Church Publishing imprint: 289 books
Your Untold Story
Tales of a Child of God
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
• Popular author and HuffPost blogger • Good for use by individuals or groups Whether we realize it or not, how we respond to life’s opportunities and challenges, to other people, and to ourselves depends upon the stories we tell about ourselves. Too often, we tell distorted stories drawn from...
Denial Is My Spiritual Practice
(And Other Failures of Faith)
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
• Speaks to an authentic articulation of living out our faith • Valuable insights presented in easy-to-read (and identify with) style It’s the sort of experience familiar to many: Somewhere between illness and divorce, abusive relationships and brushes with death, faith failed to provide answers...
by Elizabeth Rankin Geitz
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
"A cogent and persuasive plea for a return to the full catholic tradition which would make a critical contribution to the debate about gender in matters of faith."--The Most Rev. Desmond M. Tutu Writers of scripture and theologians have used scores of images to describe God, Jesus, and the...
Faithful Celebrations
Making Time for God in Winter
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2018
• Activities for celebrating secular and sacred seasons of the year • For use in churches, schools, camps, at home Many of our experiences in life happen when several generations are together— at church, at home, in our communities. Holidays and family events are times for celebration, learning,...
Celebrating Liturgical Time
Days, Weeks, and Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
• 2nd installment in the “Celebrating” series: an overview of liturgical theology and praxis • Written by a well-known liturgical scholar • Includes history, theology, and practical information Celebrating Liturgical Time continues the standard of scholarship set by Patrick Malloy’s Celebrating...
Occasions of Grace
An Historical and Theological Study of the Pastoral Offices and Episcopal Services in the BCP
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
This latest offering of Byron Stuhlman is the third in his trilogy on the Prayer Book. It is also the conclusion of his study of the liturgy of the church begun in his previous book, Redeeming the Time. This book deals with the pastoral offices and episco
The Chant of Life
Liturgical Studies Four
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
What does it mean to inculturate liturgy? Why is it necessary? What value does it hold for the people? Does it impact the church as a whole? What does the process of inculturation teach about liturgy? Bishop McDonald, as editor, has assembled a broad list
Christian Holiness and Human Sexuality
A Study Guide for Episcopalians
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Marilyn McCord Adams, Wil Gafney, A. Katherine Grieb, Louis Weil, Ellen K. Wondra, Rowan Smith, and Sylvia Sweeney, CONTRIBUTORS Christian Holiness & Human Sexuality is a study guide for Episcopalians who want to understand how all Christian people can exercise their baptismal vocation in the...
Beyond a Binary God
A Theology for Trans* Allies
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2018
• How the inclusion of trans people in our communities of faith has the potential to broaden our understanding • Written by a priest and parent of a trans person • Discussion/journaling questions included All are made in the image and likeness of God. If this is what we believe, then trans people,...
A Heart for the Future
Writings on the Christian Hope
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Prominent thinkers, writers, and well-known voices in the Episcopal Church come together to present a very broad spectrum of Christian thought and eschatology. Ultimately, what they have in common is the belief that the choice Christian must make is not between the now and the eternal; it is between...
The Wideness of God's Mercy, Revised and Updated Edition
Litanies to Enlarge Our Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
This new, updated edition of 150 litanies - responsorial prayers of the people for use in the liturgy and other gatherings - draws from a wealth of Anglican and ecumenical material from all parts of the world, and is suitable for most mainline churches. Contents include: Prayer and Worship Prayer and Time Prayer and the World Prayer and the Church Prayer and the Local Community
A Life of Grace for the Whole World
A Study Course on the House of Bishops’ Pastoral Teaching on the Environment: Youth Booklet
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Using the House of Bishop’s Pastoral Teaching on the Environment, A Life of Grace engages participants in understanding how the teaching informs and deepens appreciation and love for God and God’s work in Creation, and how that finds expression in their life of faith. As the first pastoral teaching...
by Ruthanna B. Hooke
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Preaching is one of the more “transformable” aspects of the church’s life. Performance teacher Ruthanna Hooke, writing for both clergy and lay leaders, delivers the good and bad news about Episcopalians and preaching. She explains why preaching is more difficult than ever today, and provides...
Sense and Sensibility
A Lenten Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2018
• Daily Lenten reflections with a novel approach • Color images enhance message of text Lent is often a season given to denial of physical pleasure and sensation, but we're already denied these by a cultural atmosphere saturated with visual images, noise and air pollution, violence, and processed...