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Calling Mars
Nick Fawcett's prayers have long provided Christians around the world with a down-to-earth and challenging base for a rich prayer life. In this latest collection, he addresses matters that resonate with men including work life, home life, sport, money, and health. This is a practical and fresh tool for men as they walk the path of everyday life.
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Rejoice With Me
'Christ dwells in you in your present situation.He does not wait for your perfection.He accepts your brokenness as his home.'Psalm 23, 'The Lord is my Shepherd', describes the psalmist as a trusting sheep, travelling through both pleasant and difficult terrain, always in the reassuring presence of God. The psalm is for all of us, yet when troubles come - which they inevitably do - rather than feeling God's loving presence we may start to doubt his love; instead of feeling safe, we experience fear, guilt, hurt and loneliness - the loneliness of a lost sheep.In Rejoice with Me Annie draws on the parable of the lost sheep and other imagery from the Bible and the natural world. She writes from her own personal experience to offer reflections, prayers and questions for self-development for anyone with an interest in considering life's difficulties from a biblical perspective.Ideal as a spiritual accompaniment for individuals as well as pastoral support groups and churches asking how to meet the needs of individuals and communities and how to live lovingly and with integrity in the twenty-first century.
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It's Not Your Fault You're Stressed
Do you ever feel it's all got a bit too much? No matter how hard you work, you feel you haven't done enough and it's your fault?Anyone in a position of leadership is likely to have felt like this at some time. If the feelings persist and become worse, pressure can lead to stress, breakdown and burnout, an illness every bit as real as physical illness, only more hidden and more difficult to admit to.Speaking from his experience of leadership in the church, John Cox tackles the subject of stress - related depression in this guide to basic principles about how to stay healthy as a leader and how to offer healthy leadership. Drawing on some of the acknowledged and researched ideas of the experts, he puts those ideas into the context of the Christian faith and of people we meet in the Bible.Contents About the authorIntroductionChapter 1: How are you feeling?What kind of illness?Physical selfEmotional, thinking selfSpiritual selfSocial selfChapter 2: A matter of timeGreat if you are feeling fineBut what if you are not?Pressures of timeTime is elasticBlameWorking harder and harderLove yourself and have a breakHow do you spend your time?Chapter 3: A little help from your friendsReceiving the callExcusesThe stressed leader and his work consultantThe game of 'But'Handing over and letting goChapter 4: Getting personalRelationshipNot everyone loves youI, It, You and ThouTricky things, relationshipsLonging to be lovedHaving favourites can still be fairThe relationship with yourselfPeterThree strenghs, three vulnerabilitiesUndermining fearFailureInflated fearOn your feetChapter 5: But I tell you...Be good at receivingGuilty is goodBe not perfectThank God for a crisisChapter 6: I am a worm and no manSophie's taleCharlie's storyThe search for approvalThe fear of blameCompensatory ploysChange of heartRecovering the 'old' youA proper self-loveWe all need GOBsChapter 7: The good leader - the good shepherdOld fashionedThe sheherd in the BibleLeaders as sheperdsGod as shepherdThe Good ShepherdSix points to think about:OpennessRecognitionGuideCatalystSelf-givingVisionChapter 8: The ABC for healthy leaderHealthy lettersLetters to avoidConclusion
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Hard Pews, Boring Sermons And No Loos?
Excuses and reasons why people don't go to churchPopular author John Cox offers suggestions why fewer people are going to church these days and where the church needs to take action.In the first part of the book he looks at the main reasons people give - some of them may even be just excuses but should not be ignored by churches.The second part of the book considers the impact of the consumerist society and the scientific revolution on people's beliefs and behaviour.The book concludes with insights from the incarnation, crucifixion and resurrection that offer ways forward and reminders of what must not be lost.
