This light-hearted, interesting and thoroughly engaging book invites newcomers and those looking for a refresher course to take a new look at the Episcopal Church. "It's an amazing time to be an Episcopalian. Our church has a renewed sense of vision and leadership that's all about feeding the hungry and clothing the naked. We're all about standing up for equal rights and the environment. We're all about welcoming everybody to the table, preaching repentance and accepting forgiveness. We hold together modern thought and an ancient faith firmly rooted in Jesus Christ. We offer vital communities that help families, singles - countless people make sense of their lives and their places in the world. Jesus Was an Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!) is all about letting the world know who we are and who the Lord is calling us to be. Let's face it, few people today know what an Episcopalian is (be honest - how many people have asked you how to spell it?), yet many of us who have found Christ through this wonderful tradition believe we have an incredible gift to share. That's what this book is about. It's an uplifting, breezy, down-to-earth apologia for a new generation. It's for the church. It's for the world. It's one way for the church to love the world." (Chris Yaw)

Jesus Was An Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!): A Newcomer's Guide to the Episcopal Church

Yaw, Rev. Chris

Religion & Spirituality

LeaderResources

This workbook is designed for children in early elementary grades to gain an understanding of how to identify their needs and how to meet them in appropriate ways. There are easy to read words, places to color or write answers, and the workbook will be their very own workbook about themselves when it is completed. Children can practice reading, writing and coloring in a fun way that will also allow them to learn some basic information which can help them build their life. Children feel proud of "their book" when it is completed and they often share it with others with a proud smile off accomplishment.

Kids Have Needs

Swenson, Wendy

Education & Teaching

From Caterpillar to Cocoon to Butterfly: God's Metaphor of Metamorphosis offers congregations a thematic approach for communicating the message of Lent and Easter. Centered around the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly, a different stage of its development serves as a symbol each week for the process of spiritual growth during Lent.

From Caterpillar to Cocoon to Butterfly: God's Metaphor of Metamorphosis

Vos Wezeman, Phyllis

In Visio Divina, a theology of the visual begins to emerge from the experience of practicing artists. Its articles preserve discussions among participants from an online course on faith and visual art at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific's Center for Anglican Learning &amp; Leadership. Written by participants in the course, Visio Divina includes the course's lectures on art, community, sensory perception, and theological aesthetics. Participant essays consider art as ministry and vocation, disclose personal stories of faith, and critique art that is both explicitly and implicitly "religious."

Visio Divina: A Reader in Faith and Visual Arts

Arts & Photography

Ahlborn, Mel

Religious

The Beatitudes: How Happy Are You?

Wezeman, Phyllis Vos

Liechty, Anna L.

Dalles, John A

Religious Studies

Knowing the facts about HIV and AIDS can help to prevent the spread of the disease. Until a vaccine is developed, and even when one becomes available, education of those who risk infecting themselves or infecting other people is the best way to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS. People must be responsible for their own behavior. If the AIDS epidemic is to be stopped, people must understand the disease–—its cause, its nature, and its prevention. This resource is a handbook of creative activities and learning experiences to enable children and youth, as well as people of all ages, to explore HIV and AIDS as it relates to nine themes: World, Nation, State, Community, Neighborhood, School, Congregation, Family, and Self. Each Chapter contains an introduction to the topic and one or more activities using each of the following methods: Architecture, Art, Banners/Textiles, Cartoons, Clown/Mime, Creative Writing, Culinary, Dance, Drama, Games, Music, Photography, Puppetry, and Storytelling. The activities are designed to involve the student as an active participant in learning rather than a passive recipient of information. The more the student is engaged in the process, the more powerful the effect on his or her life.

