Publication Date: 2007
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Soul Biopsy
The spiritual journey of the soul takes a radical turn when one hears the word ‘cancer’ from the physician’s mouth. Share in the ‘adventure’ of a woman, mother, oncology and intensive care nurse, former Hospice chaplain and pastor as she tells her own spiritual and intimate story in the letter to a ‘dear Friend.’ Diagnosed…
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Soul Design
Life is much like a cluster of grapes… Writing your own spiritual autobiography can be a wonderful harvest of the soul. Picking your stories, tasting them, pressing them and extracting their unique flavor, and allowing them to ferment into a rich wine is the goal of this guide. You will have the opportunity to remember,…
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Vincent Van Gogh
A lecture given by The Reverend Dr. Dennis Davenport on Vincent Van Gogh.
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2007 Children’s Mission Yearbook For Prayer & Study
Weekly information, activities, scripture, and prayer focusing on the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the United States and around the world.
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Living Until We Die
This study guide for Living Till We Die serves as a companion to the book, Practicing Our Faith, A Way of Life for a Searching People, ed. Dorothy C. Bass,  Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997. Twelve faith practices are presented in the book. The study guide focuses on six of those, exploring them through an end-of-life lens. These time-honored spiritual practices have…
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Call to Worship: The Sacramental Word
Volume 40, Issue #4. Features/Authors of articles are listed, Columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken  v Shouting the Whisper Willson, Patrick J. 1 Preaching as the Presence of Christ Janowiak, Paul A. 8 Leading from Font, Table, and Pulpit Wasserman, Marney A. 15 Praying the Great Thanksgiving Byars, Ronald P. 25 The Long and…
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Call to Worship: Year A
Volume 31, Issue #1. Features/Authors are listed, columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken v The Shaping of the Liturgy Trinidad, Tom 1 Reading Theology with a Preacher’s Eye Fleming, Matthew 6 On Art and Worship Miller, Patricia Lynn 13 On Media and Worship Goode, Edward 16 God’s Ever-Changing Song Dobbins, R. Craig 23 Table…
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Identity, Polity, Praxis
In this essay Paul Hooker Hooker calls us to hear and respond to the questions we face in this time of intense transition — starting with one of the most basic questions: “who are we called to be?†Hooker points to resources we have at hand to help us formulate strong answers to that question.
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If This Is The Way The World Works
In If This Is the Way the World Works William O. Avery and Beth Ann Gaede ask two primary questions: First, what principles from science are so broadly accepted that scientists themselves are willing to say, ‘This is the way the world works’? Second, how do congregations and their leaders behave when they operate in…
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The Church Of All Ages
Many congregations today experience collisions between parents who ant to spend time with their children and age-segregated church programming, as well as between the children worshiping in their pews and the increasing number of seniors in the same pew. Among the questions these congregations struggle to address are these: Should we try to hold the…
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Choosing The Kingdom
Today the Christian faith is moving through one of the greatest sea changes in its two thousand year history, and we can no longer assume we know exactly what kind of animal preaching is or ought to be. Choosing the Kingdom is both a work of theology and a how-to guide for preachers who want to rethink…
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Preaching Ethically
How do clergy preach to meet the legitimate needs of their congregation and live up to standards of professionalism and personal integrity? Preaching Ethically offers guidelines for preaching in light of a range of factors that might tempt a preacher to misuse the pulpit. How do you preach about controversial issues? What do you say from the…