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Experiencing God In Unexpected Places
Aimed at a variety of readerships, Experiencing God in Unexpected Places is for those who want to know more about the meaning and significance of the Beatitudes, and to gain a greater understanding of the nature of joy and blessing.The book will also help people who are coming to terms with difficult times, and all those who struggle to understand how we can experience God, his joy and blessing, even in the more negative situations in life - sometimes more so.Patrick Coghlan examines how we are able to deal with the more negative experiences often faced in life; to have a deeper joy, to receive more of God's blessing, and to experience the Triune God (God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit) in new and significant ways eternally. Also, how we can appreciate more fully all the joy and blessings that God showers upon us on a daily basis; though not everyone attributes them to God.Each Beatitude is divided into two halves, which are looked at in alternate chapters. The first half is the challenge of the Beatitude, and the second half is the blessing of the Beatitude. The Appendix at the end of the resource invites and assists the reader to go on a physical journey of prayer, based on the Beatitudes.Contents Chapter 1: Experiencing God in the things that money can't buyChapter 2: The kingdom is like... (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 3: Experiencing God in lossChapter 4: Longing to be comforted (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 5: Experiencing God in submissionChapter 6: Our inheritance (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 7: Experiencing God in emptinessChapter 8: Being filled (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 9:Experiencing God in forgivingChapter 10: We can be forgiven (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 11: Experiencing God in living a holy lifestyleChapter 12: Seeing God (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 13: Experiencing God in promoting peaceChapter 14: Being a child of God (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 15: Experiencing God in ridicule and oppositionChapter 16: Theirs is the kingdom of heaven (A meditation on the blessing)Chapter 17: Rewarded in heaven (A meditation on the blessing)Epilogue: Being a blessing to othersAppendix: Making the journey An imaginative prayer responseFirst stageSecond stageThird stageFourth stageFifth stageSixth stageSeventh stageEighth stageNinth stageTenth stageEleventh stage
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Beastly Bible Stories Book 6
Troublemaking TeacherSo you think the Bible is boring?Think again!You may know lots of friendly Bible tales about animals, angels and the baby Jesus - but that's only half of the story. This book is full of the blood, guts and miraculous mayhem that the other children's Bible stories are afraid to mention. Are you brave enough for Beastly Bible Stories? DANGER - This cook contains a murderous mob, super smelly feet and a deadly plot!Don't miss:1, 2, 3 & 4 - The Tremendous Old Testament5, 6, 7 & 8 - The Terrific New Testament Please note this is the larger size which is not re-printing
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Beastly Bible Stories Book 5
Miracle MayhemSo you think the Bible is boring?Think again!You may know lots of friendly Bible tales about animals, angels and the baby Jesus - but that's only half of the story. This book is full of the blood, guts and miraculous mayhem that the other children's Bible stories are afraid to mention. Are you brave enough for Beastly Bible Stories? DANGER - This book contains a baby-killing king, a headless hero and a man who comes back from the dead!Don't miss:1, 2, 3 & 4 - The Tremendous Old Testament5, 6, 7 & 8 - The Terrific New Testament Please note this is the larger size which is not re-printing
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Beastly Bible Stories Book 2
The good, the bad and the deadlySo you think the Bible is boring?Think again!You may know lots of friendly Bible tales about animals, angels and the baby Jesus - but that's only half of the story. This book is full of the blood, guts and miraculous mayhem that the other children's Bible stories are afraid to mention. Are you brave enough for Beastly Bible Stories? DANGER - This book contains cannibal cows, a lethal flood and a deadly haircut!Don't miss:1, 2, 3 & 4 - The Tremendous Old Testament5, 6, 7 & 8 - The Terrific New Testament Please note this is the larger size which is not re-printing
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This Meal We Share
Whenever we gather around the Lord's table, we come as we are to share in things which are greater than ourselves. All good worship depends on achieving a happy balance between two aspects: being faithful to the tradition of the Church, doing what she has done always and everywhere, but also being faithful to the community that gathers to celebrate. Genuine tradition is a dynamic memory, pushing us forward to celebrate not just our yesterdays, but our todays and all our tomorrows. Too few though they may be, there are among us today pastoral poets - priests who have the gift of being able to express the Church's undying tradition in the words which they know best suit the assembly gathered in that particular place on that particular day. This Meal We Share is a collection of such prayers by Graham Jeffery, demonstrating how the words the celebrant speaks can come from the heart, not just from the book. May Graham Jeffery's words, humbly offered, encourage and inspire you as you pray with and in the name of your community. Specifications Format: Paperback - Perfect Bound Size: 170 x 240 mm Publication date: February 1998 Page count: 64 pages ISBN: 9781840030082 Contents Preface Introduction The Gathering of God's People Waiting on the Holy Scripture The Confession The Preparation of the Bread and Wine The Prayer of Consecration and the Communion The Gloria Departing
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Anthology For Church Year
This anthology of readings and prayers, biblical texts, poems and meditations covers the whole of the Christian Year, drawing together in one volume 500 pieces previously published in the five seasonal and thematic worship anthologies compiled by H. J. Richards. This book is characterised by a rich diversity of thought-provoking and enlightening material which, as well as providing inspiration for worship leaders, is suitable for school assemblies, the classroom, and private reading. Fill indexes are included, not only for the Bible, authors, translators, titles and first lines, but for the many hundreds of subjects which such a varied collection of texts inevitably touches upon.
