Preaching in the Purple Zone is a resource for helping the church understand the challenges facing parish pastors, while encouraging and equipping preachers to address the vital justice issues of our time.This book provides practical instruction for navigating the hazards of prophetic preaching with tested strategies and prudent tactics grounded in biblical and theological foundations. Key to this endeavor is using a method of civil discourse called “deliberative dialogue” for finding common values among politically diverse parishioners. Unique to this book is instruction on using the sermon-dialogue-sermon process developed by the author that expands the pastor’s level of engagement on justice issues with parishioners beyond the single sermon. This book equips clergy to help their congregations respectfully engage in deliberation about “hot topics,” find the values that bind them together, and respond faithfully to God’s Word.
The Christian Women Sermon notes journal is the perfect inspirational tool to record, worship, reflect and remember each week's church sermon message. With an undated 52 week spread, this notebook is enough to record an entire years worth of sermon notes! Each weekly entry contains two entire pages with designated spaces to record and write: date, sermon message title, scriptures used, note taking section two life application reflection questions, prayer requests and upcoming church events and activities. At the end of the journal there are roughly 15 dot grid journal style pages for reflections and notes. Each page is beautifully thought out with floral designs and attractive fonts. This sermon notes notebook is perfect to record sermon notes and reflections on wisdom, grace, discipleship, victory, unity in the church, repentance, redemption, new testament studies, and old testament studies. At 6x9 inches it is the perfect size to toss in your purse. This journal will make a thoughtful, inspirational and encouraging gift to any woman of faith in your life, your church, bible study group, secret sister, friend, or anyone who loves bible journaling and will be a cherished keepsake for years to come!
The Day My Heart Turned Blue: Healing After the Loss of My Mother After witnessing her mother’s death, Karla J. Noland struggled with the uncertainty of what life would be like without her. Then, while packing up her mother’s belongings, Karla uncovered a collection of journal writings and prayers that changed her life forever. The Day My Heart Turned Blue: Healing After the Loss of My Mother was written for people reeling from the death of a parent and needing encouragement and direction to help them move forward. There are three parts to the book. Part 1: Picking up the Pieces, describes Karla’s experience as she witnessed her mother take her last breath and the phases of grief she went through while being the executrix of her mother’s estate. Part 2: In Her Own Words, emphasizes the power of journaling and displays the handwritten journal entries of Karla’s mother, Eutrice E. James. This section describes how the journals gave Karla solace in her grief and allowed her to see her mother as a more complex person. Part 3: Give Yourself Permission, outlines Karla’s healing process and the creation of her coaching business, Reveal Heal Thrive LLC. It is also a call to action for readers to begin their own healing process. Karla encourages others to journal their life experiences in order to uncover their hidden pain and heal from it so they can live life to the fullest. The Day My Heart Turned Blue tells the story of how Karla found the strength to turn her pain into purpose after losing her mother. She hopes her readers will walk away encouraged and give themselves permission to discover their own strength and walk in it.
Listen Up! is a one-year journal of pages intended to help your child learn to listen to the message of the sermon while sitting in church. Fun designs will draw in your child to want to fill in the blanks and answer the questions. The journal style enables your child to take ownership of their learning and realize that this is something they can do. "Big" church is not just for the adults. The questions move from simply stating who is speaking about what and where to find it in the Bible and moves to "what do I need to find out more about?" and to think about how to apply what they've learned. Space is also provided for your child to record their prayer requests and they are encouraged to watch and pay attention to how God answers their prayers. Keeping these notes and prayers in one journal through the year will allow the child to look back and see the amazing things they have learned and the way God has worked in their life.This journal is likely to become a keepsake you will treasure for years to come.See the interior pages and more information along with other resources at www.GodMadeColor.com
This volume of My Sermon Notes Journal contains 100 pages of guided note-taking pages It is part of a series that comes in four separate volumes with different cover designs to match your personal preferences. This series was designed particularly for women. There is a separate series targeted at both men and women. This journal (or notebook) contains: 100 pages, White paper, Non-refillable Handy notebook (pad) size of 6" x 9" Non-Perforated Non-spiral bound (book will not open flat) Good quality paper Soft, sturdy matte cover Suitable for Christians attending church services or Bible Study Great gift for women and men Book covers available in designs that include the following: Roses ISBN-13: 978-1724442598 (Vol. 1) Blue ISBN-13: 978-1724444066 (Vol. 2) Purple ISBN-13: 978-1724444820 (Vol. 3) Green ISBN-13: 978-1724444882 (Vol. 4) More details of the entire series are provided towards the end of this volume. The books can easily be located using the ISBN numbers provided. Just type (or copy & paste) the numbers onto the Amazon search bar and you would be able to locate the books.
Grace & Mercy: A Devotional Journey was created from a desire for a fresh look at discipleship within the modern, busy church. The book explores the progression of the seed planted in a sermon: how truth gets watered, germinates, sprouts, grows and eventually bears fruit. Grace & Mercy demonstrates how to have a nourishing and flourishing spiritual life. A soft plot line meanders throughout and the book gently explores themes of communication, discipleship, positive expectations, and diligence. Each chapter includes devotional content for individual readers and exploratory questions for group discussion. Readers can expect to: • Discover the value of slowing down, paying attention, and soaking in the wisdom of biblical truth expressed each week in the Sunday sermon • Understand how to live a more contemplative life • Grow in their faith from week to week • Improve awareness in the way God is moving through the people who are in their lives • Be stirred up toward love, gentleness, and goodness toward one another "Pictures and stories and memories are three of God's sweet gifts to help us visualize his truths and strengthen our hearts. Katie and Chris use all of these to paint little portraits that add color and depth to how I understand and experience God." --Kirk Freeman, Lead Pastor, CrossBridge Community Church, San Antonio, Texas "My wife, Beth, is often suggesting daily devotionals for me, but I just can't get into them. She was surprised to see me devouring Grace & Mercy and asked, 'What's different about this one?' I paused a moment, looked up and said, 'I can relate to these. Let's gather some friends and dig into it.' Grace & Mercy provides an interesting and engaging tool to study the Bible." --Jim Lenaway, Pastor, B-Free Church, Bradford, Pennsylvania "Grace & Mercy presents an honest, encouraging look at life with its disquieting issues. Katie welcomed me to sit beside her "knee to knee" with Jesus, the Wonderful Counselor, then to journey onward, with Him leading the way. --Chuck Rizer, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Chaplain (retired), author of Downwind of Thunder "This devotional is wonderfully refreshing and special. I love the practical, chatty, relatable style that makes recognizing God's presence and love in our lives so accessible. If you want to benefit from experiencing God in your everyday life, Grace & Mercy is for you." --Rob Davis, Founding Pastor, Vineyard Church, Hopkinton Massachusetts From Loving Healing Press www.LHPress.com
Life has a way of slipping away while we're not looking. And many of us are so numbed by mundane routine that we hardly miss its passing. Keeping a journal can bring it all back . . . * Those timeless moments when the mists part and you catch a glimpse of a loving Father. * Those rare insights where you suddenly see your life from a new perspective. * those welcome moments when the pain subsides and the healing begins. "Life Path will be a delight equally to inveterate journal keepers like me, and to those who've often thought they might like to keep a journal, but haven't known how to go about it." - Madeleine L'Engle Luci Shaw is author of eight volumes of poetry, among them Listen to the Green, Water Lines, and Polishing the Petoskey Stone. Her other books include Water My Soul and God in the Dark: Through Grief and Beyond. Since 1988 she has been adjunct faculty member and Writer in Residence at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
