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What is Hip Hop? Hip hop speaks in a voice that is sometimes gruff,
sometimes enraged, sometimes despairing, sometimes hopeful. Hip hop
is the voice of forgotten streets laying claim to the high life of
rims and timbs and threads and bling. Hip hop speaks in the muddled
language of would-be prophets--mocking the architects of the status
quo and stumbling in the dark toward a blurred vision of a world
made right. What is hip hop? It's a cultural movement with a
traceable theological center. Daniel White Hodge follows the tracks
of hip-hop theology and offers a path from its center to the cross,
where Jesus speaks truth.
How do Christians grow? Few question the call of the Bible to grow in godliness, but the answer to exactly how this happens is often elusive.
In this book, Dane Ortlund points believers to Christ, making the case that sanctification does not happen by doing more or becoming better, but by going deeper into the wondrous gospel truths that washed over them when they were first united to him.
Drawing on wisdom from figures throughout church history, Ortlund encourages readers to fix their gaze on Jesus in the battle against sin, casting themselves upon his grace and living out their invincible identity in Christ.
Sensing Sacred is an edited volume that explores the critical
intersection of "religion" and "body" through the religious lens of
practical theology, with an emphasis on sensation as the embodied
means in which human beings know themselves, others, and the divine
in the world. The manuscript argues that all human interaction and
practice, including religious praxis, engages "body" through at
least one of the human senses (touch, smell, hearing, taste, sight,
kinestics/proprioception). Unfortunately, body-and, more
specifically and ironically, sensation-is eclipsed in contemporary
academic scholarship that is inherently bent toward the realm of
theory and ideas. This is unfortunate because it neglects bodies,
physical or communal, as the repository and generator of culturally
conditioned ideas and theory. It is ironic because all knowledge
transmission minimally requires several senses including sight,
touch, and hearing. Sensing Sacred is organized into two parts. The
first section devotes a chapter to each human sense as an avenue of
accessing religious experience; while the second section explores
religious practices as they specifically focus on one or more
senses. The overarching aim of the volume is to explicitly
highlight each sense and utilize the theoretical lenses of
practical theology to bring to vivid life the connections between
essential sensation and religious thinking and practice.
Contemplative Youth Ministry is rooted in Mark Yaconelli's
experience of co-directing the acclaimed Youth Ministry and
Spirituality Project. Through this project, churches and youth
ministers have explored contemplative prayer, discernment,
spiritual direction, covenant community, spiritual practice and
Sabbath-living as a way of resourcing ministries with youth. The
results have been transformative, and this engaging book, richly
illustrated with personal stories, provides refreshment and new
ways of thinking for anyone who has grown weary or disillusioned
with the vital tasks of working with and caring for young people.
The essays in this volume stress the legitimacy and importance of
the role of administering comfort and reassurance to the terminally
ill. This book is a practical guide for caring for the dying and
those they leave behind, written especially for the clergy. The
book is divided into three sections: an overview of the pastoral
role; death and dying; and loss and grief. Among the topics covered
are community resources, interdisciplinary care skills; education
and research; working with health care professionals; loss as an
experience in living; family issues in coping with change and loss
resulting from surgery and chronic illness; and issues and
strategies in managing anticipatory grief and bereavement.
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Based on his work with young children at the Episcopal School of
New York, teacher and storyteller Gordh offers a collection of
stories from the Bible, arranged and told to create a meaningful
childhood chapel for children ages 3-7 and their families.
Originally conceived as a resource for use in day schools, it is
also ideal for use in Sunday church schools in Episcopal and other
mainline congregations.
This exciting resource contains: Advice and tips on creating a
children's chapel, including challenges of using available space
Techniques for retelling stories for young listeners, including the
use of songs and artwork Suggestions for including parents in the
chapel experience and for making chapel meaningful to families from
many faiths and backgrounds More than 30 Bible stories, organized
thematically, including the Creation, Noah, the GoodSamaritan,
Abraham, Ruth, the Last Supper, David and Goliath, Moses and
Passover, Easter, Hanukkah, the Three Wise Men, the Prodigal Son
Collection of songs to support the story themes, with lyrics,
musical notation, and easy-to-learn refrains
Interwoven into the threads of Hildegard Dehmel Jensen's life are
incredible healings and divine interventions. In St. John 15:27,
Jesus, speaking to His disciples, said, "And you also must testify"
(NIV). Through her writings compiled in this book, Hilde testifies
to the miracles she has witnessed in her life, and to the great God
she has faithfully served. A Continuous Miracle shares the
fascinating stories of Hilde's life growing up, from her childhood
in Germany to her family's experiences in America. May they inspire
the reader to a greater faith in God and remind us all of His
enduring promises.
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