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- Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Rev. Anita L. Bradshaw, PhD
Change and Conflict in Your Congregation (Even If You Hate Both)
How to Implement Conscious Choices, Manage Emotions and Build a Thriving Christian Community
6 x 9, 176 pp
A warmhearted guidebook to help your church navigate change and channel conflict into a stronger sense of mission and community. Lay leaders, pastors and church staff will be empowered by creative, practical strategies to establish appropriate congregational behavior, offer nonanxious leadership and foster community discussion and discernment.
Diane M. Millis, PhD
Foreword by Rob Lehman
Deepening Engagement
Essential Wisdom for Listening and Leading with Purpose, Meaning and Joy
5 x 7¼, 176 pp
A tool kit for leaders of all kinds and all levels of spiritual involvement—people of faith, people of no faith, spiritual but not religious—for deepening our engagement with our true selves, one another and the communities in which we live and work. Helps us realize what we most value and identify where we find passion and purpose.
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Foreword by Joan Chittister, OSB
The Heartbeat of God
Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything
6 x 9, 240 pp
Explores our human connections—with each other, with other nations, with the whole of our environment—and the intersections of faith with issues like poverty, climate change, the economy and healthcare.
Edited by Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida
How to Be a Perfect Stranger, 6th Edition
The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
6 x 9, 416 pp
It's increasingly common to be invited to a wedding, funeral or other religious service for someone of a different faith. This easy-to-read religious etiquette guidebook helps the well-meaning guest feel comfortable and participate as fully as possible.
Wil Hernandez, PhD, Obl. OSB
Foreword by Ronald Rolheiser
Mere Spirituality
The Spiritual Life According to Henri Nouwen
6 x 9, 160 pp
Discover Henri Nouwen’s authentic, spacious spirituality of being deeply beloved in this insightful distillation of his vast literary legacy. Scholar and spiritual director Wil Hernandez offers an elegant synthesis of Nouwen’s main themes, inspiring us to embrace the power and vulnerability of mere spirituality.
Rev. Jane E. Vennard
Teaching—The Sacred Art
The Joy of Opening Minds and Hearts
5½ x 8½, 160 pp
An exploration of the hopes, fears, joys, frustrations, gifts and limitations that influence teachers of all kinds every day. Includes stories of many teachers in conventional and unconventional settings, reflection questions, practices and activities to help you reinvigorate your passion for your vocation, your students and your subject.
Edited by Rev. Martha Spong
Foreword by Rev. Carol Howard Merritt
There's a Woman in the Pulpit
Christian Clergywomen Share Their Hard Days, Holy Moments and the Healing Power of Humor
6 x 9, 240 pp
Be informed and inspired, delighted and supported, encouraged and entertained by stories and prayers on the work of the Church—from the unique perspective of clergywomen from around the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.