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Based on Charles Bryant's bestselling book, Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts, Penn has developed a workbook that helps leaders guide participants through a seven-week study endeavor of discovering their spiritual gifts. Designed to be a companion resource for Bryant's book, this workbook offers a basic understanding of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

This book offers practical ways by which prayer can help us experience inner healing. The reader learns how to cooperate with God. The emphasis is upon the grace of God's love rather than rigid discipline and techniques.

The why-and how-of faith-based fundraising and stewardship.For years, many faith-based fundraisers and communities have been inspired by Henri J. M. Nouwen's book A Spirituality of Fundraising and his approach to fundraising as a calling and ministry. Many who are inspired by Nouwen's vision remain hesitant to ask for money, saying, "I don't have the personality to raise money" or "Asking for money still feels too complicated and makes me fearful."Nathan Ball, a close colleague and friend of Nouwen, tackles these trepidations head-on with his workbook, providing a 4-week how-to guide for putting Nouwen's culture-shifting vision into practice. Nouwen and Ball lift up fundraising as a powerful way of loving and building community. They provide gentle guidance that will help people from all walks of life reimagine the task of fundraising and access the inner conviction and external skills to engage in the task of fundraising.In this workbook, readers will find the complete original text of A Spirituality of Fundraising plus extensive commentary on its themes. There are many questions for reflection and journaling, prompts for listening and meditation, and instructions for using the book as an individual or with a group.The original print book edition, without the workbook, is available here.

The Advent and Christmas season is often associated with joy, love, generosity, and unity. But for many people, this time of year magnifies loneliness, anxiety, grief, and despair. This devotional book for the 28 days of Advent and Christmas Day includes a Scripture selection, meditation, prayer, and suggested Advent action.

God created every person with a desire for meaning and purpose. Many of us wonder, How do we live the purposeful life God intends for each of us? This 6-week churchwide series is designed to help us consider that big question. The Damascus road experience was not the only event that sent the apostle Paul on his quest. His entire lifehis traditions, education, travels, and challengesshaped him for ministry. After years of preparation through prayer and discernment, Paul traveled roughly 10,000 miles throughout the Mediterranean world to spread the Good News. When he started, he had no idea how God's plan for him would take shape. This series helps us unpack our life alongside Paul's life to find our purpose and passion. A perfect study series for back-to-school, the beginning of a new year, or anytime you need a fresh start, Which Way, Lord? includes a book; DVD with video sessions filmed in Turkey, Israel, and Greece; age-level discussion guides for children, youth, and adults;

Healing from trauma begins with the courageous act of telling your story.Yet many survivors of trauma are afraid to tell anyone about their deeply painful and personal experience(s). Trauma survivors often feel shame, guilt, fear, and anger. They may also carry deep spiritual wounds, such as feeling abandoned or punished by God. They may wonder how they can ever trust God.In Beads of Healing, Kristen Vincent shares her story of childhood trauma and how she eventually found God's peace, healing, and wholeness. She tells how, over 35 years after the trauma, she encountered God as never before in the presence of a Christian community. In this setting where she felt safe and loved, and through the help of spiritual practices like scripture reading, prayer, group sharing, and reflection, she finally found the peace she had been seeking since age 7.Vincent models how to name feelings of grief, anger, abandonment, shame, and fear. She gives readers ideas for ways to use prayer beads as a safe way to enter conversations with God, to talk honestly with their Creator, and open themselves to God's love.This powerful story of one woman's journey to spiritual healing offers hope for all trauma survivors, as well as those who have experienced loss, hurt, or other spiritual wounds. Each chapter includesa scripture passage that supports the chapter themetruth-telling (the author talks about the chapter theme from her perspective)reflection questionsa prayer bead experiencea listening focus (a line to repeat with your prayer beads)an opportunity to check in with yourself before moving forwardNOTE: The author recommends that readers study this book with someone: a therapist, pastor, spiritual director, or support group. Beads of Healing features a Leader's Guide with an outline for 16 sessions, links to instructions for making prayer beads, and a guide to using prayer beads.This book will be a valuable resource for pastors, counselors, and others who provide support for trauma survivors.

Spiritual growth sounds great, but what does it mean?There is something very grounding about trees. We understand how they grow and how dirt, seeds, water, and roots support the life and seasons of a tree. Using a tree as a metaphor, Christopher Maricle presents a model for spiritual growth that is easy to use and remember.Deeply Rooted borrows Catherine of Siena's image of the soul as a tree and categorizes it into four parts: the garden, the soil and roots of the tree, the trunk and essence, and the fruits. The reader explores self-knowledge and knowledge of God and how these two work together to help the soul grow.

