Progressive Christianity "BOOK SALE" for Monday, 25 May 2015 of Gigs Harbor, Washington, United States
It's that time of year again - ProgressiveChristianity.org's Annual Book Sale!
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Enjoy some of ProgressiveChristianity.org's finest books at discounted rates.
We have selected Children's Books, Music and Hymnals and a diverse selection of our popular titles for this year's Book Sale.
Select from below or Visit our website to find more books of interest. Remember, every book you purchase goes towards supporting the mission of our organization.
Because Brian Hugged His Mother
David Rice
Sale Price $10.00
Kindness IS contagious, and this story shows how even young Brian can start a chain reaction that brings a bit of joy to people he doesn’t even know.
Kindness IS contagious, and this story shows how even young Brian can start a chain reaction that brings a bit of joy to people he doesn’t even know. It all starts out one morning when Brian wakes up and gives his mother a hug. Brian’s hug acts like an object in motion, touching many people (and even animals), often in a humorous way. If you like to hug and share your joy with children, this book is for you—and for them.
Children Prayer A New Story
Michael Morwood
Sale Price $12.00
This book is for adult Christians ... now asking the vital questions: How do we educate children into this new faith perspective?
How do we pray with them if prayer is not about addressing an external, listening Deity?
Original Price: $18.00
Michael Morwood’s previous books have received wide acclaim for helping adult Christians to re-imagine and re-evaluate their faith in light of the contemporary “story” about our universe. That story and Morwood’s writings challenge Christians to expand their notion of God beyond a localized, personal deity and to embrace belief in an all-pervasive Mystery beyond our human concepts. They challenge Christians to review any understanding of Jesus as the unique “way” to a localized God and to know him as the revealer of this Mystery in our everyday living and loving.
Morwood’s books have been especially insightful and helpful to adults struggling with prayer and ritual while radically reconstructing their Christian faith.
This book is for adult Christians engaged in this shift, now asking the vital questions:
How do we educate children into this new faith perspective?
How do we pray with them if prayer is not about addressing an external, listening Deity?
187 Pages.
Contents:
Introduction
1. God and the Wonderful World of Young Children
2. School Days: What “Story” About God Will We Tell?
3. The Universe Story: Where We Came From
4. Jesus: Revealer of God’s Presence With Us
5. Prayer: Deepening Awareness of the Divine Presence
6. Feast Days: Celebrating the Divine Presence
– Christmas
– Holy Thursday
– Good Friday
– Easter and Ascension
– Pentecost
7. The Sacraments: Ritualizing the Divine Presence
– Baptism
– Confirmation
– Reconciliation
– Eucharist
8. On Being Christian: A Reflection for Christian Educators
“The wonderful thing about Christian tradition is its many stories. It is just that some have been overlooked or ignored in favour of more dominant stories. It is important that adults who want to help children pray get to know the other stories and tell them alongside the stories that have dominated – in the name of fidelity to Christianity and a deeper appreciation of Jesus and his message. There is, for example, a dominant story about an elsewhere God; there is an even better story about an everywhere God. There is a dominant story about Jesus as connector to an elsewhere deity; there is an even better story about Jesus as the revealer of God-with-us in our living and loving. There is a dominant story about sacraments which emphasises dependence on men with special powers; there is an even better story about sacraments ritualising who we are. There is a dominant story about prayer reaching out to a listening God; there is a better story about prayer raising the mind and heart in awareness of a Divine Presence always with us. There is a dominant story about the institutional Church as the unique pathway to God; there is a far more truthful story about the Church being called to do what Jesus did – to reveal the sacred presence with all people in their everyday lives. Let us immerse ourselves in these stories and bring balance to the imbalance we presently have.” – from the Introduction
The Wonder of Life, Song Book- Sheet Music to 29 Original Hymns
Scott Kearns
Sale Price $18.00
Songs for congregational and individual use and enjoyment that carried no prerequisites of faith, theology, or church background. Rather, they focus on the core values that are held sacred by so many, inside and outside the church.
Increasingly aware that the words of traditional hymnody are challenging and even prohibitive for those whose faith does not include the dogma so clearly presented there, Scott Kearns, Music Director at West Hill United Church, undertook to write songs for congregational and individual use and enjoyment that carried no prerequisites of faith, theology, or church background. Rather, they focus on the core values that are held sacred by so many, inside and outside the church.
From the preface to the book of 29 original songs:
This collection of songs is offered as a musical opportunity to acknowledge and renew our sense of:
The richness of life – its beauty and its challenge.
The responsibility we share for our lives and our planet.
The need for reflecting on our lives and seeking wisdom from within and around us.
