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The Church at Worship is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history - case studies that can inform and enrich worship practices today. In Lifting Hearts to the Lord Karin Maag brings together a wealth of primary sources to examine worship as it was taught and practiced in John Calvin's Geneva. Enhanced with Maag's introductions and numerous marginal notes, this volume...
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What could we accomplish if only we acted more wisely? Could we mitigate the effects of diseases; help the vulnerable feel safer; make progress on justice; cooperate on common problems? We don't see enough wisdom, but neither did Woman Wisdom herself, who cried out in the streets wanting to gain attention. For every preacher who feels the urgency for more wisdom, this book has heard you. We know the urgency and we want to help.
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In 2009, Harvey A. Silverglate, a prominent criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer, published his landmark critique of the federal criminal justice system, Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent. In 2014, Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor in three districts under nine United States Attorneys from both political parties and who has been lead counsel in 500 federal appeals, published her landmark indictment of the system,...
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For more than twenty years, Dr. David Rapoport has been writing about the lighter side of medicine in Family Practice and Medical Post magazines. They both devoted their last page to medical humor, with an illustrated story. This book brings together seventy of the popular stories Dr. Rapoport wrote for the magazines. Read them and you'll understand what goes on in the doctor's head while you're in his waiting and consulting rooms.
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1425) The Spiritual Wisdom of Gospels for Christian Preachers and Teachers: The Relentless Widow Year C
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Storyteller and theologian John Shea provides a unique commentary that's ideal for preaching, teaching, or simply meditating on the Gospels. His writing is poignant and conversational making this book a valuable tool for professional ministers, as well as for Christians who reflect on the Gospels for personal spiritual growth.
Shea draws readers into the people and situations that Jesus encountered in ways that are evocative and inspirational. The...
1426) The Roman Breviary
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Pray the Pre Vatican II, Traditional Roman Catholic Breviary, in English totally in order! No back and forth flipping, no excessive clicking, no complex calculating what Day it is or which propers, or antiphons - just click the Date and pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Super easy.
*Optimized Table of Contents - click the Hour you need!
+ 1960 Rubrics & Latin Mass Calendar
+ Link to the Hour in the Table of Contents
+ Exclusive Full Martyrology
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Are you responsible for entering accurate client progress notes for your occupational therapy clients and feel they are often incomplete? Have you considered setting up dot or smart phrases in your electronic health records (EHR) or need to update or expand the templates you currently have? We have produced ready-to-use dot phrase templates for occupational therapists that you can adapt. Medical notes often lack important information, which can lead...
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Presented here is the English Grammatical analysis of Juzz 30, Para Amma Surah Nabaa to Infitaar. It was felt that it is a good time now for this information to be brought to the electronic media and make it available internationally. This is part 1 covering Surah Naba' through Surah Infitar. If there is a demand for this, then remaining Surahs of Juz 30 will be considered for publishing.
1429) Seeds of Devotion
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Begin your day with a meaningful, meditative spiritual practice.
In Seeds of Devotion, Roger Butts delivers evocative and lyrical prose while sharing wisdom from some of the most powerful figures in spirituality today. Tidbits from Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, and contemporaries like Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton are sprinkled in this devotional as he reflects on life's deepest mysteries.
Written with an open heart and years of purposeful practice as...
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The transformation of patriarchal church culture begins with gender equality in the pulpit. For too long, the Christian pulpit has been monopolized by men. This pattern is especially pronounced in evangelical Asian American and Latinx congregations, where women's voices are marginalized and male dominance is reinforced in the church as well as the family.
The consequences are enormous:
-Robbing the church of the fullness of the gospel
-Silencing the...
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Rites of Passage is a much-needed, practical homiletic resource for priests and deacons who preach Christian baptisms, weddings, and funerals. The three authors, a religious priest, a diocesan priest, and a permanent deacon, draw from the scriptural and liturgical resources available to the preacher for these three important ritual moments to suggest ways to build an effective homily. This book will serve as a helpful and engaging resource for priests...
1432) Lessons from Surah Yusuf
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Surah Yusuf, a chapter of the Qur'an (Koran), was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad at a critical juncture of his life. This was the time when he had gone through ten to eleven years of ridicule and rejection in Makkah, a time when he lost his wife and partner, Khadija, a time when he lost his dear uncle Abu Talib. Allah revealed this precious surah to strengthen the Prophet Muhammad's heart. To remind him that he lives in the footsteps of the great...
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Bruce Taylor's latest publication of sermons for the Common Lectionary (Revised) covers the Sundays and major feast days of Year B, from the first Sunday of Advent through the seventh Sunday of Easter, and includes a sermon delivered for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in an ecumenical setting. Like The Word in the Wind and No Business as Usual, this latest volume is theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and biblically centered, while...
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In this practical guide you will learn about how to meditate effectively. You will discover how to quiet the mind, reduce stress, find inner peace and begin to access the deeper levels of consciousness. When you have learned how to meditate properly you will discover how to become one with your Essential Self, your true nature: Pure Consciousness. Here are just some of the amazing secrets, tips & techniques this Meditation for Beginners Handbook will...
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Improvisational Islam is about novel and unexpected ways of being Muslim, where religious dispositions are achieved through techniques that have little or no precedent in classical Islamic texts or concepts. Nur Amali Ibrahim foregrounds two distinct autodidactic university student organizations, each trying to envision alternative ways of being Muslim independent from established religious and political authorities. One group draws from methods originating...
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The Lectionary is made up of selected passages from the Bible, placed within a literary and liturgical context. This new context calls for a consideration of the liturgical character and setting of the Lectionary readings. Preaching the New Lectionary: Year C, offers readers that interpretation.
Preaching the New Lectionary is unique. First, it employs a literary-liturgical way of interpreting all the readings of each Sunday and major feast of the...
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Worship is central to our relationship with God. Yet worship in today's churches is influenced more by the stage performances and trappings of secular concerts, and less on what God himself show us in the Bible.
Knowing the importance and power of true worship, A.W. Tozer preached on the topic regularly throughout his life. Here, for the first time in print, are his thoughts on what it really means to praise and honor the Lord. He exposes how many...
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Like the Hebrew prophets before him, the great American rabbi and civil rights leader reveals God's concern for this world and each of us.
Abraham Joshua Heschel, descended from a long line of Orthodox rabbis, fled Europe to escape the Nazis. He made the insights of traditional Jewish spirituality come alive for American Jews while speaking out boldly against war and racial injustice.
Heschel brought the fervor of the Hebrew prophets to his role...
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When is the last time you sat down for a meal, to break bread with other people, and experienced peace? Throughout the arc of the scriptural narrative the word "shalom" is used as a way to speak of the way of peace. This word shalom embodies the depiction of creation where all things would glorify to the Triune God as well as bear the image of the Triune God who seamlessly embraces love and belonging.
What if the universal space at a table is where...
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The publication of The Roman Missal, Third Edition offers an opportunity for homilists to explore the relationship between the Sunday readings and the new Roman Missal. Between the Ambo and the Altar is the first book (Year A) in a three-volume series that presents scriptural, liturgical, and preaching commentary for Sundays, solemnities, and feasts throughout the year. Each Sunday's resources are presented in three sections: exploring the Scripture,...
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