This lectionary-based sermon anthology offers the unique voices and viewpoints of women preachers who explore and grapple with the Scriptures while attempting to provide a discerning word for the people who follow God. The volume offers fresh, inventive, and inviting sermon and worship planning reso... (more)

The theme is about doors. The overarching Bible verse is Matthew 7:7: "Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you." The door represents different ways we knock and enter into a relationship with God, as well as the way God may knock at our do... (more)

Fresh Fuel for Running the Good Race. At times we all feel as if we can't go on. Our dreams have faded or crashed. We wake up one day and realize we're just plodding through life. We've embraced life, but still we wonder what "might have been?" What happened to our hopes and plans for stronger rel... (more)

How can one discern if a calling truly is from God? How can one be alert to the fact that one call is ending and another is beginning? In this insightful book Ben Campbell Johnson gives inspiring, experience-based advice on these and other questions concerning the call of God. Johnson begins by rel... (more)

Debut author Capatti and Italian artist Monaco (A Brave Little Princess) offer a unique portrait of Gustav Klimt, his studio and his work-from the point of view of his pet, whom he calls Katze. On built-up layers of soft pastel, brilliant orange and cool gray-blue, Monaco creates portraits of Klimt ... (more)

365 days of meditations based on passages from the Psalms.

The companion for the busy woman, these daily meditations restore balance and bring perspective to daily life. Drawing on her experiences as wife, grandmother, priest, retreat leader and spiritual director, this is Barbara Crafton as the wise and funny friend every woman needs every day.

A uniquely balanced contribution to what has become a highly polarized area of study. Working towards a moderate "third path" in the heated debate over new religious movements or cults, this collection includes contributions from both scholars who have been characterized as "anticult" and those char... (more)

What we once thought to be "solid ground" has shifted. Our faith is tested. As we struggle for balance and a spiritual center, it is a time for new answers to some very old questions. Infusing tradition with innovation, Rabbi Lewis Solomon and United Church of Christ minister Bruce Epperly present a... (more)