Rick Fabian, an Episcopal priest, founded St. Gregory Nyssen Church at San Francisco, and for thirty-eight years made the teachings of Jesus and Paul its thinking core. This book gives you the central core that thinking Christians need now, and thinking non-Christians can welcome. These down-to-earth teachers enrich everyone, of whatever faith. Just seize and read a copy.

A glimpse into the ideals and insights that have shaped one of the Episcopal Church's most widely known parishes, St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco.Rick Fabian, well known as one of the founding priests of St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco, writes his “treatise in eleven parts” on the significant signs of communal life: the welcoming table, authority (human and biblical), baptism, mystery, marriage, children, the spirit, reconciliation, the worship year, be...

Want to meet the two great Christian founders who never met each other?Jesus’ words and Paul’s words have changed millions of lives, and will change yours. The Bible records their teachings sep- arately, so we must join them afresh as one. This book will open your ears and your heart to their shared work.Both teachers challenged commonplace religious talk, and launched faith communities that spread worldwide. The Ro- man state executed both: here you will d...

Your climate control is broken, the engine is overheating again, and the traffic has come to a dead stop amidst a swarm of horns. To top it off you're late for work. In a heartbeat, you find yourself in another place, another time. Just for a moment, your mind takes a break. Your subconscious decides to get out of the traffic and set sail along a coast of white sand beaches and palm trees. Later that night, you wake with a jolt but don’t remember what startled you. Your thoughts are racing...