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The Didache
(Hardcover)
Shawn J. Wilhite; Foreword by Clayton N. Jefford
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2013 Catholic Press Award Winner What can we learn from early
Christian imagery about the theological meaning of baptism? Robin
Jensen, a leading scholar of early Christian art and worship,
examines multiple dimensions of the early Christian baptismal rite.
She explores five models for understanding baptism--as cleansing
from sin, sickness, and Satan; as incorporation into the community;
as sanctifying and illuminative; as death and regeneration; and as
the beginning of the new creation--showing how visual images,
poetic language, architectural space, and symbolic actions signify
and convey the theological meaning of this ritual practice.
Considering image and action together, Jensen offers a holistic and
integrated understanding of the power of baptism. The book is
illustrated with photos.
This ESV Prayer Journal will guide you in a study on peace over 6
weeks, leading you to write and pray about finding peace with God,
other people, and within our own hearts and minds.
The book of Revelation is exciting! Yet, too many today think it to
be boring and hard to understand! I think it is just the opposite.
If you take the book from a literal perspective, the "unveiling"
fits, and it creates a perfect panorama of man's final days. long
with the text, I have created a practical application for our lives
today. Revelation is relevant, and it permeates the reader with
God's last word to mankind.....His Son Jesus Christ! The final
invitation alone is worth the time spent to enjoy the "book."
The face of the divine feminine can be found everywhere in Mexico.
One of the most striking features of Mexican religious life is the
prevalence of images of the Virgin Mother of God. This is partly
because the divine feminine played such a prominent role in
pre-Hispanic Mexican religion. Goddess images were central to the
devotional life of the Aztecs, especially peasants and those living
in villages outside the central city of Tenochtitlan (present day
Mexico City). In these rural communities fertility and fecundity,
more than war rituals and sacrificial tribute, were the main focus
of cultic activity. Both Aztec goddesses and the Christian Madonnas
who replaced them were associated, and sometimes identified, with
nature and the environment: the earth, water, trees and other
sources of creativity and vitality. This book uncovers the myths
and images of 22 Aztec Goddesses and 28 Christian Madonnas of
Mexico. Their rich and symbolic meaning is revealed by placing them
in the context of the religious worldviews in which they appear and
by situating them within the devotional life of the faithful for
whom they function as powerful mediators of divine grace and
terror.
Incredible stories and the inspiration behind the most popular
Christmas songs, including Jingle Bells, Mary, Did You Know?, The
First Noel, O Holy Night, Silver Bells, and White Christmas.
Ringing along with the chimes in Silver Bells. Laughing along with
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Holding a candle while singing a
chorus of Silent Night. The songs that you've sung since you were a
child continue to bring Christmas to life each year. Now, you'll
learn how your favorite Christmas songs came to be. Stories Behind
the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas reveals the surprising and
fascinating origins of secular and religious Christmas hits. Here
are spiritual insights, heartwarming stories, and tales of the
humble men and women of decades past who wrote what remain the most
beloved Christmas songs today. Discover how: Iconic artists such as
Judy Garland and Nat King Cole were influenced and inspired to
record instant classics like Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
and The Christmas Song. God-inspired words given to an unlikely
musician became Mary, Did You Know? One of the oldest Christmas
songs still sung today, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, changed from a
hymn sung in Latin only in Catholic masses to a carol embraced by
every Christian denomination in the world. The songs of Christmas
reveal the true joy to be found in the celebration of Christ's
birth and the spirit of the season that is anticipated each year
all over the world. These stories will warm your heart and bring
extra significance to the carols you sing each December.
Every Moment Holy, Volume II: Death, Grief, and Hope, is a book of liturgies for seasons of dying and grieving -- liturgies such as "A Liturgy for the Scattering of Ashes" or "A Liturgy for the Loss of a Spouse" or "A Liturgy for the Wake of a National Tragedy."
These are ways of reminding us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose and eternal hopes even when, especially when, suffering and pain threaten to overwhelm us.
Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (RCL), Feasting on the Word
Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, Volume 2 is an invaluable
aid that provides liturgical pieces needed in preparing for worship
each week. Written and compiled by a team of eleven ecumenical and
seasoned liturgy writers under the creative leadership of Kimberly
Bracken Long, this resource offers a multitude of poetic prayers
and responsive readings for all parts of worship and is meant to
complement existing denominational resources. In addition, the
weekly entries include questions for reflection and household
prayers for morning and evening that are drawn from the lectionary,
allowing churches to include them in their bulletin for
parishioners to use throughout the week.
During times of the year when two different tracks of Old Testament
texts are offered by the RCL, this resource offers an entire set of
materials for each track. Also, a CD-ROM is included with each
volume that enables planners to easily cut and paste relevant
readings, prayers, and questions into worship bulletins.
Prayer is foundational to the Christian life, but many people
donaEURO (TM)t understand it. What is it for? How does it work? Why
do we do it? This short and accessible book explains what prayer
is, why it exists and how it can encourage us in our life of faith.
Written by a pastor with years of teaching and counselling
experience, Why We Pray doesnaEURO (TM)t simply tell readers why
they should pray, but instead focuses on four blessing-filled
reasons that will help us want to pray. Rather than feeling
discouraged and disheartened by our inconsistency in prayer, we
feel reinvigorated to approach God with confidence and joy,
delighted by the privilege of talking directly to our heavenly
Father.
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