Meditations for Advent and Christmas

This is a book of inspiring prayers and meditations for the Advent and Christmas season. Daily prayers for morning and evening devotion are followed by a space in which the reader in encouraged to write his or her own prayers, meditations, reflection...

Liturgies and Prayers for Public Worship

Preeminent hymn writer and liturgist Brian Wren offers this new collection of worship resources suitable for use in a variety of worship traditions. These theologically sound and creative worship resources include orders of worship (liturgies) and wo...

Stories for Christmas

Here are eight stories of love, faith, and the wonder of the holiday season, each originally presented as a story-sermon for Christmas Eve. These tales are loaded with eccentric characters who do unconventional things in out-of-the-way places, but wh...

Divided geographically by continent and by country, this book discusses the ways in which people from a variety of different cultures and countries celebrate Christmas.

Worship Resources for the Seasons of Christmas

This collection of carefully selected lectionary readings, poems, carols, prayers, and litanies will enrich the Christmas worship experience--in the church and at home. The three main segments of this anthology follow the traditional sequence of the ...

Poetry for Worship, Study, and Devotion

Weems's lyrical poetry is a reminder of the importance of true discipleship. She challenges Christians to look past the ongoing distractions of the "busy work" of church meetings and socials, new programs and technology, and inevitable conflict, whil...

Reflections on Advent and Christmas

"There are only two places where the powerful and great in this world lose their courage, tremble in the depths of their souls, and become truly afraid. These are the manger and the cross of Jesus Christ." "No priest, no theologian stood at the crad...

Reflections on Advent and Christmas

New Hardback Gift Edition Available August 2012. Preorder Now!"These Advent and Christmas reflections of Bonhoeffer flew from his prison cell, flung open the doors of hope, and sailed heavenward as heart-wrenching prayers, prayers from a condemned ma...

Take your children on a lively journey in this imaginative retelling of the Christmas story.

In a style that is reverent and faith-filled, Anne Weems reflects on the mystery of the Christmas season. Included in this collection are twenty-six new poems as well as popular selections from her earlier works, especially Reaching for Rainbows and ...

A Scientist Looks at Advent, Christmas, & Epiphany

In these refreshingly unconventional meditations, scientist John Polkinghorne connects the perspectives of science and religion in honest and thoughtful reflections for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Giving new meaning to the penitence of Advent an...

In this book, James G. Kirk provides meditations to help Christians celebrate Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. After a synopsis of the recommended Bible passage, there is a reflection, written in understandable language with real-life examples, which...

Meditations for Advent Times

Still your busy heart with The Midwife's Story: Meditations for Advent Times. In this season of waiting, it is easy to get caught up in the tension and the stress. There is great value in taking quiet time for reflection. The Midwife's Story will all...

Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany

This new book from the author and illustrator of the runaway hits Come Worship with Me and A Children's Guide to Worship will charm fans of those books as well as those discovering these adorable mice for the first time. In these endearing stories, s...

A Christmas Musical Drama

Renowned biblical scholar Kenneth Bailey presents this exciting Christmas drama that pastors, Christian educators, and lay volunteers in local congregations can perform. The high-quality script is informed by his expertise as a New Testament scholar ...