A former priest, who has been criticized by the Vatican and who was dismissed by the Dominican Order in 1993, discusses his spiritual development during which he devoted himself to reinvigorating the positive qualities of Catholicism. $50,000 first printing. Tour.

Chronicles a female preacher's personal odyssey of faith and the tensions of her religious life, a conflict that leads her to leave the church in order to maintain her relationship with God.

Boyd provides a deeply personal look at homosexuality within the priesthood, describing his own early initiation into gay sexuality and his encounters with other homosexual priests

Product Description: What is a priest? What is a ministry? How is one shaped or formed as an ordained minister? How does one recognize a call to ordained ministry? How does one relate the ministries of lay and ordained? These questions are explored in these short vignettes by Episcopal priest Bart Sarjeant...read more

Who was George Everett Ross, and why is his story worth telling? Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio, the largest congregation in the state's diocese, Ross was at once a brilliant preacher who could move his listeners with the gospel of transfiguring grace and a deeply flawed human being who stirred controversy among his parishioners. Not only a crusader for the addicted and the homeless, but also an alcoholic who presided over the church where Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, Ross was both revered for his good works and reviled for his personal failings. In a book that is part biography, part a sampler of his sermons, and part a theological meditation on the five wounds of Christ, George Ross comes to stand for all of us who have suffered some injury of the soul, and who hope to find in the healing example of Christ a way to use our broken parts as a source of spiritual strength and creative energy. Strong in the Broken Places is a portrait of ministry at its most gifted and most wounded, as well as a story of faith shining more brightly because of the constant darkness that threatens it.

Product Description: Experiences of everyday lives in extraordinary flux. Grace Happens is a collection of stories of healing, heroism and unimagined human abilities. Bob Libby's accounts of people's personal and spiritual transformations can soothe souls, mend minds and reenergize the souls of those who take the time to listen...read more

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Product Description: For over sixty years, Malcolm Boyd has written truthfully about his own journey to fullness. From theologian to civil rights pioneer to coffee house troubadour to gay rights icon, Boyd has courageously and whole-heartedly shown the way to a deeper, more honest examination of all our lives, leading by example...read more

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Product Description: Father Paul Thomson, Roman Catholic priest, married man and father of seven, shares his rich and full life in this frank and witty autobiography from his boyhood in New Jersey through his days as an Episcopalian clergyman, conversion to Catholicism, and subsequent ordination.

Product Description: Morning Run: Sabbatical Reflections on the Church and the City

Product Description: One woman's story of her desire to enter the priesthood.

Portrays the author's diverse roles as priest, poet, author, civil rights worker, and social activist and chronicles his evolution as a man and career as a writer