By Paul Ferguson Liturgical texts, repeated week after week by hundreds of thousands of people, are an ideal starting-point for exploring deep matters of faith. Their rich theological content, their themes and their familiarity, can help us develop a more mature, informed faith and spirituality. Assuming no specialist knowledge but convinced that a good theological understanding is within everyone’s grasp, Paul Ferguson takes...
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By Michael Fulljames & Michael Harper This is a daily prayer companion aimed at all working in the caring professions: doctors, nurses and other health care staff; social workers, counsellors, pastors and the many thousands of carers looking after someone at home. It is profoundly understanding of the heavy emotional burden that accompanies this kind of work, its challenges and frustrations, and its great rewards. Arranged...
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By Matthew Linn, Sheila Fabricant, & Dennis Linn A practical and prayerful guide to healing the hurt that may have occurred in the eight stages of life as described by psychologist Erik Erikson. (Publisher’s description) Available at Christian...
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By Stephen Arterburn & Jack Felton Most of us began our journey into faith with trusting hearts. Yet incidents of abuse, media accounts of perverted religion, personal disappointments, loss, betrayal and even unrealistic expectations of God can cause us to develop a warped or damaged view of faith. Too often, what began as an authentic relationship with God deteriorates into a defective faith with an incomplete or poisoned view...
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By Timothy M. Farabaugh Ministry To and With the Elderly is a book that will help clergy, church leaders, and seminary students better understand the unique needs and abilities of the older members of our churches. This book is not simply another book on how to meet the needs of older adults. It provides examples and insight into ways the elderly may be involved in ministry to one another and how clergy can be more aware of the unique...
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