"Welcome to our table! The Midday Connection family is large and we have lots of chairs at our table, so pull up a chair and join us for a while. I don't know what the table signifies for you, but for me it means family, warmth, community, learning, growth, and satisfaction." And so we are introduce... (more)

The Psalms have long served a vital role in the individual and corporate lives of Christians, expressing the full range of human emotions, including some that we are ashamed to admit. The Psalms reverberate with joy, groan in pain, whimper with sadness, grumble in disappointment and rage with anger.... (more)

The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism offers an extensive survey of the history, doctrine, practices, and global circumstances of Roman Catholicism, written by a range of distinguished and experienced Catholic writers. Engages its readers in an informed and informative conversation about Ro... (more)

Written by a leading authority on Baptist life and thought, this inclusive survey traces the development of the Baptist tradition in North America over the past 400 years. * Shows how from a handful of churches on the Atlantic Coast, the Baptist movement spread to become the largest Protestant d... (more)

There comes a time in the life of every Christian when he or she desires to go deeper in his or her walk with God. For many, this task can seem daunting. Enter St. Thomas Aquinas. He wrote his great Summa theologiae, or summary of theology, to fill the need for a thorough survey of Christian teachin... (more)

This unconventional, engaging, and playful introduction to the mystical writers serves as a primer to contemporary readers, revealing wisdom still relevant today. Frederick Bauerschmidt draws from those mystics whose struggles parallel our own and reveals the meaning of their words in clear, practic... (more)

This wonderful compendium of religious biographies offers a look inside the hearts and minds of significant shapers of Anglican spirituality over the past five centuries---Thomas Cranmer, John Donne, George Herbert, John Wesley, Dorothy Sayers, C. S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle, and many more. Coverin... (more)

Who could have imagined what the future would hold for a Frenchman and a New Zealand girl? After marrying in 1985, they lived outside of Paris for several years and had a daughter, Victoria. Their world was torn apart when Victoria disappeared one day in a dawn raid on their home by local police. ... (more)

Retired priest and managing editor of the Episcopalian, Schmidt offers a very substantial but simply written view of notables in and of the Anglican-Episcopal spiritual communion since the days of Thomas Cranmer (the first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury), including John Donne, the Wesleys, Evel... (more)