Posts Tagged "M"

Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculinities

Edited by Stephen B. Boyd, W. Merle Longwood, & Mark W. Muesse Contributors to this book – historians, biblical specialists, theologians, ethicists, and scholars of comparative religions – examine the relationship between religious tradition and manhood. The essays cover a broad range of topics – from the dynamics of power in shaping masculine identity, to the role religion plays in shaping masculine identity, to the experience of...

Not Quite Healed: 40 Truths for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse

By Cecil Murphey & Gary Roe Survivors of sexual abuse face a long road to recovery. With every bump and bruise and setback, they may wonder if total healing is even possible. In fact, the feeling that “I should be healed by now” is one that every survivor will have to deal with at some time. A survivor himself, Cecil Murphey writes, “I absolutely affirm that God can produce such a miracle. I don’t know of any, but I still think...

How to Lead in Church Conflict: Healing Ungrieved Loss

By K. Brynolf Lyon & Dan P. Moseley The hurts of people often spill over into the life of the congregation causing conflict.The hurts of people often spill over into the life of the congregation causing conflict. Your chair of finance is going through a nasty divorce and is mad at God. The mother of one of your Sunday School teachers is chronically ill. A major factory in your community has relocated, taking with it many of your...

Divine Worship and Human Healing: Liturgical Theology at the Margins of Life and Death

By Bruce T. Morrill Would many believers consider a wake or funeral an act of worship? What does it mean to say that in anointing the sick or administering Viaticum to the dying humans are healed? Such questions plumb the biblical and traditional depths of the paschal mystery. Just as Jesus’s ministry at the social-religious margins revealed the center of his faith in God’s reign, so also the church’s ministry to...

Healing Your Church Hurt: What To Do When You Still Love God But Have Been Wounded by His People

By Stephen Mansfield If you’ve been part of a church, you have probably suffered a “church hurt” — or know someone who has. Maybe the pastor had an affair or the congregation fought over money or the leaders were disguising gossip as “prayer.” Stephen Mansfield knows how it feels. Though he is now a New York Times bestselling author, he was a pastor for more than 20 years, and he loved it — until he learned how much a church can hurt....