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Meeting the Messiah
Scriptures for the Advent Season
Kara Lassen Oliver
Journey through this Advent season with a purposeful focus on the Christ child. Meeting the Messiah encourages you to slow down and pay attention to the real meaning of Christmas.
Six weeks of short readings and guided reflection will enrich your celebration of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. You will be filled with joy and thanksgiving as you think about scripture passages from the perspectives of the Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Mary, the shepherds, the magi, and Jesus himself.
This year...
Time Away
A Guide for Personal Retreat
Ben Campbell Johnson, Paul H. Lang
"Come away with me and rest for a while," Jesus said to his disciples. Sometimes we need a break from our busy lives just to take time to be, but more important, to listen to God.
Time Away details the joys, challenges, and benefits of a personal retreat. This book's step-by-step instructions will enable anyone—from first-timer to veteran—to make the most of dedicated time with God.
Chapters cover these topics:
What Is a Retreat?
Why Go on a Retreat?
Preparing for a Retreat
Creating a Pl...
Understanding Spiritual Gifts Leader's Guide
Mary Lou Redding
Understanding Spiritual Gifts Participant's Book is available for small group members.
This leader's guide includes a process and resources for an introductory meeting and 6 weekly meetings of either 45 or 90 minutes. The longer format includes group lectio divina (contemplation of and individual response to scripture) in each session.
Understanding Spiritual Gifts Participant's Workbook
Mary Lou Redding
Understanding Spiritual Gifts Leader's Guide is also available.
This 6-week experiential study (7 weeks, including the introductory session) helps individuals and small groups explore spiritual gifts using selected passages from the Bible.
Talking with God in Old Age
Meditations and Psalms
Missy Buchanan
Aging often brings concerns about health, worries about finances, and frustrations about change. The so-called golden years can seem filled with loneliness and pain. How is a person of faith to cope with the challenges and find purpose for the rest of his or her life?
Missy Buchanan encourages older adults to maintain open dialogue with God. Through a series of personal poems and reflections, each coupled with a selection from Psalms, Buchanan presents heartfelt talks with God. She addresses ...
Talking with God in Old Age
Meditations and Psalms
Missy Buchanan
Aging often brings concerns about health, worries about finances, and frustrations about change. The so-called golden years can seem filled with loneliness and pain. How is a person of faith to cope with the challenges and find purpose for the rest of his or her life?
Missy Buchanan encourages older adults to maintain open dialogue with God. Through a series of personal poems and reflections, each coupled with a selection from Psalms, Buchanan presents heartfelt talks with God. She addresses ...
On Our Way
Christian Practices for Living a Whole Life
Susan Briehl, Dorothy Bass
Early adulthood is a time of possibility, uncertainty, decision, and hope. During these years, individuals determine how they will approach life challenges and opportunities. In On Our Way: Christian Practices for Living a Whole Life, writers from a variety of backgrounds address topics of particular relevance to young adults. The essays are grouped in 5 sections that together express the whole: living a whole life
attentively
together
in the real world
for the good of all
in response t...
Where the World Meets to Pray
People and Stories of The Upper Room
Mary Lou Redding
Conscious of the need for a closer walk with God, of a deeper spiritual need . . . I covenant with God to seek an enrichment of my own spiritual life by observing a period of devotions each day.
—The Upper Room Covenant (1935)
This is the story of a little magazine and how it grew.
From its first issue in spring 1935 to now, The Upper Room daily devotional guide is prayer raised to a lifestyle. The vision has always been to reestablish the practice of daily prayer and Bible reading. But the...
Entering the Psalms, Leader's Guide
Anne Crumpler, Anne Crumpler,
Entering the Psalms Participant's Book is available for small group members.
A 6-week study opens the door to experience the Psalms in a new way! This leader's guide includes a process and resources for an introductory meeting and 6 weekly meetings of either 45 or 90 minutes. The longer format includes group lectio divina (contemplation of and individual response to scripture) in each session.
"O taste and see that the Lord is good." — Psalm 34:8
This is a different Bible study from most. E...
Entering the Psalms, Participant's Workbook
The Upper Room
Entering the Psalms Leader's Guide is also available.
A 6-week study opens the door to experience the Psalms in a new way!
"O taste and see that the Lord is good."
— Psalm 34:8
This is a different Bible study from most. Entering the Psalms invites you to consider how a collection of poetic praises and laments dating from 1400 BC to 500 BC relate to your own life and experiences. Finding that connection is at the heart of formational reading, and that's the thread of the "Meeting God in Scrip...