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The Singing Suspects (Paperback)
Carolyn Keene; Illustrated by Jan Naimo Jones; Photographs by Michael Frost
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ROCK-STAR REWARD?
OR ROCK-STAR REGRET?
There's nothing better than tickets to an Eric Stanley concert --
at least that's what Nancy, George, and Bess think. That's why they
enter the River Heights Singing Contest First prize is a set of
front-row seats to Eric's next show Nancy and her friends practice
hard for their performance and pick the perfect name for their
gropu - The Spy Girlz. For a final touch, Riley McArthur even lets
them borrow a pair of sunglasses that once belonged to Eric Stanley
himself But when the glasses go missing, the Spy Girlz might be out
of the competition without even singing a note. This is one mega
mystery that only a rock-star detective has a chance of cracking.
MISSION: To investigate the shady goings-on at the exclusive
private boarding school Willis Firth Academy. LOCATION: The
mountains of New England. POTENTIAL VICTIMS: The brothers of Gamma
Theta Theta, the most elite fraternity on campus, seem to be on the
receiving end of all of Firth's biggest (and most dangerous)
problems. SUSPECTS: The members of the frat may seem like brothers
to everyone else, but Gamma Theta Theta insiders know that within
the ivy-covered walls the boys are definitely not one big happy
family.... This mission requires your immediate attention. This
message will be erased in five seconds.
Top World Guild Awards Best Nonfiction Book of the Year What if our
neighbors were our friends? When Lynda MacGibbon moved from a small
city in eastern Canada to a high-rise apartment in Toronto, she
decided to follow Jesus' famous commandment to "love your neighbor"
a bit more literally. In the past, she would have looked first for
friends at her new job or her new church. This time, though, she
decided to look for friends among the strangers who shared her
apartment building-her actual neighbors in her new "vertical
neighborhood." In this charming and relatable memoir, MacGibbon
tells the story of the community that took shape as neighbors said
yes to weekly dinners and a writing group, Christmas morning brunch
and even a Bible study. It's a story of the simple, everyday risk
of reaching out with love to those around us, and of the beauty and
messiness of real human relationships. It's a story of the
risks-and rewards-of taking Jesus at his word.
In a time when the need for and the relevance of the Gospel has
seldom been greater, the relevance of the church has seldom been
less. "The Shaping of Things to Come" explores why the church needs
to rebuild itself from the bottom up. Frost and Hirsch present a
clear understanding of how the church can change to face the unique
challenges of the twenty-first century. This missional classic has
been thoroughly revised and updated.
Popular notions of Christian spirituality today tend to focus on
getting us out of the world or getting the world out of us. Many
are looking to spirituality as a means of disengaging from this
life--to experience the transcendent or discover personal
wholeness. On the other hand, much of popular Christian thought
seems to be about avoiding the corruption of the world by being
pious and following the rules. But Jesus offers a radical model for
living. As the Incarnate One who dwelt among us to accomplish the
mission of God, he teaches us how to dwell in the world for the
sake of the world. If we are to become like him, we must learn what
it means to live out this missional spirituality in the places we
dwell. What does a Christian life deeply rooted in the logic of the
Incarnation look like? Missional teacher and pastor Barry Jones
shares his vision for authentic Christian spirituality focused on
becoming more like Jesus. We dwell in a specific place and time in
history, with unique bodies and in a world for which God has great
purposes of redemption. This presence in the world should lead us
to pattern our lives after the life of Jesus who was a boundary
breaker, a shalom-maker, a people-keeper, and a wounded-healer.
"Jesus' life shows us what it looks like to be fully human, to be
whole and holy . . . to be in the world and not of the world, to
live passionately for the world and not protectively withdrawn from
it, " says Jones. "Allowing the logic of the Incarnation to inform
our vision of the spiritual life corrects the tendency toward a
self-oriented pursuit of transcendence or a negative spirituality
of behavior modification and disengagement from the world."
Including practical suggestions for real-life application and
questions for discussion, Jones describes living a missional life
from a place of deep connection with and dependence on God. Not
only must we have a clear and compelling vision of the life we want
to live, but we must also cultivate the spiritual disciplines
necessary to live out our vision in the specific contexts of
day-to-day life. We need a renewed vision of Christian spirituality
that leads us to be conformed into the image of Christ who
dweltwith us for us.
15th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year - Also
Recommended in Church In Christ, a new world is being born and the
new creation is unfurling all around us. God is directing history
toward the future restoration, repair, and renewal of all creation.
And our job is to cooperate with God in being a sign and foretaste
of that coming world. Renowned missional leaders Michael Frost and
Christiana Rice introduce the bold metaphor of a midwife to depict
us as God's birthing attendants as the kingdom comes on earth as it
is in heaven. With groundbreaking ideas and practical illustrations
from all corners of the globe, To Alter Your World will change the
way you see how your church can partner in God's world-altering
mission. Nothing else could be more rewarding than laboring
alongside a God who is birthing the new creation and inviting all
to join in its benefits and blessings.
12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Recommendation (Missional
Church) 2014 Best Book of Missional Theology, from Byron Borger,
Hearts and Minds Bookstore The story of Christianity is a story of
incarnation-God taking on flesh and dwelling among the people he
created. God appointing and sending people as his body, his hands
and feet. Disciples of Jesus bearing the good news even as they
bear the marks of his passion. Whatever Christianity is, it is at
least a matter of flesh and blood and the ends of the earth. And
yet so much of contemporary Christian culture is rooted not in
incarnation but in escape-escape from the earth to heaven, escape
from the suffering of this world, escape even from one another.
Christianity is increasingly understood as something personal,
conceptual, interior, private, neighborless. If Jesus was God
incarnate, the church is in danger of being excarnate. Michael
Frost expertly and prophetically exposes the gap between the faith
we profess and the faith we practice. And he offers new hope for
how the church can fulfill its vocation: to be the hands and feet
of Christ to one another and to our neighbors, to the ends of the
earth and to the end of the age.
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Zyon (Paperback)
Michele Notaro, Michelle Frost
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R431
Discovery Miles 4 310
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