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Prayers With The Risen Ones
Gods calls us all to be holy, and to eternal life with the risen Christ. We can be encouraged by the risen ones, the 'great cloud of witnesses' (Hebrews 12:1), who are our companions on our journey of faith.The beautiful prayers in this book draw inspiration from the saints, particularly those in the Celtic tradition, and strengthens us by their simplicity of faith, their courage, generosity, holiness and love.
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Father Forgive
Prayer can seem a closed book to many, God feeling remote from daily life and thus hard to communicate with. This book approaches things from a different perspective, exploring through down-to-earth prayers how he can speak in the most ordinary of experiences and so help us to respond in turn.ContentsIntroductionThe mothThe judgeThe tapThe child's homeworkThe charity collectorThe magnifying glassThe film criticThe loose changeThe hot showerThe excavationThe fast-food restaurantThe muslimThe loose connectionThe credit card statementThe hall of mirrorsThe quality control stampThe phone callThe carnivalThe doorThe curtainsThe burst pipeThe binocularsThe protest marchThe knotted hankieThe frownThe parrotThe child's confessionThe whitewash
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A World In Need
Prayer can seem a closed book to many, God feeling remote from daily life and thus hard to communicate with.This book approaches things from a different perspective, exploring through down to earth prayers how he can speak in the most ordinary of experiences and so help us to respond in turn.
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Acts Of Prayer
Based on the well-known format for prayer, A.C.T.S.(Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication) ACTS of prayer offers a carefully chosen collection of meditations, Bible passages and songs and hymns, both modern and traditional. The structured approach offers variety to stimulate and encourage the reader.
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Only Connect
Only Connect is a companion of 150 prayers to aid reflection and worship in a variety of settings - for personal use, for use on retreat or as a focus for groups. These honest, searching and inviting prayers connect us with God, with ourselves and with God's world around us through the themes of contemplation, reconciliation, exploration, transformation, transition and consolation. As a resource for times of sadness as well as celebration, this book will be a real help to both the mature Christian and the new Christian, the lost and the found.
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Hiding In God
Illness, whether physical or mental, can be a very difficult time, but it can also be a time when we discover God in new and surprising ways. God is always looking for ways to draw us closer, and what better time than when we are so vulnerable and in need of all the love that God wants to give us? In Hiding in God, Annie Heppenstall has drawn on her own personal experience of illness. She provides a rich resource for praying and reflecting on health concerns, both physical and emotional, in a gentle way that can help us find moments of God's peace even in the midst of pain or anxiety.
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On The One Road
Behind every good man there is a good woman, an old saying has it, and in the case of Brian Fahy, there are two good women - so the force is definitely with him!In the run of his life Brian was blessed with a good Irish mother, Ellen, and with a lovely Irish/Scots lassie, Margaret. These two women sustained and supported Brian on the long road into the promise of priesthood, through the pain of priesthood, and out into the sunlight and simple joys of love.In telling this story about the road he has travelled, Brian wants to tell other stories too; stories about many of the people he has met along life's highway. The road we travel is the 'One Road', and though the details of our stories may differ in every respect, the human journey is the same. Sometimes it feels like a road to 'God knows where' and we are lost, but we travel the road together and we can help each other to find the way.Brian always wanted to write this story, but he needed a push. That push came in the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Margaret. Brian is good with words, Margaret had said, and so out of love for her and for his mother, he has put these words together.
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Heart Of The Bible
Storytelling is a vital part of our faith: people passing on the stories of their belief by word of mouth or in written form. Written in child-friendly language, this book follows that tradition, enabling children to hear the stories of their faith as engaging and interesting accounts of real events and real people. Key events and people have been selected and arranged so that, in the Old Testament, children can understand the developing story of the people of God and, in the New Testament, they can easily access different aspects of the life and ministry of Jesus. This is an ideal book for reading at home, for church and also for school, where it gives children ready access to the stories they need to underpin their work in RE lessons. It allows them to understand their story as a people of God.
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Roll Away The Stone
The Christian journey that leads to a tomb also leads beyond it to the glory of Easter Day. Using the daily Gospel readings for Lent to Easter as a starting point, Brian Fahy has written a personal reflection for each day of the journey to Easter, bringing together positive, heart-warming and inspirational stories and memories from his own life.When the goal of all our striving is a bright one, when there is a joyful end to our pilgrimage, then the days of walking are lifted from being merely a trek and a trudge through the valley of darkness. We need bright purposes every day of our lives. We need to know we are going somewhere.
£18.99
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