Gather by the River to Pray

Gather by the River to Pray

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Published: 2015-09

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780787715120

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Pepper Choplins unique style is on perfect display with this arrangement of two traditional folk hymns. Accessible choral writing delivers warm texture throughout as each song is presented separately and then in tandem. Just as a river, the text flows gently above a simple, yet supportive keyboard accompaniment.


Acts

Acts

Author: Charles C. Williamson

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9780664225995

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Originally published: Louisville, Ky.: Geneva Press, 2000.


On the Other Side of Oddville

On the Other Side of Oddville

Author: Dwight Allan Moody

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780865549913

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With a compelling mixture of humor and insight, Moody offers his reflection on religion and American life. Standing at the intersection of the public and the private, and speaking with authentic faith unfettered by fear, Moody offers words of clarity and compassion about some of the more troublesome issues of our time. Many readers will find this collection of newspaper columns most refreshing. "This book of short essays transports the reader into the realm of life's rhythms and every day surprises, writes Bob Mong, president and publisher of the Dallas Morning News in the preface. Moody's stories are not soggy and sentimental. There is fire and pathos intermingling naturally, with passages of love, forgiveness, and tenderness. Moving easily from the personal to the public, Moody offers a word that needs to be heard--"at times powerful and prophetic--"but also pastoral, often poignant, and always with a view toward the common good. Moody speaks to a broad range of topics--"books, family, church, friends culture--"with titles like "Did Jesus Know about Jabez?," "One Hell of a Prayer," "Survival, Guide for Orthodox Churches," "I'm in the Jailhouse Now," "Autism and Easter," and "Howard Finster--"Man of Visions." Moody describes candidly the joys and sorrows that have come his way and how the simple gifts of faith hope, and love have served as sources of both endurance and delight. Do not be surprised if these stories do not warm your soul even as they inform the mind.


The Baylor Amish Family, and the Ghost

The Baylor Amish Family, and the Ghost

Author: Deeann Gorman

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2020-01-10

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1973682419

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The Amish Family living in Kalona Iowa. They are very down home and plain, true to God and their Children. While building a new Bakery in town and raising their Family. The Book shows detail about the life of The Baylor Family going thru their Children growing up and getting married , dating parties on their farm. Then adopting three children and raising them with their seventeen children . Then a ghost appears from the Grave yard a small girl of nine years old looking for her Mother. She shows up mysteriously reaching out for help. Then the Family comes together with love and kindness. This is a book rich in family history. Then a feel good interesting read. This will be a book hard to set down, you will be part of the Heartland and Adventures of the Baylor Family. Then come join the Author DeeAnn Gorman, the author from Iowa while she weaves you into her story of The Baylor Family and The Ghost. Thank you for reading my book it will be a series. Love to you all. DeeAnn Gorman.


Living Water

Living Water

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Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

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Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780898697308

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Klara Tammany is a professional Christian educator who goes about her calling with a joyous urgency. This book demonstrates her impassioned approach to religious instruction. She starts with the premise that ongoing Christian education must be central to a life of faith, and then proceeds from the corollary that baptism must be central to all Christian education. Eight group sessions focus repeatedly on water, first as a natural element necessary to life, then as a symbolic element necessary to spirituality. Gradually, through prayer, song, scripture, silence, poetry, visual arts, storytelling, group discussion, and personal reflection, water--as baptismal element--gains ascendancy. No longer mere, occasional refreshment, Living Water inundates, becomes life's very medium. This text makes for excellent catechumenal preparation but is intended for use by all Christians--those who are years into their journeys as well as those who are beginning. Designed for small groups of adult Episcopalians, the program is easily adaptable to other denominations, to one-on-one spiritual mentoring, to children, young adult, or intergenerational groups, and even to individuals for private meditation.


Acts: An Earth Bible Commentary

Acts: An Earth Bible Commentary

Author: Michael Trainor

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0567672964

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The gospel of Luke presents an ecological symphony that reveals a Jesus connected to Earth. His ministry touches all aspects of creation, human and non-human, and invites disciples into an ecological asceticism. This same spirit continues in the Acts of the Apostles. In this Earth Bible Commentary on Acts, Michael Trainor allows our environmental concerns to shape his interpretative approach, and thus ecological nuances emerge. Luke's household of disciples, imbued with the spirit of the risen Jesus, to embrace the world and bring to it a word of reconciliation, embark on this mission. This formally begins at Pentecost with their reception of God's creative and renewing Spirit that empowers them as Earth's children. From this moment an explosion of activity moves them over Earth's lands, beginning in Jerusalem, Earth's navel (Acts 1.1-8.1), into Samaria, the space in-between that navel and Galilee, the garden of God's earthly delights (Acts 8.2-11.17), to the ends of Earth, Rome (Acts 11.18-28.33). As we trace Luke's vast geographical journey around the Mediterranean, key moments highlight fresh environmental insights that offer new hope for contemporary disciples seeking ecological affirmation at this particular time in world history.


Connections: Year C, Three-Volume Set

Connections: Year C, Three-Volume Set

Author: Joel B. Green

Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 1925

ISBN-13: 1646980344

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Designed to empower preachers as they lead their congregations to connect their lives to Scripture, Connections features a broad set of interpretive tools that provide commentary and worship aids on the Revised Common Lectionary. For each worship day within the three-year lectionary cycle, the commentaries in Connections link the individual lection reading with Scripture as a whole as well as to the larger world. In addition, Connections places each Psalm reading in conversation with the other lections for the day to highlight the themes of the liturgical season. Finally, sidebars offer additional connections to Scripture for each Sunday or worship day. This nine-volume series is a practical, constructive, and valuable resource for preachers who seek to help congregations connect more closely with Scripture. This eBook set contains Year C, volumes 1, 2, and 3.


Prayers Before a River

Prayers Before a River

Author: John C. Maher

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-01-04

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1725274841

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This is a book of prayers, with reflections on the act of praying. The prayers are scenes from daily life touching upon different topics: a prayer for animals; a prayer before a Christmas Tree; a prayer of the agnostic, of the unemployed, and of a college student; and a prayer against pessimism. Prayer is a rapport between heaven and earth, between God and humanity. There is no certified method of praying but some prayers offer a methodology, like the psalms. Your prayers are just you. Learning to pray is like when children learn to dance, to become the wind or a tree. They just let go. Prayer is the creative capacity of every soul, a deep structure, a language art, a reinvention of language that makes it possible for the spirit to sing and speak, to praise, petition, and weep.