My Big Story Bible takes the adventure of reading a children's Bible to a new level. As you'd expect from Tom Wright, the narrative bursts with lively storytelling and a deep love for the original scriptures, while the vibrant illustrations on every page will delight young readers and help them to imaginatively understand the key events of the Bible.
Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies In Jesus and the Powers Tom Wright and Michael F. Bird join forces to address the pressing question: How can Christians engage with the turbulent politics of our times while remaining true to the teaching and example of Jesus?
Bringing together words of warmth across a range of subjects and situations, these timeless prayer collections can be used for both personal and group prayer and provide a wealth of resources.
More themed ideas for those preparing talks Every talk or sermon has to reflect the speaker's own faith and experience of God if it is to communicate effectively, and in Nick Fawcett's experience, a single idea can be useful in providing the raw material from which the finished product is fashioned.
Bringing together words of warmth and contemplation for a variety of different occasions, ranging from Advent and Christmas to Weddings and Funerals, this helpful collection provides a wealth of resources for both personal and group prayer.
A short and sweet sermon is a concise, encouraging word about a Bible passage that has come up in the readings of the day. Lightweight sermons are meant to be brief, with a punch and usually just one main message. These hundred small sermons are a write-up from memory of sermons that were first given live to a congregation, so they are somewhat more formal than the original spoken word.
Ray Simpson’s liturgical prayers for Christian festivals provide worship for individuals, new monastic groups, and churches. They reconnect the post 9/11 world with the seasons and the soil, the saints, and the streets, the struggles, senses, and silence, as well as the Spirit and the Scriptures.
Now updated and enlarged, this book is packed with simple, good advice and effective ideas for generating the right kind of publicity for your church and its mission.
Churches are growing. This prophetic and inspirational handbook by church growth expert Bob Jackson explores a variety of growing churches to identify what is making the difference between them and churches which are static or declining.
Worship is more than just music; it's a lifestyle. We all believe this to be true, but finding compelling ways to connect our church gatherings with our everyday lives is often a struggle. Fresh, creative, liberating - Whole Life Worship is the informed practical book which helps to make that connection.
For use by both clergy and lay people, themes range widely from the Church's year, Our nation and Society, through prayers for marriage and friendship, illness and grief, to thanksgiving and prayers for daily life.
These prayers of intercession deal with the everyday concerns of the worshipping community in elegant, lyrical language, lending substance and sensitivity to this part of the service.
Nick Fawcett has created 100 meditations - all wonderfully imaginative and often moving - in No Ordinary Man 2, the follow-up to his enormously popular No Ordinary Man.
Quiet Word 2, the latest of 113 books Nick has written, is a fully worked-out and easy-to-use resource offering everything needed to run Quiet Days and mini retreats.
Nick Fawcett offers 200 reflections on classic passages from every book of the Bible – some that will be familiar and well loved, others that may be new to you, but each having a special message for today and every day.