“Preaching and the Margins is a timely and prophetic work that reminds us the gospel is never neutral—it always speaks justice, hope, and liberation.” - Tracy S. Malone, Bishop, Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church“Like no other scholar or professor, Gennifer Brooks speaks the truth clearly, deliberately, and freely about the good news of God for the margins. With deep homiletical wisdom and practical knowledge, she reveals that preaching good news is ...

In an update to her foundational work, Good News Preaching**, Brooks frames the essential methodology** of good preaching: the importance of real, transformative good news. This second edition of Good News Preaching accounts for changes in the landscape of church and culture—including a global pandemic and shrinking congregations—and argues that the good news of God’s grace and liberation is ever more essential for Christian discipleship.

This book examines the impact of white racialization in homiletics. The first section, Racial Hegemony, interrogates the white, colonial bias of Euro-American homiletical practice, pedagogy, and theory with particular attention to the intersection of preaching and racialization. The second section, Resistance and Possibilities, contributes diverse critical homiletical approaches emerging in conversation with racially-minoritized scholarship and racially subjugated knowledge and practice. B...

The Sunday Times bestsellerThe moving and inspiring account of heartbreak and courage, and the life-affirming relationship between a father and son.Ben Brooks-Dutton's wife - the great love of his life - was knocked down and killed by a car as he walked beside her, pushing their two-year-old son in his buggy. Life changed forever. Suddenly Ben was a widower deep in shock, left to raise their bewildered child alone.In the af...

The Bible is often difficult to comprehend for those in the pews. Even those who value preaching as an important element of their ministry are challenged when confronted with difficult texts. Brooks welcomes the challenge and offers methods aimed at developing sermons that allow the good news to shine through even the most difficult of Bible texts.

These Bible passages, reflections, and prayers will lead women throughthe Bible, from Eve to the women at the empty tomb and in the earlychurch.Bible Sisters: A Year of Devotions with the Women of the Bibleis perfect for daily personal devotions or for small group discussionsthat explore women's perspectives in the Bible. This volume is also anexcellent companion resource to the CEB Women’s Bible.

The perfect book for kids who are fans of Dancing with the Stars: Juniors! Football hero. Ninja freestyler. It's seventh grade. Anything is possible.All Dillon wants is to be a real dancer. And if he wins a summer scholarship at Dance-Splosion, he’s on his way. The problem? His dad wants him to play football. And Dillon’s freestyle crew, the Dizzee Freekz, says that dance studios are for sellouts. His friends want Dillon to kill it at the audition—so he ca...

**"Solitaria is a gem.” —Saidiya Hartman, author of Wayward Lives, Beautiful ExperimentsFor fans of Fernanda Melchor and Tove Ditlevsen, a raw, propulsive novel by an award-winning Afro-Brazillian novelist about a Black mother and daughter who work as live-in maids for a rich family in an unnamed Brazilian city, and the tragedy to which they unwittingly bear witness.**Mabel has been staying in the Golden Plate—the most expensive building on the block, in a...

What accounts for the spiritual power and vitality of black preaching? What are the distinctive contributions of black preaching to the life of The United Methodist Church? How must black preaching evolve if it is to rise to the new challenges facing the UMC?Fifteen distinguished preachers from across the connection answer these and other questions in this important and illuminating volume.Gennifer Benjamin Brooks not only edits this collect, she also shares one of her own ...

For fans of Fernanda Melchor and Tove Ditlevsen, a raw, propulsive novel by an award-winning Afro-Brazilian novelist about a Black mother and daughter who work as live-in maids for a rich family in an unnamed Brazilian city, and the tragedy to which they unwittingly bear witness.Mabel has been staying in the Golden Plate—the most expensive building on the block, in an unnamed city in Brazil—for almost her entire life. Yet her presence there is merely tolerated: she...

On April 19, 1995, Kathy Sanders' life was changed forever when a bomb exploded and destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City, killing her two grandsons Chase and Colton.For months, Kathy struggled with coping and wondered if the God she'd worshipped all her life even existed. After battling bitterness and contemplating suicide, she turned to the Lord and asked what He'd have her do. The answer was clear: Forgive your enemies.Thus Kathy forged a friendship with...

One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women.‘’Ang on boy, Joan’s got sumfink to show yer.’ She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me.‘Constance Street,’ she said. ‘As I remember it.’Through the story of one street – Constance Street – we hear the true life tales of a tight knit group of working class women in the East End of London set against a backdrop of war, hardship and struggle.It’s a story of matriarchy an...