The interconnectedness that calls us to lives of mutual involvement, compassion, care, and healing.
The vital importance of our commitment to do justice in our own lives, our homes, our communities and in the wider world.
May the words and music invite you to celebrate the wonder of life,and refresh and energise your spirits for the journey.
The songs range from perky children’s numbers, through deeply inspirational songs and solos, to jazz and gospel-styled numbers. Titles such as: Love Will Be My Guide, Pilot Me, The Gift of Love, Deep and Still, All That’s Worthy, and lyrics such as: “By so living, we affirm that the gift of life is holy,” and “Nothing more is needed, but nothing less will do, for nothing else can take the place of love” are spiritually evocative, challenging, and enjoyable, without using traditional theological terms.
Combined with Kearns’ rich and moving compositions, the collection is one that will complement any music program.
Sing It Forward
Gretta Vosper and Scott Kearns
Sale Price $10.00
Faith, Hope and Love: The Pillars of Progressive Christianity reaches out to those who have been uncomfortable with the Christianity of their God, and to those who have been searching for a new kind of spirituality based on progressive Christian principles.
Sing It Forward, a collection of progressive lyrics for congregational singing, gives you back the music you once loved to sing. Using the tunes of traditional hymnody, this inspirational compilation from a variety of writers, including Scott Kearns and Gretta Vosper, uses contemporary, everyday language to raise up all the important aspects of a well-intentioned life. Tested at West Hill United in Toronto, Ontario – a progressive community of faith growing out of the Christian tradition – this collection of rewritten hymns and new compositions are a must have for any congregation moving in a progressive direction.
Why Weren’t We Told? A Handbook on ‘progressive’ Christianity
James L. Kelley
Sale Price $18.00
Progressive Christianity is not new. It has been around for two hundred years or more. But the anger and disappointment of those who have encountered it only recently is palpable: “Why weren’t we told?” This international collection of cameos and articles on the themes and issues addressed by progressive Christianity is a response to that cry.
WHY WEREN’T WE TOLD? A Handbook on ‘progressive’ Christianity — edited by Rex Hunt and John Smith — (Polebridge Press (Westar Institute))
Progressive Christianity is not new. It has been around for two hundred years or more. But the anger and disappointment of those who have encountered it only recently is palpable: “Why weren’t we told?” This international collection of cameos and articles on the themes and issues addressed by progressive Christianity is a response to that cry.
Polebridge Press
December 2012
ISBN 978-1598151114
296 pages, paperback, $25
Review by: Jim Burklo
WHY WEREN’T WE TOLD? – that you don’t have to take the Bible literally in order to be a serious, faithful Christian? That’s the question engaged in this book edited by progressive Christian leaders from “Down Under”. WHY WEREN’T WE TOLD? comprises a richly eclectic introduction to theologically and socially progressive Christianity. Australia and New Zealand have many lively progressive churches and lay groups, from which much creative liturgy, music, and theology have emerged. Rex Hunt and John Smith, both of them pastors of the Uniting Church of Australia and Associates of the Jesus Seminar/Westar Institute, gathered writings of biblical scholars and progressive church leaders from around the world. It’s an anthology of writings about the development of progressive Christianity, its current manifestations, and creative ways of interpreting scripture and tradition. Thirteen of my “musings” – poems, prose-poems, hymns, and liturgical materials – are scattered throughout the book.
WHY WEREN”T WE TOLD? reveals the wide range of thinking and practice in the progressive Christian world, from process theology to religious naturalism to post-theism. Some excellent articles on biblical history and interpretation, from Jesus Seminar scholars from “Down Under” and beyond, are included. A particularly engaging part of the book is entitled “Reclaiming the Faith’s Freethinkers”. Paul Laughlin, professor of religion at Otterbein College in Ohio, offers short, fascinating sketches of notable “heretics” from throughout the history of the church, from whom we can gain inspiration and insight today. The book includes inspiring descriptions of experimental worship and study communities, several from “Down Under” and others from elsewhere in the world. The end of the book offers new lyrics to old hymns and other creative liturgical materials – it’s a miniature “book of common prayer” for progressives. It’s a delight to get glimpses of how progressive Christianity looks from the viewpoint of the Southern Hemisphere. In the book, John Thornley, of the New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, which has produced beautiful works used in churches worldwide, quotes Bill Bennett, one of the group’s members who wrote an Easter hymn: “On a cool and autumn eve, in the fading light when you seemed lost, in the tomb we laid your mortal bones, waiting for God’s Pentecost – on a cool and autumn eve.” The hymn’s globalocal expression of the season of the Easter narrative reminds us that the story is not fixed in a place and time, but is felt and shaped anew by us now, regardless of which side of the equator we occupy.
