical study of elder-based leadership.



Lent in Plain Sight

Author : Jill J. Duffield

Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 32,65 MB

Release : 2020-01-14

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1611649803

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God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the ordinary, God communicates epiphanies, salvation, revelation, and reconciliation. It is through the mundane that we hear Gods quiet voice. In this devotion for the season of Lent, Jill J. Duffield draws readers attention to ten ordinary objects that Jesus would have encountered on his way to Jerusalem: dust, bread, the cross, coins, shoes, oil, coats, towels, thorns, and stones. In each object, readers will find meaning in the biblical account of Jesus final days. Each week, readers encounter a new object to consider through Scripture, prayer, and reflection. From Ash Wednesday to Easter, Lent in Plain Sight reminds Christians to open ourselves to the kingdom of God.



A Just Peace Church

Author : Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Publisher :

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 23,33 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Political Science

ISBN :

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The classical just war criteria were helpful in a world of soldiers in uniforms with negotiated holidays. But just war no longer proves helpful in a world where small bands of terrorists with modest bundles of cash can do unspeakable terror to unarmed civilians. In this new world, war itself has become dysfunctional. What are the theological, political, and programmatic bases needed to become a peacemaking church? A Just Peace Church seeks to locate a position between pacifism and just war.



Missional Communities

Author : Reggie McNeal

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 48,67 MB

Release : 2011-08-15

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1118107586

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The third book in the trilogy that explores the popular missional movement From Reggie McNeal, the bestselling author of The Present Future and Missional Renaissance, comes the third book in the series that helps to define and illuminate the popular missional movement. This newest book in the trilogy examines a natural outgrowth of the move toward a missional orientation: the deconstruction of congregations into very small Christian communities. For all those thousands of churches and leaders who have followed Reggie McNeal's bold lead, this book details the rise of a new life form in churches. Discusses how to move a church from an internal to an external ministry focus Reggie McNeal is a recognized leader in the missional movement Outlines an alternative to the program church model that is focused on the projects and passions of the congregants This book draws on McNeal's twenty years of leadership roles in local congregations and his work over the last decade with thousands of clergy and church leaders.