Product Description: This playful yet substantial "dogmatic" book of theology addresses our central human longing to be deeply loved. This is also an incarnational theology, putting us in contact with a God who is willing to roll in the earth with us, dive in to rescue us, and whose tracks can be seen throughout our homes and lives...read more

Product Description: A portrait of the Saturday after the crucifixion and before the resurrection of Jesus. Mary Magdalene and the other women followers of Jesus have gathered together to comfort one another. As each woman shares her story, it becomes clear that her experience as a follower of Jesus has changed her life forever...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: What does it mean to follow Jesus in the way of the cross? How does Christian faith enable us to bear our own sufferings and losses and bear the suffering of others in the world with hope? In this contemporary reinterpretation of the stations of the cross, the editors have gathered reflections from writers such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy Day, Henri Nouwen, Carter Heyward, Lewis Smedes, Desmond Tutu, Walter Wink, Thomas Merton, Julia Esquivel, Gustavo Guitierrez, M...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Mary Ellen Ashcroft explores the core issues of identity and calling. She invites us to learn who God has created us to be and what he has called us to do with our lives--offering us a unifying vision in which family, career, and service find their proper places.

Presents a fictionalized version of the Gospels from the point of view of Mary Magdalene and her female companions in mourning

Product Description: 'When I feel like a failure, I look at somebody else and get so envious.' 'I know why I accumulate nice things and even nice people--to prove that I'm worth something.' 'Why am I so consumed--even obsessed--with what's trivial instead of what's really important?'Mary Ellen Ashcroft knows about these thoughts and feelings...read more

These quotations offer a way to rise up from grief and ease the burden.

Product Description: As America witnesses a resurgence of interest in spirituality, the renewed attention for soul and spirit leaves many wondering quite simply how to pray. Becknell and Ashcroft answer this essential question with a rich collection of prayers from around the world, spanning ancient as well as contemporary times...read more

Product Description: "Why am I so consumed with what's trivial instead of what's really important?""When I feel like a failure, I look at somebody else and get so envious.""I know why I accumulate nice things and even nice people--to prove that I'm worth something...read more