From The Geranium Farm
From The Geranium Farm

Author: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2003-10-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0898697573

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The Geranium Farm Cookbook is a collection of recipes and lore offered by The Geranium Farmers, the 10,000+ members of the worldwide virtual community of spiritual seekers created by Episcopal priest, author, lecturer, and spiritual director Barbara Cawthorne Crafton. As "farmers" began sharing recipes with each other via the e-mail list and the Geranium Farm website www.geraniumfarm.org. the idea for a cookbook was born. Because Barbara Crafton devoutly believes in the "life is short?eat dessert first" school of theology, the desserts section is first and longest. Each recipe in the book includes a description of how the recipe came to be part of the writer's family or what traditions surround its use. Each of the main dish recipes has a wine suggestion accompanying it, recommended by the executive chef at a noted restaurant in North Carolina's Smoky Mountains. And interspersed among the recipes are meditations by Barbara Crafton on food, cooking, and community.

The Geranium Farm Cook Book
The Geranium Farm Cook Book

Author: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2006-06-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0898697883

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A collection of recipes, meditations, and lore by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton and her Geranium Farmers, 1,+ members of the worldwide virtual community of spiritual seekers created by this Episcopal priest, author, lecturer, and spiritual director.

From the Geranium Farm
From the Geranium Farm

Author: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780898694239

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This is a sequel to Crafton's popular "almost daily" and "mostly reverent" email meditations which have become a regular ritual for an increasing number of listserv readers around the country and the world. The Geranium Farm is the magical place where author Barbara Crafton lives, writes, watches birds, and obsessively tends her garden. It's a place brimming with life and life's lessons. Each of her emails takes a slice of everyday life, pares it of all humdrumness, then splices its rejuvenated everydayness into holiness. You'll find yourself experiencing the extraordinary ordinary . . . everything in God and God in everything.

The Almost Daily eMOs
The Almost Daily eMOs

Author: Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0898697492

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In the spirit of Internet slanguage, e-mails from Mother Barbara Crafton, known affectionately as "Mo." Crafton, are called "eMos." This collection of e-mail meditations has the immediacy of the Internet and a depth of theological thought that leave Crafton readers wanting more. She says of her eMos, "I am interested in the possibilities of electronic communication in the service of the life of faith, and have found the eMos to be a winner in keeping people thinking and communicating about the things of God in terms of a common experience of a brief theological reflection."

Jesus Wept
Jesus Wept

Author: Barbara C. Crafton

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2019-02-01

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1506454569

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Jesus Wept, Barbara C. Crafton's best-selling and brilliant reflection on faith and depression, is now released in its tenth-anniversary edition, complete with a new foreword by the author, who reflects on the choice she made ten years ago to break the silence and speak openly about her own experience with depression. "I was determined to speak freely about it" she writes. "Many, probably most, of my clergy confreres were - and remain - unwilling to invite such a stigma to take up permanent residence in their resumes. But there are some who know the isolation and despair into which depression can drag a person, and they might benefit from knowing that someone whose whole life has been given to God also knows these things. If that is the case, it's well worth the stigma." Like all human experience, no two courses of depression and healing are the same. Religious belief can make depression easier, but it can also make it harder. It calls our beliefs about ourselves and about God's presence in our lives into painful question. Barbara Crafton's beautiful and candid book addresses these questions head on, reminding her readers that God does not ordain our suffering but instead meets us in our darkest days to compassionately call us toward the light.

Practically Divine
Practically Divine

Author: Becca Stevens

Publisher: Harper Horizon

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0785241752

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When we allow ourselves to embrace both ordinary and extraordinary experiences, we can feel the divine anywhere. No matter where we are—on a walk in the woods, in a sacred building, or in a dusty refugee camp—signs of love abound. There is no secret formula to experiencing the sacred in our lives, it just takes practice and practicality. You’re invited to search this path with entrepreneur Becca Stevens as she explores what it means to be practically divine. Woven throughout the narrative are poetry and rants, as well as ruminations on her mother’s wit, wisdom, and passion. In Practically Divine, Becca shares how to live a life that’s practically divine by: Redefining old lies and stories, to learn from the past Appreciating the gifts that come from imperfections or trauma Using creativity to spark new revolutions Accepting the chaos of the unknown before us with courage Sharing in a feast of love, knowing there’s enough mercy and forgiveness Embracing the practically divine compels us to do something, anything, to share in the feast of love together. When we start from wherever we are, we can recognize the potential for humor, wonder, and freedom. Practically Divine teaches you to use your senses to transform information into holy compassion. When we open our hearts to it, we can experience the divine anywhere - like sacred breadcrumbs marking our path.

Fireweed Evangelism
Fireweed Evangelism

Author: Elizabeth Geitz

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2004-11

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780898694598

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Fireweed, always the first flower to spring up and bloom in ruins and burned-over places, is Elizabeth Geitz's metaphor for evangelism that comes from the heart. It is the motivation that makes some Christians eager to welcome the stranger and invite people into their churches, while others hang back. In this prequel to Entertaining Angels: Hospitality Programs for the Caring Church, Geitz explores this missing ingredient in Christian hospitality, reminding us that in a multi-faith world where Christians wish to honor the validity of other religious paths, we may hesitate to talk about the uniqueness of Jesus Christ. Her book helps both individuals and communities to understand what holds them back from evangelism and discover the path that is right for them. This book unfolds in three sections. In the first we look at the factors that inhibit our evangelism, including the awareness that we live in a pluralistic world and do not wish to offend those with other faith commitments. Geitz offers both reflection and exercises to help us discover our own motivation for evangelism. Part 2 addresses the question of context. Where does evangelism take place, and for whose benefit? To what sort of communities do we invite those to whom we reach out? Section 3 focuses on the uniqueness of Christian hospitality and describes the nuts and bolts of newcomer ministry and the programs needed to sustain Christian hospitality in a pluralistic society. It includes workshop and group process material.