Bend

Stillspeaking Writers' Group

Pilgrim Press, The

Lee explores the entire scope of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s spirituality: its roots, formation, growth, nature, character, and dynamics as well as its political aspects, which were shaped by his experience and influences. Lee contends that understanding King's multifacted spirituality will enable the faithful to build the 'Beloved Community,' which he equates to the Promised Land.

We Will Get to the Promised Land: Martin Luther King, Jr's Communal-political Spirituality

Religion & Spirituality

H. J. Lee

Christian Books & Bibles

In MUCH MADNESS IS DIVINIST SENSE readers are invited to 'listen in' on memoirs of soul-suffering as Greider amplifies the spiritual wisom found there on surviving severe emotional suffering along and with others; recognizing healing when curing isn't an option; caring for ourselves and others when our hearts and minds are broken; understanding that sometimes our illnesses come from the 'madness' of the societies we have built. The memorists include: Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, Stewart D. Govig, Susan Gregg-Schroeder, Dan and Sue Hanson, Albert Y. Hsu, William and Lucy Hulme, Kay Redfield Jamison, Martha Manning, Sharon o"Brien, Parker J. Palmer, Lizzie Simon, Lauren Slater, Tracy Thompson.

Much Madness Is Divinest Sense: Wisdom in Memoirs of Soul-Suffering

Kathleen J. Greider

Samuel, building upon his own experience as a pastor of a mega-church, shares Solomon's four keys of leadership--wisdom, work, worship, and witness (found in 1 Kings) through a biblical model to help clergy and other church leaders understand the dynamics of good leader so they can become more effective leaders and help to grow their congregations. Includes study questions.

Solomon's Success: Four Essential Keys to Leadership

Kenneth L. Samuel

Worship & Devotion

Offers clergy a much-needed, clearly presented how-to guide to help them recognize child abuse and neglect situations, do effective crisis intervention, and understand how churches can work together with child protection agencies in the helping and healing processes of individuals, families, and congregations affected by child abuse.

A Clergy Guide to Child Abuse And Neglect

Parenting & Relationships

Cynthia Crosson-Tower

Family Relationships

Adolescent girls shared with Parker and her co-authors stories that tell how they struggle to make sense of their esperiences of racism, sexism, classism, and heterosexism in light of their belief in God or their concept of a higher divine power.

The Sacred Selves of Adolescent Girls: Hard Stories of Race, Class And Gender

Politics & Social Sciences

Evelyn L. Parker

Sociology

Part of a storytelling commentary series, MATTHEW spurs efforts to provoke pastoral leaders and religious educators to look for new and lively readings of MATTHEW, and challenges them to experiment with interpretive tools such as embodied ensemble exploration. Based on the Revised Common Lectionary and the author's provocative translation of the Gospel. Includes a DVD that demonstrates the storytelling.

Provoking the Gospel of Matthew: A Storyteller's Commentary, Year A

Richard W. Swanson

The Church in Her House takes its name from the historically contested Christian Testament reference to house churches led by women; the biblical house of Wisdom mentioned in Proverbs 9:1-5, and the home of Mary and Martha of Bethnany. It is a workbook, resources, and guide intended for Christian communities and individuals who want to plan and design Christian feminist liturgies for women's groups, Bible studies, and ecumenical women's gathers.

The Church In Her House: A Feminist Emancipatory Prayer Book for Christian Communities

Marjorie Procter-Smith

Robinson takes a different approach to evangelism that moves beyond the traditional paradigms that cause discomfort to most mainline Christians. She reconceives the language of evangelism to speak of 'Godbearing' as a practice of the individual Christian and the church conceived as bearing the Christ-character within oneself and bearing God to others for the purpose of furthering life.

Godbearing: Evangelism Reconceived

Elaine A. Robinson

Mitchem uses history and sociology in her latest resource to ground her arguments regarding the appeal of prosperity preaching in the black church. She carefully explores the shape of black communities and those things that make prosperity churches attractive to black members, describes three types of prosperity churches, and considers the impact of these churches and their ideologies on black communities and the black church.

Name It and Claim It?: Prosperity Preaching in the Black Church

History

Stephanie Y. Mitchem

World

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