New Pastor, New Parish
New Pastor, New Parish

Author: James G. Cobb

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2005-03-21

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 1597521264

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When a newly called pastor enters a congregation, the first weeks and months are times of careful navigation and many hidden land mines. This veteran pastor shares his stories and insights with others who begin this ministerial journey. A delightful book, this volume is a must readÓ for seminarians and all pastors who enter a new call. The reader will find helpful hints and wonderful appendices to help a pastor through such a perilous time. Issues around entryÓ set the tone for one's tenure. This is a book for clergy gatherings, conferences, peer groups, and workshops with helpful questions for reflection after each chapter.

Patterns of Preaching
Patterns of Preaching

Author: Ronald J. Allen

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0827229933

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This collection of sermons by noted homileticians illustrates thirty-four distinct styles of contemporary and traditional preaching.

Stokely
Stokely

Author: Peniel E. Joseph

Publisher: Civitas Books

Published: 2014-03-04

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 0465080480

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From the author of The Sword and the Shield, this definitive biography of the Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael offers "an unflinching look at an unflinching man" (Daily Beast). Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial Black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for "Black Power" during a speech one Mississippi night in 1966. A firebrand who straddled both the American civil rights and Black Power movements, Carmichael would stand for the rest of his life at the center of the storm he had unleashed. In Stokely, preeminent civil rights scholar Peniel E. Joseph presents a groundbreaking biography of Carmichael, using his life as a prism through which to view the transformative African American freedom struggles of the twentieth century. A nuanced and authoritative portrait, Stokely captures the life of the man whose uncompromising vision defined political radicalism and provoked a national reckoning on race and democracy.

On Saudi Arabia
On Saudi Arabia

Author: Karen Elliott House

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0307272168

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, former foreign editor, correspondent, and publisher of "The Wall Street Journal"--a uniquely informed, authoritative, and illuminating look at Saudi Arabia today.

The Four Pages of the Sermon
The Four Pages of the Sermon

Author: Paul Scott Wilson

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1426724713

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Doing justice to the complexity of the preaching task and the questions that underlie it, Wilson organizes both the preparation and the content of the sermon around its "four pages." Each "page" addresses a different theological and creative component of what happens in any sermon. Page One presents the trouble or conflict that takes place in or that underscores the biblical text itself. Page Two looks at similar conflict--sin or brokenness--in our own time. Page Three returns to the Bible to identify where God is at work in or behind the text--in other words, to discover the good news. Page Four points to God at work in our world, particularly in relation to the situations described in Page Two.

Where the Pavement Ends
Where the Pavement Ends

Author: J. T. Knoll

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 144017511X

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This book is an uncommon thing - a direct and personal account that also possesses a communal intelligence rich in metaphor. Whether recounting his boyhood experiences as a paperboy, visiting a nursing home, reflecting on his work as a counselor, or visiting a Trappist monastery in the Missouri Ozarks, J.T. Knoll consistently brings honesty and poetic sensibility to his writing. In a voice as authentic as the people and places he describes, he transports readers to the core of the human spirit. It's a journey through the landscape of the heart - one that speaks to the richness of the human soul and the benefits of a more contemplative life.