Hungers of the HeartRichard Watts
Sale Price $9.00
Hungers of the Heart is written especially for persons who tend to be “turned off” by organized religion, but want to develop a deeper personal spiritual life.
Hungers of the Heart is written especially for persons who tend to be “turned off” by organized religion, but want to develop a deeper personal spiritual life. It invites the reader to think through such questions as: How do I find personal meaning for my life? What makes for satisfying relationships with others? How can we create a more just and peaceable society? What sense can I make of religion in an age dominated by science? What does it mean to have a relationship with God or the Sacred?
Hungers of the Heart is conversational and reader-friendly. The author avoids dogma and religious jargon, instead inviting the reader to a journey of personal reflection. The “spiritual map” offered in this book is rooted in reason and at home with science, while at the same time being grounded in the authentic core of the world’s great religious traditions. For many, it will provide a sturdy bridge between ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge.
Religion Under Attack
Nigel Leaves
Sale Price $15.00
In this groundbreaking book, Nigel Leaves analyzes the current debate about the value of religion and proposes a unique theological response to the crisis of belief.
Religion is being bombarded from every quarter—by scientists, spiritualists, agnostics, ex-believers, non-believers and even those who had never bothered with it in the first place. But most religions remain blithely (and perilously) unaware of the prevailing mood of unbelief, disdain for religion, and the growth of alternative spiritualities that has resulted from fundamentalism and dogmatism. They do not seem to understand what the objections are, nor why they should respond in a reasonable way. In this groundbreaking book, Nigel Leaves analyzes the current debate about the value of religion and proposes a unique theological response to the crisis of belief.
“A brilliant analysis of the issues facing organized religion today.”—John Shelby Spong, Episcopal Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey
“Nigel Leaves mines down through the emotional and exclusive claims of those drawing battle lines to describe a dynamic, holistic and inclusive vision for the future of humanity.” —The Very Rev’d Dr. Peter Catt, Dean of Brisbane, Australia
“A sweeping overview, a splendid synthesis of the current literature attacking religion . . .” —Bob Semes, Founder and Executive Director of The Jefferson Center, Ashland, Oregon
“An important and unique addition to current literature on progressive and constructive religious thought.” —Val Webb, author of Like Catching Water in a Net
Skeptic in the House of God
James L. Kelley
Sale Price $10.00
Kelley believes that there are far more people like himself outside of the Church than in it: men and women who find modern urban life a “sterile, isolating experience,” but who have a questioning approach to all religious issues, and a struggle with how to maintain intellectual integrity in the face of dogma.
Kelley believes that there are far more people like himself outside of the Church than in it: men and women who find modern urban life a “sterile, isolating experience,” but who have a questioning approach to all religious issues, and a struggle with how to maintain intellectual integrity in the face of dogma. An ideal basis for a discussion group that includes the skeptical friends and spouses of active church goers.
Faith, Hope and Love: The Pillars of Progressive Christianity
Gary Wilburn
Sale Price $14.00
Faith, Hope and Love: The Pillars of Progressive Christianity reaches out to those who have been uncomfortable with the Christianity of their God, and to those who have been searching for a new kind of spirituality based on progressive Christian principles.
Faith, Hope and Love: The Pillars of Progressive Christianity reaches out to those who have been uncomfortable with the Christianity of their God, and to those who have been searching for a new kind of spirituality based on progressive Christian principles. As a final goodbye, Gary has provided us with an opportunity to renew our faith not only with our heads but also with our full hearts.
About the Author
Rev. Dr. Gary Wilburn was the Senior Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, Connecticut, from 1995 to 2007, when he was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig s Disease. Prior to that he was the interim Senior Minister of the First Presbyterian of the First Presbyterian Church of Stamford, Connecticut, after serving the historic Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, California. Recipient of the Clergy of the Year Award by the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut, he was instrumental in bringing together for the first time Islamic, Jewish, and Christian leaders to address regional and national issues of peace and justice. He helped initiate research on these issues at Yale Divinity School s Center for Faith and Culture as One Word for One World. After his diagnosis, Gary moved with his wife Bev to Playa La Mision, Baja California, to write and surf the beach he so dearly loved in his power chair, celebrating each day and valuing each moment. There he became pastor in residence to the community conducting Easter and Christmas services and weekly Sundays with Gary discussions about faith and life, as well weddings, funerals, and clergy ordinations. He proudly served as a national spokesperson for ALS Stem Cell Research until his death in June, 2010.
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