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A Conspiracy of Love 
Living Through and Beyond Childhood Sexual Abuse
By Wendy Read
Though this book is intended to speak primarily to adults who have suffered childhood sexual abuse, anyone who seeks to find meaning in suffering, or who grapples with the concepts of evil and holiness, will appreciate the truth and wisdom contained ...
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Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World 
Finding Hope in an Age of Despair
By Otis Moss III
"Can preaching recover a Blues sensibility and dare speak with authority in the midst of tragedy? America is living stormy Monday, but the pulpit is preaching happy Sunday. The world is experiencing the Blues, and pulpiteers are dispensing excessive ...
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The Church with AIDS 
Renewal in the Midst of Crisis
By Letty M. Russell
This book looks at the experiences of people with AIDS as a means of examining the way Christianity views the problem and deals with it on both personal and community levels. This book begins by sharing the experience and ministry of those living wit...
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By Anna B. Olson
How do you minister faithfully to a congregation that is in decline? While many congregations struggle with trying to find the key to regrowth, pastor Anna Olson suggests that the answer may actually be to accept and embrace this moment for what it i...
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By Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Few moments are as devastating as when one hears a diagnosis of cancer, and one out of three Americans will hear this diagnosis in their lifetimes. In this book, Jann Aldredge-Clanton brings a perspective from a theology of hope for people struggling...
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Discovering Images of God 
Narratives of Care among Lesbians and Gays
By Larry Kent Graham
In a prejudiced society, the experiences of lesbians and gays can provide powerful resources for all people to help shape their images of God. Larry Graham has interviewed lesbians and gays across the country and has discovered a new sense of God at ...
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Envisioning the New City 
A Reader on Urban Ministry
By Eleanor Scott Meyers
This book compiles essays by over thirty urban pastors, community organizers, seminary professors, and church leaders. Their essays seek to present creative opportunities for urban ministries to bring hope and renewal to their congregations and commu...
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Faithcare 
Ministering to All God's People Through the Ages of Life
By Daniel O. Aleshire
This helpful book provides the link between theories about learning and human development and the tasks of pastors. Daniel Aleshire shows that paying attention to people can be the source of knowledge about the congregation and the basis for ministry...
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Finding Your Way in Seminary 
What to Expect, How to Thrive
By DAVID MELLOTT
Those considering seminary, those in seminary, and those preparing to graduate from seminary need help. They need help discerning their call, moving into the bewildering world of theological study, and balancing the competing claims of school, work, ...
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Fractured Ground 
Preaching in the Wake of Mass Trauma
By Kimberly R. Wagner
Mass trauma is an unavoidable reality in the United States. Trauma from violence, natural disasters, and disease has become all too familiar in the American experience, inevitably raising questions about where God is to be found in the midst of such ...
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I Have a Plan 
A Pastor's Guide to Counseling Troubled Marriages
By Charles L. Rassieur
What do you do when a parishioner tells you that his or her marriage is in trouble? What should you say? What resources can you turn to? In this helpful book for clergy, Charles Rassieur provides some clear and practical answers. Pastors will find in...
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Leading Wisdom 
Asian and Asian North American Women Leaders
By Jung Ha Kim, Su Yon Pak
Discussions about leadership, even those centered on women, often overlook contributions made by Asian and Asian North American women. Now, Su Yon Pak and Jung Ha Kim share stories of Asian and Asian North American women who found their ways, sometim...
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By Reinhold Niebuhr
Renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr began his career as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, Michigan, where he served from 1915–1928. Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is Niebuhr's account of the frustrations and joys he experien...
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Microaggressions in Ministry 
Confronting the Hidden Violence of Everyday Church
By Cody J. Sanders
Carlos—a third-generation U.S. citizen from New Jersey whose family emigrated from Colombia many years before Carlos was born—is often complimented on how articulate he is and asked how long he has been in the United States.Deborah, a Certified Publ...
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Pastoral Care in Context 
An Introduction to Pastoral Care
By John Patton
An expert in the field of pastoral care, John Patton demonstrates that pastoral care is a ministry of the church. He focuses on the community of faith as an authorizer and source of care and upon the relationship between the pastor and a caring commu...
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