Originally published: Friendship with God. South Africa: Struik Christian Books, 2014.

Losing a spouse is one of life's greatest stresses. In this book of 60 meditations, Nell Noonan candidly shares her experiences after her husband's death. Find peace, wisdom, and hope through Noonan's heartfelt devotions.

A Spirituality of Homecoming invites readers to open their hearts and minds to the voice of love that says, "Follow me." When people follow the Lord, they find their true home with God. This means they can be at home with themselves anywhere, even in a confusing world.

"I know introverts who give priority to solitude. I know others who find strength in community. And I know busy colleagues in ministry who find time for neither solitude or community. In his life, and now in his words, Henri Nouwen brings all three together solitude, community, ministry in a triad of spiritual health." Philip Yancey, author of many books, including "What Good Is God?" and "What's So Amazing About Grace?""I knew Henri personally, and like few friends, he knew how to say 'pious' things in a profound way, seemingly impersonal things in a personal way, and offer serious challenges in a way that made you say, 'Thank you!' He does it again in this fine book."Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico

An accessible, practical Advent study that guides readers to look deeper at the meaning of Advent by focusing on a single word and prayer method each week.

A succinct and powerful witness that fundraising is a form of ministry and can be a deeply spiritual experience.

Many Christians long to sense God's presence in their everyday lives but don't know how. Inspired by the ancient form of prayer practiced by the Celtic people, Beth Richardson offers a multitude of short prayers-blessings-that embrace every aspect of daily life.A sense of joy about ordinary moments of the day pervades this book. Many of the blessings came to Richardson during one of her daily activities-walking her dogs. As she welcomed the day, she thought about celebrations, challenges, and other situations people she loved were facing.The result is a lovely collection of prayers that recognize God's presence in each moment, from waking to sleeping, from birth to death. The blessings will help readers acknowledge the richness of the gifts of life; express their feelings about special moments such as births, marriages, and graduations; offer words to pray during times of struggle; and give them a way to pray for the world and all its people.

Henri Nouwen shares heartfelt insights on what it means to be a caregiver and to be cared for and how the caregiving relationship can lead to spiritual growth

Identify your spiritual gifts and those of your congregation. Discover how God wants you to use each spiritual gift. Includes a spiritual gifts inventory.

Buchanan candidly shares both the heartaches elderly adults face and the hopethey can find as they navigate the process of aging.

Transformation comes from questions, not answers.We often look to the Bible as the book of answers. How often, though, do we consider the challenging questions God asks? Hudson notes that Jesus was asked 183 questions in the Gospels but directly only answered three.The Creator is teaching us as we teach children when they struggle with schoolwork: You learn more by doing than being fed an absolute answer.In Questions God Asks Us, we're encouraged to focus on the quest rather than a resolution. Such an approach leads to deeper dialogue and intimacy with the divine. This is a critical turning point in our journey with God-as it was for the author."I thought the Bible existed to give me solutions to my everyday concerns and dilemmas," writes Hudson. "Then I realized I might be approaching God and the Bible from the wrong direction. It was as if God said to me, 'Trevor, rather than you always asking questions of me, start listening to the questions I have for you.'"Each of 10 questions Hudson excerpts from the Old and New Testaments serves as a starting point for genuine conversation with the Creator. He assures, "We're not starting the conversation with God from scratch. God has already begun it. We just need to plug into the conversation that is already going on."Questions God Asks Us offers a fresh approach for personal devotions and a unique discussion tool for small-group Bible studies. It's sure to bless anyone longing for a meaningful, growing relationship with God.

It's a time when we prepare our lives-hearts, minds, and spirits-for the coming of the Christ child. We sweep out the corners of our hearts, cleaning up the clutter, to make space for God's hope, peace, joy, love, and presence.The Uncluttered Heart offers four weeks of guided reflection through the weeks of Advent on through Epiphany. Each day provides aquotationscripture passagereflectionprayerThis book includes a study guide for groups.

Over half a million persons have been reawakened to prayer by using The Workbook of Living Prayer. Now this modern classic is available in a Spanish translation by Mary Lou Santillan-Baert. One of the best-selling group resources ever published, The Workbook of Living Prayer teaches a simple and practical way to grow in the discipline of prayer. This six-week, personal adventure in prayer will strengthen a new generation of pray-ers as well as those who have used it before.

Learn to read the Psalms in ways that deepen your relationship with God and inspire soulful living. *Entering the Psalms** models the movement from reading scripture to personal prayer, using entry-point questions to deepen your engagement with scripture. 6 weeks