Through an abundance of examples, this book explores how pastors have both perpetuated and responded to our secular age, and provides a new vision for pastoral ministry today.
One of the Academy of Parish Clergy's "Top 10 Books of 2013 for Parish Ministry"When is the last time you asked yourself hard questions about why you were pursuing certain relationships in your minist
As a vital and growing literary genre, nonfiction impacts bestseller lists, writing programs, writers’ workshops, and academic conferences on creative writing, composition/rhetoric, and literature. In
Writing for both readers and writers, Root (English, emeritus, Central Michigan University) offers a lively exploration of the elements of contemporary creative nonfiction and suggests imaginative app
Root (Center for Environmental Studies, Oxford U.) studies the concept of market citizenship and its built-in discrepancies, including differing perceptions of prosperity, increasing market choices fo
To read this book is not just to learn the proper preparation for lasagna and risotto, but also to encounter the Medicis, to witness an opulent banquet for two, and to learn the fables surrounding the
The Murder Gang recounts the remarkable true story of the elite group of renegade Fleet Street crime reporters who covered the most famous British murders between the mid-1930s and the mid-1960s, when
Relational youth ministry, also known as incarnational ministry, can feel like a vicious cycle of guilt: "I should be spending time with kids, but I just don't want to." The burden becomes heavy to be
Fern isn't your usual unicorn...she loves chemistry and math more than glitter or flowers--and she refuses to change who she is in this sweet and empowering picture book about being yourself--and stan
Living chess games have been referenced in works from classic authors such as Lewis Carroll and Kurt Vonnegut; this theater art was also mentioned in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher'
A leading practical theologian offers an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulates how faith can be formed in our secular age.
