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Settling In
My First Year in a Retirement Community
Richard L. Morgan
Richard L. Morgan has carved a niche as a bestselling author and an authority on older adult ministries and concerns. Now, he chronicles his own transition to a retirement community.
Morgan speaks frankly about the losses and realities as he approached his own not-yet-frail "fourth quarter" (after age 75). Drawing from his journals of those sometimes-agonizing months, he takes us through his decision to move to a long-term facility and the first year of settling in.
"The retirement community ...
The Retreat Leader's Manual
A Complete Guide to Organizing Meaningful Christian Retreats
Kevin Witt, Nancy Ferguson
In an age when vacationers on pleasure cruises can expect to be on tightly planned and pressure-packed schedules, a restful renewal seems alien.
"I will give you rest," Jesus said (Matt. 11:28). The Bible places a strong emphasis on sabbath time. Experiencing solitude, play, and life at a slower rhythm are precious pathways that allow God to nurture our souls.
Retreats have the special focus that offer personal growth as participants are guided to look at life and the world with God in mind....
Transforming Evangelism
The Wesleyan Way of Sharing Faith
F. Douglas Powe Jr., Henry H. Knight III, Henry H. Knight, ...
Because of the more aggressive and confrontational tactics we hear about, evangelism has developed a bad connotation. Doors are shut hurriedly, phone calls end abruptly, and e-mails left unanswered.
After all, isn't this a task better handled by the pastor?
Perhaps it's time to reexamine John Wesley's model of evangelism as a full, natural circle—where it's a communal beginning point rather than a solitary end.
The central motive of authentic evangelism is: Having received a message that's ma...
Forty Days to a Closer Walk with God
The Practice of Centering Prayer
J. David Muyskens
It's been said that Centering Prayer is like two friends sitting together in silence, just being in each other's presence—completely natural and comfortable. Yet, Centering Prayer is sometimes viewed as too mysterious, too escapist, too hard. At first, it even appeared that way to the author, but events in his life and his further studies about prayer changed his views.
Through Muyskens' insightful guidance, you'll explore a method of prayer that goes deeper than verbal conversations with God...
The Africana Worship Book (Year A)
Safiyah Fosua, Valerie Bridgeman Davis
Celebrate the joyful spiritual spark found in Africana worship!
Worship is the lifeblood of the church. To Africana worshippers, God is very present in the service, and the response is heartfelt, jubilant and authentic.
The Africana Worship Book uncovers the "best-of" from the African-American church as well as from the Caribbean, American, and African shores.
The collected works found in this resource, which are based on Year A the Revised Common Lectionary, include profound and grace-filled...
You Gave Me a Wide Place
Holy Places of Our Lives
Paul E. Stroble
"You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip."
—Psalm 18:36
Places are part of our personal story and can be important keys to understanding God's presence in our life.
Whether the sacred place lies at the water's edge, in a quiet, small town or in pristine, high-country mountains, all have felt pulled and connected to a spot. Perhaps at the least likely moment you felt touched by God's presence just when you needed it most, even if it was in a mundane, public p...
Leading a Life with God
The Practice of Spiritual Leadership
Daniel Wolpert
People who pray together can change the world.
A faith community's deepening prayer life depends on an effective spiritual leader. Many are willing to assume this role, but some aspiring guides have trouble making the transition from an individual practice to leading a group. Wolpert demonstrates how personal devotion can evolve into leadership practice.
Bestselling spiritual leadership books "provide insights from secular leadership disciplines and then add a paragraph about how these discip...
Parables and Passion
Jesus' Stories for the Days of Lent
John Indermark
Discover new insights about the passion story through the lenses of Jesus' parables.
"Parables nudge us all to receptive insight," writes Indermark. "For those new to the Lenten journey, they give access to the holy through the ordinary. For those who have navigated this season many times, they allow an opportunity to experience Lent from a different perspective. …[Parables] take us deeper, revealing the approaching realm of the God who has come to us in One who teaches still in parables."
Le...
Leading a Life with God
The Practice of Spiritual Leadership
Daniel Wolpert
People who pray together can change the world.
A faith community's deepening prayer life depends on an effective spiritual leader. Many are willing to assume this role, but some aspiring guides have trouble making the transition from an individual practice to leading a group. Wolpert demonstrates how personal devotion can evolve into leadership practice.
Bestselling spiritual leadership books "provide insights from secular leadership disciplines and then add a paragraph about how these discip...
Deepening your effectiveness
Restructuring the Local Church for Life Transformation
Claudia Lavy, Dan Glover
Is your goal to build great churches or make great disciples? Is your congregation full of professing-only Christians?
Becoming a Christian disciple is supposed to be life-altering, a process of maturation and transformation. The church is to intentionally support that development—both individually and corporately. Sometimes, though, pitfalls and barriers in life and even within the church itself can damage the committed but unequipped follower.
Proposing a "deep-sea change" from the typical ...