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God Hears Her is now available in audiobook! Listen to this beloved devotional one day at a time while you're on the go or simply sit back, relax, and soak up several meditations at a time. You'll hear each of these special stories written by your favorite female Our Daily Bread authors, as well as enjoy the full Scripture reading for the day. Order today and you'll have the whole audiobook at your fingertips to enjoy whenever you choose.
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God Hears Her is now available in audiobook! Listen to this beloved devotional one day at a time while you're on the go or simply sit back, relax, and soak up several meditations at a time. You'll hear each of these special stories written by your favorite female Our Daily Bread authors, as well as enjoy the full Scripture reading for the day. Order today and you'll have the whole audiobook at your fingertips to enjoy whenever you choose.
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How can we grow stronger in faith in the midst of life's struggles and conflicts? The Bible is clear in its teachings on faith, and Power Faith helps readers discover what the Scriptures say about faith in the context of healing, miracles, restoration, salvation, prosperity, and suffering. As part of the Spirit-Filled Life Study Guide Series, this study offers a dynamic, yet balanced approach to understanding the power of biblical faith, demonstrating...
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Feasting on the Word is one of the most popular lectionary commentary series in use today. This is the first in a new series of daily devotionals that draws from the wealth of writing in the commentaries to present inspirational reflections, responses, and prayers for each day of the lectionary year.
Each day of the week contains Scripture passages for the coming Sunday from the Revised Common Lectionary, excerpts...
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Feasting on the Word has quickly become the most popular lectionary commentary series in use today. Daily Feast is a new series of daily devotionals that draws from the wealth of writing in the commentaries to present inspirational reflections for each day of the lectionary year.
Each day of the week contains Scripture passages for the coming Sunday from the Revised Common Lectionary, excerpts from the commentaries for reflection, a response, and...
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Being a mom is hard work! Few of us find that motherhood is what we expected it to be. We mothers all need a little encouragement now and then to get us through the days when things feel a little too difficult and we' re not feeling the joy in our vocation. This book offers that encouragement, rooted in and focused on Christ. We' re reminded of the work of Christ and the reality that he has established the work of our hands...
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Feasting on the Word has quickly become the most popular lectionary commentary series in use today. This series of daily devotionals draws from the wealth of writing in the commentaries to present inspirational reflections for each day of the lectionary year.
Each day of the week contains Scripture passages for the coming Sunday from the Revised Common Lectionary, excerpts from the commentaries for reflection, a response, and a prayer. Additional...
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Bread for the Day is a daily-use devotional resource filled with rich treasures:
-A brief scripture reading (NRSV texts) for each day following the daily lectionary developed by the Consultation on Common Texts and presented in Evangelical Lutheran Worship
-Dated for January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018
-A prayer and hymn for each day
-Brief yet helpful introductions to the seasons
-Table graces/meal prayers for the holidays and seasons
-Household...
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Nothing changes a person's heart, attitudes, and life more dramatically and profoundly than offering one's heart to God in praise and worship. Inspired by the greatest contemporary and classic songs of worship, My Heart for His Glory helps draw God's people into His presence with devotions for every day of the year. The stories, promises, and insights from songs like "Change My Heart, Oh God," "My God Reigns," "Shout to the Lord," and "Holy Ground"...
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Narrative Leadership: Rediscovering the Life-Giving Nature of Stories
Congregations magazine, Winter 2008, Volume 34, Number 1.
Contents include:
INFOCUS: Reclaiming the Story: Narrative Leadership in Ministry - Alban research associate Larry Golemon explores how reclaiming the power of biblical, personal, and communal stories can help transform our lives, our congregations, and even the wider social fabric
Care-Full Listening - Mary Clark Moschella,...
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An essay collection that demonstrates how emotional ties and intimate affiliations remain critical to the dimensions of modern Christianity.
Scholars of religion have come a long way since William James famously made of religion a matter between man and his maker. For decades now, they have been attentive to the ways in which religion takes shape as the product of broad social forces, focusing on the dynamics of power and culture as heuristics for...
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A beautiful devotional, brimming with the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen and the timeless truths of Scripture.
The works of Jane Austen can transport a reader to a world that exudes beauty, peace, wisdom, wit, and love. Captivating audiences for 200 years, the works of Jane Austen continue to capture today's readers in droves.
This daily devotional includes short excerpts from the Austen classics, and a devotional thought and Scripture that meaningfully...
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A much-needed faith-based resource for the LGBTQ+ community, Colors of Hope uses the iconic Pride Flag as the core of a nine-week-long reflection and devotional journal. The flag's eight colors is each tied to a specific symbolic theme, inspiring the book's contributors to craft a short essay and a set of several common themes that carry over to each week and invite readers to reflect on the week's theme in different ways. Colors of Hope includes...
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Bread for the Day is a daily, use devotional resource filled with rich treasures. It offers a brief scripture reading (NRSV texts) for each day following the daily lectionary developed by the Consultation on Common Texts and presented in Evangelical Lutheran Worship. It is, dated for January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
Bread for the Day gives readers a prayer and hymn for each day, brief yet, helpful introductions to the seasons, table graces/meal...
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Season of the year, of church, and of life can too easily flow right into the next. Taking time to mark occasions-stopping to look around-gives us the chance to breathe, see something new, and break the cycle of sameness. Be Ready takes the heart of Advent-waiting, preparation, readying-to new places, engaging the spirit found within ministries of relief, refugees, preparedness, and recovery, alongside the sacred texts of the Advent season.
Beginning...
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Living faithfully isn't about attending church. Being Christian is about living in right, just relationships with other people and the rest of creation. How can Christian parents avoid being overcome with the pressure to be a perfect parent and make a difference in the world? “Parenting for a Better World” shows there are all sorts of ways we can make a real difference from within our own homes.
Even busy parents can work with their families for...
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Some religious traditions -- such as Lutheran, Wesleyan, and Eastern Orthodox -- have aesthetically rich resources on which to draw for the renewal of arts in everyday life. In contrast, Calvinism has generally been suspicious of the arts.
The essays in this volume attempt to explore new avenues of thought about Calvinism's relation to the arts. Part historical, part theological, and part practical, they offer a wide-ranging exploration of neo-Calvinism's...
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Everyone knows that stewardship is more than money and finances. Nevertheless, seldom do we give time to explore the profound concept of stewardship in its many dimensions, including stewardship of time, work, body, mind, spirit, community, technology, and more. Beyond the Offering Plate does just that.
Written by ten engaging pastors, seminary professors, and church leaders, this unique resource offers a diverse and holistic approach to stewardship....
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The search for God is a staple of human history. Finding God records sixty first-person accounts of Christians who found God in different ways and the impact this discovery made on their lives and on the world in which they lived.
Ranging from the first century to the present, Finding God is a fascinating digest of conversion stories from a wide variety of people - from the apostle Paul to the rock musician Bono. These narratives together demonstrate...
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This broad-ranging reader collects key biblical, classical, cross-cultural, and contemporary texts on how faith, especially Christianity, has shaped economic life in the past and how it can continue to do so in our emerging global civilization. The readings assembled here - drawn from historical, theological, and social-theory resources - provide a massive array of materials unprecedented in a single volume. Drawing from sources as diverse as the...
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