Author: SeedsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Seeds in Sorrow for Fruits of Joy
Author: SeedsFeasting on the Word
Author: David Lyon BartlettPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 0664230962
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
We have been honored to work with a multitude of gifted thinkers, writers, and editors. We present these essays as their offering-and ours-to the blessed ministry of preaching." -From the introduction by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor --Book Jacket.
Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1
Author: David L. BartlettPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 1611641152
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
With this new lectionary commentary series, Westminster John Knox offers the most extensive resource for preaching on the market today. When complete, the twelve volumes of the series will cover all the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with movable occasions, such as Christmas Day, Epiphany, Holy Week, and All Saints' Day. For each lectionary text, preachers will find four brief essays--one each on the theological, pastoral, exegetical, and homiletical challenges of the text. This gives preachers sixteen different approaches to the proclaimation of the Word on any given occasion. The editors and contributors to this series are world-class scholars, pastors, and writers representing a variety of denominations and traditions. And while the twelve volumes of the series will follow the pattern of the Revised Common Lectionary, each volume will contain an index of biblical passages so that nonlectionary preachers, as well as teachers and students, may make use of its content.
The Book of (More) Delights
Author: Ross GayPublisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1643755471
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us. In Ross Gay’s new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America’s most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the “nefarious” scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world—sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor’s fig tree—and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savor and share.
The Church
Author: Love's Enduring Passion
Author: Carol T SaucedaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780615927916
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
An Enduring Passion This is a historical love story set in the early 1800's (1830-1840). It is about the love between two of my ancestors, my fourth great-grandfather and great-grandmother. Their names are Woodard Foutch and Morning Nantanoah. They meet, fall in love, and develop a passionate and enduring relationship which carries them together through hardships of various kinds. Woodard's heritage is from his paternal and maternal ancestors who came to the United States from Germany (Prussia). The original German surname is Pfautz. From there the English version became Fouts, Foutch, and Fouch. Morning Nantanoah is a Cherokee woman from the far western part of Virginia. Morning's name in Cherokee is Awendela. I have chosen to use her Cherokee name, instead of the translated name in English, throughout this work. Awendela is a young woman of nineteen at the beginning of the story and she lives with her parents. Woodard is a white man of European descent. His ethnic heritage is Czechoslovakian, not German, even though his family emigrated to the United States from Germany (Prussia). Woodard works as a scout for the U. S. army. His outpost is a day's journey from the Cherokee village where Awendela lives. He is twenty and Awendela is nineteen when they meet at Glistening Creek under tenuous circumstances in the opening scene in the text. These are real people but I have built around them a story which is fiction. I have endeavored to do my research and make my information as factual as possible. This includes everything from genealogical records to verifying which plants and flowers are native to Virginia. So, the people who are in my lineage and the timeline reflect actual people and dates in so far as possible. The environment around the far western part of Virginia is also described as factually as possible. Cherokee names, customs, heritage, and life style are also the basis of my descriptions concerning these things. The story has hooks into the Trail of Tears, the tragic relocation of the Cherokee to west of the Mississippi into Tahlequah, Oklahoma. This work of fiction involves real major historical events as the backdrop for this story. The story includes the courtship of Awendela by Woodard, their marriage, and the first five of their seven children: James, Didama, Nancy, Alexander, and Andrew. The last child in the story, Andrew, is in my lineage and is my third great-grandfather on my father's side of the family tree. The story ends in 1840 with the birth of Andrew Foutch. An epilogue has been included at the end of the story to describe what transpired in terms of genealogical information and the fictional story around these real people. The description of these ancestors of mine attempts to account for where people were born and the life events surrounding those circumstances and other adventures. I hope you do enjoy this novel. It has been crafted with enthusiasm and love for family.
The Joy of the Gospel
Author: Pope FrancisPublisher: Image
ISBN: 0553419544
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The perfect gift! A specially priced, beautifully designed hardcover edition of The Joy of the Gospel with a foreword by Robert Barron and an afterword by James Martin, SJ. “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who encounter Jesus… In this Exhortation I wish to encourage the Christian faithful to embark upon a new chapter of evangelization marked by this joy, while pointing out new paths for the Church’s journey in years to come.” – Pope Francis This special edition of Pope Francis's popular message of hope explores themes that are important for believers in the 21st century. Examining the many obstacles to faith and what can be done to overcome those hurdles, he emphasizes the importance of service to God and all his creation. Advocating for “the homeless, the addicted, refugees, indigenous peoples, the elderly who are increasingly isolated and abandoned,” the Holy Father shows us how to respond to poverty and current economic challenges that affect us locally and globally. Ultimately, Pope Francis demonstrates how to develop a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ, “to recognize the traces of God’s Spirit in events great and small.” Profound in its insight, yet warm and accessible in its tone, The Joy of the Gospel is a call to action to live a life motivated by divine love and, in turn, to experience heaven on earth. Includes a foreword by Robert Barron, author of Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith and James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage
From the Seeds of Affliction
Author: Carol T. SaucedaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578897301
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book is a compendium of articles and essays that I have written on a wide variety of topics. The "Seeds of Affliction" refers to my affliction of grief for the loss of my youngest son to suicide. The grief and sorrow was compounded by Alan's death by suicide. There are so many unanswered questions: why? why? why did my son have to die? The depth of sorrow reached to the depths of my soul. The articles and essays are born out of my intense grief and the process of learning to live with the loss of my son and the all-consuming grief. The Fruits of Suffering refers to the outcome of my suffering, my affliction, of grief and sorrow. It's about how God can bring about healing and much good out of my unthinkable, heartbreaking loss. The articles and essays reflect a message of redemption for my wounded soul and broken heart.
The Preacher; Or Sketches of Original Sermons Chiefly Selected from the Manuscripts of Two Eminent Divines of the Last Century for the Use of Lay Preachers and Young Ministers
Author: When Tragedy Strikes
Author: Laura DiehlPublisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN: 1630477796
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
“If you have suffered great tragedy and struggle to connect with God in your grief and disappointment, When Tragedy Strikes was written for you” (Wayne Jacobsen, author of He Loves Me! Learning to Live in the Father’s Affection). After the death of a child, there is no closure. It is like learning how to live with an amputation—you are forever changed and need to learn how to live a new “normal.” There can be a feeling of desperation to find someone farther ahead on the path who can understand the crushing pain that makes you feel like you can’t even breathe at times. Laura Diehl was plunged into that place with the death of her daughter, and meets the deep need to connect with others who have experienced what cannot be put into words. When Tragedy Strikes is the raw account of her journey from deep darkness back into light and life, extending a hand of hope to those traveling on the path behind her, who need to rebuild their lives after the death of a child.