As individuals, we often find peace, comfort, and a close connection to God in a garden. Gardens often provide a space for worship in a neutral setting outside the church for people to gather and share a faith experience.From Easter sunrise services to church retreats, the special worship experiences described in Worship in the Garden can enhance one’s experience of God as a congregation worships together outdoors. The beauty of creation enhances these sensitive, meaningful liturgie...

The pastor fills a unique role in wedding service planning. This slim volume helps the pastor offer care with sensitivity while addressing the spiritual needs and complexities of weddings in today’s world. Following a brief introduction to a variety of wedding situations, including interfaith and second marriages, the author provides prayers, litanies, Scripture readings, and meditations for every aspect of the wedding service from processional to declaration of intention, Scripture and ot...

At Freshly Brewed Café, Wayne and Matt aren’t just having coffee—they’re brewing transformation. They believe personal growth and coaching shouldn’t be reserved for corporate executives; it should be accessible to everyone—from the small business owner to the shop manager, from the tradesperson to the barista behind the counter. Through engaging, real-life conversations, Freshly Brewed Coaching: Crafting a Bold New You follows Wayne and Matt as they guide everyday people—like Connor, Susie...

This groundbreaking study analyzes the relationship between the two powerful forces—church organizations and urban politics—within New York City and Detroit during the 19th and 20th centuries.Beginning in the 1890s, the social gospel movement and its secular counterpart, the Progressive movement, set the stage for powerful church and city governance connections. What followed during the next 100 years was the emergence of religious bodies as an important instrument...

Throughout much of the western world more and more people are being sent to prison, one of a number of changes inspired by a 'new punitiveness' in penal and political affairs. This book seeks to understand these developments, bringing together leading authorities in the field to provide a wide-ranging analysis of new penal trends, compare the development of differing patterns of punishment across different types of societies, and to provide a range of theoretical analyses and commentaries ...

Those who walk with the living God have stories to tell. We call them testimonies. The Bible states that the child of God can boldly say, The Lord is my helper. God Helps Those Who Cannot Help Themselves is a collection of real life stories of amazing miracles that only God our Helper could perform. So amazing are the stories you will read about in this book that the author repeatedly states, You just cant make this stuff up! For instance, you will read about: Baptizing Moses in the Red Se...

Aquellos que caminan con el Dios vivo tienen muchas historias que contar. Las llamamos testimonios. La Biblia afirma que un hijo de Dios puede decir con valenta, el Seor es mi ayudador. Dios ayuda a los que no pueden ayudarse es una coleccin de historias de la vida real contando milagros asombrosos que slo nuestro Dios ayudador podra realizar. Tan asombrosas son las historias que vas a leer en este libro, que el autor continuamente afirma, T no puedes inventarte esto! Por ejemplo, leers so...

This issue of Profession contains Russell A. Berman’s introduction to his Presidential Forum, Language, Literature, Learning, held at the 2012 MLA convention, and the essays of the forum participants Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Christopher Freeburg, Jack Halberstam, B. Venkat Mani, and Imani Perry. To mark the journal’s thirty-fifth anniversary, the issue also features a retrospective sampling of articles that illustrate the evolution of the profession and of the professional issues...