Prayer of Awareness
This reflective prayer practice (also known as the consciousness examen) helps us discover how God has been present to us throughout the day. It invites us to notice how we have responded to God’s love and call. Practiced regularly, such reflection brings healing and integration which are essential for deepening faith. Because of its capacity to cultivate […]
PRAY for the PEACE of Jerusalem
In many ways, Jerusalem is a microcosm of our world. It is ancient, beautiful, and teeming with life. And it continues to be torn apart by violence and enmity, fueled by injustice, mistrust, and often—tragically—the misuse of sacred Scripture. Jerusalem is a holy city to not just one, but three, of the world’s religions: Judaism, […]
You surround me with songs
Celebrate God’s mission
Do not be conformed to the patterns of this world
Wars and rumors of wars, drone attacks, mass shootings—the headlines of the day confirm that violence continues to be our culture’s favored reaction to conflict. But the tragic headlines don’t tell the whole story. Violence is written into our entertainment, our recreation, our politics. Violence isn’t an act or action—it’s a worldview that gains adherents […]
Agreeing and disagreeing in love
Peace Sunday comes this year in the midst of a national election season. Deciding how to participate, or to participate at all, in the political process can be a spiritual exercise when pursued through prayer and in discerning communities of faith. The result of that exercise will lead followers of Jesus to different conclusions. These […]
How are you called?
How do you and your congregation do mission? The tools and resources for Mission Sunday share ways your church’s gifts are used for mission around the world. You can download the Mission Sunday tools, which include a sermon starter, children’s story, prayer, song and reading suggestions, Scripture passages, and giving project ideas. Choose a Sunday […]
Worship and Mission for the Global Church
This book and enclosed DVD offer theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness.
Atonement, Justice, and Peace
In this substantial study Darrin W. Snyder Belousek offers a comprehensive and critical examination of penal substitution, the most widely accepted evangelical Protestant theory of atonement, and presents a biblically grounded, theologically orthodox alternative.
Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom
This book is a significant practical resource for anyone passionate about the renewal of mission, community, and worship in the church today.
Pray
Prayer and mission By Andrew Clouse Ethel Harder, 86, is a mission worker. She’s not in Mongolia, Benin, Burkina Faso, or Argentina. She’s in her home in Reedley, Calif., praying for Mission Network workers all over the world while eating breakfast. Every morning, she says, she chooses a worker or a family from Mission Mosaic, […]
Jesus Matters
Each author in this collection teams with one or more young adults to consider the various ways we encounter and experience Jesus.
Music in the Life of the African Church
This book examins the central role indigenous music has had in promoting Christianity in Africa.