In re-releasing this best-selling classic book, Storytelling – Imagination and Faith, Fr. Bill Bausch brings to life the art of stories and of storytelling. Weaving together stories that have been collected over the years, he celebrates the ability of storytelling to transform the heart of the reader. No doubt, this book will hold a treasured spot on the shelves of preachers, ministers, teachers, parents – and anyone who wants to learn the power of the story! For stories remain the repositories of our successes and failures, our dreams and our hopes, our faith and despair. And we remember them. This, then, is what you will find in this book: stories, secular and sacred, that provoke, entertain, entice and challenge.

Storytelling: Imagination and Faith

Arts & Photography

Bausch, William J.

Music

Clear Faith Publishing

Found in these pages is a seven day reflective journey/retreat in a discipline of solitude and intentional prayer; it is intended to serve as a map of hopeful openness to receive the wisdom of God’s Word in the praying of Psalms and canticles, meditating on God’s Word, all with the wisdom of Henri’s Nouwen's most generous heart. David Haas, one of the preeminent composers of liturgical music, now invites you to take part in this rhythmic prayer pattern, to take intentional times throughout the day to be still and let this God come alive in you. Join Henri Nouwen by seeing through his eyes and heart, in coming to discover over and over again, how God is “well pleased” in us all. May we never cease in welcoming in our hearts, 'God’s faithful presence'.

Welcome, Faithful Presence: A Week of Praying the Hours with Henri Nouwen

Religion & Spirituality

Haas, David

Christian Books & Bibles

“Teach Us To Pray” is a compelling collection of sermons on the Lord’s Prayer. With his preaching David A. Davis makes each petition of the prayer relevant to our ordinary lives while helping us see to the extraordinary presence of God. With each sermon the words of the Lord’s Prayer can be experienced in a fresh and vibrant way. Used as a devotional, a study tool, or a sermon sampler, “Teach Us To Pray” is a fine example of the vibrant preaching life shared between pastor and congregation at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, New Jersey.

Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Sermons on the Lord's Prayer

Davis, David A.

Be Who You Are The spirit of St. Francis de Sales

Bro. Mickey McGrath

Business & Money

The Bible is a much more convoluted, complicated and circuitous than anyone ever thought. It appears to be much more the product of a social evolution from the common stories of other ancient Near Eastern peoples with whom it shares so much (even its gods) than a singular revelation from on high. The Bible, in reality, is an unfinished mosaic of ceaseless interpretations right up to the present day. This book aims to show what is “out there” in current biblical discovery and commentary. What are the scholars saying? How compatible or non-compatible is what they tell us with traditional understandings? How do liberals and conservatives react? Why are people confused? Why do some sincere people find a literal reading of the Bible indigestible but a metaphorical reading unanchored? How do we read the Bible in a modern age? Above all, in these days of dwindling religious affiliation (at least in the western world), what is the Bible’s authority? Keeping up with the Bible is an ongoing and ever shifting enterprise. This book is a frozen snapshot in that flow to give the reader a chance to catch up.

Sagas, Scholars, & Searchers: Why the Bible is the Atheist's Best Friend

Re-issued in an updated, revised new edition! People of faith are called to act justly and serve others with generosity and integrity. How shall we do this? Discover all that and more in Deliberate Acts of Kindness, an easy-to-read guide for moving from “random acts of kindness” to intentional acts of service and generosity. In this new edition, award-winning author Meredith Gould delivers a lively overview of Western and Eastern spiritual wisdom. She shares dozens of practical tips for serving others, including ones about managing challenging situations. Self-directed exercises in each chapter make Deliberate Acts of Kindness a valuable resource for groups as well as individuals.

Deliberate Acts of Kindness: A Field Guide to Service As a Spiritual Practice

Gould, Meredith

Parenting & Relationships

The psalms always hold a heart-centered power for all people who honor the Word of God. They possess the entire galaxy of spiritual, human and emotional grace and agony for all who pound the pilgrim path. In "My Heart is Ready," David Haas brings his own heart and prayer journey to these most ancient and blessed prayer-poems. In these pages, David takes on all 150 psalms (some of them more than once) and offers a fresh and expanded path for the prayer lives of all believers. Here he calls them "psalm-poems" that be used for communal and personal prayer; for spiritual direction and retreat ministry; and for the sustained journey for those seeking life, wisdom, light and grace from these precious prayers and proclamations of our faith.

My Heart is Ready: Psalm-Poems for Prayer & Proclamation

This book celebrates the bringing together of insightful wisdom from the great spiritual writer Henri Nouwen, fused together with the creative and poetic gifts of crafting communal and individual prayer that are singularly found in liturgical composer and author, David Haas. In these pages, David has developed and crafted a four-week cycle of morning and evening prayer modeled after the Liturgy of the Hours, with the use of David's unique Psalm-Poems and passages from Nouwen's canon of holy and sacred writings. Intended for individual prayer and small group gatherings, David has also included Psalm-Poems and canticle paraphrases for Midday and Night Prayer; as well as chapters featuring blessings for various occasions and reflections for the seasons of the liturgical year. Also included are musical suggestions and helpful indices. This is truly a blessed prayer companion for all who want to walk with Henri, and stay close to the daily prayer rhythm of the Church.

Praying as Living Reminders: Morning and Evening Prayer with Henri Nouwen

Worship & Devotion

The title to this book of homilies, “No to Yes” reflects the age-old beckoning to conversion. These 72 new homilies are drawn from everyday headlines and voices that range from the inspirational to the challenging, with a distinct thematic bias towards the conflict of culture and faith. The homilies are filled with Fr. Bausch’s hallmark story telling; the more I preach the more I am convinced of their importance. Research has shown that stories form our lives for better or worse. Those stories that grapple with the deep questions – God, suffering, loneliness, and death – produce the myths we live by, myths that give us humans living on a decaying star some sense of identity, community, meaning and purpose. That is why we are a storytelling people and stories, unlike the “facts-only” one-dimensional statements our age favors. Stories have their own flexible, shape-shifting meanings that challenge, and often upend each era. A recent study of former Catholics has identified poor preaching as the second single most common complaint for why they stopped attending church. Clearly people want words that reflect where they are, that deal with matters they must face every day, and words that help them name their spiritual longings. As Christianity declines, at least here in the West with the Catholic Church hemorrhaging most severely of all, there is a need for reaching out to those who have left organized religion but who have not necessarily abandoned the quest for spirituality. Part of that outreach must begin with preaching the word of God whose aim, in the words of a Pope Francis’ book title, makes “Walking with Jesus” more inviting, more approachable. Hopefully this volume of new homilies may help.

From No to Yes: Homilies for Preachers; Reflections for Pilgrims

The riveting true story of a young man’s descent into opioid and alcohol addiction, homelessness and violence, and his recovery journey—told by a son, now seven years sober and co-founder of a substance abuse treatment program, and his mother, a spiritual director and youth minister with more than twenty-six years of sobriety. Unchained: Our Family’s Addiction Mess Is Our Message is the inspiring story of one family’s efforts through their faith, the 12-step program, and a tough-love approach to help their son return home—as did the prodigal son of the Gospel—to forgiveness, love, and a renewed life. This book will provide hope for families grappling with the dark world of addiction.

Unchained: Our Family's Addiction Mess Is Our Message

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Vericker, Nancy McCann

Vericker, JP

Addiction & Recovery

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