This volume by Christopher Levan points a way forward in the anxious search for certainty that grips our churches amid the growing relativism of today's culture. Building on the paradox inherent in the biblical concept of stewardship, Levan urges us to begin "living in the maybe," a perspective on life that he believes offers not only an effective model for confronting today's confused times on the personal level but also an effective means for revitalizing the church. Through an exploration of the themes of faithfulness, wealth, and happiness, Levan argues that the idea of stewardship contains a foundational dialectic that offers an antidote to our culture's hunger for eternal fundamentals. By looking carefully at both the biblical and the theological roots of each theme, Levan shows how the biblical notion of stewardship provides a locus and a pattern for shaping an appropriate Christian response to the apprehensions of our turn-of-the-millennium culture.

Living in the Maybe: A Steward Confronts the Spirit of Fundamentalism (Faith's Horizons)

Levan, Christopher

Religion & Spirituality

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

Give Us This Day : Lenten Reflections on Baking Bread and Discipleship

United Church of Canada Publishing House

How can sixty-eight words change the world? Seems impossible. An even greater mystery, these words come in the form of a prayer. Christopher Levan shows how early Christians used what we now call The Lord's Prayer as a building block for their movement. It was from these sixty-eight words that they created the backbone and determination to shape a religious movement that would dramatically alter human history. Walking step by step through The Prayer, Levan will show how Jesus of Nazareth adapted the economic and spiritual principles from his Jewish heritage and teaching, to direct his followers in a simple, yet very profound conversation with their Creator. In The Prayer, Jesus' disciples found words to build God's reign on earth: "the kingdom of God." Obviously, these sixty-eight words are not just words. They have power. They enact what they express. And far from spent, these words still contain the ability to enliven and shape the current expressions of God's reign here and now.

The Prayer

Cascade Books

How can sixty-eight words change the world? Seems impossible. An even greater mystery, these words come in the form of a prayer. Christopher Levan shows how early Christians used what we now call The Lord’s Prayer as a building block for their movement. It was from these sixty-eight words that they created the backbone and determination to shape a religious movement that would dramatically alter human history.  Walking step by step through The Prayer, Levan will show how Jesus of Nazareth adapted the economic and spiritual principles from his Jewish heritage and teaching, to direct his followers in a simple, yet very profound conversation with their Creator. In The Prayer, Jesus’ disciples found words to build God’s reign on earth: “the kingdom of God.”  Obviously, these sixty-eight words are not just words. They have power. They enact what they express. And far from spent, these words still contain the ability to enliven and shape the current expressions of God’s reign here and now.

The Prayer: 68 Words that Changed the World

Sin Boldly--a manual for fallen angels--is a guide to spiritual issues facing the secular world. Chris Levan, author of The Dancing Steward and God Hates Religion, has a gift for translating theological concepts into contemporary and comprehensible terms. This collection of his columns is like a conversation over coffee with a close friend.

Sin Boldly

Religious Studies

Wipf and Stock

The Dancing Steward: Exploring Christian Stewardship Lifestyles

United Church Pub. House

God Hatees Religion: How the Gospels Condemn False Religious Practice

The United Church Publishing House

Living in the maybe: A steward confronts the spirit of fundamentalism

United Church Publishing House

Thanks Giving: Growing Generosity Among God's People

Easy-to-make recipes are ideal for families with younger children, church school classes, and pot lucks.   Connecting of baking, food, and social justice makes good Lenten reading for middle and high school youth groups.   Substantial reflections for prayer groups and Lenten study groups.   Ecumenical in focus  Ideal for altar guilds and women who bake communion bread who want to make prayer and reflection part of their ministry. Bread speaks to us of our daily reliance upon a Maker, writes Christopher Levan. Perhaps more than any other food it brings us close to our roots as fellow creatures of God's creation. Bread is an apt metaphor for the spiritual journey. Give Us This Day offers meditations for every day in Lent, inviting us to connect faith, "our daily bread," and the world in which we live, along with recipes that range from Shrove Tuesday "No-Fret Pancakes" to Easter Challah bread. Each of the 40 meditations begins with a scripture verse and a prayer.

Give Us This Day: Lenten Reflections on Baking Bread and Discipleship

Seabury Books

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