When the Church Becomes a CircusWhat happens when the sacred becomes a spectacle? When pulpits become stages, and leaders act more like ringmasters than shepherds? When the Church Becomes a Circus confronts the uncomfortable truth about spiritual abuse, cult-like control, and the manipulation that has driven generations away from the faith.Drawing from over four decades of ministry experience, Bishop John Young pulls back the curtain on the hidde...

What is the meaning of grace, of sin, of the sacraments? How are we to understand our dependence on God or relate to the person of Jesus? What roles do the Bible and the church play in our life of faith? Talking about theology needn't be boring or stuffy, the authors argue. Rather, it is exhilarating to explore the why of our faith. Each of 13 key doctrines is explored theologically, scripturally, in pastoral application, and in a sample sermon.

Drawing on the expertise of United Church theologians and ministers from across the country, Building God’s Beloved Community outlines the church’s approach to some of the big questions, while offering insight into United Church worship, tradition, and history. An accessible and engaging primer designed to accompany those during their period of preparation—adult baptism, confirmation, or deeper study—Building God’s Beloved Community will draw you closer to God as it invites you into belove...

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics. Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of literature provide a valuable resource for readers, writers, philosophers, and everyday people to imagine and confront the ultimate questions of life? Do the human activities of storytelling and complex...

The Black male scholars within this important book are painfully aware that the brutal murder of George Floyd was not due to a few "bad apples." They understand that they are perceived as "threats" and "criminals" within a distorted white imaginary that is embedded with processes of mythopoetic construction, racial capitalism, and a deep anti-Black male social ontology. Edited by prominent philosopher George Yancy, Black Men from behind the Veil: Ontological Interrogations emphasizes the i...

Mars and Martians is a sweeping 30+ hour journey across the red planet—where explorers land with hope, settlers fight to survive, and something ancient watches from the dust.From the golden age of science fiction comes an extraordinary collection of 60 stories that imagine Mars in every possible form: a frontier, a battlefield, a mystery, a memory. Ray Bradbury’s haunting visions sit alongside Isaac Asimov’s sharp ideas, Philip K. Dick’s unsettling encounters, and ...

Janner, Tink and Leeli thought they were normal children, but now they know they're really the lost Jewels of Anniera, heirs to a legendary kingdom across the sea, and suddenly everyone wants to kill them. In order to survive they must flee to the safety of the Ice Prairies. First, however, they have to escape the monsters of Glipwood Forest, the thieving Stranders of the East Bend and the dreaded Fork Factory.But even more dangerous are the jealousy and bitterness that threaten to ...

Young Patriots SeriesThe life of John Hancock, contemporary of Samuel Adams and Paul Revere and first person to sign the Declaration of Independence, is featured in this volume of the Young Patriots series. Detailing Hancock's early years, this work focuses on his relationship with boyhood friend, John Adams, and his academic struggles with what he would later become most famous for: his writings.Praised by parents, teachers, and historians, the Young Patri...

More than 1 million copies sold worldwide. Discover the world of the Wingfeather Saga. NOW AN ANIMATED SERIES Watch now on, Prime Video, Angel Studios App or Apple TV. Janner Igiby, his brother, Tink, and their sister, Leeli, are gifted children as all children are, loved by their noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. After living for years under the occupation by the evil Fangs of Dang, the Igiby children find a map rumoured to lead to the lost Jewels of ...

Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby, the Lost Jewels of Anniera, are hiding from Gnag the Nameless in the Green Hollows, one of the few places in the land of Aerwiar not overrun by the Fangs of Dang. But there's a big problem. Janner's little brother - heir to the throne of Anniera - has grown a tail. And grey fur. Not to mention two pointed ears and long, dangerous fangs. To the suspicious folk of the Green Hollows, he looks like a monster.But Janner knows better. His brother isn't as s...

A new supercomputer spells doom for TaiwanAmid the explosion of computer technology in the 1990s, nothing comes close to Apogee a software program able to process human speech in any language, paving the way for pilotless planes, driverless tanks and a global communications network limited only by human imagination.China, soon to resume control of Hong Kong, is now obsessed with an even greater prize in its long march to Pacific supremacy: Taiwan. The outcome is not in do...

All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameless and the Fangs of Dang. Janner, Kalmar, and Leeli are ready and willing to fight alongside the Hollowsfolk. But when the Fangs make the first move and invade Ban Rona, the children are separated.Janner is alone and lost in the hills; Leeli is fighting the Fangs from the rooftops of the city; and Kalmar, who carries a terrible secret, is on a course for the Deeps of Throg. Monsters an...