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PaperbackCommunity Is Messy
The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry
by Heather Zempel
Heather Zempel oversees the community life at a multisite church in Washington, D.C., a challenging population with one of the highest relocation rates in the United States. And yet under her leadership, National Community Church has become a model for creative, dynamic, deep small group ministry.Drawing from her background as an environmental engineer (including such bizarre experiences as monitoring ...
HardbackMaking Room in Advent
25 Devotions for a Season of Wonder
by Bette Dickinson
Preparation for the Christmas season can often feel busy and frantic, but it doesn't have to be this way.
What if we stopped and listened to the movement and unfolding of God's plan around us? Making Room in Advent is an invitation away from the chaos and into the space where God is at work.
The unfolding of God's plan often happens in unlikely spaces, both ...
Number of Studies: 25
EbookMessy Christmas
Messy Church Series
by Lucy Moore and Jane Leadbetter
Christmas can be complicated.Parties, gifts, and family tensions dominate the season. So maybe it's time we explore what Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany are really about. The Messy Church series provides resources to help your church bring together people of all ages and stages of faith, allowing them to experience a creative and fun-filled Christian community. Messy Christmas offers your ...
Number of Studies: 3
PaperbackAdvent of the Savior
LifeGuide Bible Studies
Edited by Cindy Bunch
On a seemingly ordinary day, in a manger in the middle of bustling, overcrowded Bethlehem, the promised Messiah slipped into the world as a tiny baby. Thousands had longed for his coming, few witnessed his entrance, but millions have been changedby his life.
This six-session LifeGuide® Bible Study will introduce you to the circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus, remind you of God's ...
Number of Studies: 6
HardbackA Radiant Birth
Advent Readings for a Bright Season
With Lauren F. Winner, John Leax, Jill Peláez Baumgaertner, Jeanne Murray Walker, James Calvin Schaap, Daniel Taylor, Ben Myers, Diane Glancy, Walter Wangerin, Jr., Tania Runyan, Sarah Arthur, Richard J. Foster, Matthew Dickerson, Marilyn McEntyre, and Luci Shaw
Edited by Leslie Leyland Fields and Paul J. WillisRediscover the Wonder of Christ’s Birth with 42 Days of Reflection
Prepare your heart and spirit for the Advent season with A Radiant Birth, an inspiring anthology written by the members of the Chrysostom Society. This collection offers six weeks of deeply reflective readings, guiding you through the seasons from the first Sunday of Advent through the twelfth day ...
Number of Studies: 42
HardbackEpiphany
The Season of Glory
Fullness of Time
by Fleming Rutledge
Series edited by Esau McCaulleyCredo Book Award Winner – Imagination, Beauty, and Liturgy
"We have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father."
This line from the prologue of the Gospel of John declares the theme of Epiphany. Christmas celebrates Christ's birth; Epiphany manifests his glory.
The feast of Epiphany and its following season are not as well observed ...
HardbackCandles in the Darkness
Experiencing Advent with the Early and Medieval Church
by Lynneth Miller Renberg and Adam R Renberg
Illuminating Advent Through Diverse Voices from Early Christianity
In Candles in the Darkness, historian Lynneth Miller Renberg and theologian Adam R. Renberg invite us to travel back in time and encounter faithful voices from many walks of life, including bishops and mothers, monks and nuns, priests, pastors, and noblewomen.
For each day of Advent and the ...
PaperbackThe Art of Living in Season
A Year of Reflections for Everyday Saints
by Sylvie Vanhoozer
Foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer"What can I give him?”
Growing up in her native Provence, in southern France, Sylvie Vanhoozer learned about the traditional Provençal crèche. These nativity scenes were peopled by santons—“little saints”—each bringing their unique gifts to the baby Jesus. As her own life took her around the world, to England, Scotland, and the United States, she kept up the tradition ...
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Enrich your journey through this sacred season with books designed to deepen your faith and focus your heart on the joy of Jesus' birth. These resources include books perfect for your personal devotions, family reading, gifts for kids, or church-wide study as you celebrate the wonder of Christmas.
PaperbackThe Art of Living in Advent
28 Days of Joyful Waiting
by Sylvie Vanhoozer
Nurture a Heart that Waits with Joyful, Expectant Faith
Step into the Advent season with The Art of Living in Advent, a beautifully crafted daily devotional by Sylvie Vanhoozer, who blends Scripture, history, art, and reflection to enrich your spiritual preparation for Christmas. Centered around the traditional French santons, or "little saints," this book invites ...
