The Gift of Wonder
The Gift of Wonder

Author: Christine Aroney-Sine

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0830871586

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Can you imagine a God who dances with shouts of joy, laughs when you laugh, loves to play, and invites us to join the fun? In this book Christine Sine invites us to pay attention to childlike characteristics that have the power to reshape us, with fresh spiritual practices that engage all our senses and help us embrace the wonder and joy that God intends for us.

Playing God
Playing God

Author: Andy Crouch

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2013-09-06

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0830837655

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With Playing God, Andy Crouch opens the subject of power, elucidating its subtle activity in our relationships and institutions. He gives us much more than a warning against abuse, though. Turning the notion of "playing God" on its head, Crouch celebrates power as the gift by which we join in God's creative, redeeming work in the world.

Let It Go
Let It Go

Author: T.D. Jakes

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-01-29

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1416547339

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Shares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.

Christian Plays by the Creative Play Company
Christian Plays by the Creative Play Company

Author: Jeanette Lasserre

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-10-30

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 1304581519

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These nine plays and skits are fun for all ages and they teach valuable lessons to our young people. From flower gardens and gossiping ladies to rapping, you are sure to enjoy each one. When these plays were first written, my friend and I put them on in our own church. As I put this book together for others to enjoy, I recalled the great fun we had as I'm sure you will.

Holy Play
Holy Play

Author: Kirk Byron Jones

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-02-26

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0787984523

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In Holy Play popular author and teacher Kirk Byron Jones shows how to move forward together with God to imagine and live your true life purpose with creativity and joy. This extraordinary book gives you permission to stop waiting for God to tell you what to do and start doing what God has been inspiring you to do all along. Through provocative stories and helpful exercises, Jones shows you how to foster the openness and energy that allow you to engage with and construct a fulfilling life that uses all your God-given talent. Jones shows how to humbly and gladly accept the sacred incredible in you--in particular the creator in you.

The Out of Bounds Church?
The Out of Bounds Church?

Author: Steve Taylor

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 0310873487

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What’s Going on Out There?Author Steve Taylor takes trips to the edge of the church envelope and sends us back what he’s finding inside the emerging church around the globe. From the revival of ancient spiritual practices to the rise of multimedia, each of his posts sketches a view of the body of Christ in wild flux. Topics include: birth; pilgrimage; community; creativity; DJing; and leading and following.

The God Who Plays
The God Who Plays

Author: Brian Edgar

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2017-12-20

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 153260761X

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Many people would be surprised to hear that a playful attitude towards God and the world lies at the heart of Christian faith. Traditionally Christians have focused on the serious responsibilities of service, sacrifice, and commitment. But the prophets say that the future kingdom is full of people laughing and playing, which has implications for Christians who are called to live out the future kingdom in the present. Play is not trivial or secondary to work and service—only a playful way of living does justice to the seriousness of life! Play is the essential and ultimate form of relationship with God, which is why Jesus told people to learn from children. Indeed, a playful attitude is an important part of all significant relationships. This book explores grace, faith, love, worship, redemption, and the kingdom from the perspective of a playful attitude. It describes how to create a “play ethic” to match the “work ethic” and discusses play as a virtue, Aquinas’s warning against the sin of not playing enough, and Bonhoeffer’s claim that in a world of pain it is only the Christian who can truly play.

Teaching Godly Play
Teaching Godly Play

Author: Jerome Berryman

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2009-07

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1606740482

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This revised and expanded version of Godly Play founder Jerome Berryman's 1995 handbook is for current and future users of Godly Play. With this revision, the book's original formatting has been redesigned to complement the eight volumes in The Complete Guide to Godly Play series. Illustrations have also been updated, and the text now better reflects the playful spirit of Godly Play. Up-to-date research in childhood development and instruction has also been incorporated in this comprehensive update.