Through the Heart: Creative Methods of HIV and AIDS Education

Know Chocolate for Lent offers a thematic approach for communicating the message of Lent and Easter to children, youth and adults. Know Chocolate for Lent uses the growing and manufacturing process of chocolate as a metaphor for the growth of faith and discipleship in the Christian life. Lent is an appropriate time for reflection and study so that believers comprehend the significance of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Know Chocolate for Lent helps the entire congregation reflect on the significance of the gifts that they often take for granted-the gift of chocolate and the gift of faith. Through their participation, people of all ages will experience the connections between the growing process of chocolate and the growing process of being a Christian. They will con¬nect God's gift of the rainforest and God's gift of the Church. In addition, they will under¬stand that what they often take for granted-whether it is chocolate or faith-is much more satisfying when they know the story behind the traditions they celebrate. Know Chocolate for Lent provides the focus for a wide variety of seasonal experi¬ences including: creating visuals, decorating worship centers, providing special holiday services, preaching sermons, reading Scripture, sharing children's messages, and making visual and concrete the goodness of God's gifts. It includes Adult Education sessions and a Women's Retreat called "A Chocolate Feast: Celebrating God's Goodness" (which could be used for any group). In addi¬tion to weekly worship helps, the book includes family devotions and activities. This temptingly beautiful four-color paperback edition is a great addition to any educator's bookshelf.

Know Chocolate for Lent

Nancy Roth believes that the future well-being of planet Earth is dependent on the human will and that becoming aligned with truth rather than falsehood, with altruism rather than selfishness, and with action rather than passivity, is good for the soul. And for the Earth. Her book is a passionate and hopeful challenge to people of faith and seekers for truth. "Roth's gentle commentary and elegant passion entice us to a one-ness with creation and each other that is both active and rooted in faith."-Phyllis Tickle, compiler The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord "Rev. Nancy Roth gets at the big questions here. Christians in our era will be judged by how they respond to the ecological crisis we now face."-Bill McKibben, author of The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job, and the Scale of Creation "This immensely alluring book is a spiritual invitation into a deeper experience of intentional life. I hope many people will join Nancy on this journey into the soul and spirit of conscious universe."-The Rt. Rev. Steven Charleston, President and Dean, Episcopal Divinity School.

Grounded in Love: Ecology, Faith, and Action

Roth, Nancy

The Pocket Bible Guide will help you find what you need in the Bible. A quick and easy resource for novice and expert alike, it gives you: - A short description of every book - An outline of the book - A list of famous passages - Helpful aids to study the Bible - A list for finding help in the Bible - Lists of people, places and key terms - Timelines and maps "The first edition of the Pocket Bible Guide was a religious best seller and now, through LeaderResources, we get to expose another generation to to this invaluable resource. Youth love it! And in our age of Biblical illiteracy, adults would be advised to rush out and buy it.Having headed the College of Preachers, I will candidly admit that I turn to it as part of my sermon preparations, to refresh my memory and to get me unstuck when the commentaries and my prayers don't seem to get me connected to the Holy One." The Rev. Howard Anderson

Pocket Bible Guide

Grenz, Linda L.

Holding Beauty in My Soul’s Arms is a book for many on the journey toward deeper spiritual formation. It offers a resting place where we may pause and savor the riches of scripture, tradition, and reason as well as post-modern psychology, ethics, cultural studies and systems theory.... It is in the doing of theology – reflecting upon our experience and that of wider communities – that we find nurture, insight and guidance toward Christian transformation. from the Forward by Fredrica Harris Thompsett Ken Wilber speaks of the great role of religion in helping individuals develop a more inclusive understanding of Spirit. Kevin’s book is a brilliant guide to this end. Drawing on the wisdom of the Enneagram and integrating topics such as theology, spirituality, and psychology, those who seek to grow spiritually will find his work to be a powerful guide. Terry Saracino, MA, MBA, President Enneagram Studies in the Narrative Tradition Kevin Thew Forrester mines the subterranean river of Christianity in search of the words with which to understand the modern spiritual journey. He challenges traditional claims, deepens the quest of scripture and points us to new theological and liturgical integrity. Christianity will be richer if these books (Vol. I &amp; II) are widely read. John Shelby Spong, Author Re-Claiming the Bible in a Non-Religious World

Holding Beauty in My Soul’s Arms: Awakening To At-One-Ment: Volume I

Thew Forrester, Kevin G

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