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| Author | : Davis Bunn |
| Publisher | : Thomas Nelson Inc |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0849944880 |
While visiting the Holy Land, Amanda answers the prayers of a stranger . . . and begins an amazing Christmas journey.
| Author | : John Koessler |
| Publisher | : Zondervan |
| Total Pages | : 227 |
| Release | : 2009-08-30 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0310864216 |
Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith
| Author | : Matthew Soerens |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2018-07-03 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830885552 |
World Relief staffers Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric to offer a Christian response to immigration. With careful historical understanding and thoughtful policy analysis, they debunk myths about immigration, show the limits of the current immigration system, and offer concrete ways for you to welcome and minister to your immigrant neighbors.
| Author | : Becca Stevens |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2010-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426722346 |
I have seen water move rocks. I have seen thistles break through boulders. If water and flowers can move stones, surely love can. Becca Stevens, from Funeral for a Stranger In this meditation on living and dying, Becca Stevens shares moving and hilarious stories about her life, love, friends, and our many families. This delicately formed narrative is also a window into the soul of a priest. I loved it and will hold it in my heart with gratitude for years to come. -Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why Loneliness finds connections, depair meets celebration, and fear discovers faith. Join Becca on her journey to a funeral for a stranger. God will be there. -Don Schlitz, Hall of Fame songwriter of The Gambler With elegant simplicity Becca Stevens escorts the reader to the banks of the deepest spiritual wellspring. Surely she ranks among our most gifted teachers on the things that matter most of all. -Stephen Bauman, author of Simple Truths: On Values, Civility, and Our Common Good
| Author | : Tom Boylston |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2018-02-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520296494 |
Introduction : prohibition and a ritual regime -- A history of mediation -- Fasting, bodies, and the calendar -- Proliferations of mediators -- Blood, silver, and coffee -- Spirits in the marketplace -- Concrete, bones, and feasts -- Echoes of the host -- The media landscape -- The knowledge of the world -- Conclusion
| Author | : Patrick R. Keifert |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 186 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781451415506 |
This book is an astute rethinking of theology and pastoral ministry that overcomes sentimental notions of hospitality.
| Author | : Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove |
| Publisher | : Convergent Books |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0307731960 |
Jesus Told Us Where to Find Him. Just Look for an Outcast. His first followers knew that Jesus could be found with the fatherless, the widows, and the hungry and homeless. He said that he himself was a stranger, and commended those who welcomed him. If he really meant these things, what would happen if you opened your door to every person who came with a need? Jonathan and Leah Wilson-Hartgrove decided to find out. The author and his wife moved to the Walltown neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina, where they have been answering the door to anyone who knocks. When they began, they had little idea what might happen, but they counted on God to show up. In Strangers at My Door, Wilson-Hartgrove tells of risks and occasional disappointments. But far more often there is joy, surprise, and excitement as strangers become friends, mentors, and helpers. Immerse yourself in these inspiring, eye-opening accounts of people who arrive with real needs, but ask only for an invitation to come in. You will never view Jesus and the people he cares about the same way again.
| Author | : Richard Beck |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2017-10-18 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1506438415 |
Accessible, challenging, funny, and one of the best reads on how to love others in any situation. Love and hospitality can change the way you see the world and others. That's exactly what modern-day theologian, Richard Beck, experienced when he first led a Bible study at a local maximum security prison. Beck believed the promise of Matthew 25 that states when we visit the prisoner, we encounter Jesus. Sure enough, God met Beck in prison. With his signature combination of biblical reflection, theological reasoning, and psychological insight, Beck shows how God always meets us when we entertain the marginalized, the oppressed, and the refugee. Stories from Beck's own life illustrate this truth -- God comes to him in the poor, the crippled, the smelly. Psychological experiments show how we are predisposed to appreciate those who are similar to us and avoid those who are unlike us. The call of the gospel, however, is to override those impulses with compassion, to "widen the circle of our affection." In the end, Beck turns to the Little Way of St. Thérèse of Lisieux for guidance in doing even the smallest acts with kindness, and he lays out a path that any of us can follow.
| Author | : Thomas Merton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
