Poetic Justice:
Meditations on the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C

Jim Wilson

Poetic reflections on the Sunday texts of the Revised Common Lectionary, three year cycle, suitable for personal devotion and preparation for worship.

"In this volume of poetry Jim Wilson ponders the biblical text,
inviting the reader into deeper dialogue with the lectionary
passages. 'Poetic Justice' offers opportunities for individual prayer
and reflection, small group lectionary study and homily preparation."

ISBN 978-1-878009-56-2 —350 pages; Paper — $24.95 retail

Glimpses of the “sacramental life”.

Earthly Good:
Seeing Heaven on Earth

Martha Sterne

Foreword by Barbara Brown Taylor

Find a place that is quiet and comfortable, sit down, open up this remarkable collection of essays, and turn off the phone and the other distractions of your life:

because once you begin reading this book it is going to be difficult for you to stop. Language like this is hard to come by, especially when it serves a vision of such unusual clarity that you don’t know whether to laugh or cry at what you are suddenly able to see.
— From the Forward by Barbara Brown Taylor.

Martha Sterne invites us to pay attention to the often ridiculous and sometimes tragic predicaments of biblical proportions that we get ourselves into . . . to the truth and beauty of other people who are so often prophets and angels in disguise . . . and to the nips and taps and caresses of the spirit which over and around us lies.

“As far as I know, there is no other voice in the world like Martha Sterne’s.”
—BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR, from the foreword.

MARTHA STERNE is rector at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Maryville Tennessee. She and her husband, Carroll, have two children.

ISBN 1-878009-47-9 — Paper—$16.95

Seeking the resurrected, living Christ.

Quest For The Mystical Christ

Dwight H. Judy

Come and journey with Dwight Judy toward an understanding of the mystical Christ, as present to us today as at any point in human history. As Craig Emerick says:

In these perilous, promising days, Dwight Judy serves as a profound guide [for] all who seek to unite the two so long divided, the inner work of authentic Christian faith and the outer work for a life of compassion in the world...

Judy offers a study guide at the end of each chapter, making the book especially appropriate for small groups, adult Sunday School classes and all those seeking a closer relationship with God.

“...Dwight is a trustworthy guide indeed.”
—CRAIG EMERICK.

ISBN 1-878009-46-X — 178 pages — Paper—$16.95

A provocative and insightful look at prayer and the life of the believer.

The Soul in Paraphrase:
Prayer and the Religious Affections

Don E. Saliers, O.S.L.

This landmark study (in its second edition) by the recipient of the North American Academy of Liturgy’s coveted Berekoth award, explores the intimate relationship between prayer and the life of the one who prays. Saliers’ observation that “Christians pray and worship before they ‘do theology’” makes this a particularly timely volume, especially in light of the new generation which lacks a fund of memory when coming into the Church. “All theology begins and ends with prayer.”

The author explores prayer as the medium which both expresses and forms the fundamental doctrines and emotions of life. In this work, the writer demonstrates the way in which prayer shapes and expresses the emotions of gratitude, holy fear and repentance, joy and suffering, and love of God and neighbor.

“Salier‘s book demonstrates a deep understanding of cultural trends today...(it) bears the mark of unhurried scholarship in the mature and sound theological and historical treatment by its author...The book is well written, with an interesting juxtaposition of words and phrases that suggests new metaphors for prayer and worship in our time.”
—INTERPRETATION

DON E. SALIERS, O.S.L. is professor of theology and worship at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Altanta. He has authored numerous books including Worship and Spirituality, New Handbook of the Christian Year, and The Lord Be With You.

ISBN 1-878009-08-7 —120 pages Paper — $14.95

A people fed on God

Food for Pilgrims:
A Journey with St. Luke

Dwight W. Vogel, O.S.L.

A foundational example of the early Church’s life is found at the end of Chapter 2 of Acts: “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship to the breaking of bread and the prayers... ate with glad and generous hearts, praising God ... and giving to all as any had need.”

This paradigm of living the apostolic hope, being nourished by the sacraments, participating in the worshiping community and doing works of mercy is explored afresh. The interaction of work and worship, of hope and faith provides a model for the renewing of individual lives and bring new life into the Church of our own day.

Dwight Vogel, beloved teacher at Garrett-Evengelical Theological Seminary, leads the reader on a new exploration into a way of living revealed by Luke, who has given us some of the most beautiful stories found in scripture. Here we may find food for our journey to the heart of God. This “Lukan spirituality”, grounded in the revelation of God-in-the-flesh, enlightens us on our pilgrim way and sustains us through the means of grace.

“This is the book for which many of us have been waiting. It is a comprehensive introduction to a whole sacramentally-based way of life for contemporary mainline Protestants. It will come as manna in the wilderness to countless Christians who struggle with what it means to follow Christ today.”
— HOYT L. HICKMAN

ISBN 1-878009-28-1 — 189 pages; Paper — $14.95

Finding ourselves in worship

Worship and Spirituality (Second Edition)

Don E. Saliers, O.S.L.

As more people come to define and live into their relationship with God, they turn to the Bible as their major source of inspiration and knowledge. In the search they travel with other members of a praying, worshiping community of believers. Moving forward, the individual and the community move to the core of the Christian experience — life in the Spirit.

The author, professor of Theology and Worship at Candler School of Theology, says that too often we have lost our identity as worshiping people and have hidden ourselves from God’s self-giving in the sacraments.
Saliers speaks to all who “gather around the font, the book and the table” to recover their center. “Without living remembrance of the whole biblical story there would be no authentic worship, nor could there be any such thing as becoming a living reminder of Jesus Christ for others.”

While this book serves as a textbook for seminaries and the Academy for Spiritual Formation, it is written in a style which invites readers from every walk of the church’s life to drink deeply of the fresh insights it offers.

“Nothing else in the whole of the literature available has broken open the dynamic matrix of worship, sacrament and spirituality with such depth of insight.”
— DWIGHT W. VOGEL Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

ISBN 1-878009-27-3 — 102 pages; Paper — $16.95

Christian Meditation and Inner Healing

Dwight H. Judy

A widely read and valued work on the corollaries in our life of prayer and our desire for healing, this revised edition of Christian Meditation and Inner Healing offers an introduction to classical modes of prayer.

Inviting the reader into Centering Prayer, the Jesus Prayer, and lectio divina, Judy places these ancient practices of the church within the contemporary framework of psychological health and well-being.

DWIGHT JUDY, a United Methodist pastor, brings his training in Transpersonal Psychology and his years of experience as teacher, spiritual director, and retreat guide to this writing. His gentle, hospitable style of guidance is evident through the book.

ISBN 10878009-38-9 — 130 pages — Paper — $14.95

Under the Tree of Life

Gail Ramshaw

"This book records my engagement with that [Christian] spark. It alternately energizes and shocks me, enlightens and burns me, that spark skipping over the seas." writes Gail Ramshaw in the Introduction to Under the Tree of Life.

Written in reflection on her fiftieth birthday, the book invites us into reflections on "the religion of a feminist Christian" whose gift for language has been tremendous gift to the Church.

"Ramshaw's love of metaphor and respect for the powerful symbols of the religious imagination illuminate the book, and make for an invigorating read." Kathleen Norris

ISBN 10878009-48-6 - 211 pages - $16.95